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Five people arrested after Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt London performance of ‘Les Misérables’

By Eve Brennan, CNN London (CNN) — Five climate protesters from the activist group Just Stop Oil disrupted a performance of the musical “Les Misérables” at the Sondheim Theatre in London’s West End on Wednesday night. The demonstrators entered the stage during the performance of the song “Do You Hear The People Sing?” carrying orange

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‘I want people to know that Izaiah was your kid – your daughter, your son,’ says mother who lost her 16-year-old to gun violence

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Michelle Hines described her oldest child as a “big brother to everybody,” a blossoming teenager who was a natural caretaker and leader. Hines was the first among her friends to have a child, giving birth to Izaiah Carter when she was 17. “He was my first child, and because

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The Nobel literature prize goes to Norway’s Jon Fosse, who once wrote a novel in a single sentence

By DAVID KEYTON, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other “elemental stuff” of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for writing that prize organizers said gives “voice to the unsayable.” The novelist

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‘Our grief is still too fresh’: Lahaina residents petition to delay reopening West Maui to tourists after devastating fires

By Nouran Salahieh, Conor Powell and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Residents in Lahaina are petitioning Hawaii Gov. Josh Green to delay reopening West Maui to tourists this weekend, saying the community is still grieving and needs more time to heal after the devastating wildfires that left 97 dead. The fires on West Maui nearly

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