Los Angeles County grants girl license to own a unicorn — if she can find one
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control has issued its first ever unicorn license. Madeline, a local…
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2022 In Review Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look back at the events of 2022. Notable US Events January 3 – The US Food and Drug Administration expands the…
Continue ReadingChicago priest Michael Pfleger reinstated following latest accusation of sexual abuse against him
By Michelle Watson, CNN Father Michael Pfleger, the senior pastor of the St. Sabina Parish in Chicago, has been reinstated after an independent…
Continue ReadingAs Brittney Griner visits a medical facility in Texas, one of the ‘Citgo 6’ says reintegration after captivity can be difficult
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As freed WNBA star Brittney Griner visits a Texas military medical facility following nearly 10 months of imprisonment in…
Continue ReadingNelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is CNN’s Hero of the Year
By Tricia Escobedo and Allie Torgan, CNN Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Ukraine, Winter storm, Bangladesh, Lockerbie, Grant Wahl
By Andrew Torgan, CNN If all goes according to plan, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific later today. The agency’s…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Ukraine, Winter storm, Bangladesh, Lockerbie, Grant Wahl
CNN By Andrew Torgan, CNN If all goes according to plan, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific later today. The…
Continue ReadingAfter 25 years of wrongful imprisonment, 2 Georgia men set free after newly uncovered evidence exonerates them of murder charges
CNN, WXIA By Emma Tucker, CNN After spending 25 years in prison on murder convictions related to the 1996 shooting death of their friend, two Georgia…
Continue Reading71 years after starting college, a 90-year-old woman is graduating
By Sara Smart, CNN A 90-year-old woman will finally walk across the stage and receive her diploma, 71 years after she first enrolled in college.…
Continue ReadingSurvivors of mass shootings are left with lifelong wounds — and mounting bills
By Christina Maxouris, CNN There were a million things running through James Slaugh’s mind as he was rushed to a nearby hospital after the…
Continue ReadingAs Brittney Griner visits a medical facility in Texas, one of the ‘Citgo 6’ says reintegration after captivity can be difficult
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As freed WNBA star Brittney Griner visits a Texas military medical facility following nearly 10 months of imprisonment in…
Continue ReadingMark, Albania’s last ‘restaurant bear,’ arrives at sanctuary after over 20 years of captivity
By Zoe Sottile, CNN After over twenty years in captivity, Mark, the last of Albania’s “restaurant bears,” has safely arrived at his…
Continue ReadingHawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano eruption may end soon after producing dazzling lava displays
By Nouran Salahieh and Paradise Afshar, CNN The eruption of the world’s largest active volcano — Mauna Loa in Hawaii — may soon…
Continue ReadingHae Min Lee’s brother is requesting a redo of the hearing that vacated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction
By Celina Tebor, CNN Attorneys representing the brother of Hae Min Lee, the teenager whose 1999 killing was investigated on the hit podcast…
Continue ReadingAfter 25 years of wrongful imprisonment, 2 Georgia men set free after newly uncovered evidence exonerates them of murder charges
By Emma Tucker, CNN After spending 25 years in prison on murder convictions related to the 1996 shooting death of their friend, two Georgia men were…
Continue ReadingConcerns of ‘more landslides’ in Southern California after portion of cliff collapses onto beach
CNN, KCAL, KCBS By Taylor Romine and Ray Sanchez, CNN No injuries were reported after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach Friday in coastal Palos…
Continue ReadingToledo Zoo welcomes twin polar bear cubs
By Zoe Sottile, CNN This Saturday just got twice as cute. The Toledo Zoo has announced the birth of two polar bear cubs, the first time polar bears…
Continue ReadingConcerns of ‘more landslides’ in Southern California after portion of cliff collapses onto beach
By Taylor Romine and Ray Sanchez, CNN No injuries were reported after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach Friday in coastal Palos Verdes Estates…
Continue ReadingA New Orleans Police Department employee is stabbed to death while driving for Uber
By Amanda Watts and Jason Hanna, CNN A New Orleans Police Department employee who was driving for Uber in her time off was stabbed to death by a…
Continue Reading‘The trip of a lifetime.’ 95 residents of Tampa, Kansas, visit Tampa, Florida
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Ninety-five residents of Tampa, Kansas, had the opportunity to experience life in the other Tampa. The residents constitute…
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