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Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- Calling it the most painful injury she has ever had to face, American skier Lindsey Vonn, a medal favorite in five events, has cast doubt on whether she will be able to compete in the upcoming Winter Olympics. "Yeah, that's a possibility," she said when asked at a news conference on... | Lindsey Vonn cast doubts on whether she will be able to compete in the Winter Olympics . The American Alpine skier is struggling to recover from a shin injury . Vonn said she injured her right shin when she fell in practice while in Austria . |
Rapper Andre Johnson severed his penis and jumped from a Los Angeles apartment building early Wednesday, police said. Johnson was seriously injured, but survived the fall from the second level of the building in North Hollywood, Los Angeles Police Sgt. William Mann said. Johnson, along with his recovered penis, was tak... | Andre Johnson is seriously injured, but survives the fall . He is taken along with his recovered penis to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center . Johnson was a member of North Star, a Wu-Tang Clan affiliated hip hop group . He performs under the name Christ Bearer . |
If you thought Apple and North were bizarre baby names, it seems that HBO's hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones" has spurred Americans to name their babies some strange ones. According to data from the Social Security Administration, in 2012, there were 146 female babies born named Khaleesi — the title given to Emilia ... | HBO's "Game of Thrones" is inspiring baby names . According to SSA data, 146 baby girls were named Khaleesi in 2012 . That makes the name more popular than more common names like Brandy . |
(CNN) -- Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh was carjacked and beaten late Thursday as he was returning from a conference, his campaign manager said. Aboul Fotouh was being driven on a highway when a car carrying masked gunmen intercepted him, said Ali Behnasawy, the campaign manager. The suspects... | Masked gunmen beat Aboul Fotouh and his driver . The presidential candidate was taken to a hospiital . |
Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi walks Anjali Rao through the streets of Tokyo. She stunned global cinema audiences with her controversial and Oscar-nominated performance as a lonely deaf girl in the film "Babel." Rinko Kikuchi is one of Japan's hottest young actresses and models, recently working with Karl Lagerfeld as ... | Rinko Kikuchi was Oscar-nominated for her performance in the film "Babel" She has recently worked with Karl Lagerfeld as the new face of Channel . She challenges the traditional demure image of the Japanese woman . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A three-vehicle crash north of New York killed eight people, including four children, state police said on Sunday. One of the vehicles in the three-vehicle wreck was heading the wrong direction, police said. A fifth child is being treated for injuries suffered in the crash near Pleasantville, about 30... | Police: Four children, four adults killed in crash 30 miles north of New York . Three other people, including one child, being treated for injuries . Police: Wreck involved three vehicles, including one going the wrong direction . |
(CNN) -- Germaphobes, take heed: This video may be your worst nightmare. Posted Monday to YouTube, it features a parade of wedding guests taking turns swigging from a bottle of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky taped to a GoPro camera. The beaming couple's groomsmen, bridesmaids, family and friends each down a bit of the liquid... | GoPro camera taped to a bottle of Fireball captures wedding guests swigging . Comments on YouTube focused on whether guests were exchanging germs . |
(CNN Student News) -- September 14, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Egypt; Libya; Democratic Republic of Congo . Yemen . New York City; Chicago, Illinois . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video i... | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
A lockdown imposed Tuesday afternoon at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has been lifted, according to the school's Twitter account. Students and staff at the university had been asked to take shelter earlier Tuesday afternoon while police investigated a report of an armed person on campus. According t... | Gunman had been reported at Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis . Campus all-clear issued hours after it was put on lockdown . University did not say whether a gunman was found . |
(CNN) -- London's Metropolitan Police confirmed that officers from the police's Counter Terrorism Command, SO15, have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism. Though they are not yet releasing details on the charges or the man's name, Scotland Yard said the man was arrested at London'... | 19-year-old was man arrested at London's Heathrow Airport . The man was arrested on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts . Scotland Yard said arrest is not in response to any immediate risk or threat . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan Monday killed 14 people, including three NATO service members and four Afghan police, and wounded 57 others, a spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry said. The bomber targeted a joint patrol of ISAF forces and Afghan police, using an explosives-pac... | The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack . The nationalities of the NATO service members were not immediately available . The bomber rode an explosives-packed motorcycle, an Afghan official says . |
(CNN Student News) -- April 20, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . India . Gulf of Mexico; Littleton, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Tennessee . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and w... | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- Men with knives attacked travelers at the Guangzhou Train Station Plaza in southern China, injuring six people, police said Tuesday. All of the injured were taken to the hospital for treatment. Police said they shot and captured one of the attackers. The incident comes less than a week after bombing and knife ... | The violence took place at a railway station in Guangzhou city in southern China . A bombing at a station in western China last week killed one and injured about 80 . There has been a rise in separatist violence in restive Xinjiang province . |
