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May 12, 2021
A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter.
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May 12, 2021
Liz Cheney won't move on and stop speaking about the threat to American democracy posed by Donald Trump for a simple reason: It hasn't gone away.
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May 12, 2021
Despite a promise to leave, Eritrean troops are operating with total impunity in Ethiopia's Tigray region, killing, raping and blocking aid to starving populations.
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May 11, 2021
A gunman opened fire at a family birthday party in Colorado Springs leaving six people dead and a community in mourning. It was one of at least 11 mass shootings across the US since Friday night.
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May 11, 2021
Tensions between Israel and Palestinians escalated further on Tuesday as Palestinian militants in Gaza fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, which in turn ramped up airstrikes on the coastal enclave, as unrest spread to cities and towns beyond Jerusalem.
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May 11, 2021
A court in Cameroon sentenced two transgender women on Tuesday to five years in prison for "attempted homosexuality" and other offenses after they were arrested for the clothes they wore in a restaurant, their lawyers said.
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May 11, 2021
More than 178,000 migrants were encountered at the US-Mexico border in April, a slight increase over March, for the highest one-month total in two decades, Customs and Border Protection officials announced Tuesday, though fewer unaccompanied children arrived.
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May 11, 2021
Shahnawaz Shaikh -- better known as the "oxygen man" -- runs an NGO providing free oxygen to Covid-19 patients in Mumbai as India battles a devastating second wave of the virus. He even sold his car to raise funds.
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May 11, 2021
The Federal Emergency Management Agency launched a program in April to help people pay for funeral expenses for loved ones lost to Covid-19.
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May 11, 2021
An unusual fish with teeth as sharp as glass and a body shaped like a football washed ashore on a California beach last week.
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May 11, 2021
Jennifer Rodgers says the defendant who claimed he was schooled by Fox News to believe Trump won the election likely won't succeed in freeing himself of the charges, but his expression of remorse could win points with a judge and help convince other Trump backers that the President engaged in a big lie to cover up his defeat.
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May 11, 2021
The House of Representatives and the Biden administration say they have reached an agreement "in principle" on the long-running standoff over a subpoena for former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn to testify about the ex-President's obstructive acts.
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May 11, 2021
A growing number of gas stations along the East Coast are without fuel as nervous drivers aggressively fill up their tanks following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, a critical artery for gasoline. The panic-buying threatens to exacerbate the supply shock.
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May 11, 2021
When Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is unloaded in countries around the world, hundreds of millions of doses will come with the label "Made in China." The manufactuing deals are symbolic of how China and Russia's international vaccine goals are increasingly aligned, as they assist developing countries neglected by their traditional Western partners.
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May 11, 2021
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, has been asked to negotiate directly with his Republican counterpart Rep. John Katko to find a way forward on the January 6 commission, a senior Democratic aide told CNN Tuesday.
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May 11, 2021
Julian E. Zelizer writes that defeated one-term presidents normally have virtually no influence except as examples of what not to do -- but Trump is an exception because he convinced Republicans that instead of being defeated, he was cheated out of a second term.
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May 11, 2021
Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, gave a defiant speech on the floor of the US House of Representatives on the eve of a GOP conference meeting where Cheney is expected to be removed from her leadership position. Here are her remarks from Tuesday evening, provided by the Wyoming Republican's office:
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May 11, 2021
Some vaccine sites began to inoculate 12-to-15-year-olds against Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, a day after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's vaccine for the age group.
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May 11, 2021
UK officials will give residents the green light to resume "cautious hugging." It's curious guidance for Brits, who are famously reserved, but it's a milestone that benefits both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people who've missed physical touch during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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May 11, 2021
Rep. Liz Cheney vowed Tuesday evening not to remain silent as former President Donald Trump continues to spread lies that the election was stolen from him, striking a defiant tone ahead of an expected vote to remove her from House Republican leadership on Wednesday.
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May 11, 2021
Some vaccine sites began to inoculate 12-to-15-year-olds against Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, a day after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's vaccine for the age group.
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May 11, 2021
Joe Biden's approval numbers are stunning, with 63% of Americans saying in a new poll that they approve of the job he's doing, writes Jill Filipovic. The President draws this while not making any big rhetorical waves but carefully guiding a progressive policy agenda aimed squarely at making people's lives better as quickly and efficiently as possible. Let's hope voters will remember this striking contrast with Trump.
