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‘Terrifying’: Facebook whistleblower cites violence in Myanmar and Ethiopia, spying by China and Iran

October 5, 2021 7:25 PM CNN Newsource

By Caitlin Hu, CNN During much-anticipated testimony Tuesday before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Facebook whistleblower Frances…

Missouri man executed over objections of Pope Francis

October 5, 2021 5:22 PM Associated Press

BONNE TERRE, Missouri — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago.…

Tiny rare fossil found in 16 million-year-old amber is ‘once-in-a-generation’ find

October 5, 2021 5:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Microscopic tardigrades have thrived on Earth for more than 500 million years, and may well outlive humans, but the tiny…

5 alternative energy sources to speed our transition away from fossil fuels

October 7, 2021 10:28 AM CNN

A grave ecological disaster is unfolding along California’s southern coast and authorities say they may have found the source of the oil leak that’s…

Group of bystanders builds makeshift stretcher to help rescue an injured hiker from a Colorado mountainside

October 5, 2021 3:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Jackson, CNN A family on a trip to see the fall foliage in Colorado turned into a rescue mission when they came across an injured man. On…

Group of bystanders builds makeshift stretcher to help rescue an injured hiker from a Colorado mountainside

October 5, 2021 3:58 PM CNN

A 77-year-old man who fell off a Colorado mountain trail was carried by fellow hikers until paramedics…

Evidence suggests ship anchor snagged, dragged oil pipeline

October 4, 2021 10:59 PM Associated Press

By STEFANIE DAZIO, MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Evidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor…

His dad was vaccinated and his son was not. He lost them both to Covid-19

October 5, 2021 3:20 PM CNN Newsource

By David Williams, CNN A Pennsylvania restaurant owner says he’s been overwhelmed by the community support for his family after both his father…

A ship anchor hooking the pipeline may have caused the California oil spill, federal agency says

October 6, 2021 1:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson, Amir Vera and Cheri Mossburg, CNN An anchor hooking an oil pipeline may have caused the Southern California…

Wisconsin’s wolf hunt quota is lowered following months of conflict

October 5, 2021 2:53 PM CNN Newsource

By Leah Asmelash, CNN After months of tension between hunters and environmentalists in Wisconsin, the state’s Department of Natural Resources…

Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Auschwitz, says museum

October 5, 2021 2:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Sarah Dean Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, staff from the museum said in a statement on Tuesday,…

Evidence suggests ship anchor snagged, dragged oil pipeline

October 4, 2021 11:13 PM Associated Press

By STEFANIE DAZIO, MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Evidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor…

Planet with iron rainfall is even more extreme than scientists thought

October 5, 2021 2:34 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN On this sizzling exoplanet hundreds of light-years from Earth, droplets of iron rain fall from the sky at night. Now,…

A Florida teen makes history as her high school’s first trans homecoming queen

October 5, 2021 2:13 PM CNN

Evan Bialosuknia’s peers voted for her to be their homecoming queen, the first transgender student at Olympia High School to wear the crown. She said…

Whistleblower tells senators: Facebook puts ‘profits before people’

October 5, 2021 8:10 AM ABC News, Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — A former Facebook data scientist has told Congress that the social network giant’s products harm children and fuel polarization…

America’s offshore oil infrastructure is aging. ‘We don’t know there’s a problem until there’s a problem.’

October 5, 2021 5:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen and Liz Stark, CNN After a pipeline leak sent as much as 144,000 gallons of oil gushing into the ocean off the coast of California…

German hotel investigating after Jewish musician says he was discriminated against

October 5, 2021 12:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Inke Kappeler, CNN A hotel in Germany has launched an investigation and suspended employees after musician Gil Ofarim, who is Jewish, alleged he…

NYPD union president resigns after FBI raids his home and union office

October 6, 2021 9:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Brynn Gingras, Sonia Moghe and Mark Morales, CNN The president of the New York Police Department’s second-largest union resigned Tuesday…

Taliban to resume issuing passports to Afghan citizens

October 5, 2021 9:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Jack Guy and Tim Lister, CNN Afghanistan will resume issuing passports to its citizens, its interior ministry announced Tuesday, in a first under…

Yoshihide Suga Fast Facts

October 5, 2021 9:58 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Japan’s former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Personal Birth date: December 6, 1948…

Medical examiner confirms body found in wooded area in Orlando is Miya Marcano

October 6, 2021 5:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos, CNN The Orange County, Florida, medical examiner confirmed Tuesday that the body found in a wooded area near the Tymber Skan on the…

‘Korean wave’ sweeps Oxford English Dictionary as new words are added

October 5, 2021 9:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Korean exports seem to be sweeping the world’s screens, headsets and runways — and now more than 20 words of Korean…

Brian Laundrie’s sister says she does not know where he is, and ‘I’d turn him in’

October 5, 2021 8:23 PM CNN

Brian Laundrie’s sister sits down in an exclusive interview with ABC and says she does not know where her brother is from the day he went missing.…

A Florida teen makes history as her high school’s first trans homecoming queen

October 5, 2021 2:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Scottie Andrew, CNN In a metallic gold gown, her dual-toned hair curled into effortless waves, Evan Bialosuknia looked every bit the undisputed…

A Florida teen makes history as her high school’s first trans homecoming queen

October 5, 2021 2:13 PM CNN

A transgender student is crowned Homecoming queen at Florida…

Bronze bust of George Floyd defaced at New York City’s Union Square

October 5, 2021 8:12 AM CNN

Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, joins CNN New Day to talk about his brother’s bust being vandalized in New York…

Brian Laundrie’s sister says she does not know where he is, and ‘I’d turn him in’

October 5, 2021 8:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN The sister of Brian Laundrie has doubled down on her assertion she has no idea where he is, as authorities…

Johnson & Johnson asks FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine booster shots

October 5, 2021 4:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Maggie Fox, CNN Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize booster shots for its coronavirus…

NASA’s DART mission will deliberately crash into an asteroid’s moon in the name of planetary defense

October 5, 2021 8:01 PM CNN

In honor of World Space Week, the world’s most famous doll has crossed into the final frontier of…

NASA’s DART mission will deliberately crash into an asteroid’s moon in the name of planetary defense

October 5, 2021 6:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The DART mission, or NASA’s Double…