The United Nations held a major meeting on race. Why the US and UK skipped it
By Caitlin Hu, CNN After more than a year of racial reckoning that saw historic monuments to enslavers and colonists torn down on both sides of the…
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A London teacher was killed on a walk to the pub, police say. Another tragedy in the UK’s gender violence epidemic
By Kara Fox, CNN Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old teacher from south London, is believed to have been murdered on the five-minute walk from her house to a…
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A London teacher was killed on a walk to the pub, police say. Another tragedy in the UK’s gender violence epidemic
Mara Schiavocampo explains how intense media coverage of White women who go missing, as in the case of Gabby Petitio, can have real-life implications…
Continue Reading ‘Brothers in blue’: One fallen officer’s kidney was a match to a fellow officer who was injured in the line of duty
By Amy Simonson, CNN Police officers are supposed to protect and serve. One officer’s service is living beyond his time. Officer Mark Priebe,…
Continue Reading What dinosaur diseases — which might seem familiar — can tell us about how they lived and died
By Katie Hunt, CNN Tyrannosaurus rex battled parasites and got gout from its meat-rich diet. Duck-billed hadrosaurs suffered cancerous tumors, and a…
Continue Reading Brian Laundrie left home without phone or wallet and his parents were concerned he might hurt himself, source says
By Jenn Selva, Dakin Andone and Madeline Holcombe, CNN A source close to the family of Brian Laundrie told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday that…
Continue Reading Several students sent home from South Carolina’s second-largest school district for not wearing masks
By Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Several students in South Carolina’s second-largest school district were sent home Wednesday for not…
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the world needs to ‘grow up’ and deal with climate change
Humanity needs to “grow up” and deal with the issue of climate change, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told world leaders at the United Nations…
Continue Reading What is COP26? How the pivotal UN conference could avert global climate ‘catastrophe’
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow, which begin on October 31, couldn’t come at a more crucial time. A…
Continue Reading Florida governor says parents can send asymptomatic kids exposed to Covid-19 back to school
By Rebekah Riess and Leyla Santiago, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced that the state has put out a revised rule which follows a…
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the world needs to ‘grow up’ and deal with climate change
By Niamh Kennedy, Amy Cassidy and Deborah Bloom, CNN Humanity needs to “grow up” and deal with the issue of climate change, British Prime…
Continue Reading Here’s why a Haitian migrant and his pregnant wife made the monthslong journey to America
By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN For Rolph Louis, a Haitian migrant hoping for a fresh start in New York, the journey to the United States…
Continue Reading Here’s why a Haitian migrant and his pregnant wife made the monthslong journey to America
Haitian migrants cross the Rio Grande River back and forth between Mexico and the US as CNN’s Matt Rivers reports the crisis at the US-Mexico border…
Continue Reading More than 50 University of Georgia faculty members announce plans to mandate masks in their classrooms
By Rebekah Riess and Gregory Lemos, CNN Educators at the University of Georgia have announced plans to require masks in their classrooms despite…
Continue Reading 6 bodies thought to be those of Mexican Indigenous men found
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Investigators in northern Mexico found six sets of skeletal remains and are performing tests…
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FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk
By MATTHEW PERRONE, LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. has moved a step closer to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s…
Continue Reading San Jose State University agrees to pay $1.6M to students who alleged sexual assault by trainer, Justice Department says
By Jason Hanna and Stella Chan, CNN San Jose State University will pay a total of about $1.6 million to some of the female students and…
Continue Reading Authorities identify woman believed to be victim of Samuel Little, America’s most prolific serial killer
By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Nearly 44 years after hunters discovered human remains near a Mississippi highway, authorities have…
Continue Reading Palm Beach County school board sides with latest state quarantine policy in tense meeting that separated those without masks
By Nick Valencia and Maria Cartaya, CNN Dozens of police officers were standing by as the Palm Beach County School Board held a meeting Wednesday…
Continue Reading Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito were involved in an incident in Wyoming restaurant in late August, witnesses say
A law enforcement underwater dive team arrived at a nature reserve in Florida as part of the search for Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito’s fiancé who…
Continue Reading Native American tribes sue Wisconsin to stop planned gray wolf hunt
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Six Native American tribes are suing the state of Wisconsin, claiming that the state’s planned wolf hunts go against…
Continue Reading Michigan man charged for allegedly leaving pipe bombs at cell phone stores to stop the spread of cursing and pornography, Justice Department says
By Amir Vera and Christina Carrega, CNN A 75-year-old Michigan man was arrested Wednesday after investigators say he left pipe bombs at two cell…
Continue Reading ‘Funeral home’ ad spreads message for the unvaccinated
A black truck advertising for “Wilmore Funeral Home” had a very stark message for the unvaccinated filling the streets of downtown Charlotte. CNN…
Continue Reading A school employee in Oregon has been placed on leave after showing up to work in blackface, officials say
By Nicole Chavez and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A school board in Oregon is holding a special meeting just days after a school employee was placed on…
Continue Reading Monument honoring abolition of slavery unveiled in Richmond two weeks after Robert E. Lee statue was removed
By David Williams, CNN A monument honoring the abolition of slavery was dedicated on Wednesday in Richmond, Virginia, just two miles from where a…
Continue Reading Texas doctor fired for using leftover Covid-19 vaccine doses sues county for discrimination
By Carma Hassan, CNN A Texas public health doctor fired earlier this year for using leftover doses of Covid-19 vaccine on eligible individuals is…
Continue Reading The Federal Reserve is getting ready to roll back its massive stimulus
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve isn’t ready to take its foot off the stimulus gas pedal just yet, but that soon might…
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Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito were involved in an incident in Wyoming restaurant in late August, witnesses say
By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson, Amanda Watts, Randi Kaye and Kari Pricher, CNN A couple from Louisiana who were vacationing in Jackson, Wyoming,…
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Bipartisan police reform talks end with no Congressional deal
WASHINGTON, DC — After months of negotiations, bipartisan police reform talks are officially over without a deal, sources familiar with…
Continue Reading The man accused of killing college student Kristin Smart in 1996 will stand trial for her death
By Stella Chan, CNN The man accused of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996 will stand trial for her death, according to the San…
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