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CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Consider this a wake-up call: Earth’s axis is shifting and we only have ourselves to blame, according to a…
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Jury ends 2nd day of deliberations over then-Parkland school resource officer’s fate in rare trial over police conduct in a mass shooting
By Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Jurors concluded their second day of deliberations Tuesday evening in the trial of…
Continue ReadingJanitor heard ‘annoying alarms’ and turned off freezer, ruining 20 years of school research worth $1 million, lawsuit says
By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — A university janitor who turned off a freezer after hearing multiple “annoying alarms,” ruined more than 20…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand’s leader Chris Hipkins under fire from opposition over backup plane for overseas trip
By Isaac Yee, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been criticized for bringing a backup plane on his visit…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand’s leader Chris Hipkins under fire from opposition over backup plane for overseas trip
By Isaac Yee, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been criticized for bringing a backup plane on his visit…
Continue ReadingStudent, 56, considers calling it quits after 27 attempts at college entrance exam
By Jessie Yeung and Candice Zhu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Liang Shi, 56, has by many measures led a successful life. He worked in various…
Continue Reading2 Tennessee inmates have been captured after they broke out through a jail ceiling, authorities say
By Amy Simonson and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two escaped inmates in northwestern Tennessee have been captured after they broke out of jail…
Continue ReadingCurious whale follows kayak as Australia revels in bumper annual humpback count
By Heather Chen and Su Myat Mon, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 5,000 humpback whales have been spotted in Australian waters during a record annual…
Continue ReadingJohn Goodenough, the Nobel Prize winner whose development of lithium ion batteries helped create ‘a rechargable world’, has died at 100
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — John B. Goodenough, the Nobel Prize-winning engineer whose contributions to developing lithium-ion batteries…
Continue ReadingPutin slams ‘traitors’ as Prigozhin claims mercenary rebellion was only a ‘protest’
By Mariya Knight, Anna Chernova, Rob Picheta and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin have…
Continue ReadingThese endangered leopards are disappearing from Cambodia
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The Indochinese leopard is dangerously close to becoming extinct in Cambodia, according to wild cat…
Continue ReadingCanadian wildfire smoke reaches Europe as Canada reports its worst fire season on record
By Joe Sutton, Taylor Ward and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Canada has officially marked its worst wildfire season on record, with smoke from the…
Continue ReadingStudent, 56, considers calling it quits after 27 attempts at college entrance exam
By Jessie Yeung and Candice Zhu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Liang Shi, 56, has by many measures led a successful life. He worked in various…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope detects crucial molecule in space for the first time
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have detected a crucial carbon molecule in space for the first time using the James Webb Space…
Continue ReadingIdaho student killings suspect could be executed by firing squad if he is convicted and sentenced to death
By Taylor Romine and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students could be executed by firing…
Continue ReadingHumans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s…
Continue ReadingPutin slams ‘traitors’ as Prigozhin claims mercenary rebellion was only a ‘protest’
By Mariya Knight, Anna Chernova, Rob Picheta and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin have…
Continue ReadingFossil reveals human ancestors butchered one another for reasons beyond ritual
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Nine cut marks on a fossilized shin bone suggest that ancient human relatives butchered and possibly ate one another…
Continue ReadingSierra Leone’s president takes early lead in tense election race
By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio has taken an early lead in the country’s…
Continue ReadingSierra Leone’s president takes early lead in tense election race
By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio has taken an early lead in the country’s…
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