By Jomana Karadsheh, Hande Atay Alam and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has ended her hunger strike after three days, according to a statement from her media team on Thursday. She had been striking over what she said was the jail’s refusal to provide her with
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An Australian cattle farmer has managed to survive a crocodile attack after biting the huge predator on the eyelid. Colin Deveraux told national broadcaster ABC that he was working along the Finniss River in the Northern Territory when he stopped to check a billabong, an Australian term for a
Continue Reading By Pau Mosquera and Al Goodman, CNN Madrid (CNN) — The former president of Spain’s Popular Party (PP) in Catalonia, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, was shot in the face in Madrid on Thursday afternoon, a spokesman for Spain’s Interior Ministry told CNN. “He has been taken conscious to the hospital, whilst National Police agents are investigating the
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Kosta Gak and Mariya Knight, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — A Russian missile struck a cargo ship as it docked in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, killing the pilot and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s southern military command said a Russian tactical aircraft in the Black Sea launched an
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A Belmont University freshman has died after being hit in the head by a stray bullet while walking on a trail near the Nashville campus, officials said. Jillian Ludwig, 18, was shot Tuesday afternoon as she walked on a track in Edgehill Memorial Gardens Park, the Metropolitan Nashville Police
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for transgender people and babies of same-sex couples. The new rules, dated October 31, come from a set of questions, or dubia, submitted to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Month after month since June, the world has been abnormally hot. Scientists have compared this year’s climate-change fallout to “a disaster movie” — soaring temperatures, fierce wildfires, powerful storms and devastating floods — and new data is now revealing just how exceptional the global heat has been. Two major
Continue Reading By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has documented an “appalling” rise in reported anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias incidents in the month since violence escalated between Israel and Hamas, the organization announced Thursday. The nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group said it has received 1,283 requests for help and reports of bias in the
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A thick layer of toxic foam has once again coated parts of a sacred river near New Delhi as the Indian capital battles an acrid and noxious smog that has settled across the city. The white froth, a mixture of sewage and industrial waste, has formed over sections of
Continue Reading By Michael Rios and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Both Hamas and Israel have committed war crimes in the past month, the United Nations human rights chief said, as thousands of Palestinians fled south amid Israel’s intensifying offensive against the Islamist militant group. “The atrocities perpetrated by Palestinian armed groups on October 7 were heinous, brutal and
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Shock and grief have reverberated through the congregation of Temple Etz Chaim since one of its longtime members, Paul Kessler, fell and fatally struck his head during dueling Israel-Hamas war protests in Thousand Oaks, California, over the weekend, synagogue leaders said during a Wednesday night vigil. The 69-year-old Jewish
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By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Eight people were killed in a collision in Zavala County, Texas, involving two vehicles – one possibly tied to a human smuggling operation that was fleeing law enforcement – according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The crash occurred Wednesday on US 57 near the town of Batesville,
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Alabama has scheduled the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia, an alternative to lethal injection, its Republican governor said. Kenneth Eugene Smith’s execution by lethal injection was abruptly canceled in November after the state couldn’t properly set the IV line before the warrant for execution
Continue Reading KPHO, KTVK, GOOGLE EARTH, ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT, CNN By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona woman died eight days after an elk apparently trampled her outside her home in what is believed to be the state’s first fatal elk attack on a person, wildlife officials said Tuesday. On October 26 at about
Continue Reading By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona woman died eight days after an elk apparently trampled her outside her home in what is believed to be the state’s first fatal elk attack on a person, wildlife officials said Tuesday. On October 26 at about 6 p.m., the woman’s husband arrived at their property in
Continue Reading By Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators, according to police. A chilling video posted by bystanders on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed a disheveled elderly man apparently frustrated with the logjam
Continue Reading CNN By Abeer Salman, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza on Wednesday, traveling miles on foot through the battered enclave in a growing exodus as Israel intensifies its ground and air campaign. Streams of people – women, children, the elderly and disabled – made their way down Salah Eddin Street, one of
Continue Reading By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — Detectives are investigating a report of a decapitated baby doll found underneath a “Free Palestine” flag in an Ohio resident’s yard, according to a police report. Video from a neighbor’s camera shows a man in dark clothing approaching the flag and placing something on the ground at 10:25 a.m.
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Originally Published: 08 NOV 23 17:55 ET Updated: 08 NOV 23 17:59 ET By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted an airstrike on a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. “This precision self-defense
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi city under scrutiny for allegations of racism and retaliation from police is now at the center of a federal Department of Justice investigation. “Today the Justice Department is announcing the opening of a civil rights investigation into the city of Lexington, Mississippi, and the
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