By Nouran Salahieh and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The death toll in the Maui wildfires has risen to 106, Maui County officials said Tuesday, a week after the flames started sweeping through parts of the Hawaiian island. The update on the death toll – up from 99 a day before – came as authorities
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Anna Coren and Jawad Temori, CNN (CNN) — When Zahra thinks back to her life before the summer of 2021, it seems like another reality. As a student in Afghanistan, she had “lots of friends.” “We were happy together,” she recalled. “We were studying, sometimes we were gathering together … we were
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The woman at the center of a suspected mushroom poisoning case that killed three people in Australia claims she bought the ingredients from two separate stores, according to a statement she gave to police cited by public broadcaster ABC. Erin Patterson, 48, said she wants to “clear up the
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand scrapped the last of its Covid restrictions Tuesday, bringing the final curtain down on one of the world’s strictest pandemic policies as the government said the country suffered a far lower mortality rate than many other nations. Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said the island nation was ending
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn and Helen Regan, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Two estranged sons of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn said Monday they hoped to return to the country soon after an unexpected visit that has fueled speculation among many in the kingdom. The brothers’ surprise trip was their first back to their homeland in 27
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Poland is holding its largest military parade in decades on Tuesday, in a flex of defensive muscle that comes as tensions rise on the border between the NATO nation and key Russian ally Belarus. Poland’s Defense Ministry said the celebration of Polish Army Day on Tuesday would be marked
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the kind of “see it everywhere, can’t remember where you learned it” concept that pops up every so often in conversations about psychology, social issues and self-improvement. Once you understand the hierarchy and its applications you will notice its influence everywhere, including business management
Continue Reading CNN, FAMILY PHOTOS, GETTY, WARNER BROS. PICTURES, DAILY MEMPHIAN By Jennifer Henderson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL player Michael Oher, whose life story was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie “The Blind Side,” has filed a petition in a Tennessee court to end Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s conservatorship over him. Oher claims
Continue Reading CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Hawaiian Electric Industries’ stock plummeted another 10% Tuesday after S&P Global downgraded the company’s credit rating to junk. S&P Global downgraded Hawaiian Electric (HE)and all of its subsidiaries to BB-, after a class action lawsuit alleged that strong winds knocked over the electric company’s energized power
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Originally Published: 14 AUG 23 18:43 ET By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Cecily Aguilar, the woman charged in connection with the 2020 killing of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Aguilar pleaded guilty last year to one count of accessory after the fact, and three counts of
Continue Reading By Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — As gale-force winds rushed down the slopes of Maui’s Mauna Kahālāwai mountains early Tuesday morning, Shane Treu stood outside his home with a garden hose – one of the first people in Lahaina to fight what would become America’s deadliest wildfire in more than
Continue Reading CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — With only a quarter of the Maui wildfire burn area searched, the death toll of what’s already the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century still could rise significantly, Hawaii authorities said Monday. At least 99 people have been confirmed dead from the wildfires, and the number
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL player Michael Oher, whose life story was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie “The Blind Side,” has filed a petition in a Tennessee court to end Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s conservatorship over him. Oher claims the Tuohys told him they were going to adopt
Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson, Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The apocalyptic wildfires that raced across Maui have claimed at least 115 lives – a devastating number that’s expected to grow. Many of the victims died while trying to escape the flames – including a 7-year-old boy and three members of his
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A Montana judge handed a significant victory on Monday to more than a dozen young plaintiffs in the nation’s first constitutional climate trial, as extreme weather becomes more deadly and scientists warn the climate crisis is eroding our environment and natural resources. In a case that could have legal
Continue Reading CNN By Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A cosmic object in the shape of a glowing question mark has photobombed one of the latest images captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope — and scientists think they know what it might be. The original near-infrared image, released July 26, depicted a pair
Continue Reading CNN, WLBT By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers pleaded guilty Monday to all state charges against them stemming from the torture and abuse this year of two Black men, one of whom was shot in the mouth. Their pleas Monday came after the former officers – five of them
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Fresh off a phenomenal winter snowpack, water levels on the Colorado River are going up for the first time in years. As a result, federal officials will announce this week that they are easing water restrictions in the Southwest starting next year, three sources familiar with the plan told
Continue Reading From Bethlehem Feleke and Mihir Melwani, CNN (CNN) — At least 26 people have been killed in an explosion in the town of Finote Selam in northwestern Ethiopia, amid heavy fighting between government forces and a local militia group. A further 50 people were injured in Sunday’s blast, according to Manaye Tenaw, CEO of the
Continue Reading CNN By Umaro Djau, Hande Atay Alam and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s junta claimed Sunday it had gathered evidence to prosecute the country’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason,” upping the stakes in their brinkmanship against key neighbors in West Africa who have vowed to restore constitutional order in the coup-hit country.
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