By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — In a surprise new song, rapper Macklemore praises college students across the US who are protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, vowing that he will not vote for President Joe Biden come November. The song, released Monday, is titled “Hind’s Hall” in reference to the new temporary name pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University gave to
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Social media influencer Kai Cenat will not be prosecuted on charges of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly connected to a chaotic giveaway he promoted in New York City’s Union Square last year, which resulted in dozens of arrests, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. Cenat posted a public
Continue Reading By Chris Lau and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ever-declining population. Abandoned houses are known in Japan
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of Camay Mitchell De Silva, an 18-year-old woman who was fatally shot last month during a nearby argument at the dorms of Delaware State University, police in Dover said Monday. De Silva, who was not a
Continue Reading CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! How’s your 401(k) doing? This is an election year, and if history holds true, the answer is … probably pretty well. A recent analysis by retirement planning firm TIAA found that the stock market tends to perform slightly better during presidential election years —
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! How’s your 401(k) doing? This is an election year, and if history holds true, the answer is … probably pretty well. A recent analysis by retirement planning firm TIAA found that the stock market tends to perform slightly better during presidential election years — unless
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Salvage teams have recovered the body of the sixth – and believed to be the final – victim killed in the March 26 Baltimore bridge collapse, authorities announced Tuesday, marking a grim milestone in the weekslong recovery operation that followed the disaster. The victim was identified as 37-year-old José
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — A group of 95 people filed a lawsuit in Illinois on Monday alleging they were sexually abused as children in juvenile detention centers across the state for over two decades. The 186-page suit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, alleges state employees “sexually abused Claimants
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — No one thought much about the new face at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church on Sunday. The tight-knit congregation outside Pittsburgh often welcomed guests, and Pastor Glenn Germany assumed the young man was a friend of a parishioner. Germany was delivering a sermon about “walking in the ways of God”
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Boy Scouts of America announced Tuesday that it will change its name to Scouting America next February, to emphasize its commitment to inclusion. The youth organization said the new name is meant to help everyone, including boys and girls, feel welcome. The change will go into effect on February
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Earth’s magnetic field plays a key role in making our planet habitable. The protective bubble over the atmosphere shields the planet from solar radiation, winds, cosmic rays and wild swings in temperature. However, Earth’s magnetic field almost collapsed 591 million years ago, and this change, paradoxically, may have played
Continue Reading By Olga Voitovych, Christian Edwards, Victoria Butenko and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has detained two security officials allegedly involved in a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky, which Kyiv’s state security service (SBU) said it foiled. Two colonels in Ukraine’s government protection unit were accused of carrying out “subversive activities against Ukraine
Continue Reading By Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — At least six people have died and 48 so far unaccounted for after a multi-story building collapsed Monday afternoon in the South African city of George, officials said Tuesday. Rescue missions remain underway, and 26 people have been removed from the rubble since the building collapsed in the Western
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Lauren Kent, Clare Sebastian and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin has formally begun his fifth term as Russia’s president in a carefully choreographed inauguration ceremony, in a country he has shaped in his image after first taking office nearly a quarter of a century ago. Putin won Russia’s stage-managed election
Continue Reading CNN By Simone McCarthy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xi Jinping pushed back against allegations of his country’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine during meetings with European leaders, as the Chinese leader makes a six-day visit to the continent amid a period of rising China-Europe tensions spurred by concerns of Beijing’s
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu, Simone McCarthy and Shawn Deng, CNN (CNN) — At least two people were killed and another 21 injured in a knife attack in a hospital in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday, local authorities said. The attack took place just before midday at Chengnan Hospital in Zhenxiong, the county’s public security
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xi Jinping pushed back against allegations of his country’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine during meetings with European leaders, as the Chinese leader makes a six-day visit to the continent amid a period of rising China-Europe tensions spurred by concerns of Beijing’s close
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Australia has accused a Chinese fighter jet of firing flares into the path of a naval helicopter last weekend over international waters of the Yellow Sea, an action that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blasted as “completely unacceptable.” The Australian MH-60R Seahawk helicopter was on patrol enforcing
Continue Reading By Meron Moges-Gerbi and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Phi Delta Theta has removed an individual from its fraternity following a heated exchange between a group of pro-Palestinian protesters and a much larger group of counter protesters at the University of Mississippi last Thursday. In a statement shared with CNN Monday, the fraternity said while
Continue Reading By Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The husband of Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, a woman who was reported missing while in Spain in February, has been arrested in Florida, the FBI confirmed Monday. David Knezevich, 36, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is in federal custody for his alleged involvement in his wife’s kidnapping on or about
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