DHS denies 241 people entry at U.S. ports and airports over coronavirus
WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Homeland Security refused entry into the U.S. to 241 people within the past month because of the…
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Weinstein swaps red carpet for notorious prison island
While convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein waits to hear how many years he’ll spend in prison, he’ll be living at the one of the most…
Continue Reading The NYPD’s animal abuse squad is investigating the death of Central Park carriage horse seen collapsing on video
Animal cruelty authorities are investigating after a video was posted online of a carriage horse in New York collapsing in Central Park. The video,…
Continue Reading How to watch the coronavirus town hall
CNN will host a “Coronavirus: Facts and Fears” town hall on Thursday night. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and CNN chief medical…
Continue Reading How to help victims of Tennessee storms
Severe storms and at least one tornado ripped through the Nashville area this week, killing at least 24 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.…
Continue Reading A mother died in police custody of a treatable illness. Her family says she was denied proper care because she was a drug user
A young mother limps toward a desk in the booking area of a Massachusetts police department one evening in late September 2018, holding her chest and…
Continue Reading Turkey and Russia announce ceasefire in northwest Syria
Turkey and Russia announced a ceasefire in Idlib, Syria’s last opposition enclave on Thursday, agreeing to establish a security corridor with…
Continue Reading R. Kelly prosecutors delay singer’s sex abuse trial
The sexual abuse trial of singer R. Kelly has been postponed after federal prosecutors said they needed time to analyze hundreds of electronic…
Continue Reading Rome marathon canceled over coronavirus fears
The Rome marathon, scheduled for March 29, has been canceled because of coronavirus fears. “Organizing a marathon, whether in Rome or in New…
Continue Reading Mars 2020 rover is officially named ‘Perseverance’
Meet Perseverance. The new name has been assigned to NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, launching this July and scheduled to land on the red planet in…
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Elizabeth Warren ends her presidential campaign
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the presidential race following another round of disappointing finishes in primary…
Continue Reading Americans reveal what life in coronavirus quarantine is really like
Carl Goldman has spent the past week pacing around a small room in Omaha, Nebraska, trying to balance his daily goal of taking 10,000 steps with the…
Continue Reading For 21 years, millions of people helped a university search for alien life. Now it’s time to analyze the results
Scientists at the University of California Berkeley’s SETI@home project say they’ll stop sending new work to the network of volunteers,…
Continue Reading Bodies ‘pile up’ in morgue as Iran feels strain of coronavirus
Dozens of bodies sheathed in black bags line the floor of an Iranian morgue, while workers in protective suits and masks busily walk among them.…
Continue Reading South Africa records its first case of coronavirus
The first case of the novel coronavirus in South Africa has been diagnosed, the country’s health minister announced Thursday. The patient, a…
Continue Reading TGV high-speed train derails in France
A high-speed train derailed in eastern France Thursday, leaving at least 21 people injured. The train was traveling between Ingenheim and…
Continue Reading Prosecutor says real estate heir Robert Durst killed his best friend to keep her quiet about his wife’s death
Prosecutors in the Los Angeles murder trial of millionaire Robert Durst, accused of killing his best friend to stop her incriminating him in the…
Continue Reading Russia just had its warmest winter temperatures, leaving Moscow snowless
Moscow is usually blanketed in snow for four to five months a year. But this year, Russia’s capital had barely any snow cover in the whole of…
Continue Reading Japan’s coronavirus infection rate could be ‘tip of the iceberg’ as experts call for more testing
Concerns are growing in Japan that the number of coronavirus cases could be higher than reported, with experts questioning the country’s…
Continue Reading Mormon Church delivers stinging rebuke to BYU students with letter stating homosexual behavior is ‘not compatible’ with its principles
Just two weeks ago, LGBTQ students at Brigham Young University were cheering after the school deleted a section in its honor code that banned…
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Census Bureau warns public of scams involving the 2020 Census
EL PASO, Texas — In just about one week, most households will begin to receive their 2020 Census packets. The information collected by the U.S.…
Continue Reading Australian paper prints blank pages to help tackle toilet paper shortage
An Australian newspaper has printed an extra eight pages to be used as toilet paper after coronavirus fears prompted customers to bulk buy supplies,…
Continue Reading She was a premature baby. Now this teen is setting up hospital libraries so babies born early like her can hear their parents read
Anouskha Talwar first knew her dad only as a distant voice. Born premature at 27 weeks, she spent her first three months of life inside an incubator…
Continue Reading India identifies 29 coronavirus cases as global infections top 95,000
A spike in novel coronavirus in India has prompted concerns that the world’s second-most populous country could face a serious outbreak of the…
Continue Reading Curiosity rover captures high-resolution panorama of its home on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been delighting those of us on Earth with stunning photos of Mars since it landed in 2012. But its latest image is a…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 5: 2020 Dems, abortion, coronavirus, Ukraine, Ebola
Smartphones may make your headaches worse — and not just because of all the stressful things you see on them. Here’s what you need to…
Continue Reading There’s no evidence your pet can get sick from coronavirus. Here’s why one dog tested positive
They’re your furry best friend and a fixture of your home — but could your beloved cat or dog give you coronavirus? Last Friday, Hong…
Continue Reading China is trying to prevent coronavirus from being brought back from other countries
China is stepping up measures to prevent coronavirus cases being imported back from other virus-hit nations, as the outbreak slows within the country…
Continue Reading How countries around the world are responding to the coronavirus outbreak
When the novel coronavirus outbreak hit China in late December and January, the government sprang into crisis mode. Hard-hit cities like Wuhan, where…
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