Washington (CNN) -- A cancer with no place in the 21st Century. A poison opposed with "every breath in our body." Talk is tough against ISIS, the Sunni jihadists rampaging through Syria and northern Iraq, following the group's release of a video showing the beheading American journalist James Foley. But what is the int... | President Obama calls for friends and allies to take on the ISIS threat . U.S. air strikes are the most significant foreign military role so far . Germany, France and Italy pledge military aid to Iraq; Britain may send trainers . Syria also bombs ISIS forces, but Washington rejects any common fight . |
(CNN) -- Two people were killed and around 100 were injured when a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck central Serbia overnight, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said Wednesday. The earthquake happened at 1:56 a.m. (just before 9 p.m. ET). The epicenter was near the city of Kraljevo, about 80 miles south of the capital, Be... | Around 100 were injured . The quake happened just before 2 a.m. (9 p.m. ET) Its epicenter was in central Serbia . |
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- A passenger vehicle plunged off a cliff into a river in western Nepal Tuesday, killing 14 people, police said. The accident occurred in Myagdi district, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of Kathmandu. The victims were identified as seven men and seven women, a police officer told CNN. The ... | The passenger vehicle went into a river . The cause of the accident is unknown . The passengers were traveling to a holy site in western Nepal . |
(CNN) -- At least 14 people, including 10 students, were killed when a Syrian fighter jet bombed a high school in northern Syria, opposition activists said. Dozens of others were wounded at the High School of Commerce, which is located in a rebel-controlled area of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the... | Opposition activists: The high school was in rebel-controlled territory . Amateur video shows body parts strewn about . There was no immediate response from the Syrian regime through state-run media . |
(CNN) -- More than 30 people are missing after a boat carrying 97 Indonesians sank in waters off Malaysia's west coast, Indonesian authorities said. The vessel, reportedly carrying undocumented migrant workers heading for Aceh in Indonesia, capsized after leaving Carey Island in Malaysia's Selangor state on Wednesday m... | 60 people rescued from sea . 5 bodies have been recovered, more than 30 others still missing . Boat capsized in waters off Malaysia's west coast, authorities said . |
(CNN) -- Looks like your iPads and Mac will be getting freshened up in time for the holiday shopping season. Apple on Wednesday sent invitations to media members for next Thursday under the headline, "It's been way too long." Last October, Apple unveiled the thinner and lighter iPad Air and a revamped iPad Mini. The co... | Apple announces October 16 event . New iPads, Macs are expected . Apple could release a huge new iPad . |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of jewelry store robberies in Baghdad on Sunday led to clashes with police and left at least seven people dead, according to police in the Iraqi capital. Among the killed were three store owners and two police officers. Two of the 10 gunmen, who stormed three jewelry stores in western Ba... | Gunmen storm jewelry stores in Baghdad's al-Mansour neighborhood . At least seven people are dead, including three store owners . Gunmen fled with cash and gold after clashes with police . |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Singer Natalie Cole underwent kidney transplant surgery at a Los Angeles, California, hospital Tuesday, according to a statement from her publicist. Natalie Cole holds one of the Grammys she received in February for "Still Unforgettable." Cole, daughter of legendary singer-actor Nat Kin... | Natalie Cole underwent kidney transplant surgery Tuesday . Singer has been receiving kidney dialysis since September . Grammy-winning Cole scheduled a tour for CD "Still Unforgettable" |
(PEOPLE.com) -- K.D. Lang and her girlfriend are calling it quits. Lang, 50, filed legal documents to end her domestic partnership with Jamie Price, who's been her partner for nearly nine years. Lang filed for dissolution of domestic partnership, citing irreconcilable differences, according to the papers filed on Decem... | K.D. Lang filed legal documents to end her domestic partnership . Jamie Price has been her partner for nearly nine years . The couple met through their mutual Buddhist teacher . |
(CNN) -- It's a bromance we never saw coming: Paul Simon and Sting will embark on a tour of North America together early next year. The two, who spilled the news to The New York Times ahead of Tuesday's official announcement, show plenty of chemistry in the article, teasing each other and fondly recalling their first g... | Paul Simon and Sting announce a tour of North America . It will kick off in early 2014 . Tickets go on sale soon . |
(EW.com) -- Gwyneth Paltrow will be singing Cee Lo Green's "F-- You" on "Glee" in two weeks, Fox confirmed. I maintain this is a better song for Mr. Schue, but I'm officially curious. Perhaps it will be country strong! The song is going to be sanitized to "Forget You," which is so substantially less catchy, and seeing ... | The song is going to be sanitized to "Forget You" Paltrow will be appearing on "Glee" in two weeks, Fox confirmed . In "Country Strong," Paltrow sang four songs herself . |
Mount Ontake erupted late Saturday morning, sending a plume of smoke and ash into the sky, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. At least three people have been injured, said a task force in Otaki village, just south of the volcano. They have observed 17-20 inches (40-50 centimeters) of volcanic ash covering the gr... | A nearby village task force reports 16-20 inches of ash on the ground . Local authorities say there were about 150 hikers in the area when Ontake erupted . The Volcanic Alert Level has been raised from 1 to 3 . The volcano last erupted in 2007 . |
