Fentanyl Pentagon, DHS considering designating fentanyl a WMD, memo saysCNN - By David Shortell, CNN(CNN) — Top military and Homeland Security officials are considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to an internal DHS memo. The synthetic opioid, blamed in health surveys
Robert Mueller What we learned watching Robert Mueller for 18 monthsCNN - By Sam Fossum, Em Steck, Liz Stark and Caroline Kelly, CNN(CNN) — Editor's Note: When special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate Russian meddling in the US election, CNN, like most news organizations, endeavored to learn what we could about famously
Miami Beach Pieter Devos wins Miami Beach leg of Global Champions TourCNN - By Danielle Rossingh, for CNN(CNN) — Belgian Pieter Devos returned to the winner's circle in the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) -- for the world's top show jumpers -- for the first time since 2014 with a narrow victory in Beach.
CNN Moment blast strikes church caught on cameraCNN Bomb blasts hit several high-end hotels and churches across Sri Lanka, killing at least 140 people and injuring 560.
Sri Lanka Live updates: Sri Lanka Easter Sunday explosions - CNNCNN - Euan McKirdy and Sheena McKenzie, CNN
Easter The Easter story helps an 'outcast' preacher find her way back homeCNN - By John Blake, CNN Photographs by Melissa Golden/Redux for CNN(CNN) — The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor was attending a seminar one day when someone asked her a question that she hasn't been able to forget. "What is the story you are working on that doesn't have an yet?"
News Woman caught on video tossing a plastic bag full of puppies near a trash binCNN - By Madeline Holcombe, CNN(CNN) — Seven puppies were found next to a dumpster in Coachella, California, and authorities say they are looking for the woman caught on camera leaving them. The woman is accused of leaving the newborn
Sri Lanka Police: Explosions rock churches, hotels in Sri LankaCNN At least 140 people have been killed and more than 560 injured after a series of coordinated bomb blasts at a number of high-end hotels and churches across Sri Lanka. CNN's Nikhil Kumar reports.
News A German auction house is helping return Nazi-looted art to their rightful ownersCNN - By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN(CNN) — Nina McGehee always knew that her family fled Europe before World War II broke out. But she only recently learned about what they left behind. McGehee's great-grandfather, Siegfried Laemmle, was
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka blasts: More than 200 dead in church and hotel bombings across countryCNN - By Sugam Pokharel, Euan McKirdy and Tara John, CNN(CNN) — At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in a series of bomb blasts that hit luxury hotels and churches across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, leaving the entire country in a state
News Social media influencer plotted to take internet domain at gunpoint. It didn't end wellCNN - By Faith Karimi, CNN(CNN) — The plan was like a bad movie script. The intruder entered a victim's home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, carrying a cell phone, a stolen gun and a Taser. He was wearing pantyhose on his head, a hat and
CNN A member of an armed group detaining migrants at the border has been arrested by the FBICNN - By Dakin Andone and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN(CNN) — The FBI has arrested a member of an armed militia that had detained hundreds of migrants at the border this week, the New Mexico attorney general's office said Saturday. Larry Mitchell Hopkins,
SpaceX Test fire of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft ran into problems, sending up thick clouds of smokeCNN - By Jackie Wattles, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Thick plumes of smoke rose over a SpaceX facility in Florida during a test fire of a Crew Dragon spacecraft on Saturday. If the issue was serious, it could derail plans to fly
CNN Armed militia group detains migrants at the borderCNN United Constitutional Patriots, a militia group near the US-Mexico order, detained hundreds of people this week, according to New Mexico's attorney general. CNN's Nick Valencia has more.
