‘Tortured Justice’: Uncovering a story of decades-old police violence

A fascinating new podcast series from CNN’s Omar Jimenez looks into systemic torture carried out by the Chicago police department over many years starting in the 1980s.

A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution, scientists say

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged ...

Robert Redford, actor, director, environmentalist, dead at 89

Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion ...

Scientists analyzed years of interviews with Taylor Swift to track how dialects evolve

Day-one fans of Taylor Swift know that the pop superstar has come a long way since launching her music career as a country singer — and that evolution is apparent in her dialect, according to speech ...

How a dogged detective cracked a quadruple-murder cold case and revealed a suspected serial killer

In an exclusive interview with CNN, a Texas cold case detective discusses what it took for investigators to determine who is likely responsible for the murders of four girls in an Austin yogurt shop ...

Look of the Week: Pamela Anderson unveils a strawberry blonde shag at Paris Fashion Week

The change is driven by Anderson’s upcoming role in the film, “Love is Not the Answer,” directed by Michael Cera. The color was “inspired by French cinema,” she told WWD at the Mugler show, ...

The Fed just cut rates. But relief might not come quickly enough for some Americans

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday for the first time this year, a move that could provide some relief for Americans from the higher cost of living. But there is a deepening ...

In the race to attract the world’s smartest minds, China is gaining on the US

A Princeton nuclear physicist. A mechanical engineer who helped NASA explore manufacturing in space. A US National Institutes of Health neurobiologist. Celebrated mathematicians. And over half a dozen ...

The making of an al Qaeda fighter: Spin Ghul’s journey from the streets of Saudi Arabia to jihadi training camps

Spin Ghul’s desire for jihad started when he was a child in Saudi Arabia. From his elementary school days, he was determined to become a religious soldier.

Missed Kimmel’s return? Here’s a transcript of his monologue

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show on Tuesday night after a suspension amid pressure by the Trump administration and a furor over Kimmel’s remarks about the killer of conservative activist ...
Opinion

Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule

This system of at least 1,100 known forced-labor camps is driven by hard-line ideology, Communist Party directives and the whims of local cadres. It is designed as a repressive mechanism to control ...

After accomplishments in politics, media, former CNN chief Tom Johnson makes mental health his cause

After a career as a presidential aide, publisher of two newspapers and CNN president, Tom Johnson has plenty of stories to ...