CNN Student News – February 24, 2015
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Reports: Netanyahu, spy agency at odds over Iran’s nuclear program
Privately the same year, the Israeli spy agency Mossad assessed the threat as more remote, according to reports by Al Jazeera and The Guardian newspaper, which both cited leaked intelligence…
Tom Perez: liberal hero
Within four days of Perez’s arrival in San Francisco, the two sides announced a deal. “Sometimes when you’re in a less formal setting, it’s conducive to letting your guard down…
NSA: Snowden leaks hurt ability to track terrorists
“I would say that it has had a material impact in our ability to generate insights as to what counterterrorism, what terrorist groups around the world are doing,” Adm. Michael…
Poll: Majority of Americans want vaccines to be required as measles outbreak grows
These results come as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a total of 154 cases of measles in the country, from January 1, 2015 to February…
Poll: Majority of Americans want vaccines to be required as measles outbreak grows
These results come as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a total of 154 cases of measles in the country, from January 1, 2015 to February…
Stan Lee draws Spider-Man for a child with autism
That would be the same Stan Lee who co-created Spider-Man (as well as Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men and so many other Marvel characters). The Times story described…
Senate Dems to block Homeland Security funding bill again
But like the three votes before it, Senate Democrats are expected to block taking up the bill that passed the GOP-controlled House because it contains what they consider poison pillsprovisions…
11 at Wesleyan University hospitalized after taking Molly
The Middletown Police Department reported that 11 were hospitalized because of Molly and one because of alcohol. The president of the of the university, located in Middletown, Connecticut, said that…
Sean Penn’s outrageous ‘joke’
It is beyond comprehension why Penn chose to make such a reference on a night where, literally, the whole world was watching. A green card, of course, confers lawful permanent…
Sean Penn’s outrageous ‘joke’
It is beyond comprehension why Penn chose to make such a reference on a night where, literally, the whole world was watching. A green card, of course, confers lawful permanent…
Mobile apps transforming the future of parking
Eric Meyer, 24, lives in the Baltimore neighborhood of Canton and knows firsthand about the frustrations of parking in a busy city. A former employee at Phillips Seafood, Meyer found…
The future of war will be robotic
When the U.S. military invaded Iraq just over a decade ago, it only had a handful of unmanned systems, aka drones, in the air, and zero deployed into the ground…
Ousted Yemeni President picks up support from Gulf countries
Hadi escaped from the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday after being under house arrest for a month following his resignation under pressure from Houthi rebels. After his escape, he released a…
Ousted Yemeni President picks up support from Gulf countries
The statement from the Gulf Cooperation Council Monday echoed Hadi, with council members stressing that all procedures taken by the Houthi after their coup were invalid. According to two presidential…
Ousted Yemeni President picks up support from Gulf countries
Hadi escaped from the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday after being under house arrest for a month following his resignation under pressure from Houthi rebels. After his escape, he released a…
Dalai Lama Fast Facts
Birth place: Taktser, Amdo province, Tibet Birth name: Lhamo Dhondrub, renamed Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso Father: Choekyong Tsering Mother:Dekyi Tsering Education: Geshe Lharampa Degree (Doctorate of Buddhist…
Poll: Majority of Americans want vaccines to be required as measles outbreak grows
These results come as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a total of 154 cases of measles in the country, from January 1, 2015 to February…
Poll: Majority of Americans want vaccines to be required as measles outbreak grows
These results come as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a total of 154 cases of measles in the country, from January 1, 2015 to February…
Poll: Majority of Americans want vaccines to be required as measles outbreak grows
These results come as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a total of 154 cases of measles in the country, from January 1, 2015 to February…
Guns for women on campus make sense
As the nation contemplates better ways to prevent sexual assault on college campuses, legislators and college administrators alike have recently offered some mind-bogglingly dumb ideas. One of them is California’s…
12 at Wesleyan University hospitalized after taking Molly
The president of the of the university, located in Middletown, Connecticut, said that eight students remained hospitalized. Four were expected to be released from the hospital Monday, he wrote in…
Georgia to execute its 1st female prisoner in 70 years
Gissendaner was romantically involved with Gregory Owen and conspired with the 43-year-old to have her husband, Douglas Gissendaner, killed, according to court testimony. Owen wanted Kelly Gissendaner to file for…
12 at Wesleyan University hospitalized after taking Molly
The president of the of the university, located in Middletown, Connecticut, said that eight students remained hospitalized. Four were expected to be released from the hospital Monday, he wrote in…
Fernando Alonso “making a solid recovery” says McLaren
The Spanish driver’s manager Luis Garcia Abad tweeted a picture of Alonso smiling in a hospital bedless than 48 hours after a hair-raising smash at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Alonso’s…
McAuliffe: DHS shutdown consequences ‘eye-opening’
McAuliffe, a Democrat and the party’s former chairman, said he urged fellow governors during this weekend’s National Governors Association summit to call members of their state’s congressional delegation and lobby…
Unraveling a motive in trial of ‘American Sniper’s’ alleged killer
Why Eddie Ray Routh allegedly killed the two men who were trying to help him remains a mystery. There have been a series of confusing and incoherent explanations for Routh’s…
Unraveling a motive in trial of ‘American Sniper’s’ alleged killer
After eight days of testimony, the trial of the “American Sniper’s” alleged killer has not answered the one question that still haunts the families of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield….
GOP seeks to make Clinton Foundation a 2016 headache
“If the biggest attack on Hillary’s going to be that she raised too much money for her charity, okay, I’ll take that,” he said. “No one’s alleging anything beyond that…
#Oscars2015 had the funniest memes
But don’t just take our word for it. These apricot rice pudding pops + @chloegmoretz's outfit. Perfection. #Oscars http://t.co/ypTUzfFORB pic.twitter.com/nLan0k2EU9 – And the most awkward #Oscars2015 moment goes to… http://t.co/yBDCln4JAS…