News Japan's 'vanishing' Ainu will finally be recognized as indigenous peopleCNN - By Emiko Jozuka, CNNHong Kong (CNN) — Growing up in Japan, musician Oki Kano never knew he was part of a "vanishing people." His Japanese mother was divorced and never told Kano that his birth father was an indigenous Ainu
Washington State University A bill in Washington state would allow the composting of human remainsCNN - By Amir Vera, CNN(CNN) — Lawmakers in Washington state passed a bill Friday that would allow human remains to be composted. If Gov. Jay Inslee signs Senate Bill 5001 into law, it will take effect May 1, 2020. Right now,
Roger Ebert John Singleton, 'Boyz n the Hood' director and writer, hospitalized after strokeCNN - By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN(CNN) — Oscar-nominated director John Singleton, best known for the movies "Boyz n the Hood" and "Poetic Justice," is in intensive care at an undisclosed hospital after he suffered a stroke this week,
Multnomah County Multnomah County, Oregon, to pay $100K to employee who complained about 'Blue Lives Matter' flagCNN - By Steve Almasy and Keith Allen, CNN(CNN) — An African-American employee who claimed she was subject to stress and racial harassment after she complained about a coworker's "Blue Lives Matter" flag and after she put up an "equity wall" settled
Robert Mueller SE Cupp: This is the good news from the Mueller reportCNN CNN's SE Cupp wonders what comes next now that special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report has been released to the public.
CNN Survivor: My friends had to pull me out of my chairCNN A survivor and first responder recount their experiences 20 years after the shooting at Columbine High School.
Death Penalty US bitcoin trader and girlfriend could face death penalty over Thai 'seastead'CNN An American bitcoin trader and his girlfriend could face the death penalty after they were accused of threatening Thailand's sovereignty by building and living in a "sea home" off the coast of Phuket.
Politics New York Times: Boeing's South Carolina plant faces production issues that 'have threatened to compromise safety'CNN - By Devan Cole, CNNWashington (CNN) — Former and current employees at a Boeing plant in South Carolina that produces the company's 787 Dreamliner claim the factory is overrun by "shoddy production and weak oversight that
Trump Tower Congress should initiate impeachment proceedings against TrumpCNN - By Jeffrey Sachs(CNN) — Congress should launch impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump for welcoming Russian interference in the 2016 election and trying to obstruct the Mueller investigation. Trump's high crimes
Will Smith Will Smith joins Jaden Smith on stage at CoachellaCNN - By Harmeet Kaur, CNN(CNN) — Now this is a story all about how Coachella got flipped-turned upside down. The Fresh Prince -- aka Will Smith -- made a surprise appearance during Jaden Smith's set at week two of the festival.
News New York police detain person as they investigate death of woman found partially decapitatedCNN - By Ray Sanchez, Mark Morales and Nicole Chavez, CNNNew York (CNN) — Detectives have detained a person as they investigate the death of a woman who was found dead and partially decapitated in a Brooklyn apartment, New York police said. The body of Savannah
Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus crowned Serie A champions as Cristiano Ronaldo makes historyCNN(CNN) — Juventus came from behind to beat Fiorentina and create Serie A history, while Cristiano Ronaldo made some history of his own. The Turin club became the team first in Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga,
Prison Reform Kim Kardashian on working with Trump on prison reform: 'People sitting behind bars do not care who the president is'CNN - By Adrienne Vogt, CNN(CNN) — Kim Kardashian West is making her case to become a lawyer after working with the White House to help commute the life sentence of a first-time nonviolent drug offender. "I know I got so many times
Michelle Williams Michelle Williams and her husband, musician Phil Elverum, have splitCNN - By Chloe Melas and Harmeet Kaur, CNN(CNN) — Michelle Williams and her husband, indie musician Phil Elverum, have split after less than a year of marriage. A source close to the actress tells CNN the split took place earlier this year. "Michelle
Opinion How reviving cells in a pig's brain could change medicineCNN - By Ford Vox(CNN) — It's 2019, and scientists can now revive brain cells in a decapitated pig hours after death. While the pig brains did not come close to regaining consciousness, scientists noted metabolic activity
Topeka, KS A zookeeper suffered 'lacerations and punctures' in a tiger attack at the zoo in Topeka, KansasCNN - By Deanna Hackney and Dakin Andone, CNN(CNN) — A zookeeper is recovering in the hospital after she was attacked Saturday morning by a tiger at the Topeka, Kansas, zoo. The woman and a 7-year-old male Sumatran tiger named Sanjiv were both in
