By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after a jury found him guilty in the 2022 murder of his roommate, an LGBTQ advocate and brother of a former Miami mayor. The Leon County jury found Steven R. Yinger guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, grand
Continue Reading By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwanese citizen Nancy Hsieh received a message from her relatives online: To stop the virus from entering your lungs, all you need to do is drink lots of water with salt and vinegar. But she knew immediately this was false
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations has requested the US Department of Education investigate the expulsion of a Palestinian American high school student over pro-Palestinian content his mother posted on social media. Jad Abuhamda, 15, was expelled on November 19 from the Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and
Continue Reading By Abeer Salmam, Kareem Khadder and Lucas Lilieholm and Heather Chen, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — An Al Jazeera journalist has died after being badly injured during an Israeli attack in southern Gaza and then forced to wait five hours for medical attention, the network told CNN on Friday. Camera operator Samer Abu Daqqa died of
Continue Reading By Brian Todd, Carma Hassan and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — The mother of the Virginia 6-year-old who shot his first grade teacher in January was sentenced Friday to two years in prison, according to the court in Newport News. Deja Taylor had pleaded guilty to a state charge of felony child neglect in August.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have long viewed Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which harbors an ocean beneath its thick, icy shell, as one of the best places to search for life beyond Earth. Now, a new analysis of data collected by NASA’s Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn and its moons between 2004 and 2017,
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Seven weeks into Israel’s ground operation in Gaza, one of the key challenges facing the Israeli military is the labyrinth of Hamas tunnels that it says spans the entirety of the Strip. In an effort to destroy the underground network, Israel has begun flooding some of Gaza’s tunnels with
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a self-governing US territory located in the Caribbean. About Puerto Rico (from the CIA World Factbook) Area: 9,104 sq km Population: 3,019,450 (2024 est.) Capital: San Juan Other Facts The people of Puerto Rico are US citizens. They vote in US
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Personal Birth date: December 25, 1949 Birth place: Lahore, Pakistan Birth name: Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Father: Muhammad Sharif Mother: Shamim Akhtar Marriage: Kulsoom Sharif (until September 11, 2018, her death) Children: two sons and two
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Britain’s Prince Harry. Personal Birth date: September 15, 1984 Birth place: London, England at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington Birth name: Henry Charles Albert David Father: Charles, the Prince of Wales Mother: Diana, the Princess of Wales Marriage: Rachel Meghan (Markle) Windsor (May
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), international soccer’s governing body and organizer of global tournaments including the World Cup. Other Facts When FIFA was founded in 1904, there were seven member countries: France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The United States joined
Continue Reading By Tamar Michaelis and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Israeli hostages in northern Gaza after misidentifying them as threats, the Israel Defense Forces said. “During combat in Shejaiya, the IDF mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Sheriff’s officials in Maine “reasonably” responded to concerns about Lewiston mass shooter Robert Card’s mental health in the months before he killed 18 people at a bowling alley and restaurant, but improvements to the department’s strategy are recommended, a third-party review has found. “After an objective analysis,
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, Carroll Alvarado and Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire’s attorney general has filed a civil rights lawsuit against 20 members of a neo-Nazi group for violating anti-discrimination laws during a protest outside a drag story hour in June. Attorney General John M. Formella filed the lawsuit against members of the group
Continue Reading By Andi Babineau and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — For over a year, a three-story house near the University of Idaho campus has served as “the grim reminder” of the gruesome stabbing deaths of four beloved students there in November 2022. Now, the house on King Road is set to be torn down on December
Continue Reading CNN By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia middle school teacher was arrested last week after multiple witnesses told authorities he threatened to behead a 13-year-old Muslim student who said the Israeli flag hanging in his classroom offended her. Benjamin Reese, a 51-year-old seventh grade teacher at Warner Robins Middle School, was arrested on charges of
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Flat-faced dogs are all the rage – and have been for a while. With its wrinkly nose and bat-like ears, the French bulldog – which recently climbed to take the title of the most popular dog breed in the US, according to the American Kennel Club’s 2022 registration statistics
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Two Illinois cousins who have spent most of their lives locked up for crimes they never committed walked free Thursday after 42 years behind bars – the latest in a series of exonerations this week involving innocent people wrongfully imprisoned for decades. James Soto, 62, and David
Continue Reading By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — Calvin Lawrence has dedicated his career to artificial intelligence. But even after decades of experience in computer engineering, he said one thing remains incredibly rare. “I’ve worked on many AI projects over the last 25 years, not more than two [of my colleagues] looked like me,” Lawrence, who is Black, said. Artificial intelligence
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli soldier looks directly into the camera, then turns around and sets a pile of food supplies on fire. “We turn on the light against this dark place and burn it until there is no trace of this whole place,” he says as another soldier
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