By Aya Elamroussi and Mark Morales, CNN The jury in the civil trial against the organizers of a two-day Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, finished their first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Judge Norman Moon sent the jury home and told them to come back Monday and be ready to start at 9
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LONDON (AP) — British police say the homemade bomb that killed a man in a taxi in Liverpool contained ball bearings and would have caused “significant injury or death” if it had exploded in different circumstances. The suspected bomb-maker, Emad Al Swealmeen, died when a blast ripped through the cab in which he was a
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By Ben Morse, CNN After a down year following the departure of Tom Brady to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots Patriots once again look like one of the best teams in the NFL. Their latest display of dominance came during Thursday Night Football, thrashing the lowly Atlanta Falcons 25-0 at the
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Flu season may be getting under way, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. While influenza activity is very low in the United States, it’s getting started and there’s enough to indicate that there will be at least some kind of flu season this year, unlike last year, when
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused a high-level Party leader of sexual assault, triggering swift censorship across the Chinese internet. China has now blocked CNN’s broadcast signal to prevent further reporting about Peng, CNN’s Will Ripley reports.
Continue Reading Much of the east may see travel delays for Thanksgiving week due to multiple systems that can bring rain, wind, and snow. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the weekend forecast and a preliminary Thanksgiving week forecast.
Continue Reading India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal three controversial agricultural laws that sparked more than a year of protests from farmers. CNN’s Vedika Sud has more.
Continue Reading CNN’s Don Lemon takes a closer look at RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who said she recognizes President Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, even as she claimed there were “lots of problems” with the 2020 election that Republican candidates should address.
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Amy Woodyatt, CNN Mick Rock, the photographer who “shot the 70s” and captured iconic images of artists including David Bowie, Queen, Blondie and Iggy and the Stooges, has died, according to a statement on his verified Instagram account on Friday. “Those who had the pleasure of existing in his orbit, know that Mick was always
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai in China following her accusations of sexual assault against a former top Communist Party official has shined a spotlight on similar cases involving political dissidents, entertainers, business leaders and others who ran afoul of the authorities. Chinese officials have not directly addressed the accusation made
Continue Reading By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers returned the remains of a Palestinian teenager who was killed in October, only to be told by the family that it was the wrong body. The macabre mix-up on Friday, which the army called an “unfortunate mistake,” is likely to draw attention to
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank is doubling down on the message that it’s no time to raise interest rates. Christine Lagarde says the bank won’t add to the squeeze on consumers who are facing rising prices driven by high energy costs. Higher inflation
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank is doubling down on the message that it’s no time to raise interest rates. Christine Lagarde says the bank won’t add to the squeeze on consumers who are facing rising prices driven by high energy costs. Higher inflation
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says that thousands of farmers in central Iran have joined a protest demanding authorities open a dam to relieve drought-stricken areas. Several prominent actors and athletes joined the peaceful movement in the city of Isfahan on Friday, urging the government to intervene to aid famers increasingly suffering from
Continue Reading Austria will impose a national lockdown on November 22 as Covid-19 cases soar, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced, becoming the first European country to do so this fall.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Two women and two children have died in a house fire in London. The fire brigade says around 40 firefighters and six fire engines were called to the scene on Thursday evening and took four people, including what police believe were an infant boy and girl, from the upper story of the
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BREMEN, Germany (AP) — Werder Bremen says its coach Markus Anfang is under investigation by German authorities for allegedly using a fake certificate of vaccination against the coronavirus. The second-division German soccer club says it was made aware of the allegations late Thursday and that Anfang denies wrongdoing. The Bremen prosecutors’ office has confirmed to
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Does size really matter? When it comes to superyachts, it seems the answer is most certainly “yes.” The title for world’s biggest yacht was once held by the same vessel, El Mahrousa, for over a century. But it’s changed hands far more frequently in the years since then as more and more
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — English cricketer Alex Hales has apologized after the publication of a photo showing him in blackface portraying Tupac Shakur at a party in 2009. The apology comes amid an ongoing crisis in English cricket sparked by whistleblower Azeem Rafiq’s revelations about the racism he suffered while playing at Yorkshire. The 32-year-old Hales
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s disease control agency said Friday that the country has entered into a “nationwide state of emergency” because of surging coronavirus infections. The head of the Robert Koch Institute said regular medical care cannot be guaranteed anymore in some parts of the country because
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China is threatening to retaliate against Lithuania after the Baltic nation allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in its capital. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian says Lithuania will “reap what it sows,” but gave no details. He described the move as an “egregious act” that “grossly interferes” in China’s internal
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China is threatening to retaliate against Lithuania after the Baltic nation allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in its capital. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian says Lithuania will “reap what it sows,” but gave no details. He described the move as an “egregious act” that “grossly interferes” in China’s internal
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have reported a record number of coronavirus deaths for a third day in a row. Russia’s state coronavirus task force reported 1,254 virus deaths Friday, up from the previous record of 1,251 registered the day before. The task force also reported 37,156 new confirmed cases. The daily new infections in
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — El director de una escuela policial de Colombia fue destituido luego de que los estudiantes “recrearon escenas alusivas al periodo de la Alemania nazi” durante una actividad académica, informó la Policía Nacional de Colombia en un comunicado este jueves. Según las autoridades, el incidente se registró en la Escuela de
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has emphatically hit back at match manipulation allegations made by South Africa after the sides’ World Cup qualifying match on Sunday. In an extraordinary statement Thursday, GFA said the South African Football Association (SAFA) had created a “mountain of lies” after it had lodged an official
Continue Reading By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States has ended a sanctions program for Burundi, saying circumstances have changed in the East African nation several years after a bloody political crackdown. The U.S. says sanctions and visa restrictions on 11 people designated under the program have been lifted, reflecting President
Continue Reading BY MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling on African nations to heed warnings posed by crises in Ethiopia and Sudan, take seriously popular demands for better governance and enact reforms. Blinken said growing extremism, increasing authoritarianism and exploding corruption in Africa are imperiling democracy,
Continue Reading By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria has announced a national lockdown and a plan to mandate vaccinations as coronavirus infections hit a record high. The rising cases are forcing the government to walk back promises that strict shutdowns were a thing of the past. While the scope of the
Continue Reading By Nadine Schmidt and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Austria is going back into a national lockdown and plans to become the first country in Europe to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all eligible people as the nation’s coronavirus crisis deepens, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday. Schallenberg said his government would look to impose the national vaccine
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