How Instagram led to two teens’ eating disorders
By Sara Sidner and Julia Jones, CNN At 14, Ashlee Thomas was in the grips of anorexia. She weighed 85 pounds. She was hospitalized. Her heart stopped…
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‘Once-in-a-generation’ find reveals microscopic fossil in amber
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Let’s hear it for the trailblazers. This week, the winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, medicine, chemistry and…
Continue ReadingBlack real estate agent and his Black clients file lawsuit after being handcuffed by police during home showing
By Dakin Andone, Jennifer Henderson and Amanda Watts, CNN A Black father, his son, and their Black real estate agent have filed a federal lawsuit…
Continue ReadingCzech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s populist party loses grip on power in nail-bitingly close election
By John Mastrini and Sheena McKenzie, CNN The Czech Republic‘s billionaire prime minister appears to have lost his grip on power after his…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles police fatally shoot an armed man they said had taken a hostage after a violent crime spree
By Alta Spells, CNN A man suspected of a string of crimes, including taking someone hostage and firing a gun at three family members, was fatally…
Continue ReadingSpanish archbishop apologizes for steamy music video filmed in Gothic cathedral
By Jeevan Ravindran and Robert Iddiols, CNN The Archbishop of Toledo in Spain has apologized after two artists filmed a racy music video in the…
Continue ReadingApple Store security guard stabbed over face mask dispute in NYC
By Laura Studley, CNN A dispute over wearing a face mask led to the stabbing of an Apple Store security guard Friday, a spokesperson with the New…
Continue ReadingA teacher at a North Carolina charter school resigns after claims of ‘field slave’ comments to Black students
By Rebekah Riess, CNN A teacher at a North Carolina charter school has resigned after parents brought to light a number of alleged racist incidents,…
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No physical signs of Brian Laundrie have yet been found in a Florida nature reserve, police say
CNN By Travis Caldwell and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN As the search for Brian Laundrie continues in a Florida nature reserve, police said Friday that…
Continue ReadingNo physical signs of Brian Laundrie have yet been found in a Florida nature reserve, police say
By Travis Caldwell and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN As the search for Brian Laundrie continues in a Florida nature reserve, police said Friday that they…
Continue ReadingIraq’s bloodiest battle will be a video game
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Najla Bassim Abdulelah grew up in a war. The regular sight of dead bodies and the memory of her friend being shot next to her as…
Continue ReadingSouthern California business owners frustrated as oil spill forces them to close shop
By Amir Vera, CNN Jaz Kaner has never experienced an oil spill that closed beaches and waterways in Southern California. The lifelong surfer and…
Continue ReadingUS Marshals and Scranton police nab 9 sex offenders in ‘Operation Dunder Mifflin’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The US Marshals Service led a multiagency effort dubbed “Operation Dunder Mifflin” to verify the addresses of…
Continue ReadingA slavery petition was the latest racist incident at this school. Parents and lawmakers are fed up
By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Linh Tran, CNN Nearly two weeks after a racist petition to bring back slavery circulated at her daughter’s school,…
Continue ReadingA slavery petition was the latest racist incident at this school. Parents and lawmakers are fed up
CNN By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Linh Tran, CNN Nearly two weeks after a racist petition to bring back slavery circulated at her daughter’s…
Continue ReadingHearing you’ve won a Nobel is incredible for most people. For some, it just spoils their sleep
By Rob Picheta, CNN At five o’clock in the morning, the esteemed 86-year-old astrophysicist Jim Peebles was woken suddenly by the telephone…
Continue ReadingChinese President Xi Jinping vows to pursue ‘reunification’ with Taiwan by peaceful means
By Wayne Chang, Yong Xiong and Ben Westcott, CNN Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to pursue “reunification” with Taiwan by peaceful…
Continue Reading4 people are killed in a plane crash near Atlanta
By Rebekah Riess, CNN A single-engine plane crashed and caught fire on Friday during takeoff at an airport just northeast of Atlanta, according to…
Continue ReadingJustice Department won’t pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against Kenosha Police officer for Jacob Blake shooting
By Mallika Kallingal and Jamie Crawford, CNN The Justice Department announced Friday it will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against…
Continue ReadingMother of teen killed in Oakland road rage shooting pleads for help to find suspect
By Sarah Moon, CNN The mother of a 15-year-old girl shot and killed Wednesday in a road rage shooting in Oakland, is pleading for the…
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