CNN By Rob Picheta, Teele Rebane and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — A drone attack caused an explosion near Russia’s military headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Thursday, as Kyiv continues a campaign of strategic aerial strikes in Russian territory. Social media videos geolocated by CNN showed the attack in the vicinity of the
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Teele Rebane and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — A drone attack caused an explosion near Russia’s military headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Thursday, as Kyiv continues a campaign of strategic aerial strikes in Russian territory. Social media videos geolocated by CNN showed the attack in the vicinity of the military
Continue Reading CNN, FAMILY PHOTO, KRISTI HIRST, KCAL, KCBS, KABC, CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, KCAL/KCBS By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A judge in San Bernardino, California, has temporarily blocked a school district policy that requires parents to be notified when their child asks to be recognized by a different gender identity or pronoun than they
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Immigrant workers from across the US raced to Florida to help rebuild after Hurricane Ian devastated the region. But now, nearly a year later and days after another major hurricane hit, some of those workers say this time they’re staying home. Saket Soni, whose nonprofit Resilience Force advocates
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, Celine Alkhaldi and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are rushing to save an American man trapped in the third-deepest cave in Turkey after he became ill, the Turkish Caving Federation said. Some 150 rescuers are involved in a “complex” operation to save Mark Dickey, who was part of a research team
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, Mitchell McCluskey and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The military leaders who staged a coup in Gabon have freed ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba and he is now allowed to travel abroad, a junta spokesperson said Wednesday. Bongo has reportedly been held in house arrest since the coup in the Central African
Continue Reading By Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Mary Achieng’s family is in the malaria ward at Nightingale Hospital in western Kenya almost every month. On this visit in late August, she’s being treated along with her two sons, aged 4 and 12. All three are recovering from a disease that has long devastated
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s already dire human rights situation is deteriorating and the junta should release all political prisoners, the United Nations’ chief said Wednesday, as a leading local news outlet revealed one of its journalists had been jailed for 20 years for covering the aftermath of a cyclone. UN Secretary General
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — The convicted murderer who broke out of an eastern Pennsylvania prison last week has been spotted at least eight times, authorities confirmed Thursday, but he remains elusive as searchers try to navigate extreme heat, high humidity and the landscape. Danelo Cavalcante was spotted by a resident
Continue Reading CNN By Aya Elamroussi and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — The convicted murderer who broke out of an eastern Pennsylvania prison last week was spotted by a resident in a creek bed on Tuesday night but fled into the woods before police authorities could capture him, police said Wednesday. The spotting of Danelo Cavalcante was
Continue Reading By Michael Rios and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Children are migrating through Latin America and the Caribbean in record numbers, driven by gang violence, poverty, instability and climate change, the United Nations reported Wednesday. In the first seven months of 2023, more than 60,000 children crossed the Darien Gap, a major migration route and
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The dramatic ocean saga that led to three men being rescued this week from a sinking inflatable catamaran off the Australian coast has been pinned on an unusual culprit: a small, cigar-shaped shark that leaves such perfectly round wounds it’s called the cookiecutter. The sailors, two Russians and one
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A judge in San Bernardino, California, has temporarily blocked a school district policy that requires parents to be notified when their child asks to be recognized by a different gender identity or pronoun than they were assigned at birth. Superior Court Judge Thomas S. Garza issued a temporary restraining
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge. The country’s health care
Continue Reading By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — Before he brutally killed his ex-girlfriend in front of her children two years ago in Pennsylvania, Danelo Souza Cavalcante seemed like a positive match – a fellow Brazilian who was a good neighbor and kind – the slain woman’s sister says. But Cavalcante, now the subject of a manhunt
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Jubilant movie fans thronged Indian cinemas before the crack of dawn on Thursday, bursting fire crackers and dancing on the street to welcome the latest release by one of the country’s biggest stars. Some screenings began at 5 a.m. as die-hard fans of Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan packed
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, Rashard Rose and Adrienne Winston, CNN (CNN) — The DC Metropolitan Police Department is searching for a homicide suspect who escaped custody at a university hospital on Wednesday. Police identified the suspect as Christopher Haynes, 30, who escaped shortly after 3:30 p.m. from the George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC’s Foggy Bottom
Continue Reading By Stefano Pozzebon, Michael Rios and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Over thirty people are dead after heavy rains and floods in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, state governor Eduardo Leite said Wednesday. Leite visited the disaster area on Wednesday morning and pledged on social media that no effort would be spared
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Originally Published: 06 SEP 23 18:20 ET Updated: 06 SEP 23 19:23 ET By Paradise Afshar, CNN A Washington state high school football coach who won a Supreme Court case in 2022 after he lost his job for praying at the 50-yard line after games has resigned from his position. The nation’s top court ruled
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A revolutionary satellite that will reveal celestial objects in a new light and the “Moon Sniper” lunar lander lifted off Wednesday night. The Japanese Space Agency launch, which was rescheduled several times due to bad weather, occurred aboard an H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 7:42 p.m. ET
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