The beheading of a diplomat’s daughter shows how badly Pakistan is failing its women
By Sophia Saifi, CNN Few cases of femicide make headlines in Pakistan, but the beheading of an ambassador’s daughter promises to test a legal…
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A Black realtor was showing a home to a Black father and son. They were handcuffed by Michigan police
By Dakin Andone and Raja Razek, CNN A Black realtor was showing a house to a Black man and his 15-year-old son in a Michigan suburb last week when…
Continue ReadingTwo North Carolina men were killed by a train while mourning their brother killed in the same spot
By Melissa Alonso and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two men were mourning the loss of their brother, who had been struck by a light-rail train, when they were…
Continue ReadingDivers found human remains and a submerged car in search for New Hampshire woman missing since 1978
By David Williams, CNN New Hampshire Fish and Game search divers found human remains on Friday in a submerged car believed to belong to a woman who…
Continue Reading28,000-year-old lion cub looks like it’s just sleeping
By Ashley Strickland, CNN We are driven by discovery. As a kid, I devoured stories about the arduous efforts to reveal the past (and I still do).…
Continue ReadingFlorida reports record high number of new Covid-19 cases this week
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) escalated his ongoing feud with President Joe Biden over Covid-19 regulations, taking a stab at the President’s memory…
Continue ReadingWhat’s next for gymnastics great Simone Biles after Tokyo?
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles left Tokyo on Wednesday with her fame intact, but changed from the person she had been…
Continue ReadingAfter latest suicide, the Vessel in New York City’s Hudson Yards ponders its future
By Eric Levenson, CNN In a December 2016 article for The Architect’s Newspaper, journalist Audrey Wachs noted a glaring issue with the Vessel,…
Continue ReadingTwo men arrested in US over alleged plot to kill Myanmar’s UN ambassador
By Helen Regan and Jamie Crawford, CNN Two Myanmar citizens have been charged in New York with allegedly plotting to kill or injure Myanmar’s…
Continue ReadingMichigan hospital ends relationship with Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins over his vaccine stance
By Dave Alsup and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Holland Hospital in western Michigan said it is ending its relationship with Minnesota Vikings quarterback…
Continue ReadingHe was committed to a Hawaii state hospital for nearly 3 years in a case of mistaken identity. Now he wants the record set straight, Hawaii Innocence Project says
By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN The Hawaii Innocence Project has filed a memo in support of a man they say was wrongly incarcerated at Hawaii…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order on masks in schools faces first legal challenges over constitutionality
By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN Two different lawsuits have been filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis over his executive order on masks in…
Continue ReadingA Trump-era policy that shut out top Chinese students could be hurting America more than Beijing
By Julia Hollingsworth, Yong Xiong and David Culver, CNN When Dennis Hu came home to China for the 2020 Lunar New Year, he thought it would be a…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover’s first attempt to collect Martian sample didn’t go as planned
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Attempting firsts on Mars is hard, even if you’re an incredibly capable and advanced robot like the Perseverance…
Continue ReadingArkansas judge temporarily blocks state law banning mask mandates in schools
By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN An Arkansas judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of the state’s law banning mask…
Continue ReadingTaliban seizes Afghanistan’s second-largest city
The Taliban has taken control of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Afghan Member of Parliament Gul Ahmad Kamin told CNN on…
Continue ReadingFlorida reports record high number of new Covid-19 cases this week
By Dakin Andone and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Florida reported 134,506 new Covid-19 cases over the last week on Friday, more than any other 7-day period…
Continue ReadingBesieged on a ‘Taliban-made island,’ Kandahar’s residents see no way out as militants advance ever closer
By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN A wedding hall in the west of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city, now lies on the…
Continue ReadingAt least 10 people injured in stabbings on Tokyo train
By Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Ten people were stabbed Friday night on a train in Tokyo by a man with a knife, according to the Tokyo Fire Department. The…
Continue ReadingTexas woman gives birth in same hospital system where her husband died of Covid-19
By David Williams and Carmen Conte Widman Maria Garza spent much of her pregnancy in the ICU of a Texas hospital with her husband Jason, who died of…
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