From battlefields in Iraq to the Nashville music scene, how a Marine veteran is using art to heal

Growing up, Richard Casper always knew he wanted to serve others. When he was a junior in high school, the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened, and he realized how he would fulfill that calling.


Shell and Chevron shut Gulf of Mexico oil platforms after small leak halts pipelines

Shell and Chevron both said on Thursday that the companies halted oil production at several platforms in the Gulf of Mexico following a small leak that knocked a pair of pipelines offline.


Armed man takes hostages at Beirut bank demanding return of frozen funds

An armed man is holding employees and customers hostage at a bank in Beirut's bustling Hamra street Thursday demanding his frozen funds be released, according to a security source and Lebanon's state-owned National News Agency.


Eight police officers killed in Sierra Leone during anti-government protests, minister says

Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the country's youth minister told CNN on Thursday.


'Like an iPhone': Moderna CEO eyes future with annual vaccine for multiple viruses

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel tells CNN Business his company wants to develop and continuously update a yearly single-dose vaccine that can cover the flu, Covid-19, and other respiratory illnesses.


Brazilian woman swindled mother of more than $100 million in art, police say

Brazilian woman Sabine Coll Boghici, 48, was arrested on Wednesday on allegations she was part of a bizarre scheme to defraud her 82-year-old mother, Genevieve Boghici, the wife of the late art collector Jean Boghici, out of money, artwork and jewelry totaling some 724 million reais ($142.42 million).


China's leading #MeToo figure loses appeal in sexual harassment case against star TV host

A Chinese court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a former state television intern against the dismissal of her long-running landmark #MeToo case accusing a star presenter of sexual harassment.


Manhattan rents hit record high for the sixth month in a row

Rents in Manhattan have hit a record high for the sixth month in a row.


North Korea's Kim Jong Un declares victory against Covid

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared victory in the battle against the novel coronavirus, ordering a lifting of maximum anti-epidemic measures imposed in May, state media said on Thursday.


Disney+ is getting more expensive... unless you want ads

Disney+ just got more expensive. Unless you're willing to watch ads.