(CNN) -- A 3.4-magnitude earthquake rumbled through northern California early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit 5 miles southwest of Napa, the center of California's famed wine country. There are no reports of damage so far, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said. It comes a week after a 6.0-magnitu... | There are reports of damage so far, the Napa County Sheriff's Office says . The quake hit 5 miles southwest of Napa . It comes a week after a 6.0-magnitude quake struck the same area . |
(CNN) -- Arthur was downgraded from a hurricane to a post-tropical storm on Saturday, as its sustained winds dropped to 85 mph, according to CNN meteorologists. Tropical storm warnings previously issued for Nantucket and Cape Cod have been discontinued. The first named storm of this hurricane season caused street flood... | Arthur weakens to a post-tropical storm early Saturday . Tropical storm warnings for parts of the Northeast are dropped . Parts of New England can expect heavy rain Saturday . |
(CNN) -- Actor-director Mel Gibson and his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, are the new parents of a daughter named Lucia, his spokesman confirmed to CNN. No other details were released about the baby, who was born Friday at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles, California. Baby Lucia is the eighth child for Gibson, 53... | Grigorieva gave birth Friday in Los Angeles, California . The baby, named Lucia, is his eighth and her second . In August, Grigorieva said the pair had no immediate plans to wed . |
(EW.com) -- Is putting naked and famous people in music videos the only way veteran indie bands can get attention anymore? Not long after the Flaming Lips got a Badu or two to get naked in their latest clip, Icelandic indie act Sigur Ros is unveiling a never-before-seen short film by Lars von Trier their new video for ... | Actor Shia LaBeauf appears in a new music video . The video for "Fjögur Píanó" features a full-frontal of LaBeauf . The song is by Icelandic indie group Sigur Ros . |
(CNN Student News) -- May 3, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . North Korea . Mexico . California; New York City; Jamestown, Virginia; Portland, Oregon . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is ava... | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- Adam Levine has a new title. "Sexiest Man Alive," according to People magazine. It's the first time the Maroon 5 frontman and coach on NBC's "The Voice" has been named the magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive." "As a musician, you have fantasies that you want to win Grammys, but I didn't really think that this was on... | Adam Levine is the lead singer of Maroon 5 . He also serves a judge on NBC's "The Voice" "As a musician, you have fantasies that you want to win a Grammy," he says . |
Beijing (CNN) -- A van carrying flammable liquid rammed into a bus in China early Saturday, sparking an explosion that left 43 people dead, state media reported. Both drivers were among the fatalities in the accident in Hunan Province, according to Xinhua news agency. Another person in the van was also killed. Six peop... | NEW: Six people are injured . The accident occurred in Hunan Province . A rescue effort is ongoing . |
At least 26 workers died in a blaze Tuesday at a Mexican gas facility near the Texas border, the state oil company Pemex said. Investigators were working to determine what caused the accident, which occurred near Reynosa, Mexico. Four of the dead were employees of the state oil company and 22 were contractors, Pemex sa... | Mexico's state oil company says 26 workers died . The blast occurred near Reynosa, Mexico . A fire that occurred after the blast has been extinguished, Pemex says . |
(CNN) -- Hundreds of people were evacuated Sunday amid flood concerns after a long-dormant volcano erupted beneath a glacier in south Iceland. It was the first time since 1821 that the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier has erupted. More than 600 people were evacuated as scientists monitored a fissure in the vo... | NEW: Scientists concerned eruption could melt part of glacier, flood populated areas . First time since 1821 that the volcano under Eyjafjallajokull glacier has erupted . Eyjafjallajokull is about 100 miles east of Reykjavik . |
(CNN) -- A 34-year-old man is in custody in connection with a fatal subway incident over the weekend in New York City, police said Tuesday. A man was pushed to his death from the subway platform into the path of the D train on Sunday. Bronx resident Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, was killed by the incoming subway train, police sai... | No charges have been filed against a 34-year-old man being held . A man was pushed to his death from a subway platform . Bronx resident Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, was killed by the incoming train . |
(CNN) -- As Parisians head to the polls for a second round of municipal elections this Sunday, one of two women could become Paris' first "Madame le Maire". On the left is the Socialist candidate, Spanish-born Anne Hidalgo, 54, the deputy mayor under Paris' incumbent Bertrand Delanoë. On the right is Natalie Kosciusko-... | Mayoral elections will be held in Paris this weekend . For the first time the two contenders battling it out for the role are both women . Socialist Anne Hidalgo is the frontrunner but rival Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet is closing the gap . |
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An American soldier in Iraq has been sentenced to two years in military prison on child pornography charges, the U.S. military said Tuesday. At a general court-martial Monday at Baghdad's Camp Victory, Army Pvt. James R. Bickerstaff pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child pornography and ... | Soldier stationed in Iraq convicted in court-martial . Private solicited sexual contact with girl, 12, military says . Soldier gets two years in military prison, bad-conduct discharge . |
(CNN) -- Thousands of people were protesting Tuesday outside the Romanian Parliament against an unpopular austerity plan presented by the government, the Romanian Interior Ministry said. Organizers and local police said there were about 5,000 people in front of Parliament. Romanian national police told CNN the crowd bu... | About 5,000 protesters burned effigies outside parliament in Bucharest . Protesters demonstrating against planned government budget cuts . 1,000 Romanian policemen tried to stop the crowds entering the building . |
