Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to complete spacewalk
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk,…
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Within minutes, the Astroworld Festival turned deadly. Here’s what we know about the show’s timeline
By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and…
Continue ReadingThis ancient sloth ate meat, unlike its plant-eating relatives
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Modern sloths hang out in trees, move at a slow pace and eat a vegetarian diet — but the same thing can’t be…
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Lawsuit filed against Travis Scott, Live Nation and others following Astroworld Festival tragedy
CNN, HLN, KHOU By Alaa Elassar, CNN A lawsuit has been filed following the Astroworld Festival tragedy that left eight people dead and dozens injured…
Continue ReadingCampaigners make last effort to save man with intellectual disabilities from execution in Singapore
By Helen Regan, CNN Campaigners are making a last ditch effort to save a man with intellectual disabilities from execution in Singapore, in a case…
Continue ReadingHouston’s police chief spoke with Travis Scott about safety before a deadly crowd surge left 8 people dead at the Astroworld Festival
CNN, HLN, KHOU By Travis Caldwell, Holly Yan, Rosa Flores and Steve Almasy, CNN Before rapper Travis Scott took the stage Friday night at his…
Continue ReadingWang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to complete spacewalk
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk,…
Continue ReadingLawsuit filed against Travis Scott, Live Nation and others following Astroworld Festival tragedy
By Alaa Elassar, CNN A lawsuit has been filed following the Astroworld Festival tragedy that left eight people dead and dozens injured in Houston on…
Continue ReadingAn 87-year-old grandmother from Sri Lanka has become the oldest person to earn a master’s degree at this university in Canada
By Alaa Elassar, CNN A grandmother of seven who emigrated from Sri Lanka has become the oldest person to earn a master’s degree at…
Continue ReadingMore than a dozen video clips were played during Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial last week. Here’s what they showed
By Christina Maxouris, CNN More than a dozen video clips were entered into evidence during the first week of Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial…
Continue ReadingMom says Southwest Airlines thought she was trafficking her biracial daughter
By Jenn Selva and Gregory Lemos, CNN A California woman is accusing Southwest Airlines of racial profiling, saying she was accused of human…
Continue ReadingMissing teen rescued after making a hand gesture she learned from TikTok to signal for help
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A missing teenager from North Carolina was rescued by Kentucky police after she signaled for help by using a hand gesture…
Continue ReadingMissing teen rescued after making a hand gesture she learned from TikTok to signal for help
WKYT, TIK TOK, LAUREL COUNTY SHERIFF. CANADIAN WOMENS FOUNDATION, CNN By Amanda Jackson, CNN A missing teenager from North Carolina was rescued by…
Continue Reading123 years later, a North Carolina Black man killed in a massacre receives a funeral
By Delano Massey, Daniel Shepherd and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Joshua Halsey was murdered in the November 1898 massacre of Black people in Wilmington,…
Continue Reading2 high school students, an engineering student and a man who was trying to save his fiancée are among the Astroworld Festival victims
By Alanne Orjoux, CNN Two high school students, a man who was trying to save his fiancée and a 9-year-old boy are among 10 people who died after a…
Continue ReadingHow Jewish delis are evolving — even as pastrami and matzoh ball soup become a rarity across the US
By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Lloyd Lederman grew up surrounded by the Jewish deli. His grandfather had a deli. His father had a deli.…
Continue Reading‘This was not a concert, this was a fight for survival’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN TK Tellez knows that festivals can get crazy. But nothing, he says, could have prepared him for the tragedy that unfolded Friday…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Houston, Colin Powell, Kobe Bryant, infrastructure, vaccine
By Faith Karimi, CNN Hope you remembered to set your clocks behind one hour! And speaking of sleep, people often ask whether it’s OK to share…
Continue ReadingAmerican Girl Dolls and Risk have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Everyone has a favorite childhood toy. But is yours a hall of famer? This week, the National Toy Hall of Fame inducted American…
Continue ReadingIsrael doubles down against US, saying there is no room in Jerusalem for an American Consulate for Palestinians
By Hadas Gold, CNN Sitting next to the Israeli Foreign Minister in Washington this October, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was clear: The…
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