UK government blocks Scotland’s new gender recognition law
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The UK government has blocked a new law intended to allow trans people in Scotland to change their legal gender without a…
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Armed men kidnap 50 women and girls foraging for food in Burkina Faso
By Saskya Vandoorne, Marguerite Lacroix and Allegra Goodwin, CNN A group of women and girls foraging for wild fruits were abducted by armed men in…
Continue ReadingProsecutors drop charges against NYPD officer accused of acting as foreign agent for China
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn moved to dismiss charges against a New York Police Department officer who…
Continue ReadingIn parts of Ancient Greece, first-cousin marriage was not only allowed but encouraged, DNA shows
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN If you wanted to hang on to your land in Bronze Age Greece, you could do worse than marry your cousin. A team of international…
Continue ReadingDeadly Yeti Airlines crash highlights dangers of flying in Nepal
By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Jessie Yeung, CNN A search and rescue operation has been underway in Nepal following a deadly plane crash that once…
Continue ReadingDallas Zoo monkey enclosure fencing cut on same day as tampering that allowed leopard to escape, police say
By Andy Rose and Ashley Killough, CNN Fencing that was cut at the Dallas Zoo’s clouded leopard habitat Friday — resulting in the escape…
Continue ReadingStabbing of student of Asian descent was motivated by race, suspect allegedly said. Now, another US community is pushing back on anti-AAPI hate
By Tina Burnside, Christine Sever and Dakin Andone, CNN The suspect in an unprovoked attack allegedly said she was motivated by race when she…
Continue Reading23 years ago, another 6-year-old boy fired a gun in school. The victim was his classmate
By Christina Maxouris, CNN When authorities in Newport News, Virginia, announced on January 6 that a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to school and shot…
Continue Reading5 things to know for January 16: MLK Day, Storms, Nepal plane crash, Biden, Ukraine
CNN, KGO, KEYT By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In many corners of the US, people are hunkering down in their homes and layering on their clothes amid a bout…
Continue Reading5 things to know for January 16: MLK Day, Storms, Nepal plane crash, Biden, Ukraine
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In many corners of the US, people are hunkering down in their homes and layering on their clothes amid a bout of severe…
Continue Reading5 things to know for January 16: MLK Day, Storms, Nepal plane crash, Biden, Ukraine
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In many corners of the US, people are hunkering down in their homes and layering on their clothes amid a bout of severe…
Continue ReadingNew York man who broke into a school to shelter more than 20 people from deadly blizzard is awarded Super Bowl tickets by the Buffalo Bills
By Zenebou Sylla and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A man who saved more than 20 people during the deadly snowstorm that shrouded Erie County, New York, in…
Continue Reading‘Russia’s Rambo,’ once a Putin favorite, says he’d now fight for Ukraine and feels ‘nothing but hatred’ for his home country
CNN By Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films…
Continue ReadingMafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted man, arrested in Sicily
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Antonia Mortensen and Valentina Di Donato, CNN Matteo Messina Denaro, one of the bosses of the Cosa Nostra Mafia in Sicily…
Continue ReadingFormer Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada shot dead at her home in Kabul
By Ehsan Popalzai and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and her security guard were shot dead her home in Kabul early…
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‘The closer I got, the more it looked like hell’: Dnipro reels from deadly Russian missile strike
By Tim Lister, Fred Pleitgen and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN In Dnipro, there is grief, exhaustion and anger. Early on Saturday afternoon, as families…
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Injured passengers identified in car crash that killed UGA football player and staffer
By Isabel Rosales, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Hannah Sarisohn and Eric Levenson, CNN Police on Monday identified the two passengers injured in the…
Continue ReadingFive locations throughout the US have been renamed to remove a derogatory term for Indigenous women
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The United States Department of the Interior has replaced a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for centuries in five…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles charged with murder in the killing of a 23-year-old woman
CNN, WBRC By Andy Rose and Jillian Sykes, CNN University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has been arrested and charged with murder in…
Continue Reading‘Russia’s Rambo,’ once a Putin favorite, says he’d now fight for Ukraine and feels ‘nothing but hatred’ for his home country
By Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films —…
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