US & World Archives

Repeating fast radio bursts from space are mysterious. This one is even weirder

June 11, 2022 8:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s a distinctly human trait to believe the impossible is a puzzle waiting to be solved. We’re driven to…

Solstice Fast Facts

June 11, 2022 7:44 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the solstice. The next summer solstice will take place on June 21, 2022. The next winter solstice will take…

Russia is now in control of much of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the battle for Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region

June 11, 2022 5:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Josh Pennington, Irene Nasser and Jorge Engels, CNN Russian forces are now in control of most of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the bloody battle…

Fund for those affected by Uvalde school massacre clears $11 million in donations, city officials say

June 11, 2022 5:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A fund created for the victims of the massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school has garnered more than $11 million from…

France commits to rebuilding relationship with Australia after failed submarine deal

June 11, 2022 4:55 AM CNN Newsource

By CNN’s Jorge Engels, Jake Kwon, Jeevan Ravindran and Reuters France’s defense minister said Saturday that the country aimed to rebuild…

The history and significance of Juneteenth

June 11, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Stacker examined historical documentation to explore Juneteenth’s history and significance and to confute the most egregious misinformation about…

The first Jan. 6 hearing by the numbers

June 11, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol is presenting the findings of its year-long investigation in a series…

Most popular flights out of 20 major airports

June 11, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Luggage storage app Bounce examined flight data from the Department of Transportation to find the most popular destinations from major U.S.…

A history of US military ships—from the Revolutionary War to today

June 11, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Stacker explored the most important, most advanced, and most successful ships in the long and storied history of the United States Navy, using U.S.…

Mass shooting leaves family with GoFundMe for funerals and an unfulfilled baby registry

June 11, 2022 1:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Josh Tello shouldn’t be raising Rosalina as a single parent. Alongside him should be Laura…

North Korea appoints nuclear negotiator as first woman foreign minister

June 10, 2022 11:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN North Korea has named a top nuclear negotiator as the nation’s first female foreign…

US defense chief says China muscling neighbors, plundering resources in Pacific

June 10, 2022 9:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out China on Saturday for a series of coercive, aggressive and…

US defense chief says China muscling neighbors, plundering resources in Pacific

June 10, 2022 9:45 PM CNN

CNN By Brad Lendon and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out China on Saturday for a series of coercive, aggressive and…

Galapagos tortoise species was thought to be extinct until a female loner’s discovery

June 10, 2022 4:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN When a small female tortoise was spotted in 2019 on the inaccessible volcanic island of Fernandina in the Galapagos,…

Robots can now be built with living humanlike skin

June 10, 2022 11:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Megan Marples, CNN Skin has traditionally been reserved for animals — until now. For the first time, scientists learned to grow humanlike…

Robots can now be built with living humanlike skin

June 10, 2022 11:18 AM CNN

Researchers in Tokyo have grown human-like, living skin on a robotic finger, with plans to make the skin self-sustaining by adding veins, and later…

Students overpower suspect after stabbing at university in northwest Germany

June 10, 2022 10:14 AM CNN Newsource

By CNN’s Benjamin Brown Students overpowered a man suspected of stabbing several people at Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences in the…

Mariupol at risk of cholera outbreak as Russia struggles to provide basic services, says UK intelligence

June 10, 2022 9:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Mick Krever, Tara John, Maria Kostenko, Taras Zadorozhnyy, Kostan Nechyporenko and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Ukraine’s southern city of Mariupol,…

Prince William goes undercover to highlight a big issue

June 10, 2022 7:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Max Foster and Rob Picheta, CNN Homelessness and long-term unemployment aren’t problems we generally associate with the royals, who’ve…

US and Chinese defense chiefs trade barbs over Taiwan at first face-to-face meeting

June 10, 2022 3:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Oren Liebermann and Brad Lendon, CNN US and Chinese military chiefs sparred over the issue of Taiwan in their first face-to-face meeting on Friday…

Abortion in America: How access and attitudes have changed through the centuries

June 10, 2022 2:20 AM Stacker

Stacker consulted historical records, scholarly research, court documents, medical journals, news reports, and Guttmacher Institute data to trace the…

How gas prices have changed in every state in 2022

June 10, 2022 2:20 AM Stacker

Route-planning app Routific examined AAA data to see how gas prices have changed across the country over the past…

States that issue the most speeding tickets

June 10, 2022 2:20 AM Stacker

You’re doing the speed limit on the highway, and cars are flying past you. Do these drivers ever get pulled over for speeding? RateGenius compiled…

10 traits you may not know can be tied to genetics

June 10, 2022 2:20 AM Stacker

Top10.com scoured scientific literature to find out which traits may be at least partly determined by genetics—and the findings were…

‘More work’ to be done’: Key takeaways from the WHO report on origins of the Covid-19 pandemic

June 10, 2022 1:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Helen Regan, CNN A team of international scientists tasked with understanding how the coronavirus pandemic began released their first report on…

Malaysia to abolish mandatory death penalty in move welcomed by rights campaigners

June 10, 2022 1:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN Malaysia will abolish the mandatory death penalty, the government said Friday, in a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups as…

Russia’s war in Ukraine

June 10, 2022 12:53 AM CNN

CNN’s Matthew Chance…

June 10, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

June 10, 2022 12:53 AM CNN Newsource

Panic buying in Shanghai as mass testing notices spark fears of new lockdown

June 10, 2022 12:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Steven Jiang, CNN Shanghai will carry out Covid-19 testing on more than half of its 25 million residents this weekend, fueling…

Why Russia is being accused of using food as a weapon of war

June 9, 2022 11:25 PM CNN

The price of the two key ingredients of pasta, a staple for many Italian households, is skyrocketing. Journalist Barbie Nadeau visits a pasta factory…