‘My homeland is bleeding, and therefore I am.’
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister says that a Russian missile hit an apartment building in Kyiv. CNN’s Michael Holmes…
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‘My homeland is bleeding, and therefore I am.’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Bohdan Andrukh was on his way to meet friends for dinner at a San Francisco restaurant last Wednesday when he received a phone…
Continue Reading One person, two dogs killed in Colorado avalanche
By Keith Allen and Emma Tucker, CNN A group of people snowshoeing near Marble, Colorado triggered an avalanche that killed one person and two dogs,…
Continue Reading Kentucky sheriff honors prisoner who pulled people from rubble of collapsed candle factory
By Eric Levenson, CNN A Kentucky prisoner who pulled people from the rubble of a collapsed candle factory in December was honored by a local sheriff…
Continue Reading Detroit Zoo moves birds inside due to Avian Influenza concerns
By Chuck Johnston The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) says it is being proactive and moving birds at the Detroit Zoo inside due to concerns about…
Continue Reading He just won a $10 million lottery for the second time
By Emmy Abbassi, CNN For Juan Hernandez, it wasn’t just beginner’s luck… The man from Uniondale, New York, recently won a $10…
Continue Reading Man claiming his innocence in ’98 slaying says prosecution withheld evidence about key witness
By Jeffrey Winter, CNN Anthony Sims has spent 24 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit. He was convicted in 1999 of killing a…
Continue Reading This Texas mom says she’s moving her family to California to protect her transgender daughter
CNN’s Lucy Kafanov speaks with two Texas moms with transgender children who plan to uproot their lives to protect their kids from a state-mandated…
Continue Reading This Texas mom says she’s moving her family to California to protect her transgender daughter
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Texas mom is doing whatever it takes to keep her transgender child safe — even if that requires picking up their…
Continue Reading More than 600 geographic sites across the US will be renamed, replacing a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for decades
By Sara Smart, CNN The Department of the Interior is moving forward with removing and replacing a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Ukraine, North Korea, Covid-19, Warren Buffett, Baseball
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Social media companies have grappled in recent years with how to handle misinformation about a pandemic, a fraught US…
Continue Reading New documents reveal abolitionist’s court case to free her child from slavery
By Giselle Rhoden, CNN The New York State Archives has uncovered nearly 200-year-old court records detailing abolitionist Sojourner Truth’s…
Continue Reading Why Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolence matters now more than ever
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN People wake up and choose violence every day. In many ways, it’s human nature. Headlines daily chronicle war,…
Continue Reading 3 injured after partial floor collapse at a Colorado house party, authorities say
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Three people were injured Saturday night in a “partial collapse” at a house party in South Metro Denver, Colorado,…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court may ban affirmative action, but the world that embraces diversity is here to stay
By John Blake, CNN A Supreme Court justice is appointed for life, is virtually impossible to impeach and has the “unbridled” ability to…
Continue Reading Students sued when a school district restricted several books. The school board reinstated one novel
By Andy Rose, CNN A Missouri school board reversed an earlier decision to remove a Toni Morrison book from school shelves just days after two…
Continue Reading Police arrest 14-year-old in connection with fatal shooting near Albuquerque high school
By Paradise Afshar and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Albuquerque police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the shooting death of a…
Continue Reading ‘Don’t ever give up.’ Trayvon Martin’s mother speaks on the 10th anniversary of his death
By Emma Tucker and Laura Studley, CNN Ten years to the day that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed, his mother Sybrina Fulton’s message was…
Continue Reading A California police officer was fatally shot while conducting a traffic stop, authorities say
By Paradise Afshar and Laura James, CNN A Salinas, California, police officer was shot and killed Friday night while conducting a traffic stop, local…
Continue Reading ‘The whole world right now needs to unite’: Rallies are being held across the US in support of Ukraine
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.) says America has been too ‘fatalistic’ about Ukraine’s fate, but ‘there are still things we can do.’ Adding, ‘This…
Continue Reading ‘The whole world right now needs to unite’: Rallies are being held across the US in support of Ukraine
By Dakin Andone, Sara Smart, Polo Sandoval and Sarah Jorgensen, CNN Cities across the United States have seen rallies in support of Ukraine this…
Continue Reading ‘Don’t ever give up.’ Trayvon Martin’s mother speaks on the 10th anniversary of his death
The 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin wasn’t caught on camera. Since his death, advances in cell phone technology and the growth of social…
Continue Reading At least one person was killed and 13 others injured in a Las Vegas hookah lounge shooting
By Paradise Afshar and Laura James, CNN At least one person was killed and 13 others injured during a shooting at a Las Vegas hookah lounge early…
Continue Reading Authorities seize almost $3 million worth of meth disguised as onions in California
By Emma Tucker, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers have seized nearly $3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in small packages within…
Continue Reading For one Ukrainian American family, a mix of anger, fear and regret
By Faith Karimi, CNN Photos by Austin Steele, CNN Alex Podebryi has barely slept in three days. In the dead of night he scans livestreams for updates…
Continue Reading From bad luck to good: How a car wreck led to a $25,000 lottery win
By Jay Croft, CNN Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. A Maryland woman took a bit of bad luck and spun it into gold, turning a fender bender…
Continue Reading Police arrest man over ‘brutal’ hammer attack at New York subway station
By Brynn Gingras, Kiely Westhoff, Laura Studley and Liam Reilly, CNN Police have arrested a man who allegedly hit a woman over the head several times…
Continue Reading A scholarship, a resolution and calls for accountability: How Ahmaud Arbery’s family and community honored him 2 years after his murder
By Christina Maxouris, Alta Spells and Maximillian Boudreaux, CNN Wanda Cooper-Jones said she wanted guilty verdicts in the federal trial for her…
Continue Reading Jewish and Japanese American groups among growing multiracial effort calling for reparations for Black Americans
Maya Brown, CNN As a third-generation Japanese American, Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka remembers the fight for reparations during the Japanese redress…
Continue Reading As more HBCUs get bomb threats, Virginia governor says he will seek emergency funding to assist with campus security
By Christina Maxouris and Raja Razek, CNN Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday he is planning to ask lawmakers for emergency funding for…
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