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May 11, 2021
A ransomware group followed through on its threat to release the personnel files of Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers Tuesday after negotiators failed to meet their demands, according to screenshots of online posts by the group that were reviewed by CNN.
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May 11, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has brought countries to a standstill. Meanwhile, vaccinations have already started in some countries as cases continue to rise. Follow here for the latest.
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May 11, 2021
The man who fatally shot six people at a birthday party in Colorado Springs was upset at not being invited to the event, authorities said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
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May 11, 2021
Judge Jeff Foster granted a petition from the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office allowing Brown's family and one of its legal representatives to view the videos.
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May 11, 2021
Four more Republican governors are joining their peers in terminating federal pandemic unemployment benefits early, citing workforce shortages in their states.
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May 11, 2021
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik's rise within the Republican Party and embrace of former President Donald Trump have met with a mixed reaction in the district she represents, which pivoted in the past from voting for former President Barack Obama to Trump.
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May 11, 2021
Three Fort Campbell soldiers were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly purchasing and transporting nearly 100 firearms, including five that were linked to a mass shooting in Chicago, the Justice Department announced.
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May 11, 2021
Restaurants are struggling to hire workers, so some, including Chipotle, are trying to sweeten the pot with higher pay and bigger career opportunities.
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May 11, 2021
"Marhaba" -- hello in Arabic -- began the brief text the middle-aged Jerusalem housewife found on her cell phone Monday evening. "You have been identified participating in violent acts at Al Aqsa mosque. You will be held accountable. Israeli Intelligence."
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May 11, 2021
Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in the shootings that left eight people dead at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, has been indicted on murder charges, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty for hate crimes targeting the sex and race of the victims.
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May 11, 2021
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy echoed a now-familiar talking point on Tuesday when asked why he supported House Republicans' move to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership spot.
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May 11, 2021
Teachers in one Florida county have paused the use of a novel about police brutality after the local police union called the book "propaganda."
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May 11, 2021
Lit only by an orange floodlight, a single file of camouflaged men crept along the wall of a small, dark Romanian port on the Black Sea. Suddenly, they opened fire on the two men guarding a darkened warehouse with broken windows.
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May 11, 2021
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is moving forward with the nation's first large-scale offshore wind project, a significant step toward achieving President Joe Biden's goal of increasing US renewable energy production.
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May 11, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has brought countries to a standstill. Meanwhile, vaccinations have already started in some countries as cases continue to rise. Follow here for the latest.
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May 11, 2021
Members of a deeply divided Senate committee clashed repeatedly Tuesday over a sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican efforts at the state level to restrict access to the ballot.
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May 11, 2021
A KHN investigation found that more than 2,000 schools have spent millions of dollars for systems, lured by air purifier companies' claims that experts say mislead or obscure the potential for harm from toxic ozone.
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May 11, 2021
Tensions between Israel and Palestinians escalated further on Tuesday as Palestinian militants in Gaza fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, which in turn ramped up airstrikes on the coastal enclave, as unrest spread to cities and towns beyond Jerusalem.
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May 11, 2021
A former health care worker was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for providing fatal insulin doses to elderly patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia.
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May 11, 2021
Together, Bill and Melinda Gates were one of the richest and most philanthropic couples in the world. After splitting, they will be two of the wealthiest individuals in the world.
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May 11, 2021
America's job market is in a weird spot: it's still millions of jobs short of where it was before the pandemic, but businesses complain they can't find staff. Opponents of enhanced unemployment benefits during Covid say the government aid is so cushy, the jobless don't want to return to work.
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May 11, 2021
Starbucks is ringing in summer with a Strawberry Funnel Cake Frappuccino, its first new limited time flavor in more than three years.
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May 11, 2021
Three senior reporters who fled Myanmar for Thailand after the brutal military coup "face certain arrest and persecution" if they are deported following their arrest in Chiang Mai on Sunday, journalist groups say.
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May 11, 2021
Former standout college quarterback Colt Brennan died this week in a California hospital, his family confirmed to CNN.
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May 11, 2021
The currently available public indicators -- including the alleged cooperation of Gaetz's onetime pal and political ally, Joel Greenberg, with federal prosecutors and Gaetz's own statements -- should give him serious cause for concern, writes Elie Honig.
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May 11, 2021
From coffee subscriptions and meal deliveries to a book subscription to keep things interesting, these are the perfect gifts for moms who need something ultra special.
