By Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — More than 20 people aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence on Tuesday remain in intensive care with spinal, brain and skull injuries, according to a Bangkok hospital that treated some of the passengers. Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital in the Thai capital is treating 22 patients with spine
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice have reached a $310 million settlement agreement with Norfolk Southern after last year’s train derailment that spilled more than a million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil, water and air in Ohio. “If the settlement is approved by the
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC and LISA RATHKE Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement chanting “Free, free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus. School officials announced Wednesday, the day before Thursday’s graduation, that 13 Harvard students who participated in a protest encampment would not
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of mammoth bones have been uncovered in an Austrian wine cellar, in a discovery labelled an “archaeological sensation.” The remains are thought to be between 30,000 and 40,000 years old, according to experts. Andreas Pernerstorfer made the incredible discovery while renovating his wine cellar in the village of
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (AP) — The struggle starts early in the Hammanskraal area of South Africa as people queue some mornings to fill buckets with water from a tank provided by an aid agency. This is not a distant, rural community, but a township on the edge of the administrative
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge will decide the fate of a man who has spent more than three decades in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, following two days of testimony. Christopher Dunn was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1990 shooting death of 15-year-old Ricco Rogers. St. Louis
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok said Thursday its putting in place new rules to limit the reach of state-affiliated media accounts. The company started labeling state-affiliated media accounts two years ago. On Thursday, it said when it identifies these accounts, the content they post will no longer appear on
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Voters in Britain are primed to end a 14-year era of Conservative rule, in a momentous general election that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is almost universally expected to lose. Sunak took the biggest gamble of his troubled premiership by calling the early vote, but he has struggled to
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German far-right party set for big gains in upcoming European elections has suffered another setback after it was expelled from a right-wing group in the European Parliament. The Identity and Democracy group decided to expel Alternative for Germany from the group with immediate effect. The move comes amid growing controversy surrounding
Continue ReadingBy Rashard Rose and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire prosecutors filed 26 criminal charges against the political consultant behind a robocall that used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden and urged voters not to participate in the state’s primary this year. The Federal Communications Commission also imposed a $6 million fine against
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — China has launched two days of large-scale military drills surrounding Taiwan in what it called “punishment” for so-called “separatist acts,” days after the self-ruling island swore in a new democratically elected leader who called on Beijing to cease its intimidation tactics. As part of the
Continue ReadingBy Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Real quick — what did you have for lunch yesterday? Were you with anyone? Where were you? Can you picture the scene? The ability to remember things that happened to you in the past, especially to go back and recall little incidental details, is a hallmark of what psychologists
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has praised Kenya’s William Ruto for “his bold leadership” as the White House marks the first state visit to the United States by an African leader in more than 15 years. The visit comes as the Nairobi government is sending
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The menu for the state dinner at the White House honoring Kenya starts with a chilled tomato soup and ends with a white chocolate basket of fruit. White House executive chef Cris Comerford says the main course is a “best of both worlds” combination of smoked beef short ribs and butter-poached
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks propelled by a blowout profit report from Nvidia are working against weakness elsewhere in the market on Thursday to keep U.S. stock indexes mixed. In the latest example of how good news for the economy isn’t necessarily good for Wall Street, strong economic
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina. There’s an 85% chance that the Atlantic hurricane season that starts in June will be above
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America — squelching competition and driving up prices for fans. The lawsuit, filed in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore is being sentenced for lying about her finances to improperly access her retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. Former state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby drew supporters outside the hearing and inside, where several said her crimes were victimless
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project. Work on it was suspended more than a decade ago after protests over its possible impact on the environment. A notice from the Information Ministry published in the latest issue of the
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — Residents of a small county in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to have a Confederate-era monument to “faithful slaves” removed from outside the county courthouse. The monument in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, features a Confederate soldier on top of a pedestal with the inscription “In appreciation of our faithful slaves” written
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