CNN By Athena Jones, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Franklin Tuitt has 25 years of experience as an academic and an administrator in higher education, with many of those years spent fostering diversity, equity and inclusion – commonly known as DEI. Tuitt, now the University of Connecticut’s vice president and chief diversity officer, told CNN he sees historic parallels between the
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites consistently prove to be the most popular. Known for its renowned hikes and majestic meadows, the Great Smoky Mountains just landed its usual No. 1 spot as the most visited park in
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites consistently prove to be the most popular. Known for its renowned hikes and majestic meadows, the Great Smoky Mountains just landed its usual No. 1 spot as the most visited park in
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites consistently prove to be the most popular. Known for its renowned hikes and majestic meadows, the Great Smoky Mountains just landed its usual No. 1 spot as the most visited park in the
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites consistently prove to be the most popular. Known for its renowned hikes and majestic meadows, the Great Smoky Mountains just landed its usual No. 1 spot as the most visited park in
Continue Reading By Richard Allen Greene and Elliott Gotkine, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a plan for Gaza’s future post-Hamas, which includes the “complete demilitarization” of the enclave, closing off the territory’s southern border with Egypt, as well as the overhaul of Gaza’s civil administration and education systems. CNN has obtained a
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, Jessie Gretener and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — A woman who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15 has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship. Shamima Begum flew to Syria in 2015 with two school friends to join the
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Smart, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Audrii Cunningham, the Texas 11-year-old who investigators say was killed by a family friend, died from “homicidal violence including blunt head trauma,” according to the Harris County medical examiner’s office records. The primary cause of death determination provides further insight into what
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — An Australian police officer is facing two murder charges after allegedly killing his former boyfriend and his new partner and disposing of their bodies, which are yet to be found. New South Wales police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, 28, appeared in court on Friday afternoon charged with the murders of
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dianne Gallagher and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — Fallout continues in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling last week that frozen embryos are children – an unprecedented decision that critics say could have a chilling effect on access to IVF treatments in the state. Here are the latest developments: A
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, Anna-Maja Rappard, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN (CNN) — Kherson, its streets peppered with broken glass and an endless storm of artillery on its horizon, feels as if it is under remote occupation. Two years ago, it became the first major Ukrainian city to fall, as Russians forces swept in from Crimea. It
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites consistently prove to be the most popular. Known for its renowned hikes and majestic meadows, the Great Smoky Mountains just landed its usual No. 1 spot as the most visited park in
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — After a federal judge made the rare decision to dismiss a criminal case against two White nationalists suspected of inciting violence at political rallies, an appeals court on Thursday put the ruling on hold and one of the men was re-arrested. The appeals court stay came after the highly unusual ruling of US District Court Judge Cormac Carney to dismiss the case against Robert Rundo and
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — An executive order issued in a New York county will ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports leagues and teams at county facilities, effective immediately, Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman announced Thursday. The announcement marks the latest restriction in the United States on transgender athletes’
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, Shimon Prokupecz and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Multiple law enforcement officers who responded to the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have been ordered to appear before a grand jury investigating the police response to the incident, a person familiar with the proceeding told CNN. Among those subpoenaed to testify are members
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — “I just feel like I don’t even want to ever come back to Alabama,” Gabrielle Goidel said Thursday. Yesterday, Goidel was days away from having her eggs retrieved at an Alabama fertility clinic, after three miscarriages and more than a $20,000 investment in a
Continue Reading CNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the lunar surface after experiencing unexpected issues hours prior to landing. “I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface, and we are transmitting,” Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus announced on
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Israel’s war cabinet has sent a negotiating team, led by Mossad Director David Barnea, to Paris on Friday to pursue talks over a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal, an Israeli official said. The negotiating team is expected to be empowered to engage in substantive negotiations rather than simply
Continue Reading By Atika Shubert and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people were killed and up to 14 others remain missing after a large blaze ripped through an apartment building in the Spanish city of Valencia. Jorge Suárez, the city’s deputy director of emergencies, said firefighters struggled to contain the blaze and were working
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — School and state authorities suspect foul play and are investigating after a woman’s body was found with “visible injuries” on the University of Georgia’s campus Thursday, university officials said. The woman was an Augusta University College of Nursing student at its campus in Athens, the city that also is
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