By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a glowing new portrait of Uranus that showcases the ice giant’s typically hidden rings, moons, weather and atmosphere — features that were nowhere to be seen in the planet’s first close-up more than three decades ago. Webb is known for capturing stunning
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israeli officials are exploring the potential construction of a “humanitarian compound” in northern Gaza to house displaced Palestinian civilians, two Israeli officials and an international humanitarian official familiar with the plans told CNN. The establishment of such a compound would allow some Palestinian civilians to move to northern
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Kara Scannell and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in New York has ordered the names of dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims and associates to be made public in 2024, according to documents. The order, issued Monday by Judge Loretta A. Preska, is the latest filing in a settled case by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an American
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Ruby Franke shared parenting advice with millions of people on her family YouTube channel. On the now defunct channel, “8 Passengers,” she chronicled life with her six children and husband in Ivins, Utah. She posted videos of some of the ways she punished her children, such as withholding food
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of false bomb threats that were emailed over the weekend to Jewish facilities across the US are believed to be connected and originating from outside the country, according to the FBI. “At this time, based on similar language and specific email tradecraft used, it appears the perpetrators of
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday that establishes a commission to study racial justice and reparations. “This commission acknowledges the horrific injustice of slavery and will be tasked with examining the legacy of slavery, subsequent discrimination against people of African descent, and the impact these forces continue
Continue Reading CNN By Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio woman who had sought treatment at a hospital before suffering a miscarriage and passing her nonviable fetus in her bathroom now faces a criminal charge, her attorney told CNN. Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, has been charged with felony abuse
Continue Reading By Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio woman who had sought treatment at a hospital before suffering a miscarriage and passing her nonviable fetus in her bathroom now faces a criminal charge, her attorney told CNN. Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, has been charged with felony abuse of
Continue Reading By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s largest prison health care provider has come under fire from a group of Democratic senators who say they are alarmed the government contractor’s chronic understaffing and cost-cutting measures may have put inmates’ lives in danger. In a letter sent Monday, the group of lawmakers,
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Blue Origin’s tourism rocket — designed to vault paying customers on brief trips to the edge of space — successfully launched Tuesday morning on an uncrewed science mission. The New Shepard rocket lifted off at 11:43 a.m. ET from Blue Origin’s facilities on a private ranch
Continue Reading CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — The rise in anti-Muslim acts is undeniable and unnerving. Three Palestinian college students were shot in Vermont, and when a six-year-old was stabbed in Chicago, his mother couldn’t attend his funeral because she’d been stabbed, too. In Georgia, a middle school teacher was arrested after he allegedly threatened to
Continue Reading By Michelle Krupa and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — He was known as very charming, the FBI’s description read: an odd-job man, an antiques peddler, maybe interested in photography. Then, there was the accusation: Roger Dale Parham was arrested in late 1998 on a charge of rape involving a minor, the bureau said. The crime
Continue Reading By Tamar Michaelis, Sugam Pokharel, Tim Lister and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Family members of two hostages who appeared in a brief video released by Hamas have told Israeli media that the health of their elderly loved ones appears to have declined during their captivity in Gaza. Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, released the
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The searing heat from wildfires can transform metals found naturally in the soil into cancer-causing airborne particles, according to a new report. While a growing body of research has focused on the impacts of the gases and particles carried by wildfires, less attention has been paid to the effect
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are stepping up their strikes on ships in the Red Sea, which they say are revenge against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza. In a significant escalation, the United States and United Kingdom launched strikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen, after the Biden administration
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A laser communications experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission has beamed back a video to Earth from nearly 19 million miles (31 million kilometers) away — and the short clip stars a cat named Taters. It’s the first time NASA has streamed a video from deep space using
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Processing times for US passport applications and renewals are back to normal after years plagued by delays and backlogs. Routine services will now take six to eight weeks, the State Department said Monday — a significant improvement from wait times of up to 18 weeks during the pandemic.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Processing times for US passport applications and renewals are back to normal after years plagued by delays and backlogs. Routine services will now take six to eight weeks, the State Department said Monday — a significant improvement from wait times of up to 18 weeks during the pandemic. Here’s
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is taking a new step to address its overworked and chronically understaffed air traffic controller corps, CNN has learned. The agency is expected to announce this week that it is convening a special panel to review the impact and safety risks of on-the-job fatigue facing
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak and Christian Streib, CNN Mala Tokmachka, Ukraine (CNN) — The front lines where Ukraine and its allies had hoped for a summer breakthrough now epitomize the bleak, dark winter ahead — of Russian resurgence and Kyiv’s mounting losses. “As we like to say in the army, the plan was
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