5 things to know for January 16: MLK Day, Storms, Nepal plane crash, Biden, Ukraine
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In many corners of the US, people are hunkering down in their homes and layering on their clothes amid a bout of severe…
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‘Russia’s Rambo,’ once a Putin favorite, says he’d now fight for Ukraine and feels ‘nothing but hatred’ for his home country
By Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films —…
Continue Reading New York man who broke into a school to shelter more than 20 people from deadly blizzard is awarded Super Bowl tickets by the Buffalo Bills
By Zenebou Sylla and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A man who saved more than 20 people during the deadly snowstorm that shrouded Erie County, New York, in…
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Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada shot dead at her home in Kabul
By Ehsan Popalzai and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and her security guard were shot dead her home in Kabul early…
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Injured passengers identified in car crash that killed UGA football player and staffer
By Isabel Rosales, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Hannah Sarisohn and Eric Levenson, CNN Police on Monday identified the two passengers injured in the…
Continue Reading Five locations throughout the US have been renamed to remove a derogatory term for Indigenous women
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The United States Department of the Interior has replaced a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for centuries in five…
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University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles charged with murder in the killing of a 23-year-old woman
By Andy Rose and Jillian Sykes, CNN University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with…
Continue Reading ‘Russia’s Rambo,’ once a Putin favorite, says he’d now fight for Ukraine and feels ‘nothing but hatred’ for his home country
By Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films —…
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‘The closer I got, the more it looked like hell’: Dnipro reels from deadly Russian missile strike
By Tim Lister, Fred Pleitgen and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN In Dnipro, there is grief, exhaustion and anger. Early on Saturday afternoon, as families…
Continue Reading University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles charged with murder in the killing of a 23-year-old woman
By Andy Rose and Jillian Sykes, CNN University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with…
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9-year-old Maryland girl discovers ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ megalodon tooth
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 9-year-old aspiring paleontologist found the find of a lifetime on Christmas morning: a massive 5-inch tooth from a prehistoric…
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At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst airplane crash in 30 years
By Asha Thapa, Kathleen Magramo and Sugam Pokharel, CNN At least 68 people were killed Sunday when an aircraft went down near the city of Pokhara in…
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New monument dedicated to MLK and Coretta Scott King opens in Boston
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Just a few days before what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 94th birthday, “Embrace,” a monument…
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Romanian authorities seize nearly $4 million in assets from Andrew Tate in alleged human trafficking, rape investigation
By Jorge Engels, Philip Wang and Emma Tucker, CNN Romanian authorities said they have seized nearly $4 million worth of assets belonging to…
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Richneck Elementary remains closed 2 weeks after a 6-year-old allegedly shot his teacher
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The Virginia school where a first-grade student allegedly shot and critically injured his teacher January 6 will remain…
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‘Skeletonized’ human remains were found on UC Berkeley’s campus
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The University of California Police Department has opened an investigation after a human skeleton was found on the UC Berkeley…
Continue Reading University of Georgia football player and staff member killed in car crash hours after championship celebration
By Hannah Sarisohn and Wayne Sterling, CNN University of Georgia football player Devin Willock and staff member Chandler LeCroy were killed in a…
Continue Reading 1 person killed and 4 others injured in overnight shooting in Texas after more than 50 shots were fired
By Michelle Watson and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least one person died and four others were injured in a shooting outside a Houston club early Sunday,…
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4 members of the same family among those killed in Alabama during tornado, officials say
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Four members of the same family were among the seven people killed in Autauga County, Alabama, last week, the sheriff’s…
Continue Reading University of Georgia football player and staff member killed in car crash hours after championship celebration
By Hannah Sarisohn and Wayne Sterling, CNN University of Georgia football player Devin Willock and staff member Chandler LeCroy were killed in a…
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Deadly Yeti Airlines crash highlights dangers of flying in Nepal
By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Jessie Yeung, CNN A search and rescue operation has been underway in Nepal following a deadly plane crash that once…
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Start your week smart: Severe weather, Nepal, Ukraine, NFL playoffs, Robbie Knievel
By Andrew Torgan, CNN Tales of a mythical spring that restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its magic waters have existed for…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Severe weather, Nepal, Ukraine, NFL playoffs, Robbie Knievel
By Andrew Torgan, CNN Tales of a mythical spring that restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its magic waters have existed for…
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Russian missile strike on apartment building in Dnipro kills 29 people, Ukraine officials say
By Denis Lapin, Olga Voitovych, Tim Lister, Hannah Ritchie and Mariya Knight, CNN The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment block…
Continue Reading A California man got out of his car. Then a giant boulder crushed it
