China tightens Xi’an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 years
CNN By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Nectar Gan China’s Xi’an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of…
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Ex-officer Kim Potter found guilty of two counts of manslaughter for fatally shooting Daunte Wright
By Ray Sanchez, Adrienne Broaddus and Brad Parks, CNN Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who drew a gun instead of a Taser and fatally…
Continue Reading50,000-year-old social network revealed in Africa
By Katie Hunt, CNN Thousands of years before Facebook, Twitter and TikTok, tiny beads helped humans make social connections. A decade-long study of…
Continue ReadingMinnesota family of 7, including 3 children, died of apparent accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, police say
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A family of seven, including three children, who were found dead earlier this week inside a northwest Minnesota home died of…
Continue Reading4 injured after explosion and fire reported at an ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, Texas, officials say
By Tina Burnside and Jason Hanna, CNN A “major industrial accident” injured at least four people early Thursday at one of the United…
Continue ReadingThis Chinese city found a Covid cluster. All 13 million residents are now under lockdown
By Jessie Yeung, CNN On Tuesday, the central Chinese city of Xi’an recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases. By Wednesday, authorities had imposed strict…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina police chief placed on unpaid leave for telling officers about ‘clinic’ to obtain Covid-19 vaccination cards without getting the shots
By Maria Cartaya and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A North Carolina police chief has been placed on unpaid leave and probation for telling officers about a…
Continue ReadingThe latest on the coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant
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Continue ReadingDecember 23 Omicron variant and coronavirus news
By Helen Regan, Amy Woodyatt and Adam Renton, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights…
Continue ReadingHer son had disappeared in Libya. Now she’s trying to bring him home
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN The phone call lasted just three minutes, but it gave Sara Espinoza the first proof in six weeks that her son is alive. His…
Continue ReadingThe world is addicted to natural gas. Fossil fuel companies are lobbying hard to keep it that way
CNN, UNITED AIRLINES, NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, VIRENT By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN Imagine a world entirely free…
Continue ReadingThe world is addicted to natural gas. Fossil fuel companies are lobbying hard to keep it that way
By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN Imagine a world entirely free of fossil fuels. That’s no longer such an abstract concept, as…
Continue ReadingPerfectly preserved baby dinosaur discovered curled up inside its egg
CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN An unprecedented fossil of a baby dinosaur curled up perfectly inside its egg is shedding more light on the links between…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s famous Tiananmen Square ‘Pillar of Shame’ statue removed from university
Helen Regan, Wayne Chang, Teele Rebane and Karen Smith, CNN For more than 20 years the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture stood as a memorial to…
Continue ReadingAs the Taliban swept Kabul, one friend escaped. The other was trapped. They shared their anguish on WhatsApp
CNN By Eliza Mackintosh and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Illustration by Alberto Mier, CNN In the four months since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Nilofar,…
Continue ReadingShe’s nearly 3 but as small as an infant. This is the face of Afghanistan’s hunger crisis
By Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung, Abdul Basir Bina and Jadyn Sham, CNN Kamila is almost 3 years old, but she weighs just 11 pounds (5 kilograms). Her…
Continue ReadingAn 1875 almanac, books and a coin were discovered in time capsule found in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue
CNN, WTVR By David Williams and Sara Smart, CNN An 1875 almanac, two withered books, a coin and a cloth envelope were among the artifacts inside an…
Continue ReadingAn 1875 almanac, books and a coin were discovered in time capsule found in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue
WTVR By David Williams and Sara Smart, CNN An 1875 almanac, two withered books, a coin and a cloth envelope were among the artifacts inside an 1887…
Continue Reading19-year-old found in basement after she was missing for five days
CNN, SNOW COLLEGE By Michelle Watson, CNN A missing college student was found and reunited with her family on Saturday after she went missing on…
Continue ReadingBillionaire Jeff Green leaves the Mormon church, donates $600K to LGBTQ organization
By Michelle Watson, CNN Jeff Green, reportedly one of the richest people from Utah, has officially left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
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