By Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge blocked a temporary order from New Mexico’s governor that suspended the rights to carry guns in public, according to statements from the governor’s office and from the gun rights advocacy group that filed the lawsuit over the original order. The ban is part of a public
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Reports of “earthquake lights,” like the ones seen in videos captured before Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco, go back centuries to ancient Greece. These outbursts of bright, dancing light in different colors have long puzzled scientists, and there’s still no consensus on what causes them, but they are “definitely real,”
Continue Reading CNN, WPVI By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — He made it look easy. Danilo Cavalcante, at 5 feet tall, seemed the perfect fit as he wedged himself in the narrow space between the walls in an exercise yard of the Chester County Prison on the morning of August 31. The convicted murderer then ascended in
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — He made it look easy. Danilo Cavalcante, at 5 feet tall, seemed the perfect fit as he wedged himself in the narrow space between the walls in an exercise yard of the Chester County Prison on the morning of August 31. The convicted murderer then ascended in a crab-walk
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Human actions have pushed the world into the danger zone on several key indicators of planetary health, threatening to trigger dramatic changes in conditions on Earth, according to a new analysis from 29 scientists in eight countries. The scientists analyzed nine interlinked “planetary boundaries,” which they define as thresholds
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe’s recently re-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing outrage after appointing his son as deputy minister to the country’s finance ministry. Mnangagwa’s 34-year-old son, David, was among 26 officials sworn in as cabinet ministers Tuesday despite public anger when the list of the nominees was made public on Monday.
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tafeghaghte, Atlas Mountains (CNN) — Wearing an elegant holiday outfit and sunglasses, Chadia Halimi looked a bit out of place in the dusty camp on the edge of Tafeghaghte, a mountain village in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains that was leveled in last week’s earthquake. “It’s not the holiday I planned,” the
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — After the Pennsylvania prison escapee Danilo Cavalcante was handcuffed Wednesday morning, but before he was placed into the back of an armored van, several dozen heavily armed officers gathered around him in an arc. Cavalcante was positioned in the front, with an officer holding his arms. One officer holding
Continue Reading By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Devastating floods from Storm Daniel have left at least 5,000 people dead and around 10,000 more missing in Libya. The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 30,000 people have also been displaced. Heavy rains from the storm caused two dams in the northern city of Derna
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, Celine Alkhaldi, Hamdi Alkhshali, Laura Paddison and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Emergency teams are working to find survivors and retrieve bodies after a massive flood hit Libya’s northeast three days ago, killing at least 11,000 people and leaving 10,000 missing. Eyewitness footage shared on social media showed the devastation after the
Continue Reading CNN, KYW By Nouran Salahieh, Brian Todd and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — The convicted murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison last month is back behind bars – now facing additional charges – after a nearly two-week manhunt that captured national attention and unsettled the surrounding community. Police caught Danilo Cavalcante, 34, by surprise in
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A shooting at St. Helena College and Career Academy in Louisiana has left one person dead, two others injured and a juvenile in custody, the local sheriff’s department said. The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday on the campus in Greensburg, which serves students in grades
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Following a civil war and a political standoff that has lasted almost a decade, Libya is struggling to deal with a catastrophic flood that is believed to have killed at least 5,300 people and left over 10,000 missing in the country’s northeast. Split between two rival administrations since 2014
Continue Reading By Norma Galeana and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been released from a US prison after serving nearly two years for drug trafficking and money laundering charges, a prison official said Wednesday. Coronel was sentenced to three years in prison in
Continue Reading CNN By Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s advisers have been preparing a potential impeachment inquiry response plan, ramping up efforts over the August congressional recess after the House speaker suggested in late July such a step was nearing. The principal objective for Biden’s team is countering what
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have found a planet around 120 light-years away from Earth that might have all the elements needed to sustain life. NASA said the possible ocean world, dubbed K2-18b, has a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and evidence of the crucial carbon molecule — considered the foundation for all life forms on
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Josh Pennington, Olga Voitovych and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Two Russian warships were damaged after Ukraine launched an extensive assault on a Russian ship repair base in Crimea early Wednesday morning, officials said, in what appears to be Kyiv’s most ambitious strike on the port since the war began. Russia’s Defense
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — A huge bushfire raging for over a week in central Australia has come dangerously close to the popular tourist town of Tennant Creek, as authorities warn that changing wind conditions could pose a risk to residents. Acting Northern Territory Chief Minister Nicole Manison declared an emergency situation for the
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Eric Cheung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China on Tuesday unveiled a plan to deepen integration between the coastal province of Fujian and self-governing Taiwan, touting the benefits of closer cross-strait cooperation while sending warships around the island in a show of military might. The directive, issued jointly by the Chinese
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, Sana Noor Haq and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea. The death toll rose to over 6,000
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