(CNN) -- A study commissioned by digital music service Spotify examined the relationship between music, romance and seduction. These soundtracks were top picks for both men and women, although the study's author, music psychologist Daniel Mullensiefen, also pointed out that men are more willing to adjust their tastes i... | Spotify study: 40% say music is more arousing than touch . Digital music service created playlists to accompany report . |
(CNN) -- The Cleveland Clinic will announce Wednesday the successful completion of a near-total face transplant surgery, a clinic spokeswoman told CNN on Tuesday. Isabelle Dinoire underwent the first partial face transplant; shortly after her surgery (left) and 10 months later (right). In the surgery -- which was condu... | Cleveland Clinic to announce surgeons there performed the first U.S. face transplant . Trauma patient had 80 percent of her face transplanted two weeks ago . French woman Isabelle Dinoire received first partial face transplant in 2005 . |
(CNN) -- A riot at a Sri Lankan prison left 27 dead and 43 injured, officials said. Clashes broke out in the high-security prison in northern Colombo after special task force members began to check the prison for drugs, police said. Authorities used tear gas to try to quell the clashes, but prisoners were able to break... | The riot occurred at a prison located in the northern part of Colombo . The clashes started when authorities searched the prison for drugs . |
(CNN)The national flag of the United States of America can be found hanging off homes across the country, flapping atop Mount Everest and sitting on the moon's surface. Here are some of the most unique places iReporters have spotted America's stars and stripes. Have you seen the American flag in an unexpected place? Sh... | iReporters share unusual spots they've seen the stars and stripes . The flag of the United States was first adopted on June 14, 1777 . |
In the widened wake of Friday's horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, The Weinstein Company has canceled Tuesday's planned Los Angeles premiere of "Django Unchained." "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, CT and in this time of national mourning we have ... | The Weinstein Company has canceled Tuesday's Los Angeles premiere of "Django Unchained" Weinstein spokesperson: "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown" Instead, a private screening will be held for the cast and crew and their friends and families . |
Washington (CNN) -- The same weapon was used in three recent incidents of shots fired at military buildings, including the Pentagon, the FBI said. Tests at the FBI Laboratory showed that the Tuesday night shooting at a vacant Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Chantilly, Virginia, involved the same weapon as earlier si... | NEW: More shots fired overnight at National Museum of Marine Corps, FBI says . Tests show same weapon was used in three earlier shootings . No one injured in those earlier shootings . An FBI task force is leading the investigation . |
Peshawar, Pakistan (CNN)At least 48 people were killed and dozens others injured Friday in what authorities said was a bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque in southern Pakistan, according to a local hospital. The attack took place just before Friday prayers started in the city of Shikarpur in Sindh province, said Sharjeel... | At least 50 people wounded in bombing of a Shiite mosque . The attack occurs just before Friday prayers . |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The IRS has issued a tax lien against singer Lionel Richie for unpaid taxes, the performer said through his publicist Friday. "I was recently made aware of the situation by my new team, and it's being handled immediately," said Richie, 62. The confirmation came on the same day that CBS was schedule... | The lien is for unpaid taxes . "It's being handled immediately," Richie says . |
(CNN) -- A U.S. military aircraft suffered a pressurization loss Saturday morning over the Atlantic Ocean, prompting it to be diverted "as a precaution," an Air Force spokesman said. The C-5, a military cargo plane carrying 25 passengers and crew, was 34,000 feet high "when the aircraft experienced a loss of pressuriza... | NEW: The plane lands at a base in Massachusetts and people get off . A C-5 plane "experienced a loss of pressurization," military spokesman says . At that point, the aircraft was 34,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean . Spokesman: "No injuries were reported, and no in-flight emergency was declared" |
(CNN)Michael Peres is obsessed with photographing snowflakes with a microscope. He catches the snowflakes on a piece of black velvet, runs into his garage and places the delicate flakes on a microscope slide with a dissecting needle before they melt. Using envelopes or newspapers as background, he captures colors refle... | Michael Peres loves photographing "very small things" He mounted his camera to a bellows to shoot images through a microscope . Peres has 30 seconds to 2 minutes to shoot, depending on the temperature . |
The U.S. House unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday to permit veterans experiencing long wait times for medical appointments to seek care at non-VA facilities. A similar measure has been proposed in the Senate, which could act later this week. An internal Veterans Affairs audit released on Monday found that tens... | Proposal would allow veterans to use non-VA medical facilities . The plan would also end bonuses for VA staff for two years . The measure was approved unanimously, and a similar proposal is in Senate legislation . |
(CNN) -- At least 50 vehicles were involved in a wreck that hurt dozens of people and closed part of a highway in southeastern Texas on Thursday, authorities said. At least 54 people were taken to various medical centers, including four who were in critical condition, said Deputy Rod Carroll of the Jefferson County She... | NEW: 54 people are injured in a vehicle pileup on a Texas highway . NEW: Four people remain in critical condition . NEW: Texas state Highway 73 is shut down after a pileup involving at least 50 vehicles . It was likely caused by poor visibility stemming from a mixture of smoke and fog . |
