A teen who has been in police custody since December in the killing of Barnard student Tessa Majors’ on Wednesday pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree robbery, telling the court he watched one of the teens he was with stab Majors. The now 14-year-old boy, who CNN is not naming because he was not
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For decades, archeologists have keep their eyes down to the ground as they slashed through jungles, attempting to spot traces left by lost civilizations like the Khmer Empire in Cambodia and the Maya in Mexico and Central America. It’s painstaking work that took entire careers to complete. But now, archeologists — or at least their
Continue Reading Trains, planes and trucks are getting back on course after months of coronavirus inertia, and that’s a good sign for the economy as a whole. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your
Continue Reading A Florida police department has launched an internal investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing a Sarasota police officer kneeling on a black man’s neck during an arrest. In the nearly 90-second cellphone video taken by a bystander during the May 18 incident, three officers can be seen attempting to take a male
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Volunteers in Doña Ana County were kept busy well into Wednesday afternoon, tabulating thousands of absentee ballots submitted as part of the New Mexico primary. Administrators involved in the organization and tabulation of the ballots were impressed with voter turnout, adding that it was higher than expected. It was especially
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When protests broke out in Beijing and other cities across China in early 1989, many in Hong Kong were exhilarated. “It was a time of hope,” said Lee Cheuk-yan, a veteran activist and former Hong Kong lawmaker. At that time, the city was eight years out from being handed over from British to Chinese control,
Continue Reading Drew Brees, the popular New Orleans Saints quarterback, caught heat from the likes of LeBron James and his own teammates, after saying he will “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag,” a reference to players taking a knee in protest during NFL games. His response came Wednesday in an interview with Yahoo Finance, when asked
Continue Reading Across Europe, beaches are getting ready for their first socially distanced foreign visitors, hotels are airing out rooms and restaurants are laying alfresco tables. With borders now open, the travel industry is trying to salvage as much of the peak tourist season as possible. Right now, almost everyone’s invited, but despite the alluring prospect of
Continue Reading An attacker with a knife injured 37 children and two adults at an elementary school in southern China on Thursday, according to a local government statement. The attack, which took place in Cangwu county in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, saw all 39 victims hospitalized, though none were in a serious condition. The 37
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In light of the ongoing protests after the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, some people say they want to become anti-racist. Being anti-racist means more than ridding yourself of racist attitudes, beliefs and behaviors. It means you’re also actively fighting that reprehensible trinity as it manifests in your life on a
Continue Reading Do you find it tough to make decisions these days? What used to be no-brainers, stopping at the grocery for bread and milk, making a pit stop at the gas station or meeting friends for dinner and drinks are now fraught with dangers. Are people wearing masks at the grocery and keeping their carts at
Continue Reading Astronomers have confirmed the existence of Proxima b, an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting the closest star to our sun. The European Southern Observatory’s High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) detected the planet in 2016. The Very Large Telescope based in Chile has a new and more powerful spectrograph named ESPRESSO, so astronomers decided to use
Continue Reading A California fire department is battling a four-alarm wildfire near the Suisun City Wildlife Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Firefighters responded immediately to a call received at 3:26 p.m. local time Wednesday, according to Suisun City Fire Chief Justin Vincent. When the fire department arrived, there were people trying to evacuate as many
Continue Reading Mumbai avoided the worst of Cyclone Nisarga, which made landfall close to the Indian financial capital in western Maharashtra state on Wednesday, but caused minimal damage, officials said. Cyclones in that part of India are relatively rare — Mumbai, which is home to 18 million people, was last hit by a major storm in 1948.
Continue Reading The New Zealand government said Wednesday that it will provide free sanitary products in schools across the country in an effort to tackle period poverty — where girls or women are unable to afford or access sufficient menstrual hygiene products. Nearly 95,000 girls in the country aged nine to 18 are thought to stay home
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EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation’s GO-10 project is now in its final phases. During the I-10 shutdown, traffic was diverted to Mesa Street. The problem is that road was not built to handle freeway traffic and this caused the street to break apart, needing to be redone. Construction began before the
Continue Reading An 8-year-old girl illegally employed as a maid has been killed by her employers in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for letting their pet parrots escape, police say. On Sunday, the child, named Zohra, opened a parrot cage to feed the birds but they flew away, according to Rawalpindi police superintendent Zia Uddin. As punishment, Zohra’s employers, who
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Don’t believe what you read, hear or see. That’s what the Trump White House and the pro-Trump media are relying upon: Disbelief. Story after story calls to mind the old Marx Brothers line “Who ya
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Thabo Sefolosha knows far too well about police brutality against black people. Because, in 2015, it happened to him, when he suffered injuries by New York City police and was wrongly arrested. Sefolosha, 36, is a 14-year NBA veteran from Switzerland who spent this season playing for the Houston Rockets before the Covid-19 pandemic put
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HOUSTON, Texas — A newly minted mural celebrating the life of George Floyd has become a vigil in his hometown and has even attracted the attention of Houston police officers. The mural was painted by the Houston area artist Donkeeboy on the side of Scott Food Mart on Tuesday. It depicts a black and white
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Campeche on Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on the already soaked region ahead of an expected eventual turn toward the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The Mexican army evacuated 138 people in Campeche after floodwaters threatened homes, and
Continue Reading Protesters cheered Wednesday by news that four Minneapolis officers are now charged in George Floyd’s death also heard uplifting words from former President Barack Obama, who said their demands for justice and persistence mark a new era in America. In Minneapolis, people shouted with joy when they heard that all four officers who had been
Continue Reading Nick Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, is not giving up on him. Kloots took to Instagram on Wednesday to give fans another health update on her husband, who has been hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles fighting an intense battle with coronavirus for more than two months. “I’ve been told a couple times that
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to provide a path to British citizenship for potentially millions of Hong Kongers, as China prepares to impose a draconian new national security law on the city. That law, Johnson said in an op-ed published in the South China Morning Post Wednesday, “would curtail (Hong Kong’s) freedoms and
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Continue Reading The Philippines has reversed its decision to end an important military agreement with the United States as territorial tensions with China heat up in the South China Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte had decided to retain the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) “in light of the political and other developments in the region,” said Philippine Foreign Affairs
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly killing his missing estranged wife and then stuffing her body into an apartment storage unit in the 1600 block of Zaragosa. Police booked 22–year old Linwood James Smith into the downtown jail on a murder charge carrying a million dollar bond. Smith
Continue Reading Video posted on social media appears to show three Minneapolis Police Department officers kneeling on George Floyd during his arrest. Previous video from eyewitness Darnella Frazier showed Floyd, 46, being knelt on by one officer — Derek Chauvin. CNN has not been able to locate the person who shot the latest video. That video shows
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EL PASO, Texas — Demonstrators gathering to protest the death of unarmed George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police believe they are being infiltrated by groups trying to provoke police. The director of the Texas Department of Public safety says there is evidence to support that claim. “There’s violent extremists, there’s anarchists, there’s Antifa.
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