By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, except it’s no laughing matter: It’s so hot in Phoenix that cactuses are dying. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones,
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Christian leadership in the US has typically been seen as a male occupation. The right for women to be ordained and serve as faith leaders has been hard-won over decades, and in several major factions, like the Roman Catholic and Southern Baptist churches, women are barred from the highest
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people were killed and 121 injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand. The incident – in the village of Mu No – reduced the warehouse and surrounding area to rubble, drone footage showed. At least two of the victims
Continue Reading CNN By Heather Law and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife of El Roi Haiti Director Sandro Dorsainvil, and their child were reportedly abducted Thursday morning, according to a
Continue Reading By Stefano Pozzebon and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — The son of Colombia’s president has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, the Colombian attorney general’s office said in a statement. Nicolas Petro – a congressman in the Atlantico province – was placed under investigation by the attorney general’s
Continue Reading CNN By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that war is “gradually returning” to Russia hours after the Kremlin accused Kyiv of targeting Moscow with drones, the latest in a series of attacks. The Russian Defense Ministry said three drones were intercepted Sunday but
Continue Reading By Carly Breland and Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service and US National Archives and Records Administration are calling on Americans to help reveal the untold stories of the United States’ first veterans to commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence. The Revolutionary War Pension Files Transcription Project aims to transcribe
Continue Reading By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks that have brought the Ukraine war to Russia’s capital. The Russian Defense Ministry said three drones were intercepted but a business and shopping development in the
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As the Northern Hemisphere swelters under a record-breaking summer heat wave, much further south, in the depths of winter, another terrifying climate record is being broken. Antarctic sea ice has fallen to unprecedented lows for this time of year. Every year, Antarctic sea ice shrinks to its lowest levels
Continue Reading CNN By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Daria Martina Tarasova, CNN Ukraine (CNN) — At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and pickup truck tow two gray objects covered by tarpaulin mounted on trailers. In the driving rain, they resemble something more akin to a Boston Whaler, rather than hiding one of Ukraine’s
Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Daria Martina Tarasova, CNN Ukraine (CNN) — At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and pickup truck tow two gray objects covered by tarpaulin mounted on trailers. In the driving rain, they resemble something more akin to a Boston Whaler, rather than hiding one of Ukraine’s most
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community. But plans to introduce bilingual road signs featuring both the English and te reo Maori languages have sparked a divisive, racially charged debate ahead of the country’s looming general election. New Zealand – or Aotearoa
Continue Reading By Heather Law and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife of El Roi Haiti Director Sandro Dorsainvil, and their child were reportedly abducted Thursday morning, according to a statement
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Frisco, Texas, police chief issued an apology on Friday after a family from Little Rock, Arkansas, who were headed to a basketball tournament in Grapevine, was mistakenly pulled over in a “high-risk stop,” after a Frisco officer ran the car’s plates as being from Arizona, instead of Arkansas,
Continue Reading CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Frisco, Texas, police chief issued an apology on Friday after a family from Little Rock, Arkansas, who were headed to a basketball tournament in Grapevine, was mistakenly pulled over in a “high-risk stop,” after a Frisco officer ran the car’s plates as being from Arizona, instead of
Continue Reading By Nic F. Anderson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Butler County, Ohio, deputies found approximately 30 dead dogs and puppies, in various stages of decomposition, stuffed into fridges and freezers earlier this week at an Ohio animal rescue. According to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, there were more than 90 dogs and puppies removed
Continue Reading CNN By Martin Goillandeau, Sharon Braithwaite and Oleg Racz, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 troops from the Russian mercenary group Wagner are moving towards a thin strip of land between Poland and Lithuania, Poland’s prime minister says, who warned they could pose as migrants to cross the border. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A federal jury on Friday convicted Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo-Sánchez in the deaths of a woman and her unborn child, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Puerto Rico. He was found guilty of kidnapping resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child, prosecutors said
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Robert Chambers, known as the “Preppy Killer” for murdering a teenager in Central Park in 1986, was released again this week from prison after serving time for unrelated drug crimes. Chambers, then 19, strangled Jennifer Levin, 18, to death in the case that became a tabloid sensation. He pleaded
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Bay Area man faces a murder charge after allegedly stabbing a woman to death and posting video of her “last moments” on Facebook, San Mateo Police say. The Nye County Sheriff’s Office in Nevada notified San Mateo Police Wednesday afternoon that a caller reported having witnessed a stabbing
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