By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — As the new year approaches, you might be thinking about buying a bottle of champagne to ring it in with a celebratory “pop.” But the climate crisis could ruin the party, new data suggests. The three grapes used in almost all champagne — chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier
Continue Reading By Marcus Mabry, CNN (CNN) — 2023 was another unprecedented year — from a former US president being criminally indicted to a Speaker of the House of Representatives being removed — both for the first time in the country’s nearly 250-year history. Beyond politics, the US and Canada witnessed a suspected Chinese spy balloon float
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The University of Idaho on Thursday demolished the off-campus home where four students were fatally stabbed last year — the latest instance in which a property is razed following grisly, high-profile killings. Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen were killed inside the Moscow, Idaho, off-campus rental
Continue Reading By Eric Cheung, CNN Tapei, Taiwan (CNN) — China’s ongoing investigation into alleged lip-synching by a popular Taiwanese rock band may be linked to attempts by Beijing to influence the island’s upcoming election, Taiwan security officials have claimed. Mayday, one of the most prominent rock groups in the Chinese-speaking world, has been under an official
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A 14-year-old has been charged with murder after being accused of fatally shooting his older sister on Christmas Eve during a family dispute over gifts, Tampa Bay area authorities say. His 15-year-old brother has also been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot the younger brother in retaliation
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota woman has filed a malpractice lawsuit claiming she was left disfigured after her Eden Prairie dentist performed more than 30 procedures during a single appointment. In a civil lawsuit filed last week against Dr. Kevin Molldrem and Molldrem Family Dentistry in Hennepin County District Court, Kathleen Wilson
Continue Reading By Veronica Lin and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A champion of the board game Xiangqi, also known as Chinese chess, has had to forfeit his title because of “bad behavior” after winning a tournament, but has denied allegations online and in Chinese state media that he used a sex toy to cheat. Yan Chenglong,
Continue Reading WTVD By Olivia LaBorde, CNN (CNN) — A civil rights leader says he was kicked out of a North Carolina movie theater while attempting to see “The Color Purple” for trying to use his own chair in the disabled section. Bishop William Barber, 60, said he tried to use the special chair he brought in the disabled
Continue Reading By Olivia LaBorde, CNN (CNN) — A civil rights leader says he was kicked out of a North Carolina movie theater while attempting to see “The Color Purple” for trying to use his own chair in the disabled section. Bishop William Barber, 60, said he tried to use the special chair he brought in the disabled section
Continue Reading By Jeff Winter and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A 36-year-old man accused of stabbing two teenage girls in New York’s Grand Central Terminal on Christmas morning and making derogatory comments about White people has been charged with several hate crimes, according to a criminal complaint. The teens, 14 and 16, were attacked in Grand
Continue Reading CNN By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman and Mitch McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — An edited video circulating on social media appears to show Palestinian men and at least two children detained and stripped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a stadium in northern Gaza. Clips in the video show what appear to be two young
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman and Mitch McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — An edited video circulating on social media appears to show Palestinian men and at least two children detained and stripped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a stadium in northern Gaza. Clips in the video show what appear to be two young boys
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau and Hilary Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Former European Commission President Jacques Delors, a key figure in the creation of the euro currency, has died aged 98 on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Jacques Delors Institute, a think tank he founded. Delors, a Socialist, had a high-profile political career in France, where he
Continue Reading CNN, WLS By Amanda Jackson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The two men had gone out the day after Christmas, scouting for fishing holes at a creek in northwest Indiana, when something shiny in the distance caught their attention. Mario Garcia and his son-in-law Nivardo Delatorre had been ready to call it a day.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the former King of Spain. Personal Birth date: January 5, 1938 Birth place: Rome, Italy Birth name: Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon Father: Don Juan de Borbon y Battenburg, Count of Barcelona, third son of King Alfonso XIII of
Continue Reading By Sarah Engel, CNN (CNN) — Human remains found in 1976 by hikers in a shallow desert grave near Lake Mohave, just a few miles from the Arizona-Nevada border, have finally been identified. Luis Alonso Paredes, who was originally from El Salvador, was positively identified thanks to national fingerprint records, “which was not an available resource at the
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Two bodies found inside a car, believed to belong to a missing Texas teen who was nine months pregnant and her boyfriend, each had a gunshot wound, police said Wednesday. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told reporters earlier on Tuesday that authorities believe the bodies belong to
Continue Reading KSAT, LEON VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Paradise Afshar and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Two bodies found inside a car, believed to belong to a missing Texas teen who was nine months pregnant and her boyfriend, each had a gunshot wound, police said Wednesday. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told reporters earlier on
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — This year held some truly out-there moments in the world of science and space travel. With SpaceX’s Mars rocket erupting into a ball of flames over the ocean (twice) and a spacecraft swinging by Earth to drop off pieces of an asteroid that could contain solar
Continue Reading CNN, WBBM By Amanda Jackson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The two men had gone out the day after Christmas, scouting for fishing holes at a creek in northwest Indiana, when something shiny in the distance caught their attention. Mario Garcia and his son-in-law Nivardo Delatorre had been ready to call it a day.
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