Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, has died
By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — Cecile Richards, a women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned…
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TikTok is back online after Trump pledged to restore it
By Clare Duffy and David Goldman, CNN UPDATE: Adding video New York (CNN) — Around 12 hours after shutting itself down in the United States, TikTok…
Continue ReadingPres. Biden issues preemptive pardons for Milley, Fauci and Jan. 6 committee members
UPDATE: Adding video Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci and…
Continue ReadingGaza ceasefire brings hope but aid workers warn of major hurdles ahead
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — As the Gaza ceasefire takes hold, aid workers caution that the toughest challenges are yet to…
Continue ReadingJapanese aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish with cardboard cutouts of people
By Issy Ronald and Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Jan. 20: Inauguration Day, Immigration, TikTok ban, Ceasefire deal, Severe weather
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th president of the United States, a couple of months after…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Jan. 20: Inauguration Day, Immigration, TikTok ban, Ceasefire deal, Severe weather
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th president of the United States, a couple of months after one…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Jan. 20: Inauguration Day, Immigration, TikTok ban, Ceasefire deal, Severe weather
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th president of the United States, a couple of months after…
Continue ReadingSolar-charging backpacks are helping children to read after dark
By Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — When Innocent James completed his chores after school, he would light a kerosene lamp and lay down to…
Continue ReadingChina executes man who plowed car into crowds in deadliest attack in a decade
By Nectar Gan and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has executed a man who killed 35 people by plowing his car into crowds at a sports…
Continue ReadingWho is Han Zheng, the senior Chinese official attending Trump’s inauguration?
CNN By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping may not have personally accepted US President-elect Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Jan. 20: Inauguration Day, Immigration, TikTok ban, Ceasefire deal, Severe weather
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th president of the United States, a couple of months after…
Continue ReadingWho is Han Zheng, the senior Chinese official attending Trump’s inauguration?
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping may not have personally accepted US President-elect Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingPope describes Trump’s planned deportations of immigrants as a ‘disgrace’
By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has criticized US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport immigrants as a “disgrace.”…
Continue ReadingAt least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail
By Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the…
Continue Reading‘Everybody is crying’: Israelis rejoice as 3 hostages returned after more than 470 days in Gaza
By Nadeen Ebrahim and Mike Schwartz, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Carrying her small daughter, an Israeli mother stood amid a crowd of people…
Continue ReadingThey were sentenced to death. But they don’t want President Biden’s commutation to life in prison
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: TikTok ban kicks in, Gaza ceasefire begins, ERA ratified, new CNN poll, Senate seat filled
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — From wildfires and tornadoes to hurricanes and flooding, no part of the US is immune to the risk…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: TikTok ban kicks in, Gaza ceasefire begins, ERA ratified, new CNN poll, Senate seat filled
CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — From wildfires and tornadoes to hurricanes and flooding, no part of the US is immune to the…
Continue ReadingHow to make the most of your donation to LA wildfire victims
By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Thousands of displaced fire victims in Los Angeles need help, even as donations pour in from around the world.…
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