National-World Archives

The bizarre history of Groundhog Day

February 1, 2023 7:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Every year, Americans in snowy states wait with bated breath to see whether Punxsutawney Phil will spot his shadow. And every…

DC man charged in shooting death of 13-year-old

February 1, 2023 7:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Holmes Lybrand and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A Washington, DC man has been charged with shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy while he said he was…

Prosecutors in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh played footage in court that could undercut the disgraced former attorney’s claim he was not present at the scene of the killings when his wife and son were murdered.

2 witnesses in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial testify his voice was caught on video just before killings

February 1, 2023 7:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Randi Kaye, Dakin Andone, Dianne Gallagher and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Two witnesses in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh told the court Wednesday…

Mourners take part in the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli raid in Jenin

‘It’s all empty promises’: Palestinians feel betrayed by US, warn there’s only so much they can bear

February 1, 2023 7:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Vasco Cotovio, Nic Robertson, Kareem Khadder and Richard Harlow, CNN Abu A’asem brews pot after pot of his specialty Arabic coffee, despite…

The Israel Defense Forces says it has carried out airstrikes in Gaza after intercepting a rocket attack from the coastal enclave

Israel targets Gaza with airstrikes after intercepting rocket attack

February 1, 2023 7:05 AM CNN

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Jessie Yeung, CNN Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza early on Thursday after intercepting a rocket attack…

Fighting Wagner is like a ‘zombie movie’ says Ukrainian soldier

February 1, 2023 6:57 AM CNN Newsource

By Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN Southwest of the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers Andriy and Borisych live in a…

Fighting Wagner is like a ‘zombie movie’ says Ukrainian soldier

February 1, 2023 6:57 AM CNN

By Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN Southwest of the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers Andriy and Borisych live in a…

A Russian Mi-28 military helicopter pictured in the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine on January 19.

Top Ukrainian security official says Russia preparing for ‘maximum escalation’ in the war

February 1, 2023 6:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Jack Guy, Yulia Kesaieva, Mick Krever, Jonny Hallam and Josh Pennington, CNN Russia is gearing up for a “maximum escalation” of the…

Top Ukrainian security official says Russia preparing for ‘maximum escalation’ in the war

February 1, 2023 6:02 AM CNN

By Jack Guy, Yulia Kesaieva, Mick Krever, Jonny Hallam and Josh Pennington, CNN Russia is gearing up for a “maximum escalation” of the…

Patrice Frasier teaches a pilot version of the AP African American Studies course at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in Baltimore

College Board unveils official framework for new AP African American studies course

February 1, 2023 6:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Chavez, CNN The College Board released Wednesday the official framework of a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies that…

College Board unveils official framework for new AP African American studies course

February 1, 2023 6:00 AM CNN

By Nicole Chavez, CNN The College Board released Wednesday the official framework of a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies that…

12 squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana, officials say

February 1, 2023 4:07 AM CNN Newsource

By Tina Burnside, CNN Twelve squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana after their facility was broken into over the weekend. The…

12 squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana, officials say

February 1, 2023 4:07 AM CNN

By Tina Burnside, CNN Twelve squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana after their facility was broken into over the weekend. The…

Up to 20 hours of footage relating to Tyre Nichols’ deadly beating yet to be released, prosecutor says

February 1, 2023 3:59 AM CNN

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Up to 20 hours of additional footage relating to the deadly Memphis police beating of a 29-year-old Black man has yet to be…

Health

February 1, 2023 3:52 AM CNN Newsource

5 things to know for February 1: National debt, Tyre Nichols, Travel, Ukraine, DACA

February 1, 2023 3:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The CDC is urging people to stop using a certain brand of eyedrops while it investigates at least 50 infections across 11…

Dallas Zoo says tamarin monkeys that went missing for a day are healthy and uninjured

February 1, 2023 3:26 AM CNN Newsource

By Andi Babineau, Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The emperor tamarin monkeys that disappeared from the Dallas Zoo earlier this week but were…

Tributes to the victim pictured on August 23

German police arrest woman for allegedly murdering doppelgänger to fake her own death

February 1, 2023 2:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Jack Guy and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN German police have arrested a woman on suspicion of murdering a doppelgänger she sought out online in order…

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility in March 2022.

