The latest list of top US baby names has a few surprises
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — There’s a new arrival on the list of the most popular baby names in the US. Mateo made it into the…
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Three prisoners accused of killing Boston mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger agree to plea deals, prosecutors say
By Holmes Lybrand and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Three inmates charged in the violent killing of notorious Boston mob boss James “Whitey”…
Continue ReadingWhistleblower who exposed alleged war crimes in Afghanistan jailed for leaking documents
By Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — A former Australian Army lawyer who leaked classified documents to journalists exposing…
Continue ReadingPutin to meet Xi in Beijing as world convulses from global conflicts
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian…
Continue ReadingHong Kong leader hits out after UK charges three with spying for city
By Lucas Lilieholm, Chris Lau and Jerome Taylor, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s leader responded on Tuesday after three people were…
Continue ReadingUN says total number of deaths in Gaza remains unchanged after controversy over revised data
CNN By Abeer Salman, Richard Roth, Jeremy Diamond and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations on Monday clarified that the overall…
Continue Reading3 teens plead guilty in connection with fatal Baltimore block party mass shooting
By Gloria Pazmino and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Three teenagers pleaded guilty Monday to charges relating to a shooting at a Baltimore block…
Continue ReadingIn the world’s biggest election, millions of migrants are unable to vote
By Jessie Yeung, Priti Gupta and Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Photographs by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — Chanu Gupta has lived in…
Continue ReadingScientists say they’ve discovered a ‘phonetic alphabet’ in whale calls
By Mindy Weisberger (CNN) — Scientists have accomplished a whale of a feat. They’ve identified previously unknown complexity in whale…
Continue ReadingCargo ship will ‘hopefully’ be refloated this week after explosives remove some Baltimore bridge wreckage from vessel
By Nicole Grether, Gloria Pazmino and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The trapped cargo ship Dali will “hopefully” be refloated this week after…
Continue ReadingDozens of blazes burning in Canada are sending smoke to the US. Several major fires have forced hundreds of evacuations
By Eric Zerkel, Joe Sutton, Paradise Afshar and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 blazes are burning across Canada Monday, with several…
Continue ReadingUN says total number of deaths in Gaza remains unchanged after controversy over revised data
By Abeer Salman, Richard Roth, Jeremy Diamond and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations on Monday clarified that the overall number of…
Continue ReadingAcclaimed Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison and flogging sentence
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof says he has fled his home country to an undisclosed location…
Continue ReadingIn a city cut off from the world, guns and drugs keep flowing
By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — On the rare days that the hills surrounding Port-au-Prince…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s return to areas of Gaza it said were clear of Hamas raises doubts about its military strategy
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has renewed its fighting in northern Gaza where it previously claimed to have dismantled…
Continue Reading1,500 Georgia State University applicants got acceptance emails. It was a mistake
By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Congratulations seemed in order for roughly 1,500 undergraduate applicants to Georgia State University. Over…
Continue ReadingMAP: Track the air quality across the US
By Byron Manley, Curt Merrill, Renée Rigdon, Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — Extreme heat and drought across the United States means an increased…
Continue ReadingWhat is Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill, and why is Europe so alarmed?
CNN By Joshua Berlinger and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s parliament is set to pass a highly controversial so-called “foreign…
Continue ReadingWhat is Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill, and why is Europe so alarmed?
By Joshua Berlinger and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s parliament passed a highly controversial “foreign agents” bill that has…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 13: Trump Trial, Gaza, Ukraine, Severe weather, Bob Menendez
By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Thousands across British Columbia, Canada, were urged to evacuate from blazing wildfires over the weekend. The…
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