(CNN) -- "Two and a Half Men' is staging a "That '70s Show" reunion. CBS has announced that Mila Kunis, who previously played Jackie on the retro sitcom and in real life plays the role of significant other to series star Ashton Kutcher, has been tapped to guest star in an upcoming episode. Kunis will play Vivian, a you... | CBS has announced that Kunis will appear . She will play a young, beautiful, free-spirited world traveler . Kunis will next be seen in "Jupiter Ascending" |
(CNN)Stephen Fry is off the market. The British actor and comedian, 57, married boyfriend Elliott Spencer at a private ceremony in the English county of Norfolk. He shared a picture of the happy couple signing marriage documents. "Gosh, @ElliottGSpencer and I go into a room as two people, sign a book and leave as one,"... | British actor, 57, ties the knot at a private ceremony . Earlier this month, Fry talked about his upcoming nuptials . |
(CNN) -- Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his hovel Wednesday and did not see his shadow, which -- according to tradition -- means that spring will come early this year. Phil, whose first name comes from the Pennsylvania town where he lives, emerged at 7:20 a.m. and hung out with the well-dressed gentlemen pres... | Punxsutawney Phil emerges Wednesday and does not see his shadow . Tradition has it that that means winter will end soon . |
(CNN) -- Redmond O'Neal, the son of Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O'Neal and actress Farrah Fawcett, was arrested Sunday morning on drug charges, authorities said. Redmond O'Neal was stopped at a jail security checkpoint, and volunteered he had drugs, police said. The younger O'Neal was stopped during a routine search at ... | Redmond O'Neal arrested Sunday at jail security checkpoint . O'Neal was arrested on charges of bringing narcotics to a jail facility . It was not clear whether O'Neal posted bail, which was set at $25,000 . |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A bomb planted on a bicycle at a political rally in southwestern Pakistan's volatile Balochistan province killed seven people and wounded 12 on Friday, a senior police official said. The blast occurred as the provincial leader of the Awami National Party, part of Pakistan's coalition govern... | A bomb blast at a political rally in Pakistan kills seven people, an official says . The blast is believed to have targeted a provincial political leader, police say . The leader, Aurangzaib Kasi, is among the 12 wounded, the police say . The bomb was planted on a bicycle, a senior police official says . |
(CNN) -- Travel photos open windows to the unknown. For this season of CNN's "Parts Unknown," Anthony Bourdain has been expanding our horizons to show us places such as Paraguay, Vietnam and even New York's often-unexplored borough of the Bronx. Instagram users and CNN iReporters followed along with Bourdain each week,... | Instagram users and iReporters follow along with Anthony Bourdain in his travels . CNN's "Parts Unknown" airs at 9 p.m. ET Sundays . Share your photos from the remaining destinations with CNN iReport . |
(CNN) -- As many as 50 people were injured Saturday afternoon after a car plowed into parade-goers in Damascus, Virginia, a police dispatcher told CNN. Of those injured, at least five or six were "trauma victims," the dispatcher said. The accident occurred during the Hiker's Parade at the annual Trail Days festival, wh... | Accident occurs during the Hiker's Parade at the Trail Days festival . Of the injured, there are five or six "trauma victims,'' a dispatcher says . |
(CNN) -- At least this time, it won't be a surprise. Chatter heated up over the weekend that Beyonce will be dropping another secret album, and Amazon just gave fans even more reason to be hopeful. According to a product page on Amazon UK, "Beyonce Vol. 2," a four-disc import, will be released on November 24. Rumors st... | NEW: Amazon UK lists the release on its website . In December, Beyonce shocked fans with a secret album . It's listed as part of a 4-disc package . |
(CNN) -- A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador late Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported . The epicenter of the quake was about 177 kilometers (110 miles) southeast of the capital, San Salvador, and took place nearly 33 miles underground. Some minor shaking was reported. There w... | NEW: A small wave of about 10 centimeters (4 inches) was recorded at Acajutla, El Salvador . The earthquake took place nearly 53 kilometers (33 miles) underground . There were reports of minor shaking, but no damage or injuries . The region is prone to earthquakes . |
(CNN) -- One of the largest wildfires to hit northern Wisconsin is 95% contained, fire officials said Wednesday. The 9,000-acre blaze scorched forest land and destroyed 47 buildings, 17 of those homes. Bill Cosh with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said the fire was 95% contained as of Wednesday night. No... | The fire is 95% contained but crews will work through the night . At least 47 structures have been destroyed . CNN affiliate reports blaze began in area where logging was taking place . |
(CNN) -- The world's first road capable of turning sunlight into energy officially opened for traffic Wednesday in the Netherlands. It's actually a 230-foot-long bike path in the town of Krommenie. The road is a test route developed by the company SolaRoad. "SolaRoad is a world first that will put the Netherlands on th... | The world's first road to convert sunlight into energy opens in the Netherlands . It's a small patch of a bike path made of modules that include solar cells . The developer will use it as a test route for three years . Energy created by the road can power traffic and street lights or households, officials say . |
(CNN) -- IN FOCUS: MEDICAL TOURISM . Visiting Jordan can often be an eye opening experience, from its ancient ruins to its vast deserts. But travelers also head to Jordan to enjoy its medical benefits. Advanced expertise at affordable prices make the country a world leader in medical tourism. As MME found out, its also... | Advanced expertise at affordable prices make Jordan a world leader in medical tourism . MME finds out how healthcare tourism is contributing to the country's economy . Zaid al Siksek, the man behind Abu Dhabi's health authority, shares his views on healthcare investment . |
