Japanese city apologizes after advising pregnant women to cook, clean and give husbands massages (www.cnn.com)
There’s nothing a new mother likes more than being told how to please her husband – right?
Residents asked to stay indoors after escaped Pennsylvania killer is spotted again, and police say he is armed (www.cnn.com)
A Monday night sighting of the convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago jolted the surrounding community into high alert and prompted school closures Tuesday, after police warned the inmate now has a weapon.
Texas defendant challenging federal gun law at the Supreme Court says he doesn’t want firearms anymore (www.cnn.com)
Zackey Rahimi, the Texas criminal defendant challenging a federal gun law before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, said this summer that he no longer wanted to own firearms and expressed remorse for his actions that got him in trouble with the law....
House remains paralyzed with no end in sight for speakership battle after Jordan's exit (www.cnn.com)
There is still no end in sight for the high-stakes speakership battle after House Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy more than two weeks ago....
Elon Musk says Twitter logo to change, birds to be gradually abandoned (www.cnn.com)
In rare announcement, US says guided missile sub has arrived in Middle East, a message of deterrence to adversaries (www.cnn.com)
In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war....
Cats have 276 different facial expressions, study finds (www.cnn.com)
Ears flattened, constricted pupils, a lick of the lips. If you’ve ever wondered if your feline friends’ furry faces were saying something whenever they got together, chances are they were....
Attorney for Alabama band director arrested after football game says tasing was unacceptable and left students traumatized (www.cnn.com)
The Alabama band director who was arrested after refusing to stop his band’s performance at a high school football game is grappling with the aftermath of being tased by police, which his attorney says was unacceptable and left students traumatized....
CEOs are having their worst year in decades (www.cnn.com)
Fulton County judge gives green light for Trump Georgia 2020 election case to be televised (www.cnn.com)
The Fulton County, Georgia, judge overseeing the sprawling 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants says that all proceedings in his courtroom related to the case will be livestreamed and allowed to be televised....
Ex-CIA officer pleads guilty to drugging, sexually abusing multiple women during overseas posts (www.cnn.com)
New Zealand shifts right as voters punish ruling party (www.cnn.com)
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has conceded his Labour party lost Saturday’s election, as voters punished the government and took the country rightwards nine months after his predecessor Jacinda Ardern suddenly resigned....
Mike Johnson picked as new GOP speaker nominee just hours after Tom Emmer drops bid (www.cnn.com)
The House GOP picked Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest speaker nominee Tuesday evening, though the Louisiana Republican so far lacks the 217 votes needed to win the gavel – the latest sign that Republicans are still no closer to electing a new speaker three weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster....
Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots that changed everything from TV displays to cancer imaging (www.cnn.com)
The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue....
More than 2,000 people killed as earthquake strikes western Afghanistan (www.cnn.com)
Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier (www.cnn.com)
The Justice Department told Texas Thursday that it intends to file legal action against the placement of floating barriers in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s operation along the Texas-Mexico border, according to sources familiar and a letter obtained by CNN.
Kaiser Permanente workers start to walk off the job. It’s set to become the largest health care worker strike in US history (www.cnn.com)
On Wednesday morning, unionized employees of Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers, have begun to walk off the job....
11 US citizens dead in Israel conflict, Biden says (www.cnn.com)
Eleven US citizens have died in the conflict in Israel, President Joe Biden said Monday, and an unknown number remain missing....
Blinken says US working to verify reports of several Americans dead in Israel (www.cnn.com)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the US is “working overtime” to verify reports of missing and dead Americans overseas after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against Israel....
Two people detained in China for allegedly damaging Great Wall with excavator (www.cnn.com)
Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV....
At least 39 dead after blast rips through political gathering in Pakistan | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Researchers find sensitive personal data of US military personnel is for sale online (www.cnn.com)
Students, professors report chaos as semester begins at New College of Florida (www.cnn.com)
Months after what critics have decried as a conservative takeover at New College of Florida, students and professors say a sense of confusion and anxiety looms over the start of fall semester in Sarasota, Florida....
Satellite imagery indicates Russia moving navy ships to other ports after Sevastopol attacks (www.cnn.com)
Satellite imagery indicates that Russia has been relocating some naval ships from the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea after a series of Ukrainian attacks, as Moscow meanwhile announced plans for a new base in a breakaway region of Georgia....
Manhunt underway for ‘extremely dangerous’ convicted felon suspected of killing a 26-year-old female tech CEO in Baltimore (www.cnn.com)
Baltimore police are scrambling to find an “extremely dangerous” man suspected of murdering 26-year-old tech CEO Pava LaPere, who was found dead in an apartment building on Monday....
