By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Before Australians last voted in a referendum on First Nations people in 1967, Uncle Bob Anderson set up a table and chair at a tram stop in central Brisbane. From his rail-side office, he’d tell anyone who would stop and listen that Australia counted its horses, cows,
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — All nine teenagers who escaped from a juvenile detention center in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, Sunday evening were captured Monday morning, police said, after a multiagency search that prompted school closures and warnings to the surrounding community. The teens, ages 15 to 17, broke out of the Abraxas
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) kicked off its first tournament in China in more than three years Monday, ending its boycott over the uncertain fate of tennis star Peng Shuai. One of China’s most recognizable sports figures, Peng was feared to be held incommunicado by the Chinese
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A debris field was found and identified Monday as the remains of an F-35 fighter jet that went missing a day earlier near Charleston, South Carolina, after its pilot ejected, according to the Marine Corps and a defense official with knowledge of the search. The debris
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and United States national security adviser Jake Sullivan met for two days of talks in Malta over the weekend, as the world’s two leading economies seek to stabilize rocky relations and potentially smooth a path for leaders Joe Biden and Xi Jinping
Continue Reading By Kevin Dotson and Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL player Sergio Brown is missing after his mother died from injuries related to an assault and her body was found near a creek behind her suburban Chicago home, according to the Maywood Police Department. Authorities discovered the body of 73-year-old Myrtle Brown on Saturday
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Two pilots were killed when their planes collided Sunday during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, organizers of the event said. “Around 2:15 p.m. this afternoon, at the conclusion of the T-6 Gold race, upon landing, two planes collided and it has been confirmed
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai and Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — The UN has amended its previous death toll from the floods in Libya, according to a revised report updated on Sunday morning from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The UN is now stating that at least 3,958 people have died
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Eyad Kourdi and Richard Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.” The decision was made at a conference held in Riyadh, UNESCO said on its official X account, formerly known
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Three pieces of Costa Rican history have been returned to the country almost six years after an international traveler brought them to the United States, according to US Customs and Border Protection. Customs officers seized the ancient artifacts in December 2017 from a central Florida resident who arrived
Continue Reading CNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A jet from the Italian Air Force’s aerobatics squadron crashed during a practice run near the northern city of Turin on Saturday, killing a 5-year-old child and leaving her 9-year-old brother with severe burns when the car they were in was struck by burning
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has pledged action to help Italy’s crisis-hit island of Lampedusa during a visit on Sunday, after the island was left struggling to cope with an influx of migrants. Von der Leyen visited a migrant reception center on the island after the Italian Prime
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — As a damaging hurricane season continues to knock out power supplies to communities across the US, Generac Power Systems says it is recalling thousands of portable generators due to the risk of fire and burns. The generators were sold at major home improvement and hardware stores in the US
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, Darya Tarasova, Duarte Mendonca and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received body armor and drones as parting gifts as he wrapped up a trip to Russia that has alarmed the West. The send-off capped a rare, six-day visit that saw him hold talks with Russian counterpart
Continue Reading WLNY By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Two people were arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the death of a 1-year-old boy after he and three other children were exposed to suspected opioids at a Bronx day care Friday. New York City police were called to the day care around 2:30 p.m. Friday,
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Two suspects have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of a 1-year-old boy after he and three other children were exposed to suspected opioids at a Bronx day care Friday. Grei Mendez, 36, and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41, were arrested Saturday
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the war in Ukraine could be long, as Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russia continues to make only marginal gains. Ukraine’s allies have sought to accentuate campaign gains in recent weeks, but it has been underway for months with no major breakthroughs. The
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Today is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day — a time to commemorate the signing of the US Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Take a little time today to familiarize yourself with the Constitution and reflect on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Of course,
Continue Reading CNN By Joseph Ataman and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — The scene looks almost lunar. Drone videos covering more than a thousand miles of the Ukrainian front line show great craters of earth, scooped from the ground by unseen barrages. Artillery has dominated the war in Ukraine. But nearly 18 months in, a significant gap
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — The scene looks almost lunar. Drone videos covering more than a thousand miles of the Ukrainian front line show great craters of earth, scooped from the ground by unseen barrages. Artillery has dominated the war in Ukraine. But nearly 18 months in, a significant gap still
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