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Kenneth Smith, left, embraces his spiritual advisor, the Rev. Jeff Hood.

Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US. Now the state’s AG expects more states to follow

(CNN)- Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now the state’s attorney general wants to help...

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months in jail for defying congressional subpoena

Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand, CNN January 25, 2024

CNN -- Peter Navarro was sentenced Thursday to four months in jail for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena related to the congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. Navarro...

US secretly warned Iran before ISIS terror attack

Natasha Bertrand, CNN January 25, 2024

CNN -- The US secretly warned Iran that ISIS was planning a potential terror attack inside Iran’s borders before the group carried out a deadly attack near the burial site of...

Only five bodies delivered to Belgorod morgue after mysterious Russian plane crash, Ukrainian intelligence suggests

CNN -- Ukraine says it has intelligence suggesting only five bodies were delivered from the crash site of a Russian military transport plane to a nearby morgue, a Ukraine military intelligence official...

Top universities agree to settle financial aid suit for $104.5 million

Jeff Winter, CNN January 24, 2024

CNN -- Five universities agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing them of colluding on financial aid and admissions violations, according to new court filings. Yale, Columbia, Duke,...

Huge rogue waves smash into remote US military base in Pacific

Brad Lendon, CNN January 24, 2024

CNN -- “Gigantic” waves swamped parts of a key US military facility in the middle of the Pacific Ocean last weekend, causing damage that will take months to repair, according to a US Army report. A video...

Five takeaways from the New Hampshire primary

Eric Bradner, CNN January 24, 2024

CNN -- Former President Donald Trump took a huge step toward winning a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning the New Hampshire primary in a one-on-one matchup with his...

US carries out airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq

Oren Liebermann,,Haley Britzky January 23, 2024

CNN-- The US carried out airstrikes in Iraq targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in the country on Tuesday following repeated attacks on US forces, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced...

The Doomsday Clock reveals how close we are to total annihilation

CNN-- The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, the clock was again set at 90 seconds...

24 Israeli soldiers killed on deadliest day during Gaza combat

Amir Tal, Richard Allen Greene, CNN January 23, 2024

CNN-- Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in southern Gaza on Monday, the military said, in the deadliest day for its troops inside the battered enclave since the war...

Iran to execute protester with mental health condition on Tuesday, says lawyer

AnneClaire Stapleton, Adam Pourahmadi, CNN January 22, 2024

CNN -- An Iranian protester with a mental health condition will be executed on Tuesday over the death of a local official during Iran’s 2022 mass demonstrations, his lawyer...

Medical facilities battered amid Israeli assault in Khan Younis, say Palestinian officials in Gaza, as death toll rises

Celine Alkhaldi, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN January 22, 2024

CNN -- Medical facilities in Khan Younis in southern Gaza have been battered amid an Israeli assault in the area Monday, Palestinian health officials said, as the number of people killed...