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Tato and Mama gave me a home in Ukraine. Now they’re under attack

March 12, 2022 5:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Mayumi Maruyama, CNN They’re not my parents, but after two years of living in Ukraine, they grew to become my Tato and Mama —…

War has brought the world to the brink of a food crisis

March 12, 2022 1:32 AM CNN

CNN, ALICIA BROWN By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Svein Tore Holsether says the world is careening toward a food crisis that could affect millions of…

States where sports betting is legalized and possible new ones in 2022

March 12, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

The state of sports betting, particularly online wagers, is evolving quickly. Here’s where betting is legal and where it might be legalized soon,…

How this baker is resisting the Russian onslaught without picking up a gun

March 11, 2022 7:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Teele Rebane, CNN As Ukrainians around the country gathered glass bottles for Molotov cocktails and armed themselves against the Russian…

Dogs of war: the conflict in Ukraine is displacing pets as well as people

March 12, 2022 12:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Sidner and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Jakub Kotowicz loves animals so much he decided he wanted to spend his life healing them. But the Polish…

How the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic hit states across America

March 12, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Stacker cited National Vital Statistics System mortality data between 1910-1925, digitized by the National Bureau of Economic Research, to look at…

5 West Point cadets overdose on fentanyl during spring break, police say

March 12, 2022 12:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Melissa Alonso and Amanda Musa, CNN A suspect is in custody after five West Point cadets overdosed — four of whom were hospitalized —…

When women got the right to vote in 50 countries

March 12, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Using news reports and historical websites, Stacker compiled a list of 50 countries and when they gave a majority of the women the right to vote.…

A 32-year-old man is accused of killing couple in Daytona Beach

March 12, 2022 7:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Musa, CNN A 32-year-old man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of a couple last weekend in Daytona…

‘Please stay strong.’ For loved ones ripped apart by war in Ukraine, phone messages bring hope and despair

March 12, 2022 4:04 AM CNN

After receiving a plea on Twitter from a daughter looking for her lost mother, CNN’s Clarissa Ward went out on the search for her in the hard hit…

Authorities claimed these Black men had excited delirium just before they died. But the diagnosis itself is a problem and should be abandoned, a new study says

March 12, 2022 3:02 AM CNN

“Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler was detained by police on suspicion of bank robbery while attempting to make a withdrawal from his account with…

Happy birthday: Teen wins $100,000 lottery prize with her first ticket ever

March 12, 2022 6:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Jay Croft, CNN A North Carolina college student won a nice 19th birthday gift after buying her first lottery ticket: $100,000. Laniah Ashley, a…

A community in mourning will gather Saturday to honor Katie Meyer, the Stanford star soccer player who died by suicide

March 12, 2022 5:07 AM CNN Newsource

By Natasha Chen and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Friends and loved ones of Stanford University star soccer player Katie Meyer, who died by suicide earlier…

A grieving surfer is taking hundreds of strangers’ late loved ones for one last ride

March 12, 2022 7:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Faith Karimi, CNN Dan Fischer has always found solace in the ocean. As a child, he loved going to the beach and riding bikes along the coastline…

She’d just celebrated her baby shower in Ukraine. Hours later, she was fleeing bombs

March 12, 2022 7:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Brynn Gingras and Faith Karimi, CNN Hours before Russia started bombarding Ukraine, Olesya Ostafieva’s family and friends had thrown her a…

End of an era in Russia as sanctions bite and Western companies take flight

March 12, 2022 8:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN When thousands of Russians lined up in Moscow’s busy Pushkin Square on January 31, 1990 to enter the country’s…

Outside firm to review Louisiana State Police after death of Ronald Greene

March 12, 2022 10:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Rebekah Riess, CNN The Louisiana State Police has hired an outside consultant to conduct a “comprehensive top-to-bottom assessment” of…

Why are US gas prices soaring when America barely uses Russian oil?

March 12, 2022 8:09 AM CNN

CNN By Julianne Pepitone, CNN Business There’s pain at the pump for American drivers as US gas prices soar to record highs. Although the United…

Pinterest bans misinformation about climate change

March 12, 2022 8:11 AM CNN

CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Pinterest on Wednesday announced a new policy prohibiting users from sharing climate misinformation on its platform,…

Key supply of diamonds caught up in Russia sanctions

March 12, 2022 9:55 AM CNN

CNN By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Far-reaching global sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine are affecting the global supply of a…

Now, that’s just icky: Border agents seize boxes of blood-sucking leeches

March 12, 2022 8:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Jay Croft, CNN Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia recently made a series of slimy discoveries — some 300 leeches sent…

Antarctic ice shelf nearly the size of Los Angeles collapsed as temperatures soared to 40 above normal

March 12, 2022 9:04 AM CNN

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, HMS Endurance, was located by a team of scientists, historians and filmmakers more than a century after it sunk off the…

Russia’s cyber offensive against Ukraine has been limited so far. Experts are divided on why

March 12, 2022 10:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials warned that a wave of debilitating cyberattacks could accompany Russia’s war on Ukraine. So far they…

Russia intensifies strikes around Kyiv as it warns US against arming Ukraine

March 12, 2022 10:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Tara John, CNN The Russian assault across Ukraine raged Saturday as explosions were heard in Kyiv and fighting…

Russia intensifies strikes around Kyiv as it warns US against arming Ukraine

March 12, 2022 10:42 AM CNN

CNN’s Clarissa Ward…

Pristine ship discovered in Antarctica 107 years after it sank

March 12, 2022 9:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN As humans, we can’t seem to help leaving traces of ourselves behind everywhere we go. And some of these artifacts are…

End of an era in Russia as sanctions bite and Western companies take flight

March 12, 2022 8:02 AM CNN

McDonald’s has suspended operations in Russia amid the war in Ukraine, as the CEO points to the “needless human suffering” in a statement. McDonald’s…