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Month: June 2022

‘Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes’ presents a harrowing window into the nuclear disaster

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Even if you watched the Emmy-winning 2019 HBO miniseries (recommended, incidentally), “Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes” has plenty to offer as a documentary companion, presenting a former Soviet Union where the fondness for lies and obfuscation has its share of contemporary parallels. It’s another harrowing reminder of the danger when governments

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Georgia Supreme Court overturns Justin Ross Harris’ murder conviction in his son’s hot-car death

By Tina Burnside and Dakin Andone, CNN Georgia’s highest court has overturned the murder conviction of Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County father sentenced to life without parole for the 2014 hot-car death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. In an opinion issued Wednesday, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that evidence submitted by prosecutors of

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Familias de estadounidenses detenidos en el exterior piden acción urgente de Biden para liberar a sus seres queridos

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Washington (CNN) — Hay una creciente frustración entre las familias de estadounidenses detenidos en el extranjero que sienten que el presidente Joe Biden debe actuar para garantizar la pronta liberación de sus seres queridos, algunos de los cuales han pasado años encarcelados, y que creen que no se está recibiendo lo suficiente

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Widespread strikes disrupt services in North Macedonia

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A strike by government workers in North Macedonia has disrupted services over a pay dispute between unions and the country’s center-left government fueled by high inflation. Police associations, health care workers, municipal employees and others joined Wednesday’s strike,. It left essential services running with emergency staffing levels. The National Federation

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Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin on Tuesday accused state authorities of selectively releasing information about last month’s school shooting to scapegoat local law enforcement and intentionally leaving out details about the state’s response to the massacre. New details emerged this week about the timeline of the shooting based on surveillance video from the school’s hallways and

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Here’s what’s in the bipartisan gun safety bill

CNN By Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate’s compromise legislation on gun safety unveiled on Tuesday, potentially the most significant new federal gun safety measure in decades, includes money for school safety, mental health, state crisis intervention programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which would

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Barack and Michelle Obama ink deal with Amazon’s Audible

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The Obamas are heading to Audible. Higher Ground — Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company — signed an exclusive multi-year first-look production deal with Audible, Amazon’s audiobook and podcast service. It gives Audible first dibs on Higher Ground content and includes multiple audio projects that will be distributed worldwide. Financial

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