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May 11, 2021
Swapping standard lightbulbs for smart bulbs — ones that link directly to smart ecosystems to remotely control lighting — is perhaps the simplest step in the path to smarting up a home. CNN Underscored spent the last few months testing 11 top-rated smart bulbs, judging them based on how each was to set up, brightness and color options and reliable connections to smart home systems. And all that testing led to one clear winner.
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May 11, 2021
NBC has dropped the Golden Globes, Tom Cruise is giving his back and many in the film industry are rightly calling out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for lack of diversity and other ethical issues, says Kara Alaimo. It's too long in coming, she says, but to survive, the group must radically change its playbook.
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May 11, 2021
Colombian student activist Lucas Villa was declared brain dead Monday night, nearly a week after he was shot eight times at a peaceful protest against President Ivan Duque's government, CNN Espanol reported, citing a statement from San Jorge de Pereira University Hospital where he was being treated.
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May 11, 2021
Senior cybersecurity officials testified before a key Senate committee on Tuesday after one of the nation's largest pipeline operators was hit by an ongoing major ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down operations.
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May 11, 2021
A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association's petition for bankruptcy, saying it was filed in "bad faith" in order to avoid litigation by the New York Attorney General's Office, which has sued to dissolve the NRA for allegedly misusing charitable funds.
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May 11, 2021
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed into law a controversial bill that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state's early mail-in voting list, shortly after the GOP-controlled state Senate passed the legislation.
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May 11, 2021
Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in the shootings that left eight people dead at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, has been indicted on murder charges, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty for hate crimes targeting the sex and race of the victims.
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May 11, 2021
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan wasn't wrong to recognize the power and importance of local action in working toward reparations. But Hogan's racial moderation -- pardoning lynching victims while vetoing police reform measures -- insults the intelligence of Black people by seeking reconciliation on the cheap, says Peniel Joseph.
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May 11, 2021
Medina Spirit, its Kentucky Derby win cast into doubt after a positive drug test, will start from the third post position in Saturday's Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.
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May 11, 2021
More than 37 million Americans are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, according to an AAA forecast published Tuesday. That's up 60% from last year, when AAA saw the lowest recorded number of travelers for the holiday weekend. Experts explain why travel is picking up again.
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May 11, 2021
Biden administration officials have privately voiced frustration with what they see as Colonial Pipeline's weak security protocols and a lack of preparation that could have allowed hackers to pull off a crippling ransomware attack, officials familiar with the government's initial investigation into the incident told CNN.
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May 11, 2021
Manchester City can finally celebrate becoming the new English Premier League champion after fierce rivals Manchester United lost to Leicester City 2-1 on Tuesday.
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May 11, 2021
Chickens are in short supply. Part of the blame goes to Tyson's roosters.
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May 11, 2021
Former acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller is expected to tell Congress Wednesday that he was concerned sending US troops to Capitol on January 6 would have encouraged the conspiracy of a possible "military coup"
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May 11, 2021
The men charged in last year's killing of Ahmaud Arbery entered not guilty pleas on federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges Tuesday.
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May 11, 2021
US stocks sold off Tuesday and the Dow briefly tumbled more than 600 points, as investors grow increasingly concerned about raw material price spikes, shortages and inflation.
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May 11, 2021
New images taken by the Gemini North telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have captured Jupiter in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light, revealing unique atmospheric features of the gas giant in detail. These include superstorms, cyclones and the Great Red Spot.
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May 11, 2021
The no-annual-fee Hilton Honors Amex credit card helps travel enthusiasts rack up Hilton points with a top-notch welcome bonus and an exceptional earning rate on Hilton stays.
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May 11, 2021
Liz Cheney entered this week knowing it would likely be her last as a member of the House Republican leadership team.
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May 11, 2021
The beginning of 2021 has seen home prices continue to climb to new record-breaking heights, with prices rising in almost every major metro area.
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May 11, 2021
A bipartisan group of negotiators is stymied over a key issue in talks on overhauling policing practices nationwide: The standard for charging police officers with crimes.
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May 11, 2021
Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen will testify Wednesday about their actions during the Capitol insurrection.
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May 11, 2021
The Brit Awards, which highlight music, are taking place Tuesday.
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May 11, 2021
Amazon destroyed more than 2 million suspected counterfeit products that third-party sellers sent to its fulfillment centers last year as part of a crackdown on counterfeit merchandise on its website.
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May 11, 2021
Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in the shootings that left eight people dead at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, has been indicted on murder charges, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty for hate crimes targeting the sex and race of the victims, according to a source familiar with the criminal investigation.
