5 Things to know for Dec. 15: Israel, Vaccines, European Union, Storms, Train collision
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Some of America’s legacy airlines are hiring aggressively and adjusting flight schedules to accommodate…
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Texas abortion law’s wording is causing dangerous confusion over emergency medical exceptions, critics say
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Emergency medical exceptions to the Texas abortion ban are extremely rare, and experts say the law leaves…
Continue Reading‘The cost of inaction far exceeds the cost of action’: WEF president on the great energy transition of our time
By Rym Bendimerad, CNN (CNN) — Money talks, but nature may have the last word if climate change continues to unfold at current rates. The World…
Continue ReadingIt’s time to take climate change seriously in conflict resolution, says International Crisis Group head
By Rym Bendimerad, CNN (CNN) — Conflict resolution is a skill sorely needed in the world right now. As president and CEO of global think-tank…
Continue ReadingDigging up rap’s roots: How African rhythms birthed American hip-hop
By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s,…
Continue ReadingDigging up rap’s roots: How African rhythms birthed American hip-hop
CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late…
Continue ReadingA rescue dog without paws is getting boots for Christmas
By Rhea Mogul, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Some cases are so awful that dog rescuer Catherine Lumsden doesn’t have the words to express how angry…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea to see population plummet to 1970s levels, government says
By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea, the country with the world’s lowest birth rate, expects it to fall…
Continue ReadingTexas Longhorn who snarled New Jersey train service will spend his remaining days in an animal sanctuary
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jessica Moskowitz, CNN (CNN) — A rambunctious steer who wandered onto the tracks at Newark’s Penn Station and…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police issue new cash bounties for self-exiled activists, including a US citizen
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong police on Thursday placed HK$1 million ($128,000) bounties on five more democracy activists…
Continue ReadingCanadian man charged with murder in sprawling international investigation into ‘suicide kits’ sold online
By Lindsay Isaac and Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — They live an ocean apart from one another but now share a bond of anguish and outrage over the…
Continue ReadingSuspect charged in killing of a transgender woman as Minnesota investigators weigh whether it was a hate crime
By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in Minneapolis are investigating whether the killing of a transgender woman last month should be…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota senator’s son faces new homicide charge in crash that killed a sheriff’s deputy, records show
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The son of North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer is facing a new charge of homicide while fleeing a peace…
Continue ReadingMississippi officer who shot 11-year-old is suspended without pay
By Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The Mississippi police officer who wrongfully shot an 11-year-old after the boy called 911 for help has been…
Continue ReadingLeaders of Venezuela and Guyana agree to avoid use of force in land dispute
By David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a…
Continue ReadingTwo men indicted for allegedly killing protected eagles and selling them on the black market
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Two men in Montana have been indicted after allegedly killing around 3,600 birds – including bald and golden…
Continue ReadingTeacher accused of threatening to behead student over Israeli flag comments ‘no longer an employee’ at school, district says
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia teacher who was arrested last month after witnesses told police he threatened to behead a student…
Continue ReadingMysterious fast radio bursts in space keep getting stranger
CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Fast radio bursts, or bright, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves in space, are one of the most…
Continue ReadingWas Hamas leader in Turkey during October 7 attack? ‘He might have been,’ says Erdogan’s chief security adviser
By Scott McLean and Isil Sariyuce, CNN (CNN) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief foreign policy and security adviser has…
Continue ReadingWas Hamas leader in Turkey during October 7 attack? ‘He might have been,’ says Erdogan’s chief security adviser
CNN By Scott McLean and Isil Sariyuce, CNN (CNN) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief foreign policy and security adviser has…
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