How to see 2019’s Leonid Meteor Shower
The first meteor shower of 2019 is set to kick off this week, and when it does, it will be jam-packed with brilliant streaks that will dance across the sky like magic. A favorable…
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Yemen: air strikes kill 29 civilians, according to interior minister
Three members of Yemeni security forces and seven civilians were also killed in clashes between forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and pro-regime Houthi fighters on Friday in Aden, as fighting erupted in…
Is ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ really a satire of the material world?
Listening to Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel’s strategy for the sale of her $60 million Hamptons home has become as much a part of the show as her psychic interactions…
The D.C. family of prominent tax fraudster Marc O’Brien
O’Brien, who was on the run for more than a decade, had avoided conviction in a crime he’d committed as a child in Toronto in the 1980s. His guilty plea had also allowed him…
UN picks Dubai to host 23rd climate change conference
Written by Staff Writer, CNN More than two decades after the landmark climate talks in Montreal, the United Arab Emirates has won the bid to host the third major UN climate change conference, which…
Toronto man, 30, arrested for more than 2,000 child porn charges
A Toronto man who made and distributed child pornography on the Internet has been arrested and charged with more than 2,000 offences, the Toronto Police Service said Wednesday. Police said Yasim Masse, 30, was…
The CNN Heroes campaign: how it works
boknese_gann CNN/bloggerManu Gonthier by CNN International You’re facing off against a skilled dog. You’re perched on a patch of grass before a hill. You’re one of the good guys vs. the bad guys, with…
The girl who wanted to see inside a volcano — and NASA did her part
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Stefanie Carlson got a cool question for lunch from a young student: “Can you show me inside of a volcano?” It was something the young woman had been obsessing over…
Report: Info sharing hampering some anti-terror investigations
In its most comprehensive assessment of Canada’s anti-terror strategy to date, a parliamentary watchdog for the country’s spy agency also found that access to personal information by the RCMP has been limited in several…
This could be the reason why people from the middle of nowhere are going into McDonald’s bathrooms, maybe
Crop death crops to determine the presence of marijuana — a possible sign that someone has been using cannabis. (Paging Dr. Gumbakonian? We’re looking at you.) Medical marijuana is legal in Canada but in…