5 things to know for December 21: Covid-19, Walmart, Maxwell, Philippines, quake
CNN By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official first day of winter.…
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Jurors in Kim Potter’s trial for killing Daunte Wright end day of deliberations after asking about not reaching consensus
By Eric Levenson, Sarah Moon and Ray Sanchez, CNN Jurors in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the White former Minnesota police officer who says…
Continue ReadingJury in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial signals they are focused on accusers’ testimony
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial asked the judge three questions Tuesday related…
Continue ReadingWhat it looks like to land on Mars and other space discoveries in 2021
By Ashley Strickland, CNN This year, we got to know our universe a little bit better. Discoveries in our solar system helped us become better…
Continue Reading‘An event canceled is better than a life canceled,’ WHO chief warns ahead of holiday season
By Ivana Kottasová and Virginia Langmaid, CNN It might be time to rethink your festive plans, the World Health Organization has warned amid a rising…
Continue ReadingA Christmas week meteor shower in the night sky
By Megan Marples, CNN A crisp wind blew off the Gulf of Mexico as photojournalist and commercial photographer Mark Wallheiser set up his camera on a…
Continue ReadingJapan hangs 3 death row inmates in first executions since 2019
By Junko Ogura, Mayumi Maruyama and Sophie Jeong, CNN Japan executed three death row inmates by hanging on Tuesday, marking the first executions the…
Continue ReadingPhilippines’ Typhoon Rai death toll rises further as areas remain cut off from help
By Rhea Mogul, CNN The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 300 on Tuesday as humanitarian agencies…
Continue ReadingHow children were used in a 48-hour deadly rampage for gold
By Saskya Vandoorne, Adama Koné, Nick Paton Walsh, Dalal Mawad and Jo Shelley, CNN The men were shot as they slept outside, having spent their days…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s teen employee hopped through drive-thru window to save customer choking on a chicken nugget
CNN, KARE By Sara Smart, CNN A Saturday afternoon shift turned into an act of heroism for one Minnesota teen. When 15-year-old Sydney Raley clocked…
Continue ReadingFossil of a giant millipede reveals ‘the biggest bug that ever lived’
By Katie Hunt, CNN A fossil of a giant millipede found on a beach in northern England has revealed the “biggest bug that ever lived,”…
Continue ReadingThird-grade students were allegedly told to reenact elements of the Holocaust
CNN, WUSA By Sonnet Swire, CNN A staff member at a Washington, DC, elementary school is under investigation after allegedly telling third-grade…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s teen employee hopped through drive-thru window to save customer choking on a chicken nugget
By Sara Smart, CNN A Saturday afternoon shift turned into an act of heroism for one Minnesota teen. When 15-year-old Sydney Raley clocked in for her…
Continue ReadingEthiopian government rejects Tigrayan fighters’ ceasefire call, dashing hopes of an end to the conflict
By Niamh Kennedy, Zeena Saifi and Larry Madowo, CNN The Ethiopian government has dismissed calls for a ceasefire from Tigrayan fighters in the north…
Continue Reading6.2 magnitude quake shakes Northern California
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California rattled a wide swath of the state shortly after noon local…
Continue ReadingJury in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial adjourns until Monday
CNN By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial have paused their deliberations until Monday…
Continue ReadingJury in Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for killing Daunte Wright completes day 3 of deliberations
CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN Jurors in the manslaughter trial of the White former Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her firearm for her Taser…
Continue ReadingSpecial prosecutor investigating initial case against Jussie Smollett says state attorney’s office engaged in ‘substantial abuses’
By Dave Cera and Claire Colbert, CNN A special prosecutor asked to investigate the initial resolution of the case against actor Jussie Smollett for…
Continue ReadingHow a Seattle community is supporting a tribe’s fight for its existence
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN The Duwamish tribe isn’t recognized by the US government. It doesn’t have its own reservation. More than a century…
Continue ReadingThis asteroid sample could reveal our solar system’s origin story
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Just over a year after Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission returned the first subsurface sample of an asteroid to Earth,…
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