By Ana María Cañizares, Abel Alvarado, Tara John, Michael Rios, Karol Suarez and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN Quito, Ecuador (CNN) — Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country, ordering security forces to “neutralize” several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme violence in the Latin American nation. The decree came shortly
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The 94-year-old Hilton Head Island woman who made headlines with her legal battle to keep her family’s ancestral land has died. Josephine Wright died “surrounded by family, loved ones, and prayers” on January 7, according to an update her family posted on their Go Fund
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Norway could become the first country in the world to push ahead with deep sea mining after it voted Tuesday to open its waters for exploration, provoking an outcry from environmental groups. In a major step towards kicking off commercial deep sea mining, the country’s parliament formally agreed to
Continue Reading By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A woman who interviewed for the position of senior pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City is suing the church and a former chair of the search committee for gender discrimination, court documents show. Eboni Marshall Turman, an associate professor of theology and African American religion at Yale Divinity School and a former assistant minister at Abyssinian, says the decision not
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1990s, long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women in his travels across the United States. To gain notoriety, he sent anonymous confession letters to journalists and investigators, many of them signed with smiley faces. Since Jesperson’s arrest in 1995, investigators in at least
Continue Reading KABC By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1990s, long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women in his travels across the United States. To gain notoriety, he sent anonymous confession letters to journalists and investigators, many of them signed with smiley faces. Since Jesperson’s arrest in 1995, investigators in at
Continue Reading By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Israel is appearing before the International Court of Justice in a high stakes case that could change the course of the brutal war in Gaza. It is an unprecedented case. Experts say it is the first time that the Jewish state is being tried under the United Nations’ Genocide
Continue Reading CNN, KVVU By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was seen on video leaping over a court table and attacking a Nevada judge while in court last week has been charged with attempted murder, according to a criminal complaint. Deobra Redden, 30, also faces counts of battery on a protected person, battery
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, Krystina Shveda and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — Global warming in 2023 hit 1.48 degrees Celsius, data published Tuesday shows, as the hottest year on record propelled the world just hundredths of a degree away from a critical climate threshold. Analyses last year had already confirmed 2023 to be the warmest on
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger and Dalal Mawad, CNN Paris (CNN) — Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old French education minister, has been named the country’s new prime minister, a history-making appointment by President Emmanuel Macron as he looks to jumpstart his government’s flagging popularity. Attal will be France’s youngest-ever prime minister and the first openly gay man to
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the demand. To shore up the “critically” low supply, the Red Cross and the NFL said they will offer all blood donors this month a chance to
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the demand. To shore up the “critically” low supply, the Red Cross and the NFL said they will offer all blood donors this month a chance to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the demand. To shore up the “critically” low supply, the Red Cross and the NFL said they will offer all blood donors this month a chance to win
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Marc Stewart, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s parliament passed a bill Tuesday banning the breeding and slaughter of dogs for consumption, ending the traditional yet controversial practice of eating dog meat after years of nationwide debate. The bill received rare bipartisan support across
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A US citizen has been arrested in Moscow on drug-related charges, according to an official statement released Tuesday. The citizen, named as Robert Woodland, is accused of preparing and attempting a crime, as well as illegally dealing with drugs. “By a resolution of the Ostankino District
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Marc Stewart, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s parliament passed a bill Tuesday banning the breeding and slaughter of dogs for consumption, ending the traditional yet controversial practice of eating dog meat after years of nationwide debate. The bill received rare bipartisan support across South
Continue Reading By Ana María Cañizares, Michael Rios and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa on Monday declared a state of emergency for the South American nation after a notorious gang leader escaped from prison, heightening security fears as authorities struggle to control the bloodshed of a bloody criminal turf war. José Adolfo Macías
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau, Isa Soares, Catherine Nicholls, Caroline Faraj and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A British surgeon who led an emergency medical team in central Gaza says the situation at Al-Aqsa hospital has been “beyond any doubt the worst thing” he’s seen in his career, as Jordan’s monarch warned Israel’s bombardment was creating an “entire generation
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are sifting through the rubble of a historic Texas hotel to try to find anyone who might still be trapped inside, one day after an apparent gas explosion rocked downtown Fort Worth. The area immediately surrounding the Sandman Signature Fort Worth
Continue Reading CNN By Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.
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