News

Authorities in Myanmar will release 23,184 prisoners from jails across the country on Saturday under a New Year amnesty, a Prisons Department spokesman said. But few, if any, democracy activists arrested since the February 1 coup are expected to be among them. Saturday is the first day of the traditional New Year in Myanmar and

Click here for updates on this story     BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — An extension of the state health department epidemic order means five more weeks of 50% capacity for restaurants. It’s the cost of doing business, as covid hospitalizations increase. The staff at Stables Martini and Cigar Bar on Midland Street in Bay City have

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — An officer-involved shooting left one man dead at Lents Park in Southeast Portland Friday morning. “It’s terrifying, because it’s right across the street,” Regina Waller-Darden, a neighbor, said. “We keep hearing about police brutality and these things keep happening. Ugh. It’s just hard to

Click here for updates on this story     LANE COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Deputies say a Portland man is in custody after getting a report about the location of a stolen vehicle at McKenzie High School in Lane County. On Friday morning Oregon State Police and the Lane County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the location

Click here for updates on this story     BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Friends laid flowers next to the Eblen Intermediate School sign after the death of a music teacher stunned the community. Jason Minnix, 47, died after a collision with a West Buncombe fire truck Thursday afternoon. A short distance away from the scene

Click here for updates on this story     WAYNESVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Looking for something to do this Saturday? Artists and crafters from around the mountains will have their handiwork on display at the ‘Cabin Fever Craft Show’ in Waynesville! The Blue Ridge Artist’s and Crafter’s Association is hosting the Saturday event from 9 a.m.

A version of this story appeared in Wonder Theory, the first-ever CNN space and science newsletter, which launched Saturday. Subscribe here and be among the first to receive the week’s most fascinating stories, delivered straight to your inbox every Saturday morning. Welcome to Wonder Theory, your weekly space and science digest. Maybe you wanted to

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The furor over “Buttergate” has produced extensive speculation, food industry criticism, and tweeting over the issue of firmer butter and the possible role of palm oil in its apparently altered consistency. Now, a few months into the scandal, researchers are beginning to firm

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Health Canada is reviewing a submission from Pfizer-BioNTech to expand the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 and older. Health Canada said on Friday that the department is currently reviewing the submission, but did not provide any details on when

More than three million people globally have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University said on Saturday. With 566,224 deaths, the US has the highest number of fatalities, followed by Brazil with 368,749 and Mexico with 211,693. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the pandemic was at a

As Daunte Wright’s loved ones reflect on his son who will grow up without a father, police and protesters calling for justice in his death engaged in a standoff for the sixth night in a row. “His dad was a very good person,” Erica Whitaker, the grandmother of Daunte Wright’s son said, calling him an

More than four months after the first coronavirus vaccine hit American arms, a week-long drive to vaccinate the homeless against Covid-19 is underway in Phoenix. With the goal of vaccinating 500 people in a five-day period that ended on Friday, it’s a project that builds on the work of Phoenix-area nonprofits to care for the

Police in Portland, Oregon, said they used pepper spray and smoke canisters to break up a crowd that gathered on Friday as they investigated the fatal shooting of a suspect by police in Lents Park. A suspect who has only been described as a White male was fatally shot in the morning by an officer