By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — A Whitfield County grand jury has indicted five Department of Juvenile Justice employees in connection with an August 2022 in-custody death at the Dalton Youth Detention Center, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). The indictments were issued Monday, just over a year after
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Scientists say they have found a link between human-related greenhouse gas emissions and polar bear reproduction and survival rates for the first time in a new study, potentially overcoming a barrier to protecting the species. Polar bears live in 19 populations across the Arctic and are found in Canada,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Julián Castro, former Housing and Urban Development secretary and 2020 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: September 16, 1974 Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name: Julián Castro Father: Jesse Guzman, political activist and educator Mother: Maria “Rosie” del Rosario Castro, political activist
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A new crater has appeared on the moon, and it was likely created when Russia’s uncrewed Luna 25 mission crashed into the lunar surface. Images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and released by the agency on Thursday reveal the fresh crater. The Luna 25 spacecraft, Russia’s first lunar
Continue Reading CNN By Kristina Sgueglia and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Newly released police body camera footage shows an officer firing through the windshield of a pregnant woman’s car after she was accused of shoplifting at a grocery store in a Columbus, Ohio, suburb last week. The woman, 21-year-old Ta’kiya Young – whose death her family
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Newly released police body camera footage shows an officer firing through the windshield of a pregnant woman’s car after she was accused of shoplifting at a grocery store in a Columbus, Ohio, suburb last week. The woman, 21-year-old Ta’kiya Young – whose death her family called
Continue Reading By Nadine Schmidt Berlin (CNN) — A 98-year-old former Nazi concentration guard has been indicted on charges of aiding and abetting the murder of more than 3,300 people during the Holocaust, German authorities said on Friday. The man’s name was not made public by prosecutors, in accordance with German privacy laws. The public prosecutor in
Continue Reading By Amy Cassidy and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ambassadors from Russia and Belarus have been invited back to the Nobel Prize banquet after being excluded last year because of the invasion of Ukraine, the Nobel Foundation said. Iran has also been invited to the December event in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, after being
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — A French Moroccan national has died and another was detained by Algerian authorities after an incident off the coast of Algeria, according to a French diplomatic source. A family member who says he witnessed the incident told local Moroccan media that two men had been shot
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books. But a key part of this historic blaze, which destroyed 13,200 houses and 87 of the city’s
Continue Reading By Olga Voitovych and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Kateryna Pylypenko prepared two backpacks for her youngest son’s first day of school on Friday. One with school supplies, and one for the bomb shelter. “The bag (for the shelter) will be kept in the classroom. We were told it should contain water, a
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The full scope of Hurricane Idalia’s destruction is still coming into focus, but experts say one thing is clear: It could have been more like the damage wrought by Hurricane Ian had it hit anywhere else on the Florida coast. Idalia and Ian shared key characteristics: Both were major
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A total of 66 people remain unaccounted for after the deadly fires in Maui as officials continue to work to find the missing and identify the dead. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said at a Friday news conference that the number of missing people, which was once
Continue Reading CNN By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — When Jake Kleinmahon and his husband, Tom, decided to move back to New Orleans in 2018, they had plans to live there forever. Kleinmahon, a pediatric cardiologist, earned his medical degree from Tulane University, and despite leaving the state to complete his fellowships, he said he felt drawn
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Tami Manis is officially all business at the front and party in the back after her mullet, measuring 5 feet 8 inches (nearly 173 centimeters), was confirmed as the longest female one in the world. The 58-year-old last cut the back of her hair on February 9 1990, according
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — For many Americans, the extended Labor Day weekend is an opportunity to reconnect with loved ones, take advantage of sales and, of course, indulge in savory barbecue. Most major retailers will remain open Monday but government buildings, post offices and banks will be closed. The 5 Things team will
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — When Jake Kleinmahon and his husband, Tom, decided to move back to New Orleans in 2018, they had plans to live there forever. Kleinmahon, a pediatric cardiologist, earned his medical degree from Tulane University, and despite leaving the state to complete his fellowships, he said he felt drawn to
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A Russian military blogger who has written critically of Russia’s conduct in Ukraine was arrested in Moscow Thursday, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. The blogger, Andrey Kurshin, runs the Moscow Calling Telegram channel, which has some 87,000 subscribers. “A criminal case was
Continue Reading By Wayne Chang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A self-made, septuagenarian billionaire with limited political experience has thrown his hat into one of the most consequential presidential elections of 2024, shaking up a race that could have huge ramifications far beyond its borders. Terry Gou, the founder of the world’s largest iPhone maker Foxconn,
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in India are determined to keep a lid on any monkey business ahead of world leaders jetting in next week, by placing life-size cutouts of angry langurs across the capital to dissuade smaller pesky primates from wreaking havoc or hogging the limelight while the nation takes center stage.
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