She was the first and only British monarch to mark 70 years on the throne. Here’s a look back at some of the numbers that defined her years. cnn.it/3RVfmV2

🧵 We’re just hours away from the Artemis I mission blasting off for the moon. Here’s why that is such a big deal 👇 👨‍🚀 It’s been 53 years since Neil Armstrong took a giant leap for mankind by stepping foot on the moon, and almost 50 years since we were last there.

Although Artemis I is uncrewed, it will be used to test a new rocket and spacecraft that will hopefully return people to the moon.

🧵 The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack held its first prime-time hearing Thursday evening.

For those who missed it, here are some of @ChrisCillizza’s most consequential lines ⬇️
cnn.com/2022/06/10/pol… @ChrisCillizza 1⃣ "Mike Pence 'deserves it.'" — Trump, as relayed by a witness

According to vice chair Liz Cheney, who was describing testimony from a witness, that was how former President Trump responded to chants from the rioters of "Hang Mike Pence.”

🧵 Skin whitening is a multi-billion dollar industry that predominantly targets women of color.

We’ve taken a closer look at the global skin whitening market, the culture of colorism promoting it, and the effect the products can have on your health cnn.com/2022/01/25/wor… Lighter skin has long been linked to wealth and status.

Colorism and light-skin privilege have led to disparities in everything from social treatment to marriageability, education, employment and even prison sentencing

Killing and assaulting unarmed citizens. Molesting children. Orchestrating bribery and corruption schemes.

These are some of the crimes police officers have been convicted of. Many remain behind bars, yet their pension checks keep coming. cnn.it/3oN37i1 Yes, imprisoned ex-cops can get pension payments.

One police chief says the ability to ax these payments could deter bad behavior. cnn.it/3oDOGN7

Killing and assaulting unarmed citizens. Molesting children. Orchestrating bribery and corruption schemes.

These are some of the crimes police officers have been convicted of. Many remain behind bars, yet their pension checks keep coming.
cnn.it/3CUrUnZ Yes, imprisoned ex-cops can get pension payments.

One police chief says the ability to ax these payments could deter bad behavior. cnn.it/2Y4hsvw

“Most people say, ‘Oh, you were part of 9/11.’ I just tell them, ‘You know what, 9/11 is part of me,’” said Tom Canavan. He was buried when the South Tower came down and dug his way free. He was one of the fewer than two dozen to survive the collapse. cnn.it/3hpWEEZ Angela Mistrulli lost her dad on 9/11, then had to bury him multiple times over the past 20 years. He was a carpenter working at Windows on the World, the restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. cnn.it/3E7z35E

Until recently, the kelp forests of Northern California were home to hundreds of marine species, including whales, seals, octopuses and sharks.

Now they’re the scene of a plague, a zombie urchin invasion and a mass deforestation. cnn.it/3A6qjtI A marine heat wave in 2013 helped spread a disease that devastated the population of sunflower starfish that lived among the kelp.

Without them, purple sea urchins spread unchecked, feasting on the kelp forest and leaving a barren moonscape behind. cnn.it/3flp3v1

The US Justice Department is launching a federal civil probe into policing practices in Minneapolis following the murder convictions of former officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

Here are some of the cases the DOJ may look into. cnn.it/3dLQrSt Jamar Clark, 24, was fatally shot during a scuffle with officers in front of an apartment building on November 15, 2015. cnn.it/3sFtrZC

JUST IN: NASA's Perseverance rover has safely landed on Mars after its 292.5 million-mile journey from Earth cnn.it/3s7toG1 Just minutes after landing on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover beamed back this image to Earth cnn.it/37raYIe

It’s Black History Month, and we are focusing on 28 seminal Black figures — one for each day of February — who don’t often make the history books.

You may not know their names. But these courageous Black Americans made a huge impact. cnn.it/2L9fnrD First up is Garrett Morgan, an inventor with a rare gift for designing machines that saved people’s lives — including an early version of the traffic light as well as what became the precursor of the gas masks used by soldiers in WWI.

Read more about him: cnn.it/3apq7ul

Reddit group WallStreetBets has been around since 2012 but took off during the pandemic. Its number of subscribers surged this week after users triggered a spike in GameStop's stock price.

Here's a look inside the Reddit army that's crushing Wall Street: cnn.it/36orc4A The site is a chaotic mix of memes, screengrabs of wild losses and gains, the occasional "deep dive" into a stock, all unified under the guiding principle of betting as much money as you possibly can on the highest possible risks. cnn.it/3acKKKp

- December 6 -

Mateo and Neah Johnson show Santa their letters while visiting him at a socially distanced snow globe in Seattle cnn.it/3lXJBdf - December 6 -

Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff takes part in a one-man debate. His opponent, Sen. David Perdue, declined to attend. The outcome of Georgia’s two runoffs will determine control of the Senate. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- October 13 -

SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett holds up a blank paper after Sen. John Cornyn asks her what notes she was using during her confirmation hearing that day. Barrett, a proven conservative, was nominated to fill the seat of liberal icon RBG. cnn.it/3lXJBdf - October 24 -

People wait in a line to vote early in New York City. Because of the pandemic, New York state allowed early voting in a presidential election for the first time. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

It might not be a year you want to remember, but 2020 is one you will never forget. Here are the photos that have defined this year — moments of tragedy, but also moments of hope and resilience. cnn.it/38ncg6Y - January 15 -

House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and House Clerk Cheryl Johnson are trailed by seven House impeachment managers as they carry articles of impeachment to the US Senate cnn.it/3lXJBdf

The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the once healthy job market, and America's women have been hit harder than men, suffering more job losses during the crisis. cnn.it/2KCFoi9 Women have lost the most jobs in the pandemic, and as of November, were still down 5.3 million jobs since February, compared to 4.6 million jobs lost for men. cnn.it/3oZIM5N

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have taken very different positions on a range of policy issues. Hear how they would tackle the problems facing the US, in their own words. cnn.it/30gzdW0 Covid-19 | Biden has questioned the reopening strategy around the country and called for an emphasis on testing. Trump has pushed for businesses and schools to open and has downplayed the importance of testing. cnn.it/30gzdW0

JUST IN: More than 1 million people have died from the coronavirus worldwide, according to data from Johns Hopkins University cnn.it/3cD81WJ Almost every person in the world has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But it hasn’t drawn us closer — in many ways, it’s tearing us further apart. cnn.it/2GdXrJw

JUST IN: More than 200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University. That's more than the US battle deaths from five wars combined. Covid-19 has already killed more people in the US than Americans killed in battle during the five most recent wars combined:

▪︎ the Korean War
▪︎ the Vietnam War
▪︎ the Iraq War
▪︎ the War in Afghanistan
▪︎ the Persian Gulf War cnn.it/3hNWrJa

Emissions fell during the pandemic. But it won't have any real impact on climate change.

Exclusive data from @climateactiontr shows emissions are still higher than nations promised and much higher than they need to be to limit catastrophic climate change cnn.it/36b8Bd9 @climateactiontr The pandemic could have been the decisive moment in the fight against climate change – a chance to pivot toward a greener future. Instead, some of the biggest fossil fuel-producing countries are injecting taxpayer money into polluting industries: cnn.com/climate2020

Dozens of Amazon's own products have been reported as dangerous: melting, exploding or even bursting into flames. Many of them are still on the market – and inside customers’ homes cnn.it/3bKFpKL Since 2016, at least 1,500 reviews, covering 70+ items, have described AmazonBasics products exploding, catching on fire, smoking, melting, causing electrical malfunctions or otherwise posing risks, a CNN investigation reveals. Amazon said it stands by the safety of its products.