Nintendo changes Japanese name of villainous Super Mario character
By Chris Lau, CNN Video game maker Nintendo has announced it has changed the Japanese name of Spike, the foreman who appears in “The Super…
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Taiwan activist formally arrested for suspected ‘secession’ in China
By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Taiwan political activist has been formally arrested on suspicion of “secession” in China, more than…
Continue ReadingGen Z takes office: Japan’s newest politicians are young, diverse and online
By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN Move over, boomers and older millennials — Japan’s young people are stepping into office. The…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Lavrov hosts UN meeting on ‘international peace,’ gets slammed by Western diplomats
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for his country’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine…
Continue ReadingInstacart delivery drivers’ vehicle was fired at after they went to the wrong address while delivering groceries, South Florida police say
WFOR, DAVIE POLICE DEPT. (INCIDENT REPORT), CNN By Claudia Dominguez and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Two Instacart shoppers making a grocery delivery to a…
Continue ReadingInstacart delivery drivers’ vehicle was fired at after they went to the wrong address while delivering groceries, South Florida police say
By Claudia Dominguez and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Two Instacart shoppers making a grocery delivery to a home in South Florida had their car shot at after…
Continue ReadingSuspect in custody, one person dead after shooting at Oklahoma community college, police say
KOCO, MIDWEST CITY POLICE, CNN By Michelle Watson, CNN A suspect is in custody and one person is dead after a shooting at Rose State College in…
Continue ReadingDriver of SUV that crashed into a Massachusetts Apple store accelerated to 60 mph before deadly crash, prosecutor says
By Rob Frehse and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A man accused of driving an SUV into a Hingham, Massachusetts, Apple store last year — killing one…
Continue ReadingSilence along Ukraine’s southern front fuels speculation over counteroffensive
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Miles of empty fields where you might expect a build-up of armor. Tank tracks that emerge in the mud from nowhere, and…
Continue ReadingRussia’s deputy defense minister is under sanctions. His ex-partner is still living the high life in Europe, investigation reveals
By Clarissa Ward and Mick Krever, CNN On a rainy Sunday afternoon, a handful of protesters gather outside an upscale Parisian apartment complex.…
Continue ReadingAdvocacy groups sue to block an emergency rule limiting gender-affirming care that’s expected to go into effect this week in Missouri
By Michelle Watson, Claudia Dominguez, Taylor Romine and Kyung Lah, CNN Advocacy groups sued the Missouri Attorney General Monday after he announced…
Continue ReadingOfficer who fired fatal shot in Breonna Taylor botched raid hired by a nearby county sheriff’s office
CNN By Mark Morales and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Myles Cosgrove, one of the Louisville Metro Police officers involved in the 2020 shooting of Breonna…
Continue ReadingNASA mission detects first seismic waves traveling through the center of Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When quakes rumbled on Mars and a meteorite smacked into the red planet during the past four years, NASA’s InSight…
Continue ReadingA Texas family fought for weeks to regain custody of their newborn. Experts say the case shows how Black parents are criminalized.
By Nicquel Terry Ellis A Black Texas couple has been reunited with their newborn daughter after authorities removed the baby and placed her in foster…
Continue ReadingSuspect in custody, one person dead after shooting at Oklahoma community college, police say
By Michelle Watson, CNN A suspect is in custody and one person is dead after a shooting at Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma, the…
Continue ReadingOfficer who fired fatal shot in Breonna Taylor botched raid hired by a nearby county sheriff’s office
By Mark Morales and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Myles Cosgrove, one of the Louisville Metro Police officers involved in the 2020 shooting of Breonna Taylor,…
Continue ReadingWhy the northern and southern lights appear to be so active right now
By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN The breathtaking dancing shimmer of the aurora borealis and its counterpart in the southern hemisphere,…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Lavrov hosts UN meeting on ‘international peace,’ gets slammed by Western diplomats
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for his country’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine…
Continue ReadingSilence along Ukraine’s southern front fuels speculation over counteroffensive
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Miles of empty fields where you might expect a build-up of armor. Tank tracks that emerge in the mud from nowhere, and lead…
Continue ReadingFormer Minnesota police officer Kim Potter released from prison after serving time for deadly shooting of Daunte Wright
CNN, WCCO By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Former Minnesota officer Kimberly Potter has been released from prison after serving 16 months of a two-year…
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