By Kay Jones and Hollie Silverman, CNN Liberty University has been sued by 12 women who claim the school created an environment on its Virginia campus that increased the likelihood of sexual assault and rape. The lawsuit includes claims of sexual assault and accuses the Lynchburg school of creating a hostile environment toward the plaintiffs.
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN Gender stereotypes are alive and well and harming our planet, a new study from Sweden shows, as men’s passion for meat and cars is making them bigger contributors to greenhouse gases than women. The study, carried out by research company Ecoloop and published on Monday in the Journal for Industrial Ecology,
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Commissioners said they had received emails and phone calls from concerned community members about door-to-door outreach efforts.
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Speaking to Bianna Golodryga, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó defends the country’s new law that bans content which “promotes” homosexuality and gender change being used in schools.
Continue Reading By Luke McGee, Amy Cassidy and Boglarka Kosztolanyi CNN Hungary’s right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has proposed a referendum on the country’s controversial new LGBTQ law. The move is in response to the European Union which lambasted the new measure by the member state. In a Facebook video on Wednesday, the hardline leader outlined
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Around 100 women and children abducted in early June by gunmen known locally as “bandits” have been rescued, police authorities in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State said. Zamfara police spokesman, Mohammed Shehu, told CNN on Wednesday that the victims — most of whom are nursing mothers — were released Monday after being
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Milwaukee Bucks defeat Phoenix Suns to win their second NBA championship
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By David McKenzie and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech will start to manufacture their Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa, they announced jointly on Wednesday, in a move that could significantly increase the availability of doses across the continent next year. When fully operational, the companies said annual vaccine production would exceed 100 million doses,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the delta variant now accounts for nearly 90% of all new COVID-19 cases in Missouri. In less than two months, the proportion of the delta variant in Missouri went from less than 7% to just under 90%. On June 8,
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN After successfully blasting off to the edge of space yesterday, Jeff Bezos announced he is donating $100 million apiece to chef and activist José Andrés and CNN contributor Van Jones. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5
Continue ReadingSmoke and haze shroud portions of the East which is also bracing for severe storms. CNN Meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the details.
Continue ReadingOlympic athletes have arrived in Japan for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and are sharing what they do in their down time on social media.
Continue ReadingTom Barrack, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, was charged with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates as an effort to influence the foreign policy positions of both the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and the incoming administration.
Continue ReadingSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dr. Anthony Fauci got into another heated exchange at a Senate hearing over Dr. Fauci’s past testimony over gain-of-function research.
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By Alexandra Meeks and Hollie Silverman, CNN A Southern California couple whose gender reveal party allegedly sparked the deadly El Dorado wildfire in 2020 has been charged with 30 crimes, including involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced Tuesday. A smoke bomb set off by the couple in Yucaipa, California, on September 5 as part of a gender
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With the start of school in many districts just a month away, students eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine are running out of time to be fully vaccinated before classes begin.
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Several people in Zhengzhou, China have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded the city’s subway. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced as emergency services have been deployed to assist in the rescue operations.
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Authorities have identified 97 victims in the Surfside condo building collapse — including 96 who were recovered from the collapse site and one who died in the hospital, Miami-Dade County officials said Wednesday. Officials said they believe one victim is not yet identified. A news release said 97 missing persons reports
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By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN Last week, the Biden administration warned American companies about the risk of doing business in Hong Kong, citing Beijing’s increasing crackdown on the city. “The bottom line is that businesses should be aware that the risks faced in mainland China are now increasingly present in Hong Kong,” White
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN For much of last year, it seemed like Indonesia had managed to keep its Covid-19 outbreak largely under control. Now, the island nation — home to about 270 million people — has become Asia’s new epicenter of the pandemic, reporting more daily cases and deaths than hard-hit India as a devastating
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