(CNN) -- Two hostages of suspected Somali pirates died after a rescue effort by the Danish navy, an operation that freed 16 other hostages, the Danish military said Tuesday. A Danish warship, the Absalon, tasked with patrolling waters near the Somali coast to ward off piracy, fired warning shots against what the navy d... | Danish navy launches operation to free hostages held by alleged Somali pirates . Two hostages die after the operation; an investigation into the deaths is under way . |
Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have arrested Jose Jorge Balderas, a suspect in last year's shooting of a Paraguayan soccer player in Mexico. Salvador Cabanas was shot in the head at a bar in late January 2010. He survived. According to police, Cabanas and Balderas had been arguing be... | Jose Jorge Balderas was arrested in Mexico City, an official says . Salvador Cabanas was shot in the head a year ago . The Paraguayan soccer player survived . Police arrested another suspect in June . |
(CNN)Two bombs exploded at the entrance to a popular mall Sunday night in Bangkok, police said. There were no injuries, Lt.Gen. Prawut Thavornsiri, spokesman for Thai police, said on Twitter. Two IED-type bombs had been placed behind an electric converter booth, he said. The blasts took place at around 8 p.m., when the... | The blasts rocked the entrance to an immensely popular shopping mall . There were no injuries, police said . The mall was the most Instagrammed place in 2013 . |
(CNN) -- Former "Scandal" actor Columbus Short has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of battery, according to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Superior Court. The actor was arrested in March after being accused of punching and knocking out a patron at a West Los Angeles restaurant. Short appeared in court on Wedn... | Short is accused of punching and knocking out a restaurant patron . His wife accused him of threatening her . He is set to appear in court again on June 5 . |
(CNN Student News) -- April 5, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . North Korea; Guam . China . France . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- Twelve people were killed and another dozen wounded when a bus fell off South Korea's longest bridge Saturday while trying to avoid a collision with a truck, local media reported. The bus was headed to Incheon International Airport, west of the capital Seoul, when it crashed through a guard rail and fell about... | Bus plunges 32 feet after trying to avoid collision with a truck . Incident takes place on country's longest bridge, Incheon Bridge . Bridge is 13.2 miles long . |
(CNN) -- The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station for the last time late Sunday, as the craft nears the end of its final mission. The scheduled 16-day mission began two weeks ago after multiple delays. When Endeavour pushed away from the space station just before midnight, it had been d... | NASA's final shuttle voyage is scheduled for July 8 . Endeavour spends more than 11 days docked at the International Space Station . The shuttle is scheduled to land early Wednesday . |
(CNN) -- Three Michigan children reportedly left alone in their family's apartment died in a fire Monday afternoon, a public safety official said. The fire broke out around 2 p.m. in Kalamazoo, said Brian Uridge, assistant chief of public safety. Two of the children were 3 years old, and the third was 1, Uridge said. "... | Three children, ages 1, 3 and 3, die in an apartment fire in Michigan . The kids were left home alone, an official says . |
(CNN) -- Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove suffered a broken ankle when her tour bus wrecked on an Illinois highway Thursday morning, her representative said. Five passengers were on the bus when it crashed on Interstate 70, just outside of Vandalia, Illinois, the rep said in a statement to CNN. "At this time, we are t... | Cosgrove's music tour is put on hold by the wreck, rep says . The five people on the bus "will be fine," rep says . The crash happened Tuesday on I-70 near Vandalia, Illinois . |
(CNN) -- Authorities have seized more than 1,000 pirate costumes made in China and destined for sale in Washington state because they contained high levels of lead, officials said. Shipments worth $10,000 were on the way to a distributor in Seattle when they were seized by U.S. customs officials. The Consumer Product S... | Costumes made for children had 11 times allowable lead limit . Shipments were headed to a distributor in Seattle; costumes will be destroyed . |
(CNN) -- The remains of Tropical Storm Karen drifted over the northern Gulf of Mexico after the former cyclone fizzled out Sunday morning, forecasters reported. After being downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression overnight, Karen broke up into disorganized remnants south of Louisiana, the Miami-based National ... | NEW: Karen no longer a tropical cyclone, top winds drop to 30 mph . The storm is blowing eastward in the Gulf of Mexico . Karen could leave 1 to 3 inches of rain in parts of the central Gulf Coast and Southeast . |
(CNN) -- A tornado that ripped across part of North Dakota damaged an oil field camp and destroyed at least a dozen recreational vehicles, officials said. The twister touched down Monday evening about six miles south of Watford City, the McKenzie County Sheriff's Office said. Nine people were injured -- eight who suffe... | The tornado struck an oil field camp in western North Dakota . 12 to 15 recreational vehicles were destroyed, the local sheriff's department says . Nine people were injured . |
(CNN) -- A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three alleged militants in Pakistan's tribal region Tuesday, intelligence officials in Pakistan said. The suspected drone fired two missiles on a vehicle believed to be carrying militants in the area of Angoor Adda of South Waziristan, one of the seven districts of Pakistan... | The suspected drone strike was the 22nd this year, according to a CNN count . It killed three suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal areas, intelligence officials said . |