Green comet will appear in the night sky for the first time since the Stone Age

February 1, 2023 2:58 AM CNN

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A recently discovered green comet will soon zip by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. It was last visible in the…

A week after authorities discovered a woman bound and beaten in a southwest Oregon home

An Oregon man accused of torturing woman before killing himself is now also a double-homicide suspect, police say

February 1, 2023 2:36 AM CNN

By Paradise Afshar, Joe Sutton and Steve Almasy, CNN Investigators believe a man who was accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman in Oregon and…

Security personnel and rescue workers search for victims after the blast at a mosque in Peshawar

Suspects arrested in fatal Pakistan mosque suicide attack that left over 100 dead

February 1, 2023 1:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Sophia Saifi, CNN Several suspects have been arrested in connection with Monday’s suicide bomb blast in a mosque in Pakistan’s…

An Oregon man accused of torturing woman before killing himself is now also a double-homicide suspect, police say

February 1, 2023 1:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Paradise Afshar, Joe Sutton and Steve Almasy, CNN Investigators believe a man who was accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman in Oregon and…

The US and India are taking steps to strengthen their defense partnership

US and India to boost defense and technology cooperation as China threat grows

February 1, 2023 12:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN The United States and India are taking steps to strengthen their defense partnership, officials said Tuesday, the latest sign of…

Exclusive: Netanyahu says don’t get ‘hung up’ on peace with Palestinians first

January 31, 2023 8:27 PM CNN

By Tara John and Rob Picheta, CNN Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said people can get “hung up” on peace negotiations…

Pictured here are internally displaced people living in makeshift jungle shelters in Myanmar's Karen state

‘Mom, please just kill me’: A world looks away from Myanmar’s descent into horror

January 31, 2023 5:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Sandi Sidhu, Jessie Yeung, Salai TZ and Ivan Watson, CNN Content warning: This story contains descriptions of violence against children and images…

Friends and family of Anthony Lowe held a news conference in front of the Huntington Park Police Department on January 30.

Double-amputee with a knife shot and killed by police; family claims excessive force used

January 31, 2023 4:14 PM CNN

By Cheri Mossburg, Kevin Flower, Stephanie Elam and Taylor Romine, CNN Videos purportedly capturing the moments before the shooting death of a…

Double-amputee with a knife shot and killed by police; family claims excessive force used

January 31, 2023 4:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Cheri Mossburg, Kevin Flower, Stephanie Elam and Taylor Romine, CNN Videos purportedly capturing the moments before the shooting death of a…

Exclusive: Netanyahu says don’t get ‘hung up’ on peace with Palestinians first

January 31, 2023 1:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Tara John and Rob Picheta, CNN Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said people can get “hung up” on peace negotiations…

‘It’s all empty promises’: Palestinians feel betrayed by US, warn there’s only so much they can bear

January 31, 2023 1:57 PM CNN

By Vasco Cotovio, Nic Robertson, Kareem Khadder and Richard Harlow, CNN Abu A’asem brews pot after pot of his specialty Arabic coffee, despite…

Michigan man convicted on federal charges for joining ISIS in Syria

January 31, 2023 12:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Lauren del Valle, CNN A Michigan man was convicted in Detroit federal court Monday on charges connected to his years-long stint in Syria training…

Tyre Nichols’ death is just latest instance of video contradicting police accounts

January 31, 2023 11:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Eric Levenson, Madeline Holcombe and Josh Campbell, CNN The initial Memphis police statement on the events of January 7 was vague. There had been…

3 rappers have been missing for 10 days since their scheduled performance was canceled, Detroit police say

