By Kiely Westhoff and Zoe Sottile, CNN A 29-year-old New Jersey woman is facing charges over claims she used false government documents in a ploy to pose as a teenager at a high school, according to police. Hyejeong Shin was charged with one count of providing a false government document after she allegedly submitted a
Continue Reading A Colorado bear bares all in 400 bear “selfies.” CNN’s Jeanne Moos explains how it strikes a pose.
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Unbearably adorable. A wildlife camera in Boulder, Colorado, captured about 400 “bear selfies” after a curious black bear started investigating the camera. Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks posted a few of the charming snaps on Twitter Monday. “Recently, a bear discovered a wildlife camera that we use to monitor wildlife
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A globe-trotting gecko has accidentally made the trip from Egypt to England after hitching a ride in a container of strawberries. The tiny traveler was discovered by Nikata Moran, who bought a box of strawberries at her local Lidl supermarket in Manchester, England, on January 18, according to a news release
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN The newly released videos of Tyre Nichols’ police beating captured the brutality that his family and authorities had already foreshadowed: He was punched and kicked while being restrained. He pleaded to go home and repeatedly yelled for his mom. And after the beating, while Nichols lay slumped and motionless against a
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DALLAS (AP) — Jack Hughes scored his second goal of the game 20 seconds into overtime, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Hughes’ winning goal skipped off the stick of Dallas’ Tyler Seguin and eluded Jake Oettinger as the Devils rallied from a 2-0 deficit
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo and Heather Chen, CNN Five Russian men who fled the country after Moscow’s military mobilization order last September have been stranded at South Korea’s Incheon International Airport for months after authorities refused to accept them. Three of the men had arrived in October, with the remaining two in November, said their lawyer
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — In the months he was held in detention in Texas during his legal fight to remain in the U.S., Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi thought he would eventually be returned to his home country and meet a likely death at the hands of the Taliban because
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Veteran right-hander Ian Kennedy and outfielder Clint Frazier were among five players the Texas Rangers signed Friday to minor league contracts that included invitations to major league spring training. Left-hander Danny Duffy, right-hander Reyes Moronta and outfielder Travis Jankowski also got invitations to spring training in Arizona. The 38-year-old Kennedy returns
Continue Reading By Pierre Meilhan and Heather Chen, CNN Western countries will deliver more than 300 tanks to Ukraine, Kyiv’s ambassador to France said Friday. “As of today, numerous countries have officially confirmed their agreement to deliver 321 heavy tanks to Ukraine,” Vadym Omelchenko told French TV station and CNN affiliate BFM television. He did not specify
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Originally Published: 27 JAN 23 01:35 ETUpdated: 27 JAN 23 19:20 ETBy Travis Caldwell, Jay Croft, Eric Bradner and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The city of Memphis has released police body camera and surveillance video showing the January 7 traffic stop and violent police confrontation that led to the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.CNN is
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic will miss a game at Utah on Saturday after spraining his left ankle against Phoenix in the opener of a two-game trip. Doncic’s absence leaves the Mavericks without their top two scorers. Christian Wood is recovering from a broken left thumb. The Mavericks went on
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (11-9, 4-5 C-USA) will open a three-game roadswing by playing at second-place North Texas (17-5, 8-3 C-USA) at 4 p.m. MT/5 p.m. CT Saturday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. It’s the first of two match-ups on the year between the Texas
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee and select subcommittee on the so-called weaponization of the federal government plan to adopt a rule that will allow Republican members to issue subpoenas without consulting Democrats days ahead of time, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The plan, articulated to GOP members of
Continue Reading Prosecutors in the murder trial of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh release a video of Murdaugh’s first interview with authorities after his wife and son were found killed. CNN correspondent Randi Kaye reports.
Continue Reading By Alta Spells and Stephanie Giambruno, CNN On the third day of the murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, prosecutors showed the court video of Murdaugh’s first interview with authorities after his wife and son were found killed. In the interview, which had not been released publicly previously, Murdaugh described arriving at
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Rep. George Santos began his third week as a congressman with an array of questions still swirling around the New York Republican’s personal and campaign finances. He ended the week with even more unanswered questions — after his campaign submitted a raft of changes to federal election regulators, including appearing to
Continue Reading By Nicki Brown, CNN The woman accused of stabbing an Indiana University student “has a long history of severe mental illness” and was “seeking help managing her condition up to and including the day of the alleged attack,” according to her defense attorney. Billie Davis, who is White, allegedly said she was motivated by race
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah next week has gained new urgency after a wave of deadly violence in Israel and the West Bank. His trip, which also includes a stop in Egypt, was already expected to be complicated, as it will be
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand A man who assaulted United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray on January 6, 2021, was sentenced on Friday to 80 months behind bars. Julian Khater pleaded guilty in September to two counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon. His co-defendant, George Tanios, pleaded guilty
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal and Zenebou Sylla, CNN A second former New York lawyer has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for participating in a Molotov cocktail attack during a New York City protest in 2020 following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Colinford Mattis, 35, pleaded guilty to carrying out
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two former Hialeah City police officers and one civilian are facing charges in connection to the alleged kidnapping and beating of a homeless man, as well as witness tampering on part of the civilian in an effort to cover up the officers’ actions, officials announced Thursday. Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday to threatening to use explosives during a four-hour standoff with police in 2021 outside the Library of Congress near the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Floyd Ray Roseberry, 52, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in June, the Department
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Temps will begin to warm up for the weekend. Highs will be in the low to mid 60’s with a decent amount of sunshine. A cold front will cool us down next week. Beginning Wednesday temps will fall back down to the 50’s with just a 10% rain.
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN All five of the former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols were members of a recently created unit that was tasked with tackling rising crime in the city. When it was launched in 2021, the SCORPION unit — Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in
Continue Reading Some of the former Memphis police officers accused in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols were members of a special police unit named the “Scorpion Unit.” CNN’s Brian Todd reports on why it was created and how it operated.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Funeral service to honor late El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen will continue Friday. The funeral service will be at Abundant Church on 1000 Valley Crest starting at 11 a.m. The service will be followed by precession to Evergreen East Cemetery at 12400 Montana. At the cemetery, police honors will
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he had been previously unaware that classified documents were at his Indiana home but that “mistakes were made” and he takes full responsibility. This story is breaking and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery
Continue Reading Originally Published: 27 JAN 23 13:59 ETUpdated: 27 JAN 23 14:37 ETBy Richard Allen Greene and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Eight people were killed in a shooting in Jerusalem and ten were injured, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. The shooting took place at a synagogue, according to the ministry.Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was elected to a fourth consecutive term Friday after a vote by RNC members who gathered here for their winter meeting. McDaniel fended off a stronger-than-expected challenge from Harmeet Dhillon, an RNC committeewoman from California and an attorney who has represented former
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