By Samantha Beech and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — A girls’ public high school basketball coach and one of the team’s players have been dismissed after antisemitic comments were made to the opposing private Jewish school team during a game last week, according to a statement from the school system and the mayor of
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officials in Florida have increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspected gunman in the deadly Ocala mall shooting that left one person dead two days before Christmas. The Ocala Police Department is “still actively searching” for Albert Shell Jr. and is offering
Continue Reading CNN By Paradise Afshar and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of an Alaska Airlines plane section have announced the discovery of the lost piece that had fallen from the aircraft – a key element in the investigation into what happened during the plane’s “explosive decompression.” A Portland schoolteacher
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — When a rocket makes its inaugural liftoff attempt on Monday, it will carry nothing less than the first lunar lander to launch from the United States since NASA’s final Apollo mission in 1972. The stakes are high. The success of the rocket, developed by the joint venture of Lockheed
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — When the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police set off a wave of racial unrest across the country in 2020, corporate America responded swiftly with renewed and public commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Major companies created new DEI positions or expanded teams
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Dog lovers, meet the Lancashire heeler – the 201st breed recognized by the American Kennel Club and the newest member of its Herding Group, the club recently announced. The breed of canine, described as one of the smallest herding and working dogs in the world, received official recognition
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Paradise Afshar, Pete Muntean and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — The missing part of the Alaska Airlines aircraft that blew off mid-flight has been found in a backyard in Portland, the National Transportation Safety Board announced. A Portland school teacher named Bob reached out to the agency after he found the missing
Continue Reading CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Paradise Afshar, Pete Muntean and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators are searching for the missing piece of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage that blew off as they try to find out what led to a horrifying midair ordeal that resulted in the nationwide grounding of certain Boeing 737 MAX
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, Jennifer Hauser, Emiko Jozuka and Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — An elderly woman in her 90s has been rescued from under the rubble of a two-story house more than five days after a powerful earthquake struck Japan. Rescuers found the woman in Suzu City in Ishikawa prefecture on Saturday evening – 124
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Three months ago, speaking to citizens rocked by a horrific day of attacks by Hamas, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a promise. “The IDF will immediately use all its strength to destroy Hamas’s capabilities,” Netanyahu said. “We will destroy them.” Now, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is shifting
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, Vedika Sud and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured a fourth consecutive term in office, according to the country’s electoral commission, maintaining her title as the world’s longest serving female head of government in an election boycotted by the main opposition party. Bangladesh, home to 170
Continue Reading By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Stephanie King told CNN she was returning to her home in California after a visit to Portland, Oregon, when she heard a loud roar of wind on her Alaska Airlines flight on Friday. King said she was seated in an aisle seat in row 12 of Flight 1282, but
Continue Reading By Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — The first Indian solar observatory has successfully reached its intended orbit, the country’s Space Research Organisation announced Saturday, as India seeks to cement its status as an emerging space superpower. The Aditya-L1 spacecraft safely arrived at Lagrange Point L1, the position in space with unobstructed views of the sun located about 1.5 million kilometers (almost a million miles) from
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Aishwayra Iyer, CNN (CNN) — When blistering extreme heat gripped India’s capital this summer, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling under the burning sun to provide for his family. “The heat is becoming unbearable,” the 34-year-old bricklayer told CNN. “But we do
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Authorities say they were able to locate a missing 16-year-old girl from Ohio at a residence in Florida with the help of the popular online video game World of Warcraft. The FBI contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday seeking help finding the teenager,
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A single tree can take much of the credit for a woman surviving in frigid nighttime temperatures after falling hundreds of feet down a mountain in New York State. The 46-year-old woman fell down through steep snowfall on December 26 while hiking the Adirondack Mountains in
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — A couple from the French-speaking part of Belgium wanted to become naturalized French citizens but found themselves with the most French of problems – a bureaucratic struggle to prove they speak their mother tongue. The documents they provided to their local prefecture were deemed insufficient to demonstrate that they speak French. “I am the commercial director of
Continue Reading By Olga Voitovych, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Eleven people including five children were killed in Russian S-300 missile strikes on Saturday in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, according to the local military administration. “Eleven dead, including five children – these are the preliminary results of the strikes on Pokrovsk district. Russians hit the area with S-300 missiles, killing 11 people and wounding 8 others. The main hit was on
Continue Reading CNN By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a woman who was shot and killed by a responding deputy after calling for help in a domestic violence incident is seeking $30 million in a claim filed Thursday against Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Niani Finlayson died on December 4 after
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Dinosaurs are all around us, figuratively and literally speaking. Most of these diverse creatures went extinct 66 million years ago, but the ancient ancestors of modern birds are ingrained in the fabric of both scientific intrigue and pop culture. Colorful dinos romp around in animated shows — and their
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