Planet-forming disk spotted around star in another galaxy for the first time
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, astronomers have glimpsed a young star outside the Milky Way galaxy that’s ringed by a…
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The Iowa Lottery posted the wrong Powerball numbers this week – and players who cashed in got to keep their winnings
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — This week, the Iowa Lottery made payouts to its lucky Powerball winners – along with some lucky losers –…
Continue ReadingNevada man indicted over alleged antisemitic threats to a Jewish US senator and death threats to senators’ families
By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Las Vegas man accused of leaving antisemitic voicemail messages threatening to kill a US senator last month has…
Continue ReadingNations pledge millions to new climate damage fund at COP28, US criticized for its small contribution
By Angela Dewan, Ella Nilsen and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Global delegates at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai formally adopted a damage…
Continue ReadingHamas says its militants killed three people at Jerusalem bus stop
By Ibrahim Dahman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Hamas said the attackers behind a Jerusalem bus stop shooting that killed three people on…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Nov. 30: Israel, Henry Kissinger, Jerusalem shooting, Immigration, Covid-19
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ends today as one of the busiest on record with 20 named storms, including…
Continue ReadingGraduates of a new doctoral program in Indigenous health strive to address disparities in Native communities
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Cole Allick remembers growing up on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in northern North Dakota and…
Continue ReadingOklahoma executes Phillip Hancock for 2001 double murder. He claimed the killings were in self-defense
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma on Thursday executed 59-year-old death row inmate Phillip Hancock, who was sentenced to death for the…
Continue ReadingChina mourns Kissinger — ‘a most valued old friend’
By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The death of Henry Kissinger on Wednesday saw the loss of a diplomat Beijing has long…
Continue ReadingPalestinian student knocked on a neighbor’s door to get help for his friends before realizing he had also been shot
By Khalil Abdallah, Nicole Grether, Polo Sandoval and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian college student described how his training as…
Continue ReadingOfficials hoping to identify man found dead in Lake Mead barrel release simulated images of his face
By Jason Hanna and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after human remains were found in a barrel in the receding waters of Lake Mead,…
Continue ReadingThe world has ground to make up at climate summit in Dubai after a year of ‘backsliding’
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Climate chaos spared no region this year. Canada burned, the US Southwest boiled, a Libyan city was swept away…
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A climber tumbled hundreds of feet down Oregon’s highest peak. Volunteer rescuers happened to see it – and saved her life
By Sarah Dewberry and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 36-year-old woman slipped and fell several hundred feet from Oregon’s highest mountain…
Continue ReadingChinese celebrity chef vows to never cook egg fried rice again after nationalist backlash
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Light, tasty and simple to make, egg fried rice has long been a beloved dish in China and one of most…
Continue ReadingMary Cleave, the first woman to fly on NASA’s space shuttle after Challenger disaster, dies at 76
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the…
Continue ReadingWoman claiming Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is her father refiles defamation complaint
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Texas woman who claims Jerry Jones is her father and that she was forced to stay silent about it for decades…
Continue ReadingAstronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have used two different exoplanet-detecting satellites to solve a cosmic mystery and reveal a…
Continue ReadingFlorida principal reassigned during investigation into transgender student playing on girls’ volleyball team
By Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A Florida school district has temporarily removed a high school principal…
Continue ReadingMillions of years before the earliest birds appeared, mystery animals walked around on birdlike feet, study finds
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Three-toed fossil footprints that date back more than 210 million years were pressed into soft mud by bipedal…
Continue ReadingVermont school banned from activities over refusal to play team with transgender athlete suing state educational authorities
By Skylar Harris and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A Vermont girls’ high school basketball team deemed ineligible to play in future activities…
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