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Use of neck restraints by law enforcement should be prohibited, American Academy of Neurology says

June 10, 2021 3:31 AM CNN Newsource

Law enforcement’s use of neck restraints such as chokeholds and strangleholds should be prohibited, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) said Wednesday. “The deaths of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and other instances where neck restraints were used by law enforcement have called into question whether these restraints are controllable, safe, and non-lethal,” the organization, which

Serious cyberattacks in Europe doubled in the past year, new figures reveal, as criminals exploited the pandemic

June 10, 2021 2:05 AM CNN

Significant cyberattacks against critical targets in Europe have doubled in the past year, according to new EU figures obtained by CNN, as the pandemic pushed lives indoors and online. The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA, told CNN there were 304 significant, malicious attacks against “critical sectors” in 2020, more than double the 146 recorded

States begin scaling back daily Covid-19 data reporting as federal officials try to vaccinate more Americans

June 10, 2021 1:10 AM CNN Newsource

About two dozen states have decided to scale back their daily tracking of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths as President Joe Biden’s administration and other federal officials continue trying to get more Americans — and the rest of the world — vaccinated. The scaleback comes as eight states — all in the Northeast — have

FBI faces its own racial reckoning while leading probes into police shooting deaths

June 10, 2021 12:55 AM CNN

The Federal Bureau of Investigation just unveiled a newly created position to tackle its decades-old diversity problem: chief diversity officer. Scott McMillion is a 23-year veteran of the FBI who is stepping into the role at a time when racial tensions have boiled over nationwide, with the FBI taking the lead in a growing number

A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will light up the sky this Thursday

June 9, 2021 10:31 PM CNN Newsource

The moon will partially block out the sun this Thursday to create a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. Some people in the Northern Hemisphere will be able to catch the first of two solar eclipses this year on June 10. A solar eclipse happens when the moon crosses between the sun and the Earth, which

Hundreds of mysterious fast radio bursts detected in space

June 9, 2021 10:28 PM CNN Newsource

Hundreds of mysterious fast radio bursts have been detected in space thanks to a Canadian telescope and an international group of researchers. The origins of these bright, millisecond-long flashes of light are unknown because the bursts, or FRBs, are unpredictable and vanish quickly. Scientists first observed them in 2007. In the decade following, they only

Watchdog report finds Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park for Trump’s visit to St. John’s Church last June

June 9, 2021 10:05 PM CNN Newsource

The US Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park to allow for then-President Donald Trump‘s march to St. John’s Church last June, but instead did so to allow a contractor to install a fence safely around the White House, according to a new inspector general report. The Park Police had the

An obscure service provider briefly broke the internet Tuesday. It could happen again

June 9, 2021 9:05 PM CNN Newsource

A giant chunk of the internet briefly broke on Tuesday because of an outage at a company most people have probably never heard of before. Reddit, CNN, Target, Amazon, a UK government website and countless others all went dark after a technical issue at cloud service provider Fastly. Although the outage was short-lived, it served

NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams insists he lives in city amid residency controversy

June 9, 2021 8:51 PM CNN Newsource

Does one of the front-runners to be the next mayor of New York City live in New York City — and if so, where exactly? Those were the questions Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams addressed on Wednesday as he spoke to reporters in front of the three-unit building he called “my primary residence.” Adams then

Biden warns he’ll tell Putin ‘what I want him to know’ as he defines goals of foreign tour

June 9, 2021 8:20 PM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden told a hangar of US troops on Wednesday he was in Europe to defend the very concept of democracy, setting high stakes for his first presidential trip abroad and warning Russian President Vladimir Putin he planned to raise touchy issues during their upcoming summit. “I’m headed to the G7, then to the

Mark Zuckerberg plans to work remotely for at least half of the next year

June 9, 2021 7:23 PM CNN Newsource

Facebook is giving its employees more flexibility to work outside the office — and Mark Zuckerberg is leading by example. The Facebook CEO told employees in a memo Wednesday that he plans to work remotely for at least half of the next year, a company spokesperson confirmed to CNN Business. The memo was previously reported

Russian court declares Navalny groups ‘extremist’ ahead of elections

June 9, 2021 7:00 PM CNN Newsource

A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled that two organizations linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny are “extremist” groups — forcing them to shut down and rendering their members ineligible to run in upcoming elections. Wednesday’s ruling targeted both Navalny’s regional political offices and the Anti-Corruption Foundation which he founded. The foundation, known as FBK,

Meet the federal judge who overturned California’s decades-old assault weapons ban

June 9, 2021 6:30 PM CNN Newsource

The federal judge who overturned California’s decades-old assault weapons ban last week opened his 94-page ruling with an eye-opening analogy. “Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment,” US District Judge Roger T. Benitez wrote. In another section, he downplayed the risk

Democratic senator says his party should move forward on infrastructure without GOP: ‘We cannot just sort of twiddle our thumbs’

June 9, 2021 6:12 PM CNN Newsource

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that it’s time for his party to move forward on infrastructure legislation without Republican agreement, asserting that members of his party “cannot just sort of twiddle our thumbs at the negotiating table while the time fritters away.” After several weeks of talks, including multiple meetings in the Oval

California contractor charged for allegedly stealing more than 500 blank vaccine cards

June 9, 2021 6:09 PM CNN Newsource

A Los Angeles County contractor was charged with felony grand theft after more than 500 blank vaccine cards were stolen from a vaccination center at the Pomona Fairplex, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office announced Wednesday. Officers responded to the vaccine site on April 27 and found an employee had stolen blank cards and

House Democrats release former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn’s testimony

June 9, 2021 5:46 PM CNN Newsource

Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn confirmed before a congressional panel last week that former President Donald Trump urged him to oust special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia, according to a transcript released Wednesday. The closed-door interview on June 4 was the culmination of a two-year court fight

US Ambassador to Belarus says new sanctions are coming ‘soon’

June 9, 2021 5:37 PM CNN Newsource

The United States, in coordination with allies, will impose new sanctions on Belarus “soon,” US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher said Tuesday. The US envoy to Minsk — who has been denied a visa to take up her post there — said the Biden administration is working with partners like Canada, the European Union and

The world’s most livable cities in 2021

June 9, 2021 5:24 PM CNN Newsource

The impact of Covid-19 on global livability has been absolutely devastating. Well over a year into the pandemic, ongoing health crises, border closures and lockdowns are continuing to affect millions of people around the world. But some destinations have fared much better than others in managing the virus, meaning those who live there were able

Biden DOJ updates court filing after LGBTQ advocates blast its stance in religious schools case

June 9, 2021 4:09 PM CNN Newsource

The Biden Justice Department on Wednesday afternoon updated its court filing in a case where it is defending the right of religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students after a backlash from critics and a statement from plaintiffs in the case saying they felt “betrayed.” Attorneys from the Justice Department amended their filing to stress

San Jose mayor proposes gun owners carry insurance and pay annual fee in wake of mass shooting

June 9, 2021 3:57 PM CNN Newsource

Nearly two weeks after a gunman fatally shot nine coworkers at a San Jose light rail yard, the mayor of Northern California’s most populous city is proposing first-of-its-kind gun safety restrictions that would require gun owners in the city to obtain insurance and pay an annual fee to cover the cost of gun violence. While