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May 11, 2021
The Fulton County district attorney plans to seek the death penalty and enhanced hate crimes charges against the suspect in the Atlanta spa shootings. Follow here for the latest.
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May 11, 2021
A man charged in a hate crime assault on an Asian woman in New York City in March pleaded not guilty and is being held on a $1 million bond, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
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May 11, 2021
If House Republicans vote to purge Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney as their third-ranking leader in a secret ballot vote Wednesday, it will cement their commitment to the political legacy of former President Donald Trump.
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May 11, 2021
NBC's cancellation of next year's Golden Globes — historically one of the major events on Hollywood's months-long awards calendar — marks a potential turning point in a long-simmering debate about the show's relevance.
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May 11, 2021
House dresses are all about comfort, style and ease, so we rounded up some of our favorite picks that are plus size, feature pockets and more.
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May 11, 2021
Most cannabis companies that list their stocks in the United States grow their products in indoor greenhouses, often in Canada.
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May 11, 2021
President Joe Biden will meet with Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema at the White House on Tuesday afternoon to talk about his infrastructure proposal, White House official said.
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May 11, 2021
NBC has dropped the Golden Globes, Tom Cruise is giving his back and many in the film industry are rightly calling out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for lack of diversity and other ethical issues, says Kara Alaimo. It's too long in coming, she says, but to survive, the group must radically change its playbook.
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May 11, 2021
A "dangerous and predatory" former English National Ballet principal dancer has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his teenage students.
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May 11, 2021
Thinking about going back to the gym on a regular basis? These gym bags will make you feel motivated and stylish at the same time.
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May 11, 2021
Two Concho County sheriff's deputies were killed and an Eden city employee critically injured after an altercation with a suspect over a dog complaint "quickly escalated to gunfire," the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
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May 11, 2021
Katie Mack writes that if we create technology that can produce oxygen in large enough quantities on the Martian surface, it would not only allow humans to breath, but could also serve as fuel to allow humans to get back to earth.
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May 11, 2021
In three states, more than 70% of adults have already received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, federal data showed Wednesday -- meaning they've reached the Biden administration's new vaccination goal months ahead of the July 4 target.
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May 11, 2021
American Airlines is adding stops on two long-range flights out of Charlotte, North Carolina, in response to fuel supply chain disruptions caused by the shutdown of the massive Colonial Pipeline.
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May 11, 2021
An ancient statue, believed to be looted from Libya during the civil war in 2011, has been returned to the country's authorities.
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May 11, 2021
The most serious sin you can commit in American politics is to look (or be) out of touch with the people you are running to represent.
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May 11, 2021
The US has granted emergency authorization of Pfizer's Covid vaccine for children as young as 12, creating a pathway for 85% of its population to get vaccinated. The move is a victory for the country's own campaign but underscores a "shocking" disparity in the global rollout.
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May 11, 2021
Trainer Bob Baffert said in a statement Tuesday that Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit had been treated prior to the race with an ointment containing the steroid Betamethasone.
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May 11, 2021
Broadway will be back. Hit musicals "Hamilton," "Wicked" and "The Lion King" have announced they will return to the stage on Sept. 14.
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May 11, 2021
A generation of young people has been scarred by the emotional toll of lockdown. Charities and sector workers warn of poorer families falling through the cracks of an overstretched and under-resourced support network, where children face a stark reality: get worse or don't get seen.
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May 11, 2021
We went hands-on with bug sprays — OFF!, Coleman, and more — to test how they feel, how they smell and everything else you'd want to know about a bug spray before you use one.
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May 11, 2021
Whether you want to demonstrate your pride in your son or daughter's accomplishments, want to celebrate a niece or nephew or need a budget-friendly gift to bring to the graduation barbecue down the block, these are the graduation gifts to buy.
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May 11, 2021
We consulted men's style experts for their best watches under $150 to make sure you're looking sharp when you arrive at your next destination — on time, of course.
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May 11, 2021
When DeShuna Spencer sat in front of her TV to scroll through her options, she noticed a glaring problem: Nobody looked like or was representative of the people she knew. Specifically, there were no Black characters or directors with whom she felt a connection.
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May 11, 2021
Bed Bath & Beyond has decided it's too expensive for some shoppers. It's trying to change that.
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May 11, 2021
Five unaccompanied migrant children, ranging from as young as 11 months to 7 years old, were encountered along the Texas-Mexico border Sunday, according to US Customs and Border Protection.
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