Nearly half of this year’s class of US Rhodes Scholars are first-generation Americans
The Rhodes Trust has announced the diverse class of American students who will study at the University of Oxford beginning next year as Rhodes…
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Mississippi just began selling its first-ever state lottery tickets
For the first time, Mississippi residents can now play their own state lottery. Instead of going to Louisiana, Tennessee or Arkansas, residents can…
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Marine deserter wanted in killing placed on FBI’s Most Wanted list
A Marine deserter who is facing a murder charge has been placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list of fugitives. Michael Alexander Brown, 22, is…
Continue Reading ‘Better than culling’: Zimbabwe defends elephant exports
Zimbabwe’s Environment Minister has defended the country’s practice of capturing juvenile elephants and selling them to zoos and theme…
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Monument to prominent Yiddish playwright Sholem Aleichem found vandalized with red swastikas
Ukrainian police are investigating a case of anti-Semitic vandalism after a monument to a prominent Jewish writer was vandalized with swastikas. A…
Continue Reading The last Mount Rushmore carver has died at 98
The last remaining member of the team that carved the Mount Rushmore National Memorial died on Saturday, according to his wife. Don…
Continue Reading Egypt hails rare find of mummified lion cubs, cats and crocodiles
Egypt has unveiled an unprecedented discovery of dozens of mummified sacred animals, including cats, crocodiles and two lion cubs, found during the…
Continue Reading A Boston doctor sent a friend a desperate text for help. Moments later, he and his fiancée were dead
In the last moments before his death, 49-year-old anesthesiologist Richard Field texted a friend pleading for help. “I was confused for the…
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A baby seal was rescued from a California parking deck and immediately took a much-needed nap
Being rescued, playing with firefighters and posing for photos proved to be an exhausting day for Santos, a baby seal in Redwood City, California. A…
Continue Reading Navy Secretary forced out after Trump’s war crimes intervention causes division and chaos in military
WASHINGTON, DC — In an extraordinary move, the Pentagon chief “fired” the Navy secretary Sunday for going outside his chain of…
Continue Reading Interpol asks for help tracking down men it says are wanted for crimes against women
The international police agency Interpol says it is looking for eight men wanted for alleged violence against women, and it’s enlisting the…
Continue Reading Meet Narwhal, the rescue puppy with a tail growing out of his forehead
There’s a 10-week-old puppy in Missouri with a tail growing out of his forehead. Yes, his forehead. No, it doesn’t wag. And,…
Continue Reading Operating manual for Xinjiang’s massive re-education camps allegedly revealed in leaked Chinese documents
A series of leaked documents threatens to shine a spotlight on the Chinese government’s Xinjiang detention centers, indicating what Beijing…
Continue Reading Thousands of sheep feared drowned after a cargo ship capsized in the Black Sea
Thousands of sheep are feared to have drowned after a cargo ship capsized in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania on Sunday. The Queen Hind ship,…
Continue Reading His father killed his mother and 3 brothers. Now a 9-year-old boy has died of his wounds
A 9-year-old boy who was critically injured when his father fatally shot everyone else in his family on November 16 died Saturday, according to the…
Continue Reading Spain seizes ‘narco sub’ carrying more than 3 tons of cocaine
Authorities in the Spanish region of Galicia seized a semi-submersible submarine carrying more than 3,000 kilograms (6,614 pounds) of cocaine on…
Continue Reading Hong Kongers show not only the depths of their discontent, but also their power
Hong Kong’s protest movement grabbed the world’s attention with million-strong rallies and city-stopping unrest. But it won big on the…
Continue Reading Landslide victory for Hong Kong pro-democracy parties in de facto protest referendum
Pro-democracy candidates appear to have made major gains in Hong Kong’s district council elections, as early results trickled in Monday…
Continue Reading How America turned upside-down
This story was originally published in the November 25 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global…
Continue Reading Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins missed the last play of the game taking a selfie
Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins thought Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions was over when he ran to the sidelines to take a…
Continue Reading Young elephants were taken from their mothers in Zimbabwe. Now they’re in cages in China
The cellphone footage reveals rows of steel cells stretching along a concrete floor. Behind each set of bars, a juvenile African elephant, their…
Continue Reading The pastor of a black church targeted in a foiled attack praises a student for preventing ‘a bloodbath’
On a typical Sunday, about 40 congregants gather at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Georgia. But this was far from a…
Continue Reading Start your Monday smart: Hong Kong, impeachment, Thanksgiving, AMAs, NCAA rivalries
Happy Thanksgiving week! If you truly cannot wait for the big meal, you can pop some turducken-flavored Pringles. Let us know how that goes.…
Continue Reading 6 people on cruise ship docked in Los Angeles treated for flu-like symptoms
Six passengers aboard a cruise ship docked in Los Angeles were treated for flu-like symptoms Sunday, according to the city’s fire department.…
Continue Reading The last Sumatran rhino in Malaysia has died and there are less than 80 left in the world
Wildlife officials in Malaysia are mourning the death of Iman, the country’s last Sumatran rhino. The female rhino, who was estimated to be…
Continue Reading Egypt raids one of its last independent news publications, and detains some of its journalists
The office of Mada Masr, one of the last independent news outlets in Egypt, was raided by security forces on Sunday, according to its journalists.…
Continue Reading Pilot is rescued after his plane crashes and gets tangled in power lines
Plane crashes usually leave debris scattered across the ground, but a crash in rural Minnesota created a different image: a Piper Cub entangled in…
Continue Reading One killed, five hurt in Afghanistan blast targeting UN personnel
One person was killed and five others injured during an attack on a United Nations vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Afghan Interior Ministry…
Continue Reading Arizona police dog was shot and killed by a fleeing suspect
An Arizona police department is mourning the loss of a canine colleague who was shot and killed by a fleeing suspect on Friday night. Koki, was a…
Continue Reading Patriots vs. Cowboys: Two of the NFL’s most despised teams face off
The thing that ties the Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots is an intense dislike shared by the rest of the league. It’s the one strand…
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