By Emma Tucker, Ray Sanchez, Jade Gordon and Ryan Young, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Joshua Hartfield, the last of six White former Mississippi law enforcement officers sentenced in the torture of two Black men in January 2023, received a 10-year prison term in federal court Thursday afternoon. The hearing capped an emotional three days during which vivid
Continue Reading By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A ubiquitous, resilient and seemingly harmless plant is fueling an increase in large, fast-moving and destructive wildfires in the United States. Grass is as plentiful as sunshine, and under the right weather conditions is like gasoline for wildfires: All it takes is a spark for it to explode. Planet-warming
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force has tested a hypersonic cruise missile in the Pacific for the first time, in what analysts say is a signal to China that Washington still competes in a weapons arena where many perceive Beijing to have a distinct advantage. On March 17, a B-52 bomber
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man was arrested after boarding a Delta Air Lines flight in Salt Lake City on Sunday without a ticket by using a photo he took of another passenger’s boarding pass while they were not looking, according to court documents. Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, 26, is facing one count
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The alleged murder of a 13-year-old boy by his classmates in rural northern China has shocked the nation, igniting heated debates about school bullying, juvenile crime and the plight of tens of millions of children raised in the absence of their migrant worker parents. Three teenagers have
Continue Reading Story by Reuters Hanoi, Vietnam (Reuters) — The Vietnamese Communist Party has accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said on Wednesday, in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors’ confidence in the country. The government said in a statement that Thuong had violated party rules, adding that those “shortcomings
Continue Reading CNN By Abeer Salman, Khader Al Za’anoun, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Kareem Khadder, Lauren Izso and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces detained Palestinian journalists and health workers, blindfolded them and stripped them down to their underwear in Al-Shifa Hospital, in northern Gaza, according to eyewitness accounts shared with CNN. Palestinian reporters and
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A man filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he was paralyzed and needed his legs amputated after police officers in St. Petersburg, Florida, put him in restraints, placed him in the back of a police van without a seatbelt and then drove in a reckless manner.
Continue Reading CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Stretching studios are popping up everywhere as instructors use one-on-one sessions to help people with back, hamstring, shoulder and other stretches. Gyms have started offering classes. But sports medicine doctors say some of the benefits may be overblown, so don’t get too worked up
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Stretching studios are popping up everywhere as instructors use one-on-one sessions to help people with back, hamstring, shoulder and other stretches. Gyms have started offering classes. But sports medicine doctors say some of the benefits may be overblown, so don’t get too worked up over
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey, CNN (CNN) — On his first visit to Kyiv since accompanying US President Joe Biden to the Ukrainian capital thirteen months ago, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated his belief the US House of Representatives will eventually approve additional military aid for Ukraine despite it having been blocked – in various
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Christina Maxouris and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — More Americans evacuated Haiti Wednesday, some on a US-chartered helicopter flight and others on a Florida-organized plane that landed in Orlando – marking the latest of what officials have said will be multiple trips to get US citizens out safely as the Caribbean nation
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Khader Al Za’anoun, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Kareem Khadder, Lauren Izso and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces detained Palestinian journalists and health workers, blindfolded them and stripped them down to their underwear in Al-Shifa Hospital, in northern Gaza, according to eyewitness accounts shared with CNN. Palestinian reporters and hospital
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A man filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he was paralyzed and needed his legs amputated after police officers in St. Petersburg, Florida, put him in restraints, placed him in the back of a police van without a seatbelt and then drove in a reckless manner. Heriberto
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of penance called Lent. Easter is considered to be the most important season of the Christian
Continue Reading By CNN Staff, Lou Robinson, Rachel Wilson, Henrik Pettersson and Gillian Roberts (CNN) — Russia’s invasion has pitted Ukraine against a country with a massive military and one of the world’s biggest economies. More than $380 billion in aid, committed by mostly Western nations since January of 2022, has helped Ukraine keep the fight going. That
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball Tournaments. The single-elimination tournament is nicknamed “March Madness” or “The Big Dance.” 2025 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Finals April 7, 2025 – Men’s Finals – The Florida Gators defeat the Houston Cougars 65-63 in a heart-stopping championship
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A group of suspected bank robbers the FBI referred to as the “little rascals” are now in custody – and one of them is only 11 years old. “They are 11, 12, and 16-year-old boys charged locally with robbery by threat,” the FBI’s Houston field office announced Tuesday. The
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a government plan to send a group of Palestinian patients being treated in East Jerusalem and Tel Aviv hospitals back to Gaza. The decision follows a petition by the Israeli non-profit organization Physicians for Human
Continue Reading WOIO, CNN By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Jailyn’s cries echoed through the quiet streets of Cleveland in the dead of the night. The toddler whimpered and howled, but no one came to her rescue. Her mother, Kristel Candelario, was away on a 10-day summer vacation and had left Jailyn alone in a playpen with
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