VIDEO: In Bangladesh After 16 Days Trapped under Building a Survivor is Rescued

Garment worker Reshma found after 10 days of no survivors

2013-05-10

By Tom Watkins and Farid Ahmed CNN

Bangladesh buildingThe rescue of Reshma buried under a collapsed Bangladesh building came on the same day that officials raised the death toll from the collapse by 30 to 1,043, represented a ray of hope against an otherwise grim tableau. Read the complete article

Census Bureau: Blacks Outvoted Whites in 2012, the First Time Since 1968

Obama won 93 percent of the Black vote as well as over 70 percent for Hispanics and Asians

2013-05-09

Dan Merica CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new Census Bureau report provides more evidence that the changing demographics of the United States are having a deep impact at the voting booth. Read the complete article

Plenty Yet to Learn in Cleveland Captive Case

Could Castro be charged with murder?

2013-05-09

Michael Pearson CNN

(CNN) -- A flood of details has emerged in the past 24 hours about the case of Ariel Castro and the three women police say he held for close to a decade inside his modest Cleveland home. Read the complete article

White House Holds Meeting on Sexual Assault in Military

Anonymous reports of sexual assault grew by more than 30 percent in the past two years

2013-05-09

Dan Lothian CNN White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- About a dozen members of Congress were invited to meet at the White House Thursday with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and the first lady's chief of staff Tina Tchen to address the issue of sexual assault in the military, a senior administration official said. Read the complete article

Top Smartphones May Soon Cost More Than $200

Wireless companies are trying to do away with subsidies

2013-05-09

David Goldman CNN Money

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- It's no secret that wireless companies are trying to do away with subsidies. Typically, customers pay a discounted price up front for their phones and then work the cost off over the course of a two year contract. Read the complete article

Hawking Boycott of Conference in Israel Sparks Controversy

World-renowned physicist protests Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory

2013-05-09

Sara Sidner and Laura Smith-Spark CNN

(CNN) -- A decision by world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking not to attend a conference in Israel in support of an academic boycott of the country has sparked controversy in Israel and a vitriolic debate online. Read the complete article

Campaign to Nominate African Midwife for Nobel Peace Prize

Esther Madudu has become the poster girl for all of Africa's midwives

2013-05-09

Diane McCarthy CNN

(CNN) -- Dressed in a pink uniform, midwife Esther Madudu shuffles past rows of beds to check on the five babies she delivered the night before inside a small health center in rural eastern Uganda. Read the complete article

Scores of Police Officers Killed in Central Nigeria

There was no immediate claim of responsibility

2013-05-09

CNN Staff

(CNN) -- Scores of police officers have been killed during attacks in Nasarawa state in central Nigeria, the Nigerian Police High Command said Thursday. Read the complete article

Zambian Men Arrested Over Alleged Homosexual Acts

Authorities subjected them to anal examinations without their consent

2013-05-09

Faith Karimi CNN

(CNN) -- Zambian police rearrested two men this week on charges of engaging in homosexual acts "against the order of nature," a rights group said. Read the complete article

VIDEO:In Cleveland Missing Girls Case Ariel Castro Faces Charges of Kidnapping And Rape

Police say brothers will not be charged

2013-05-08

By Greg Botelho and Mariano Castillo CNN

Ariel CastroAriel Castro faces charges of kidnapping and rape after the discovery of three young women held captive for 10 years. Neighbors are shocked and dismayed by case, with some saying complaints to police failed to spur an investigation. Read the complete article