By Ashley Strickland, CNN History was made Monday night when NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft successfully slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos. DART’s camera shared dramatic images of the asteroid’s surface before it crashed. Now, new images captured by its companion, a cube satellite known as LICIACube, reveal what the impact looked like from another
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Protests continued across Iran despite the government crackdown and state media reports claiming that demonstrators have put an end to their rallies. The protests, now in their 10th day, were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She died in a hospital three days after being apprehended by the morality police in Tehran and taken
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Hurricane Ian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm, and could intensify even more. Ian has made landfall in Cuba and is expected to cause widespread damage. Destructive winds and coastal flooding, as well as heavy flooding rainfall, are set to continue in Cuba, with the worst conditions expected to last through early Tuesday afternoon before
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Uliana Pavlova and Chris Liakos CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted former NSA contractor Edward Snowden Russian citizenship, according to an official decree published on the Russian government portal Monday. Snowden is accused of espionage and theft of government property in the US for leaking troves of information on American intelligence
Continue Reading By Kristin Fisher, Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN Officials at NASA announced Monday that the space agency is rolling the massive Artemis mega moon rocket back into its hangar, called the Vehicle Assembly Building, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to protect it from Hurricane Ian. The move delays the third launch attempt for
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The new sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show is stepping up in a big way, announcing Rihanna as the 2023 headliner. Rihanna confirmed her participation with a tweet of a picture showing her hand holding an NFL football. The announcement came from Apple Music, which took over sponsorship from Pepsi. The soft drink giant
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Unpredictable Hurricane Ian strengthened overnight as it churned in the Caribbean, prompting urgent preparations in Florida, where the storm could deliver impacts, including tornadoes. Florida Officials say they could start issuing evacuation orders today. Hurricane Ian is likely heading for the state, possibly arriving as a major hurricane with powerful winds and dangerous storm surge. Forecasters are
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova and Radina Gigova, CNN At least 11 children were killed when a gunman wearing Nazi symbols opened fire at a school in the western Russian city of Izhevsk, Russian authorities said Monday. Fifteen fatalities have been recorded so far. Among those killed was the school’s security guard, head of the regional government
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Dianne Gallagher, CNN A former top state official in Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to state and federal charges in connection to an embezzlement scheme that auditors say misused millions of welfare dollars, including funneling funds into projects linked to prominent Mississippians like former NFL star Brett Favre. Officials from the US
Continue Reading (CNN) — Prosecutors have recommended against charging Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz in a federal sex-trafficking investigation, according to a source familiar with the matter. The recommendation comes in part because prosecutors have questions over whether the central witnesses in the long-running investigation would be perceived as credible before a jury, the source said. Senior Justice
Continue Reading By Teele Rebane and Hannah Ritchie, CNN The last time Farnaz heard her brother’s voice was over the phone, on an unknown number. “He called me and said only one sentence: ‘I was caught’ … I immediately understood what my dear brother meant and went to the morality police department (to look for him),” the
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The NFL announced Thursday that Apple Music as its new Super Bowl Halftime Show partner. The NFL says the partnership is a multi-year deal. It comes after Pepsi, a partner for the Halftime Show for the last 10 years, announced in May that it would end its deal with the NFL. “We are proud to welcome Apple Music to
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The identity of the former Twitter employee who expressed concerns about the potential for violence before January 6th has been revealed. The House Select Committee member Jamie Raskin says Anika Navaroli is coming forward ahead of next week’s hearing. She is the Twitter whistleblower who anonymously testified before the January 6 panel and argued that her
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Former President Donald Trump is on the defensive. A Federal appeals court says the Justice Department can resume its review of classified documents seized from his Florida home, and the New York Attorney General is suing him for alleged fraud. Trump is responding to two probes that took major steps forward yesterday. A Federal appeals
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, Matthew Chance, Tim Lister, Anna Chernova and Mick Krever, CNN As the first phase of Russia’s new “partial mobilization” got underway on Thursday, videos appeared on social media purporting to show newly mobilized men preparing to be deployed. In the city of Neryungi — six time zones east of Ukraine — a
