By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Morels are one of the most prized mushroom varieties and are often considered delicacies at higher-end restaurants. While tasty indeed, they’ve also been linked to a slew of poisonings and should be consumed with caution, the CDC said in a new report. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Morels are one of the most prized mushroom varieties and are often considered delicacies at higher-end restaurants. While tasty indeed, they’ve also been linked to a slew of poisonings and should be consumed with caution, the CDC said in a new report. Here’s what else you need to
Continue Reading By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — At one time, tigers lived across the Eurasian continent, from the Caspian Sea to the Russian Far East, south to the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, and Bali. Today, though, they live in just 10 nations, occupying a fraction of their former range. Habitat loss remains a constant threat.
Continue Reading By Dalia Faheid and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — In a groundbreaking verdict, a Michigan jury on Thursday found James Crumbley – whose son killed four students at his high school in 2021 – guilty of involuntary manslaughter, a result experts say could set an important precedent for the extent to which parents of school
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, Meenketan Jha and Sania Farooqui, CNN Bengaluru, India (CNN) — The water tanker arrives once every two weeks, its 1,000 liters expected to serve hundreds of people in this suburb of India’s most high-tech metropolis, where women carrying empty buckets come clamoring to quench their thirst. The sight is not unusual says
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russian forces deported Bohdan Yermokhin from the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the spring of 2022, flew him to Moscow on a government plane and placed him into a foster family. He was sent to a patriotic camp near the capital
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota woman has been charged on suspicion of purchasing guns authorities say were used by her significant other to kill three first responders during an armed standoff last month, prosecutors announced. Ashley Anne Dyrdahl, 35, is accused of using her name to purchase at least
Continue Reading CNN By Dalia Faheid and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — In a groundbreaking verdict, a Michigan jury on Thursday found James Crumbley – whose son killed four students at his high school in 2021 – guilty of involuntary manslaughter, a result experts say could set an important precedent for the extent to which parents of
Continue Reading By Scott McLean, Kathleen Magramo and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN (CNN) — Hope is fading for the imminent return of the international crew of the cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis in November, with a senior Filipino diplomat saying he does not expect a release until the war in Gaza is over, while the Houthis say the
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Gaza’s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed and 155 wounded by Israeli shelling as they waited for desperately needed food on Thursday, a claim that Israel vehemently denied, as Palestinians increasingly face deadly violence in their search for aid. The Israel
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has held the city of Flint, Michigan, in civil contempt for failing to meet deadlines imposed last year in a court order outlining steps to replace lead service lines that contributed to city residents being exposed to dangerously high levels of lead.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Engineers have sent a “poke” to the Voyager 1 probe and received a potentially encouraging response as they hope to fix a communication issue with the aging spacecraft that has persisted for five months. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, are venturing through uncharted cosmic
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A former Mississippi police officer pleaded guilty to a federal charge after allegedly forcing an arrestee to lick his own urine off a holding cell floor under threat of harm, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday. The officer, former City of Pearl Police Department patrolman Michael Christian Green,
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Maria Kostenko, Olga Voitovych and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Fighting in Russia’s Belgorod region has raged for a third day after pro-Ukrainian Russian paramilitary groups launched a cross-border assault earlier this week, while Belgorod city on Thursday suffered heavy drone strikes and shelling. At least two people were killed and several
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of State and ExxonMobil CEO, Rex Tillerson. Personal Birth date: March 23, 1952 Birth place: Wichita Falls, Texas Birth name: Rex Wayne Tillerson Father: Bob Tillerson, Boy Scouts of America executive Mother: Patty (Patton) Tillerson Marriage: Renda (St. Clair)
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told government officials on Thursday that space projects, including setting up a nuclear power unit in space, should be a priority and get proper financing, according to state news agency TASS. Russia “has good competencies and, moreover, even has such reserves that we can be
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, Jennifer Feldman, Amanda Jackson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri girl was critically injured in a fight captured on video near Hazelwood East High School, the St. Louis County Police Department said. Video of Friday’s altercation has since been shared by thousands of people online. It shows a girl getting thrown to
Continue Reading By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to adopt a proposal to create a new emergency alert that could help save the lives of many missing and endangered Indigenous people and others across the United States. The new alert code would function like AMBER and Silver alerts, making it easier for public safety officials to
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Prince William praised his mother, Diana, the late Princess of Wales, at an event in London on Thursday, saying she taught him that everyone “has the potential to give something back.” The event, marking the 25th anniversary of The Diana Award, also saw Prince Harry,
Continue Reading By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The British government has published a new definition of extremism in response to a surge in hate crimes following Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel, a move critics warn could threaten free speech. The new “more precise” definition deems extremism to be an “ideology based on violence, hatred or
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