(CNN Student News) -- November 9, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Greece . Guatemala . Japan . Michigan; Utah . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is publi... | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(EW.com) -- You know that part in this pop-soul smoothie's songs where the verse launches skyward into the chorus, Gavin DeGraw makes that I'm-pounding-these-piano-keys-so-hard! face, and a bajillion turtle doves explode from a rooftop somewhere? Well, there's a half-dozen good ones on his fourth full-length "Sweeter."... | Gavin DeGraw's fourth full-length album is called "Sweeter" Half the album is weighed down by painfully mopey, girl-done-left-me blues . "Sweeter" comes out on September 20 . |
(CNN) -- Jacob Williamson captured our h-e-a-r-t-s at the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals this week in Maryland. The 15-year-old was confident, enthusiastic and wore his emotions on his sleeve -- the perfect ingredients for a viral video. "I know it! I know it! I totally know it!" he said when he was given the wor... | Jacob Williamson captured hearts with his enthusiastic performance . Williamson said, "I totally know it," before misspelling final word . Video has become Internet sensation . |
(CNN) -- UEFA have announced the seeds for the Euro 2012 playoffs, after the final round of qualifying matches were completed on Tuesday. The four teams seeded for the draw are 2004 hosts and beaten finalists Portugal, Giovanni Trapattoni's Republic of Ireland, Euro 1996 runners-up Czech Republic and Slaven Bilic's Cro... | UEFA have announced the seeds for the Euro 2012 playoffs . Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Czech Republic and Croatia are the seeds . Turkey, Montenegro, Estonia and Bosnia Herzegovina complete the draw . The two-legged ties will be played on November 11/12 and 15 . |
Kano, Nigeria (CNN) -- Scores of residents in four villages in the northeastern Borno state of Nigeria, near the border with Cameroon, were killed Tuesday in Boko Haram raids, a lawmaker and residents said. They said hundreds of homes were destroyed. Heavily armed gunmen dressed as soldiers in all-terrain vehicles and ... | Lawmaker and residents say scores are dead, hundreds of homes destroyed . They say Boko Haram conducted the raids in northeastern state of Borno . One villager believes the attacks were reprisals for losses in previous raids . |
(CNN) -- The 2012 Fit Nation Tri Challenge Team is made up of seven CNN viewers selected to train for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon with Dr. Sanjay Gupta in September. For updates, visit the Fit Nation page, follow the team on Twitter, or like our page on Facebook. Check back with us throughout the week for more photos. | Fit Nation Tri Challenge Team is in Hawaii this week to train . "Lucky 7" will bike, run and swim to prepare for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon . |
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- A plane caught fire and crashed soon after taking off from the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, killing all 19 people on board, the Himalayan country's Civil Aviation Authority said Friday. There were 16 passengers and three crew members on the plane when it crashed near the Manohara River in Bh... | The crash kills 16 passengers and three crew members . The plane was flying to a village popular with people traveling to Everest . The cause of the crash was not immediately clear . |
(PEOPLE.com) -- Heather Locklear was in "medically stable" condition at a Thousand Oaks, California, hospital Thursday night with her parents at her side. "She is in no danger and she's going to be just fine," Bill and Diane Locklear said in a statement issued by Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center. The "Melrose Place... | Heather Locklear was taken to the hospital after a 911 call . "She is in no danger and she's going to be just fine," Bill and Diane Locklear said . The hospital declined to disclose any medical information beyond Locklear's condition . |
(CNN) -- Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco accidentally shot himself in his left finger while cleaning a gun, police said. He was in surgery Tuesday night, his fiancee tweeted. "This is Leila . Thank you all for the kind words and prayers . Jose is in still surgery and will be ok. Please pray for his finger !!," she... | Canseco hit more than 450 home runs . His semiautomatic handgun accidentally went off . |
(CNN) -- A suicide bomber hit an African Union Mission in Somalia convoy on Monday, killing 16 people, Lower Shabelle Gov. Adukadir Mohamed Sidi said. Sidi said the explosion destroyed two buses traveling behind the military convoy, which was transporting the governor as he traveled back from Mogadishu. The blast kille... | 16 killed in Somalia suicide bombing targeting governor's convoy . Two African Union Mission in Somalia troops are wounded, he said . Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for attack . |
(CNN) -- Firefighters in Clinton, North Carolina, discovered six bodies inside what remained of a mobile home that burned early Saturday morning. There was no immediate sign of foul play, the Sampson County Sheriff's Office said, but investigators are processing the location as a potential crime scene until the cause o... | A mobile home fire kills six in North Carolina . No signs of foul play, but investigation is ongoing . The victims have not yet been identified . |
New Delhi (CNN) -- At least 33 people died and 17 were injured when a train collided Thursday with a bus in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, authorities said. The crash happened around 2 a.m. Thursday (4:30 p.m. ET Wednesday) when a bus packed with passengers tried to cross an unguarded railroad, said North-Easte... | Another 17 people were injured in the wreck, which occurred in Uttar Pradesh state . The crash occurred at 2 a.m. Thursday . |
(CNN) -- Three inmates were shot and wounded by guards Friday during an escape attempt at a Livingston, Texas, prison, officials said. The incident started about 9 p.m. (10 p.m. ET) when inmates were leaving a church service at a gymnasium in the prison, said Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Crimina... | Five inmates tried to escape from Texas prison, officials say . Inmates had just attended church service moments before escape attempt . Prison guards later opened fire on inmates, wounding three . |
