Laura Coates: That was hard to say with a straight face
CNN’s Laura Coates reacts to American sprinter, Sha’Carri Richardson, being barred from competing in the Olympics after testing positive for…
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Black women athletes are still being scrutinized ahead of the Olympics despite their successes
By Nicole Chavez, CNN As the world’s top athletes head into the Tokyo Olympics, a wave of penalizations and criticism are shedding light onto…
Continue ReadingHow to help Surfside building collapse victims
By Ashley Vaughan, CNN On Thursday, June 24, around 1:30 a.m., an estimated 55 condominiums fell to the ground, most of them with residents asleep…
Continue ReadingOhio police chief retires after racist incident caught on surveillance in police station
By Laura Jarrett, CNN An Ohio police chief has retired from his post after an apparent racist incident was caught on surveillance, CNN affiliates…
Continue ReadingPolice chief retires after putting ‘KKK’ sign on Black officer’s desk
An Ohio police chief retires after video shows him putting a “Ku Klux Klan” sign on a Black officer’s desk. CNN’s Laura Jarrett…
Continue ReadingHannah-Jones on the ‘collective pain’ of black Americans (2020)
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tells Amanpour about the “collective grieving for the desecration of black lives” following the…
Continue ReadingNikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC tenure position and will join Howard University
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones declined the University of North Carolina’s offer of tenure and a…
Continue ReadingGolf pro Gene Siller was killed as he witnessed a crime, police say
By Jason Hanna and Gregory Lemos, CNN Investigators believe golf pro Gene Siller — one of three men found fatally shot on an Atlanta-area golf…
Continue ReadingNew Israeli government suffers first major legislative setback on controversial ‘citizenship’ law
By Hadas Gold, CNN The new Israeli government suffered its first major setback in the early hours of Tuesday morning when it failed to secure enough…
Continue ReadingJarrett: Ukraine requiring female soldiers to wear high heels is sexism
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has defended its decision to train female soldiers to march in high heels, following an outcry from local lawmakers.…
Continue ReadingNewly released video shows alleged abuse at a soon-to-be shuttered New Jersey correctional facility
By Evan Simko-Bednarski, Taylor Romine, Jean Casarez and Hollie Silverman, CNN Newly released video obtained by CNN shows correctional officers…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 6: Covid, ransomware, condo search, gun violence, Hong Kong
By AJ Willingham, CNN Florida is battening down the hatches today as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches, bringing with it possibly deadly storm surge.…
Continue ReadingElsa expected to become a hurricane before landfall in Florida
Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of the west coast of Florida as Elsa gains strength. CNN Meteorologist Tom Sater has the…
Continue ReadingMcConaughey on US’ struggles: America’s going through puberty
Matthew McConaughey posted a message to America in celebration of Independence Day, likening issues the country is facing “as basically going through…
Continue ReadingPlane carrying 28 passengers crashes in Russia’s far east
By Anna Chernova, CNN A passenger plane with 28 people on board crashed in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday, Russia’s…
Continue ReadingLuxembourg prime minister in ‘serious but stable’ condition in hospital with Covid-19
By Sharon Braithwaite and Pierre Bairin, CNN Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel remains in “serious but stable” in hospital…
Continue ReadingA man was fatally shot by Texas police after he allegedly fired at family members and a TV news crew
By Keith Allen and Hollie Silverman, CNN Law enforcement officers in Texas fatally shot a man during a standoff after he allegedly fired a weapon at…
Continue ReadingDeath toll in Surfside condo building collapse rises to 28
By Madeline Holcombe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Search and rescue crews have recovered another victim from the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police reveal alleged plot to bomb train stations and courts
By Joshua Berlinger and Lauren Lau, CNN Hong Kong authorities said they have thwarted an alleged plot to bomb train stations, court buildings and…
Continue ReadingKaseya says up to 1,500 businesses compromised in massive ransomware attack
By Alex Marquardt, CNN Business Software vendor Kaseya says that between 800 and 1,500 businesses have been compromised by the recent ransomware…
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