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A California man has recounted his near-death experience after he narrowly avoided being crushed by a boulder in his car.…
Continue Reading A California man got out of his car. Then a giant boulder crushed it
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A California man has recounted his near-death experience after he narrowly avoided being crushed by a boulder in his car.…
Continue Reading Historically Black college joins fight to protect Black maternal health
By Justin Gamble, CNN The Howard University men’s basketball team is joining the fight to protect Black maternal health as the nation faces a…
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A 6-year-old shot a Virginia teacher with his mother’s gun. The tragedy highlights the lack of strong secure storage laws across the nation
By Emma Tucker, CNN In the week since a six-year-old boy in Newport News, Virginia took a gun from his home, brought it to school and shot his…
Continue Reading ‘I am breaking from stress’: Parents are exhausted after Covid and a brutal respiratory virus season
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN With children back in school and daycare after the holidays, weary parents fear what illness awaits them next during this…
Continue Reading Chester Zoo announces birth of critically endangered Western chimpanzee
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Extremely rare — and extremely adorable. The Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England, has welcomed the birth of a Western…
Continue Reading Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up
By Scott McLean, Svitlana Vlasova and Matthias Somm, CNN The vertically shot video published last November shows no weapons, battlefield atrocities…
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Daredevil Robbie Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, dies at 60
By Andy Rose, CNN Robbie Knievel, who followed in the daredevil footsteps of his father Evel Knievel, died Friday, according to his brother, Kelly.…
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More than 80,000 people turn out for Tel Aviv protest against Netanyahu government
By Hadas Gold, Michael Schwartz and Amir Tal, CNN Tens of thousands of people protested in Tel Aviv Saturday night against Israeli Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Virginia Beach man arrested after machine gun, illegal firearms found in his home, police say
By Hannah Sarisohn and Emma Tucker, CNN A 35-year-old Virginia Beach man has been arrested after officials discovered illegal firearms and weapon…
Continue Reading Paramedics in Illinois charged with murder after patient dies
By Andi Babineau, CNN Two paramedics in Illinois are facing murder charges after a patient died of positional asphyxiation shortly after he was taken…
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California deputy killed in the line of duty, the county’s second in two weeks
By Jay Croft and Tina Burnside, CNN A California deputy was shot and killed in the line of duty Friday, the second such fatality in two weeks, the…
Continue Reading A luxury cruise took passengers somewhere they never expected to be: face to face with the migrant crisis
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Kester Howard was painting on a balcony of her luxury cruise ship when a startling announcement came over the…
Continue Reading Child dies in Pittsburgh area house fire
By Tina Burnside, CNN A two-year-old child was killed and several others injured in a house fire in Pennsylvania on Friday. Shaler Township Police…
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2 Earth-size worlds revealed beyond our solar system
By Ashley Strickland, CNN There are more than 5,000 known worlds beyond our solar system. Since the 1990s, astronomers have used ground and…
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China says 60,000 people have died of Covid since early December
By CNN’s Beijing Bureau Close to 60,000 people have died of Covid in China since the country abruptly abandoned its tight…
Continue Reading Human-made noise makes it harder for dolphins to work together, study finds
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A study has found that dolphins are unable to communicate as effectively when exposed to human-generated noises, forcing them to…
Continue Reading A married couple taking care of a 4-year-old girl is under arrest and face charges in her disappearance, Oklahoma officials say
By Andy Rose and Paradise Afshar, CNN A married couple who police say was caring for a 4-year-old girl in Oklahoma has been arrested and charged…
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Keenan Anderson, cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder, dies from cardiac arrest after being tased by Los Angeles police
By Stella Chan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A 31-year-old father and English teacher died from cardiac arrest last week after he was repeatedly tased by…
Continue Reading Man on US Marshals 15 Most Wanted list, who appeared on ’90 Day Fiancé,’ arrested in Florida
By Sara Smart and Jay Croft, CNN A fugitive once featured on the reality show “90 Day Fiancé” was arrested in Florida on Friday in the…
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LSU Gymnastics enhancing security after fans of TikTok star Olivia Dunne disrupt meet
Kevin Dotson, CNN The head coach of Louisiana State University’s gymnastics team said there will be added security when it travels to an away…
Continue Reading A luxury cruise took passengers somewhere they never expected to be: face to face with the migrant crisis
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Kester Howard was painting on a balcony of her luxury cruise ship when a startling announcement came over the…
Continue Reading Russian missile strike on apartment building in Dnipro kills 40 people, Ukraine officials say
By Denis Lapin, Olga Voitovych, Tim Lister, Hannah Ritchie and Mariya Knight, CNN The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment block…
Continue Reading 9-year-old Maryland girl discovers ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ megalodon tooth
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 9-year-old aspiring paleontologist found the find of a lifetime on Christmas morning: a massive 5-inch tooth from a prehistoric…
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Europe gears up to send Western tanks to Ukraine
By Luke McGee, Saskya Vandoorne, Sebastian Shukla and Lindsay Isaac, CNN The Western alliance’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
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A single winning ticket for Friday’s $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing was sold in Maine
By Tina Burnside and Aya Elamroussi, CNN One ticket sold in Maine beat the eerie odds of Friday the 13th and its buyer is set to claim the Mega…
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