Black Americans are getting support for reparations from other multiracial groups
CNN By Stephanie Elam, CNN (CNN) — Amy Iwasaki Mass knows the power of apology and reparations. She was in the first grade when her family and…
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Twelve dead and others missing as cyclone hits southern Brazil
By Lizzy Yee and Omar Fajardo, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people have died, five are missing and nearly 3,000 have been left homeless after an…
Continue ReadingRemembering Sally Ride — 40 years after she shattered the glass ceiling on the way to space
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — It has been 40 years since Sally Ride became the first woman from the United States to travel into outer space.…
Continue ReadingPatients left to wait by Britain’s public health service turn to crowdfunding
By Caolán Magee, CNN London (CNN) — Holly Reeves has a medical condition where she struggles to swallow food, so doctors fitted the five-year…
Continue ReadingBlack Americans are getting support for reparations from other multiracial groups
By Stephanie Elam, CNN (CNN) — Amy Iwasaki Mass knows the power of apology and reparations. She was in the first grade when her family and more…
Continue ReadingYoung Chinese soccer fan gives security the slip to hug his hero Messi mid-game
By Martha Zhou, Steven Jiang and Chris Lau, CNN Beijing (CNN) — It was the sort of astonishing run the world has come to expect from those who…
Continue ReadingMan is accused of living with the dead body of a relative for days without reporting it, authorities say
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A 61-year-old Alabama man was arrested after failing to report that he’d been living “for days” with a…
Continue Reading‘Like something out of Black Mirror’: Police robots go on patrol at Singapore airport
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — At more than 7 feet tall when fully extended and with 360 degree vision they’re formidable enough to make any…
Continue ReadingShip carrying 120 catches fire off Philippines
By Lizzy Yee, CNN (CNN) — A ship carrying 120 people caught fire off the Philippine island of Bohol, the country’s coast guard said Sunday.…
Continue ReadingUS authorities seize shipment of swim bladders from endangered fish valued at $2.7 million
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona have seized 242 pounds of swim bladders – the organ…
Continue Reading2 American tourists attacked in Germany are identified as recent college graduates from Illinois
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Two American tourists who police say were attacked – one fatally – while hiking in Germany were identified as…
Continue Reading‘Fruits, seeds and water’ were pivotal in keeping four children alive in the Amazon rainforest
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — When four young indigenous children were found last week after 40 days in the Colombian Amazon jungle, their…
Continue ReadingA winning combination: Man who played same lottery numbers for a decade finally nets a big payday
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — After nearly 10 years of playing the same lottery number combination, a $50,000 payday has finally arrived…
Continue ReadingISIS-linked rebel group attacks Ugandan school, killing dozens
CNN By Isaac Yee, Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, Chris Lau and Heather Chen, CNN Kampala, Uganda (CNN) — Armed rebels attacked a school in…
Continue ReadingThe USDA is investigating a ‘possible data breach’ of contractor related to the global Russian cybercriminal hack
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture is investigating a “possible data breach” of a department contractor…
Continue ReadingMothers accused of harming their babies are turning to the same science that freed Kathleen Folbigg
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Kathleen Folbigg had her first child at 21, and like most new moms kept a diary of the…
Continue ReadingFlooding turns Odesa’s coastline into ‘garbage dump and animal cemetery’ after dam collapse
By Mariya Knight, Maria Kostenko and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Beaches in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa have been closed off after…
Continue ReadingMexico plans to launch an asylum processing app next week
CNN, KCRA By Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — Mexico is launching a new app to speed up its asylum process amid record levels of asylum seekers, even…
Continue Reading8 injured, including teens, in shooting in Los Angeles County neighborhood, authorities say
By Andy Rose, Ashley R. Williams and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Eight people, including teenagers, were injured in a shooting in Los Angeles…
Continue ReadingAirstrike in Sudan’s capital kills 17 people, including five children, hours before US and Saudi Arabia broker ceasefire
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Alaa Elassar and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — At least 17 people were killed, including five children, after an airstrike…
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