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN Two American veterans and five British citizens who had been held by Russian-backed forces for months have been released as part of the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine that was brokered by Saudi Arabia. Family members of Americans Alexander John-Robert Drueke, 39, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Andy
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(CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil fraud lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, according to court records. The case docket indicates the defendants are Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Allen Weisselberg, Jeffrey Mcconney, The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, The Trump Organization, Inc., and
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Rebekah Riess, CNN Almost eight weeks after the drawing in one of the largest-ever Mega Millions jackpots, two people — who agreed to split the prize, if won — have come forward to claim the $1.34 billion prize, the Illinois Lottery said. The winning ticket was bought in late July at
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Brad Parks and Omar Jimenez, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who held down George Floyd’s legs in May 2020 was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday on a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Thomas Lane, who is currently in federal prison for violating Floyd’s
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It is being called the largest Covid-19-related fraud scheme uncovered to date. Tuesday the Justice Department announced charges against 47-people who are accused of stealing $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals for needy children during the pandemic. According to officials, those charged in the scheme set up a network of shell
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The Federal Reserve is expected to make history with a rate hike today that could affect your savings. The Fed’s anticipated actions would increase the rate that banks charge each other for overnight borrowing to 3-3.25%, the highest since the 2008 global financial crisis. The central bank kicked off its two-day meeting Tuesday and is scheduled
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Brad Parks and Dakin Andone, CNN Eight people have been taken to hospitals from the scene of a building explosion in Chicago on Tuesday morning, according to Chicago Fire. At least three of those people are listed in serious to critical condition, Chicago Fire said on Twitter. The source of the explosion
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Bad Bunny did what he could to help Uvalde school shooting survivor, Mayah Zamora. The musician invited the 10-year-old, who was critically injured during the shooting in Uvalde, Texas to his recent concert in Arlington. Bad Bunny enjoyed some time with Zamora and her family. In photos from the event, shared on Instagram
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Bexar County, Texas Sheriff Javier Salazar says his agency will investigate the transportation of 48 Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard. Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis chartered two private flights to transport migrants to the Massachusetts island community last week. The decision comes on the heels of immigration rights groups and Democrats accusing Republicans of
Continue Reading By Karol Suarez, Brandon Miller, Juan Carlos Paz, Florencia Trucco and Hande Atay Alam, CNN A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern coast of Mexico on Monday, killing at least one person, with shaking reported as far away as Mexico city. The earthquake hit just after 1 p.m. EST, with the epicenter occurring very near
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Editor’s note: This event begins Monday at 3:30 a.m, Monday, Sept. 19. LONDON — ABC News is providing live coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. David Muir and Robin Roberts will host live coverage.
Continue Reading Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction got the attention of millions of Americans after the hit podcast “Serial,” has been released after a Baltimore judge approved a motion to vacate his conviction. But his legal fight is not over. CNN correspondent Alexandra Field reports on what’s next.
Continue Reading By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Toyin Owoseje, CNN The note on top of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin during her funeral on Monday was a handwritten message from her son, King Charles III. The message read: “In loving and devoted memory. Charles R”. The “R” in King Charles’ title refers to “Rex,” which is Latin
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, Ehsan Popalzai, AnneClaire Stapleton and Devan Cole, CNN Mark Frerichs, an American held captive in Afghanistan for more than two years, has been released in a prisoner swap, a senior Biden administration official confirmed Monday. “Bringing Mark home has been a top priority for President Biden and his national security team,” the
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan and Melissa Alonso, CNN At least two people have died in Puerto Rico because of Hurricane Fiona, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi told CNN, as rescuers scrambled to save flooding victims. A 58-year-old man died after being swept away by La Plata River behind his home in Comerío, and a man in
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