By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — I once felt the immense force unleashed by an earthquake in 1999 when I was living in Taipei, Taiwan. A magnitude 7.6 quake rocked the island not long after I moved there. I remember my newly purchased mirror falling off the wall (it didn’t smash into pieces) before I rushed out
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Virginia Langmaid, CNN (CNN) — The remains of two adults have been found in an archaeological dig at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, amid efforts to find unidentified victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. At the ongoing third excavation, which began earlier in September, archaeologists have exposed 22 grave
Continue Reading CNN By Sarah El Sirgany and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna (CNN) — International rescue teams in Libya are calling for more help to retrieve the bodies of victims killed in devastating floods that swept through the eastern city of Derna, killing thousands. More than a week on, the teams said the majority of the victims’
Continue Reading By Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — It all seems so daunting: plastics in the ocean, dying coral reefs, entire species being wiped out – but don’t click away in despair! There really are things everyone can do to help make the ocean cleaner and keep our environment healthier. Here are some easy (or mostly easy)
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy, Sophie Tanno, Nechirvan Mando and Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — Iranian authorities detained the father of Mahsa Amini on the one-year anniversary of her death Saturday, Iranian journalists and rights groups have said. Amini was killed in the custody of the morality police on September 16, 2022, after being arrested for allegedly
Continue Reading By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Colorado wildlife officers euthanized a sick bear after receiving multiple calls from concerned residents in Telluride. And during a necropsy, wildlife officers came across a disturbing discovery inside the bear. “There was all these paper towels, wipes, plastic bag type materials, and indigestible food content,” said John Livingston, Colorado
Continue Reading By Sarah El Sirgany and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna, Libya (CNN) — Tarek Fahim was taking videos of the water filling behind the dam in the Derna valley in Libya late Saturday night. Up until 1:30 am, Storm Daniel was just wind and rain. When he went home an hour later, it took very little
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Atlas Mountains, Morocco (CNN) — Khadija Ait Si Ali was just starting to rebuild her life when the earthquake struck. Her husband died in a road accident seven months ago. They had been married for less than a year and she was five months pregnant. “I was planning to start looking
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The escape of convicted murderer Danilo Cavalcante and the nearly two-week manhunt leading to his capture thrust Pennsylvania authorities under a glaring spotlight. From the manner in which Cavalcante crab-walked up prison walls to freedom to the tower guard who did not see or report his escape to his
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi, Sarah El Sirgany and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — Elahe Tavakolian’s shooter was so close, she could see him pointing his gun at her. “He was maybe 30 or 40 meters (100 to 130 feet) away,” she recalls. “He was a police officer. And everybody knew him.” Around her, she
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Akanksha Sharma, Josh Pennington and Aruzhan Zeinulla, CNN (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected warplanes, toured an airfield and visited a Pacific Fleet frigate on Saturday as the latest stop on his tour of Russia took him to Vladivostok. Russian state media reported that Kim had met Russian Defense
Continue Reading By Juliana Gonzales and Brad Parks, CNN (CNN) — Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been extradited from Mexico to the United States, the US Department of Justice has announced. The extradition was a “result of United States and Mexico law enforcement cooperation,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — The number of people who died in the massive wildfires that torched parts of Maui last month has been revised to 97, down from the previous count of 115, Hawaii governor said Friday. The change in the death count was prompted by advanced genetic testing conducted
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Vedika Sud, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is close to fulfilling a decade-old election promise months out from nationwide polls with the announcement that a controversial new Hindu temple will open on disputed land in January. The first detailed descriptions of the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir were
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The South Carolina attorney general has asked an appeals court to order convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh’s defense team to correct and refile their motion requesting a new trial, while also noting an ongoing investigation has raised significant doubts about the disgraced attorney’s claims of jury tampering.
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who along with former NFL player Michael Oher were portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie “The Blind Side,” say they “stand ready, willing and able to terminate the conservatorship [over Oher] by consent at any time,” according to court documents filed Thursday
Continue Reading By Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have released a new age-progression photo of Dulce Maria Alavez, who vanished from a New Jersey playground in 2019 when she was 5 years old. September 16 marks the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of Dulce, who would be 9 years old today, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office
Continue Reading By Fabiana Chaparro and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Six people who identified themselves as members of a religious group called the ‘Soldiers of Christ’ have been arrested in connection to the death of a South Korean woman who was beaten and starved in Georgia, authorities said. The victim was a woman in her
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A winemaker in Italy has died while trying to save his colleague who had passed out in wine vat, according to Italy’s fire brigade. Authorities responded to the emergency call on Thursday at the Ca’di Rajo winery in San Polo di Piave, in the city of Treviso in
Continue Reading By Dalal Mawad and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the French embassy,” according to French president Emmanuel Macron. Speaking to journalists during a visit to the Côte D’Or region in France on Friday, Macron said that “food was prevented from
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