McDonald’s announces return of Halloween pails, just in time for trick-or-treating
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Violent weekend as four Palestinians killed in West Bank, Israeli soldier killed in Jerusalem shooting
By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN An Israeli soldier has died following a shooting at a military checkpoint in East Jerusalem on Saturday, the…
Continue ReadingHurricane Julia makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 1 storm
By Gene Norman and Zoe Sottile, CNN Hurricane Julia made landfall in Nicaragua early Sunday as a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center…
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Meet the history-making crew who just landed at the space station
When astronauts venture aboard the International Space Station, they see a world without borders. They work together while orbiting Earth, and no…
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Exxon illegally fired two scientists suspected of leaking information to WSJ, Labor Department says
ExxonMobil has been ordered to reinstate two scientists who were fired after being suspected of leaking information to The Wall Street Journal, the…
Continue ReadingMeet the history-making crew who just landed at the space station
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When astronauts venture aboard the International Space Station, they see a world without borders. They work together while…
Continue ReadingWatch the hunter’s moon rise in the sky this weekend
By Danya Gainor and Ashley Strickland, CNN October’s full moon is just around the corner and serves as a reminder: the eerie season is fast…
Continue ReadingThis is how pythons can devour enormous prey
By Christian Edwards, CNN The expression “so hungry I could eat a horse” might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python,…
Continue ReadingNext supercontinent may form when the Pacific Ocean disappears
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The world may have a new supercontinent within 200 million to 300 million years as the Pacific Ocean shrinks and closes.…
Continue ReadingHuman rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus share Nobel Peace Prize
By Rob Picheta, CNN Human rights groups from Russia and Ukraine — Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties — have won the Nobel Peace…
Continue ReadingSpaceX capsule docks with space station carrying international astronauts — and 1 cosmonaut
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A SpaceX capsule carrying a multinational crew of astronauts linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday after…
Continue ReadingJuno mission spies feature looking like a musical note on Europa’s icy surface
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft recently flew by Jupiter’s moon Europa, and one of its cameras spied fascinating features on the…
Continue ReadingUSS Cole Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts In October 2000, the…
Continue ReadingNorthern Hemisphere’s extreme summer drought ‘virtually impossible’ without human-made climate change
CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN Drought across the Northern Hemisphere this summer — which scorched soil, dried up rivers and triggered mass crop…
Continue ReadingNorthern Hemisphere’s extreme summer drought ‘virtually impossible’ without human-made climate change
By Christian Edwards, CNN Drought across the Northern Hemisphere this summer — which scorched soil, dried up rivers and triggered mass crop failure…
Continue ReadingThe first Webb images got a psychedelic, X-ray vision makeover
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Several of the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope look a little more psychedelic, thanks to…
Continue ReadingWebb, Hubble space telescopes capture an intriguing galactic pair
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When astronomers combine the observational powers of James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope, they capture…
Continue ReadingSpaceX, NASA launch 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut to the ISS. Here’s everything you need to know
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Continue ReadingSpaceX, NASA launch 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut to the ISS. Here’s everything you need to know
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX and NASA launched a crew of astronauts who hail from all over the world on a trip to the International Space Station…
Continue ReadingNASA and SpaceX to send first Native American woman to orbit
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The first Native American woman ever to travel to Earth’s orbit will take flight this week on a SpaceX Crew Dragon…
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