Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality
By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill Tuesday that granted same-sex couples the right to jointly…
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Kyiv breathes sigh of relief after air defenses shoot down barrage of Russian rockets
By Josh Pennington, Tim Lister, Kostan Nechyporenko, Olga Voitovych, Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — One after…
Continue ReadingGunman who killed 3 people and injured 6 in Farmington, New Mexico, was 18 years old and used three firearms, police say
By Steve Almasy and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — The 18-year-old gunman who shot and killed three people and wounded six others, including two law…
Continue ReadingMore than a third of the area charred by wildfires in Western North America can be traced back to fossil fuels, scientists find
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Millions of acres scorched by wildfires in the Western US and Canada — an area roughly the size of South…
Continue ReadingNigerian chef cooks for 100 hours in world record attempt
By Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has become a national sensation after cooking nonstop for 100 hours, in an…
Continue ReadingDallas mom killed by stray bullet while on her way to pick up daughter’s prom dress during Mother’s Day weekend
KTVT, AURA MORENO, CNN By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN A mother in Dallas, Texas, was going to pick up a prom dress with her daughter when she…
Continue ReadingDallas mom killed by stray bullet while on her way to pick up daughter’s prom dress during Mother’s Day weekend
By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN A mother in Dallas, Texas, was going to pick up a prom dress with her daughter when she was fatally shot by a…
Continue ReadingSt. Louis prosecutor files motion asking court to set aside the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for murder
By Joe Sutton, CNN The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has filed a motion asking a Missouri court to set aside the conviction of a man who…
Continue ReadingDOJ reaches agreement with Liberty County Sheriff’s Office after April 2022 traffic stop with Black lacrosse players
By Jamiel Lynch and Zoe Sottile, CNN The US Department of Justice has reached an agreement with a Georgia sheriff’s office, resolving a racial…
Continue ReadingThe first known athlete with Down syndrome to play in a college football game is suing his alma mater over alleged discrimination
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Caden Cox made history in 2021 during his time as a student athlete at Hocking College as the first known player with Down…
Continue ReadingAt least six dead in New Zealand hostel fire, according to report
By Tatiana Arias, CNN At least six people have reportedly died after a fire erupted inside a hostel in New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington…
Continue ReadingGunman who killed 3 people and injured 2 officers in Farmington, New Mexico, was 18 years old, police say
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN The gunman who on Monday shot and killed three people and wounded multiple others, including two law enforcement officers, in…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope spots water in rare comet
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe a rare comet in our solar system, making a long-awaited…
Continue ReadingHitler speech and Nazi slogans played on Austrian train’s loudspeakers
By Inke Kappeler, CNN Passengers on an Austrian train running from Bregenz to Vienna were shocked when they heard a recording of an Adolf Hitler…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s opposition faces an uphill battle in runoff with Erdogan
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN A hushed silence fell over the crowd outside the Istanbul headquarters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…
Continue ReadingState education officials want to interview students of Florida teacher under investigation for showing Disney movie to class
CNN By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — Florida education officials want to speak with students who were shown a Disney movie in their fifth-grade…
Continue ReadingSt. Louis officials respond to several calls of motorists trapped during flash flooding
By Tina Burnside, CNN Rescue crews in St. Louis, Missouri, responded to numerous reports of drivers trapped in flood waters Sunday as thousands in…
Continue ReadingWagner boss denies Washington Post report he offered Russian intelligence to Kyiv in exchange for territory
By Kostan Nechyporenko, Victoria Butenko, Anna Chernova and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin has denied a report that he proposed sharing Russian…
Continue ReadingOakland teachers, school district reach tentative agreement to end strike
By Cheri Mossburg, Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN More than a week after educators first hit the picket line, the Oakland Education Association,…
Continue ReadingFlorida teacher says she is under investigation after showing 5th grade class Disney movie with gay character
By Melissa Alonso and Isabel Rosales, CNN A fifth-grade teacher said she is being investigated by the Florida Department of Education after she…
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