(CNN) -- One-time Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole has his candidate for 2016: Mitt Romney. Dole, a 91-year-old former Senate majority leader and 1996 GOP presidential nominee, said as he introduced Romney, the party's 2012 nominee, during a campaign rally Monday: "I want him to run again." Dole and Romney were... | Dole and Romney are campaigning for Senate candidate in Kansas . Dole introduces Romney with a 2016 endorsement . Romney: "You never know what a 90-year-old is going to say, do you?" |
(CNN) -- Ah gay Paris, the City of Lights, the fashion capital of the world (just ignore what New York hipsters have to say on the subject). CNN sent former model and entrepreneur Charlotte Collard, musician and presenter Myleene Klass and our very own Natasha Maguder - a crack team of fashionistas if ever there was on... | CNN went behind the scenes at Paris Fashion Week . And we basically went mad on Instagram. This is the result. |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A Taliban attack near Kabul International Airport ended Thursday morning with all six insurgents dead, the Afghan interior ministry said. The gunmen had taken over a half-completed building in an assault that included explosives, rocket-propelled grenades and machine-gun fire, police spokesm... | NEW: Six Taliban insurgents die in the attack . NEW: The were no casualties among Afghan special forces or civilains . The insurgents use heavy and light weaponry . The attack took place around 4:30 a.m. local time . |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Another U.S. citizen has reportedly been detained by Pakistani authorities, according to a statement released Friday by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. "We have seen press reports that an American citizen named Aaron Mark DeHaven has been detained by police in Peshawar," the statement noted.... | U.S. citizen Aaron Mark DeHaven has reportedly been detained by Pakistani authorities . U.S. government representatives are attempting to meet with DeHaven . Pakistani officials previously detained Raymond Davis, who was revealed to be a CIA contractor . |
(CNN) -- Khaled Abdel Nasser, son of late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and a key figure during a 1980s Egyptian revolt, is dead, a spokesman for the Egyptian general prosecutor said Sunday. He was 62. Nasser was battling liver disease and went into a coma two weeks before his death on September 15, said Adel S... | Khaled Abdel Nasser was the oldest son of President Gamal Abdel Nasser . He was accused of organizing a revolt in Egypt in the 1980s . He tried and acquitted in connection with the deaths of two Israeli diplomats in Egypt . |
(CNN) -- A suicide blast in northwestern Pakistan Friday killed a 12-year-old boy and wounded five others, police said. The attack took place at a weapons market in Dara Adam Khel, according to Masood Khan Afridi, the police chief of Kohat district. The suicide bomber blew himself up after people thought his actions we... | The suicide bomber blew himself up after people tried to apprehend him, police say . The attack took place at a weapons market in Dara Adam Khel . |
(CNN) -- Over the next few months CNN will be exploring some of the biggest holidays and events with our iReporters across the world through a special series called CNN Celebrates. We're kicking things off with Halloween, where elaborate costumes, carved pumpkins and haunted houses all combine to make it one of the wor... | Here are some of your spookiest snaps celebrating Halloween . Images include pumpkin babies and demonic dogs . iReports from around the world, from Germany to the Phillipines . |
(CNN) -- A roadside bomb killed 11 people in Afghanistan, including three election workers, authorities said Sunday. The blast occurred in Samangan province late Saturday night after polls closed. A mini bus carrying a group from a polling center to their homes hit a roadside bomb, said Sediqullah Aizizi , a spokesman ... | The blast occurred in Samangan province late Saturday night . Victims had just finished the counting and other work at the polling center . |
(PEOPLE.com) -- Tim Robbins is taking action. The actor, who famously supports liberal causes, joined with protesters Wednesday at the Occupy Wall Street rally in Lower Manhattan. Robbins, 52, participated in the demonstration outside the Federal Courthouse in Foley Square. "This is what an actual grassroots movement l... | Tim Robbins famously supports liberal causes . "It's a bit sloppy ... but full of passion," he said . Penn Badgley was spotted snapping photos of the demonstrators . |
Three people died and 13 were injured when a German commuter train collided with a maintenance crane Friday morning, German police said. The collision occurred on the track near the city of Offenbach, outside Frankfurt, police said. The driver and two construction workers were killed. Several of the train's 35 passenge... | The train collided with a maintenance crane on the track, police say . The collision occurred near the city of Offenbach, close to Frankfurt . The train driver and two construction workers died, police say . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan authorities have recovered the bodies of five police officers and three intelligence agents just days after they were kidnapped by insurgents in the country's volatile Wardak province, officials said Sunday. The men had been driving through a mountainous district outside the provincia... | The men were kidnapped Thursday and killed . The Taliban take responsibility for the killing . Wardak has long been considered a hotbed of insurgent activity . |
(CNN) -- Game show host and comedian Howie Mandel's irregular heartbeat scare is over, his publicist said Tuesday. Howie Mandel had an irregular heartbeat, but he did not have a heart attack, his publicist said. "Howie has been released from the hospital and will be back at work tomorrow," said Lewis Kay. "He appreciat... | NEW: Howie Mandel released from Toronto hospital . Host of "Deal or No Deal" had been admitted with irregular heartbeat . Comedian was in Toronto, Canada, filming segments for a new show, "Howie Do It" |
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