Men are marched out of prison camps. Then corpses float down the river
By Nima Elbagir, Katie Polglase, Barbara Arvanitidis, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The ghostly outlines of limbs emerge through the…
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Hurricane Larry becomes a Category 3 storm — this season’s third major cyclone in the Atlantic
Michael Mann, a lead author of the UN Climate Change report, explains the science that directly connects rising temperatures to the increased…
Continue Reading New Orleans is transporting some residents to shelters as hundreds of thousands remain without power after Hurricane Ida
The northeastern US will contend with some showers this weekend along with cooler temperatures while the South and West will be hot. CNN…
Continue Reading A mother, father and son drowned after more than a dozen feet of water drenched their apartment
The remnants of Ida cause extreme rainfall leading to deadly flash flooding across the Northeast. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the…
Continue Reading Surfer dies in shark attack off Australian beach
By Sophie Jeong, CNN A man who was attacked by a shark at Emerald Beach on Australia’s east coast on Sunday died after a…
Continue Reading Willard Scott, longtime weatherman for ‘Today,’ dies at 87
Willard Scott, former longtime weatherman for “Today,” has died, according to the NBC show. He was…
Continue Reading Nearly 30% of 138,000 assessed species are facing extinction, group warns
By Katya Krebs, CNN A top international conservation agency warned that 28% of the 138,374 species identified on its “survival watchlist”…
Continue Reading Explore some of the best wildlife photography of the year
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Our planet is wonderfully wild. It’s easy to forget that amid the daily hustle and bustle of our lives —…
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Navy declares 5 missing sailors dead after helicopter crash
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy has declared five missing sailors dead nearly a week after a helicopter crashed in the ocean off San Diego. The Navy has…
Continue Reading US: Afghan evacuees who fail initial screening Kosovo-bound
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press A U.S. official says the United States plans to send Afghan evacuees who require more screening to a site in…
Continue Reading He fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba. His advice to Afghan refugees moving to the US
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, is the temporary home for up to 13,000 recently evacuated Afghan refugees. CNN’s Omar Jimenez visits a nearby town to speak…
Continue Reading An Army base in Wisconsin is welcoming Afghan refugees. The same post helped Cubans fleeing the Castro regime in 1980
By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN As Afghans flee the Taliban regime and flow into the United States, they are landing in places like Fort McCoy,…
Continue Reading Americans can now drive to Canada — but Canadians can’t do the reverse
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Everything old is new again. Swedish supergroup ABBA has just released their first new music in 40 years, while the Swedish East…
Continue Reading Australia beat the world on shutting out Covid. Now it is bitterly divided on how to reopen
By Ben Westcott, CNN An increasingly frustrated Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison turned to an animated film last week to drive home his point…
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De La Hoya pulls out of Sept. 11 fight, says he has COVID
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar De La Hoya’s return to the ring will have to wait after the fighter said he tested positive for COVID-19. The…
Continue Reading Biden sees Hurricane Ida damage as storm leaves 61 dead
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — President Joe Biden traveled to New Orleans Friday to survey damage caused by Hurricane Ida, meet with local…
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Man in critical condition after shark attack in Gulf of Mexico
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN A man was in critical condition after a shark attacked him, partially severing his leg, when he fell overboard while…
Continue Reading Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old…
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Biden moves to declassify documents about Sept. 11 attacks
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the FBI to declassify documents…
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‘QAnon Shaman’ who wore horns pleads guilty in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON, DC — The so-called “QAnon Shaman” who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned bearskin outfit pleaded guilty Friday to a felony…
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Americans support Afghanistan pullout, but not the way it was done: ABC News poll
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has fallen underwater in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll amid broad disapproval…
Continue Reading Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges
By Lauren del Valle, CNN Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked by The Vatican in 2019 over sex abuse allegations, pleaded not guilty…
Continue Reading How to help, volunteer and honor 9/11 victims through public service
Remembering the heros of Flight 93, twenty years later. Darryl Forges…
Continue Reading How to help, volunteer and honor 9/11 victims through public service
By Christopher Dawson and Ben Burnstein, CNN Twenty years ago, terrorists seized control of four airliners, killed 2,977 people and shook the…
Continue Reading Former district attorney arrested after indictment in connection with Ahmaud Arbery investigation
By Martin Savidge and Angela Barajas, CNN A former district attorney in Georgia has been charged after allegedly interfering with the arrest of a man…
Continue Reading No spacewalk is complete without a celestial soundtrack of space-themed songs. You’re welcome
By Gregory McNamee, CNN Gear up for the latest spacewalk on September 12 with an out-of-this world playlist. Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide from the…
Continue Reading Huge wildfire near Lake Tahoe slows as weather improves
By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Officials say better weather has slow the growth of the huge California wildfire…
Continue Reading Russian cosmonauts conduct first of 11 spacewalks for new space station module
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted a spacewalk Friday to prepare the new Nauka module for…
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U.S. hiring slows as Delta variant weakens travel and tourism
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 235,000 jobs in August, a modest gain after two…
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