Month: July 2021

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Editor’s Note: This article, which focuses on sites named using outdated racial terminology, contains terms that many may find offensive. Around the country, school, county and even bird names are being reconsidered and changed, as greater attention is paid to their origins and the racism the names may invoke. In this

By Rachel Trent, CNN Bad news for Slurpee fans: 7-Eleven Day is canceled for the second year in a row. But the good news is you can still get a free Slurpee any day in July. 7-Eleven has celebrated its birthday July 11 every year since 2002 by offering free Slurpees to anyone who walks

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN An inmate who went missing from a jail barge in the Bronx early Saturday has been captured, police said. David Mordukhaev, 30, was reported missing from his assigned housing area when officers checked, Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Peter Thorne told CNN in a statement. Police say that

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Alaa Elassar, CNN A portion of a crane collapsed Saturday on top of a building in downtown Toronto, Canada, causing damage to its rooftop. The counterweight, part of the crane meant to prevent it from tipping, was located on top of the 8 The Esplanade residential building after it fell approximately

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A woman was scrolling through a list of adoptable dogs at her local humane society when she came across a photo that made her heart skip a beat. There he was — her former pup and best friend, Kovu, who Aisha Nieves had devastatingly lost two years prior when she lived

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Zaila Avant-garde, the teenager who this week became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, has earned yet another honor: an offer of a full scholarship to Louisiana State University. “Your academic performance reflected scholarship first! You modeled intellectual excellence,” LSU President William F. Tate IV tweeted