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What to do about drones
Last year, for example, the Federal Aviation Administration fined a man for crashing a drone in Manhattan, narrowly missing pedestrians. Also in 2014, the National Park Service banned the use…
54 hurt in Mexico blast
The truck was supplying gas to the hospital when apparently a hose burst and the resulting leak caused an explosion, Mancera said. Preliminary reports indicated that the majority of injuries…
Remember ‘The Great Raid’ of 1945
It doesn’t come to mind as quickly as the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II draws near. September 2, 1945. The day the Japanese formally surrendered in…
Not for the faint of hearties: Blackbeard’s medical devices
Among the more cringe-inducing findings were a urethral syringe used to inject mercury for the treatment of syphilis and a clyster pump used to deliver medical enemas for “quicker absorption.”…
Kenji Goto: Japanese journalist sought ‘the story of what ISIS wants to do’
Yet, in his mind, he had to go into war-torn Syria. The experienced journalist explained why in a video shot in October from southern Turkey. He felt compelled to tell…
Huge blue whale skeleton puts Dippy the Diplodocus out of a job
Looming over the museum’s central atrium, Hintze Hall, Dippy the Diplodocus has rendered generations of young visitors awestruck. It’s also taken starring roles in movies including the recently released “Paddington,”…
Key & Peele snag special guests for ‘East/West Bowl’ video
But for their latest video, “East/West Bowl Pro Edition,” real-life players join the lineup. Green Bay Packers safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Leger Douzable of the New York Jets are…
Australian Open: Andy Murray tops Tomas Berdych in ill-tempered semifinal
But when Murray and Berdych met Thursday for a spot in the final of the Australian Open, it was the Scot who was a cut above his Czech opponent. Murray…
Hezbollah wants to de-escalate hostilities on border, Israel says
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has said that it wants to de-escalate hostilities on the Israeli-Lebanon border, a day after fighting left two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish peacekeeper dead,…
Romney gets nostalgic as he greets voters in Mississippi
An older man sitting in a booth shook Romney’s hand and urged him to run for president. “We need you up there in the White House,” he said. “You’re very…
Aaron Hernandez case: Who’s who?
By the end of his second season, he inked a five-year contract extension worth $40 million. But less than a year later, he was charged with first-degree murder in the…
This is on TV in Vietnam because of you!
The pangolin is now a little safer because of you. Last year, after I wrote about the illegal trade in these artichoke-shaped, scale-covered mammals, CNN Digital readers donated more than…
Super Bowl ‘draft’ picks for Seattle and New England
Seattle was one of the key players in starting the microbrew revolution, partly because of its proximity to fresh hops in the nearby Yakima Valley. One of the leaders of…
9 reasons we want to visit Namibia right now
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Ebola: Winning the war, but battles remain
With over 8,600 dead, governments and aid agencies are now giving a timeline on when they might reach zero casesand they’re saying that could be in just a few months….
WHO: New Ebola cases drop to lowest level in 7 months
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had a combined total of 99 new cases for the week to January 25, the WHO said. – CN’s Debra Goldschmidt contributed to this report.
Obama’s changing tune on permission to fight ISIS
READ: Purported ISIS message sets new deadline for prisoner Passing AUMF legislation is Congress’ way of giving the President permission to engage in prolonged military operations. Under the War Powers…
Obama to rally Democrats in Philly to kill sequester in budget
READ: White House drops 529 college savings proposal In his speech to House Democrats in Philadelphia on Thursday evening, a White House official said the President “will announce that his…
Will Africa’s biggest wind power project transform Kenya’s growth?
The 300 MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, which is being developed in the country’s North-East, hopes to produce 20% of the country’s current installed electricity generating capacity when it…
Malaysia officially declares MH370 passengers and crew ‘presumed dead’
The formal declaration, read Thursday by civil aviation director Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, will allow the families of those presumed dead to continue the compensation process with the airline or with…
Who is Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh, captured by ISIS?
A message purporting to be from ISIS has set a deadline for Jordan: Bring convicted terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi to the Turkish border by sunset Thursday or the pilot will die….
5 things to know for your New Day — Thursday, January 29, 2015
ISIS When the sun sets: Jordan has until the sun sets today to hand over convicted terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi if it wants ISIS to spare the life of Jordanian pilot,…
Purported ISIS message sets ‘sundown’ deadline for terrorist release
Authorities are to bring convicted terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi to the Turkish border by 5:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. ET), or Jordanian ISIS hostage Moaz al-Kassasbeh will be executed “immediately.” Jordan has…
A quest for sunken gold ends with mastermind’s arrest in a hotel room
The feds say they know. Thompson, they say, was also a multimillion dollar scammer who went on the lam rather than pay back his investors after he found millions in…
Taylor Swift trademarks ‘This sick beat’ but not ‘Shake it off’
This means you’ll need Swift’s permisison if you want to use any of those phrases on a whole host of stuff: aprons, “non-medicated” toiletries andwe kid you notwalking sticks. –…
Sydney siege victim killed by police bullets, inquest hears
The revelations, which came in the opening day of an inquest into the 16-hour siege of a central Sydney cafe, are likely to further fuel questions about how New South…
Fossil found by fisherman may reveal new type of ancient human
Three other known archaic Asian hominids include Homo erectus, found in Java and China; the shorter Homo floresiensis from Indonesia; and Neanderthals in the Russian Altai mountains. – “The findings…
Australian Open: Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova to meet in final
Williamsseeking a 19th grand slam titlerallied from a break down in the first set and needed nine match points to fend off the big-hitting 19-year-old who was making her debut…
Jury to hear opening statements in murder trial of NFL’s Aaron Hernandez
Hernandez, 25, has pleaded not guilty in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, 27, who dated the sister of Hernandez’s fiancée. Two alleged accomplices, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, have…