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
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A staple of the Mediterranean diet could help lower your risk of death from dementia, according to a new study. A daily spoonful of olive oil was linked with a 28% lower risk compared with those who never or rarely ate any, Harvard University scientists
Continue Reading CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A staple of the Mediterranean diet could help lower your risk of death from dementia, according to a new study. A daily spoonful of olive oil was linked with a 28% lower risk compared with those who never or rarely ate any, Harvard University
Continue Reading CNN By Abeer Salman, Christian Edwards, Becky Anderson and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Israel said the terms of a ceasefire proposal Hamas accepted on Monday remained “far from” meeting its demands and warned its military operations in Rafah would continue, even as it sent negotiators to talk to mediators. In a statement Monday, Hamas
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two NASA astronauts had reached the final hours before a long-awaited launch attempt aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule, the first crewed mission of the new spacecraft. But the mission was scrubbed about two hours before the countdown clock hit zero because of an issue with a valve on the Atlas
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Christian Edwards, Becky Anderson and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Israel said the terms of a ceasefire proposal Hamas accepted on Monday remained “far from” meeting its demands and warned its military operations in Rafah would continue, even as it sent negotiators to talk to mediators. In a statement Monday, Hamas said
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A person fell from the stands at the football stadium during Ohio State University’s graduation ceremony and died Sunday, university officials confirmed. “Tragically, an individual fell from the stands and is deceased,” Benjamin Johnson, a representative for the university, told CNN in an email Monday, adding the school had
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian forces to rehearse deploying tactical nuclear weapons, as part of military drills to respond to what he called “threats” by the West. Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Putin has repeatedly made veiled threats to use tactical nuclear weapons against the
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Another day, another hypothetical scenario tearing people apart on social media. However, this cultural discourse has some sharp teeth. The question, directed towards women, seems simple: Would you rather be alone in the woods with a man or a bear? While there’s no unanimous answer, a good number of
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