By Thomas Lake, CNN (CNN) — Outside the US Capitol, he wore a red coat and held a gun. It was January 6, 2021, and the gunman stood on a scaffold above the west plaza as a flag-waving mob pressed against a police line. He raised the .38 revolver toward the gray-white sky and pulled
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — The House unanimously voted Friday to pass a bill bolstering Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates, a move that comes in the wake of two apparent assassination attempts targeting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. The vote was 405-0. The bill
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners, including foreigners and people accused of anti-state crimes. The state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned and commuted the sentences of 2,887 prisoners. It says those pardoned included 39 people who were convicted of anti-state crimes and 40 foreign
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the virus has spread in sea mammals. At least 24 Cape fur seals that were found dead or euthanized in various locations on South Africa’s
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The last time Aaron Rodgers played NFL action at MetLife Stadium, he only lasted four snaps before a torn Achilles ended his season in Week 1 of the 2023 campaign. On Thursday – over a year since suffering the serious injury – the 40-year-old took to the field for
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris’ revelation at the most recent presidential debate that she is a gun owner caught some viewers by surprise – the vice president has said relatively little over the years about her personal experience of owning a firearm. Responding to Donald Trump’s warning that Harris “wants to confiscate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — As torrential rains sweep through Central and West Africa, floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across the region. The extreme weather has worsened existing humanitarian crises in the countries which have been impacted the most: Chad, Nigeria, Mali and Niger. Over four million
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse, spelling catastrophe for global sea level rise. Since 2018, a team of scientists forming the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, has been studying Thwaites — often
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production. The grants announced Friday will fund a total of 25 projects in 14
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey, Meridith Edwards and Omar Jimenez, CNN Springfield, Ohio (CNN) — From his small apartment here, Vilbrun Dorsainvil makes video calls to Haiti to spend time with his fiancée and their daughter, whom he never had a chance to meet. Three years ago, Dorsainvil said he was faced with an impossible choice: risk his
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, slashing its benchmark rate by half a percentage point and signaling more rate cuts by the end of the year. The housing market is one of the most interest-rate-sensitive
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. He most recently called for a “virtual closure of Department of Education in Washington” during a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, which published on December 12. “You’re going to need some people just to make sure they’re
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Donald Trump corre el riesgo de verse condenado por lo que provocó en Carolina del Norte. Una contienda presidencial ya muy reñida en el crítico estado indeciso se vio sumida en una mayor confusión este jueves por una asombrosa investigación de CNN que reveló un escándalo de páginas porno en torno
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Un zoo chino admitió que su atracción estrella, dos supuestos pandas, no son más que perros pintados. Los esponjosos Chow Chow, pintados para parecerse al amado animal nacional del país, aparecieron en un vídeo grabado por un visitante del zoo, situado en la provincia meridional de Guangdong. El video, publicado este
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have warned that military attacks in recent days to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage over a year ago could instead threaten his safety. The rebels say the government has deployed more troops and launched airstrikes with helicopters since Monday on
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — CNN’s coverage of the 1980 US presidential election, broadcast just five months after the network’s launch, featured the analog predecessor of its now-essential election night prop: the “Magic Wall” electoral map. Visible behind a dedicated Election Desk at CNN’s Atlanta studio, the technology was far from magical (at one
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium. Weighing 22 kilograms (49 pounds) at 9 months old, Pesto is the heaviest penguin chick the Sea Life Melbourne
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors say that a 22-year-old man arrested after a stabbing in Rotterdam that left one person dead and another seriously wounded is suspected of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent. The Rotterdam public prosecution service said Friday that investigations into the suspect, whose identity has not
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Las bromas ingeniosas y los insultos entre rivales son habituales en las ligas de fútbol de fantasía, pero la disputa en línea de un hombre de Filadelfia ha dado lugar a una investigación internacional y a cargos federales después de que acusara falsamente a otro jugador de pretender llevar a cabo
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — As visually impaired Spanish runner Elena Congost approached the finish line in the women’s T12 marathon on the final day of the Paralympics, she and her guide, Mia Carol, began to discuss the bronze medal they were about to win. Having run for three hours, Congost and Carol were
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