January 31, 2023 10:41 AM CNN

By Michelle Watson and Amy Simonson, CNN Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days…

Green comet will appear in the night sky for the first time since the Stone Age

January 31, 2023 8:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A recently discovered green comet will soon zip by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. It was last visible in the…

‘Run, hide, fight’ tactic in active shootings may be outdated, security experts say

January 31, 2023 8:13 AM CNN

(CNN) — You’ve probably heard these three words — run, hide, fight. The tactics from the FBI, echoed to law enforcement agencies across the…

3 rappers have been missing for 10 days since their scheduled performance was canceled, Detroit police say

January 31, 2023 8:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Michelle Watson and Amy Simonson, CNN Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days…

3 rappers have been missing for 10 days since their scheduled performance was canceled, Detroit police say

January 31, 2023 8:06 AM CNN

By Michelle Watson and Amy Simonson, CNN Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days…

First police report in Tyre Nichols case does not match video of deadly beating

January 31, 2023 6:19 AM CNN

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was…

Scientists plot the resurrection of a bird that’s been extinct since the 17th century

January 31, 2023 6:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of…

‘Run, hide, fight’ tactic in active shootings may be outdated, security experts say

January 31, 2023 4:46 AM CNN

By Brynn Gingras, Bonney Kapp and Laura Ly, CNN You’ve probably heard these three words — run, hide, fight. The tactics from the FBI,…

‘Run, hide, fight’ tactic in active shootings may be outdated, security experts say

January 31, 2023 4:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Brynn Gingras, Bonney Kapp and Laura Ly, CNN You’ve probably heard these three words — run, hide, fight. The tactics from the FBI,…

5 things to know for January 31: Ice storm, Covid-19, gun violence, DOJ, TikTok

January 31, 2023 3:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The average age of a first-time mother in the US climbed above 27 years — marking a record high — in 2021,…

An icy mix covers Highway 114 on Monday in Roanoke

More rounds of freezing rain and ice expected across the South after already deadly road conditions

January 31, 2023 1:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Christina Maxouris, Taylor Ward and Dakin Andone, CNN Authorities in Texas responded to hundreds of accident-related calls Tuesday as an ice storm…

Dallas Zoo’s missing tamarin monkeys have been found in a closet, and investigators still want to find photographed man, police say

January 31, 2023 1:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Andi Babineau, Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Two emperor tamarin monkeys missing since Monday from the Dallas Zoo were found alive Tuesday in…

Report: ‘Extremely dangerous’ Oregon kidnapping suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound following standoff with police

January 31, 2023 1:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Paradise Afshar and Tina Burnside, CNN A man accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman in Oregon this month died from a self…

Prosecutors in Illinois’ Cook County have dropped state sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly

Illinois prosecutors drop pending criminal cases against R. Kelly, who remains imprisoned on federal convictions

January 30, 2023 11:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Raja Razek, CNN Prosecutors in Illinois’ Cook County have dropped state sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly, who has already been…

China’s southwestern province of Sichuan will drop restrictions on unmarried people having children

Chinese province drops restrictions on unmarried people having children in bid to halt plummeting birth rate

January 30, 2023 10:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s southwestern province of Sichuan will drop restrictions on unmarried people having children, part of a broader…

Security officials inspect the site of the mosque suicide attack in Peshawar.

Death toll from blast in Pakistan mosque rises to at least 100 as country faces ‘national security crisis’

January 30, 2023 10:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Saleem Mehsud, CNN The death toll from a suicide bomb that ripped through a mosque in Peshawar, northwestern…

First police report in Tyre Nichols case does not match video of deadly beating

January 30, 2023 10:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was…

Memphis squashed its SCORPION unit but many other cities rely on special squads, even after their own controversies

January 30, 2023 9:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Mark Morales and Rachel Clarke, CNN Memphis moved quickly to shut down its SCORPION unit when five members…

First police report in Tyre Nichols case does not match video of deadly beating

January 30, 2023 9:38 PM CNN

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was…