2 small Iowa towns faced losing their local newspaper. Student journalists stepped in
By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — After a more than a decade of devastating news for journalism, with local papers shutting down and mass…
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Shooting outside Indianapolis bar leaves 1 dead, 5 injured
By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and five others, including an off-duty Indianapolis Metro police officer, were injured…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Moscow in mourning, Kate’s cancer diagnosis, government funding, Nigerian schoolchildren, Ruby Franke
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — A ubiquitous, resilient and seemingly harmless plant is fueling an increase in large, fast-moving…
Continue ReadingThirty years after he allegedly participated in the Rwandan genocide, a man was arrested in Ohio
By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio man has been arrested for allegedly concealing his participation in the Rwandan genocide almost three…
Continue ReadingMisty Copeland reflects on the ‘generational trauma’ felt by Black ballet dancers
CNN By Matt Marshall, CNN (CNN) — Misty Copeland has grown used to having the spotlight on her at center stage. In 2015, Copeland sprang into…
Continue ReadingMisty Copeland reflects on the ‘generational trauma’ felt by Black ballet dancers
By Matt Marshall, CNN (CNN) — Misty Copeland has grown used to having the spotlight on her at center stage. In 2015, Copeland sprang into the…
Continue ReadingFirst fatal mountain lion attack in California in 20 years leaves one man dead, brother injured, authorities say
By Raja Razek and Jessica Flynn, CNN (CNN) — One man died and another was injured in the first fatal mountain lion attack in California in 20…
Continue ReadingProsecutors say new video, documents show ‘religious extremism’ motivated parent blogger Ruby Franke’s abuse of children
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Washington County Attorney’s Office in Utah has released several videos and documents related to the child…
Continue ReadingPearl Harbor attack survivor dies at 102
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, a 102-year-old survivor of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, died…
Continue ReadingBody of missing California hiker found near waterfall
By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Caroline Meister was an avid hiker familiar with the trails around the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center where she lived…
Continue ReadingThe ‘Goon Squad’ case yielded stiff federal sentences. Still, some Black Mississippians wonder how much has really changed
By Emma Tucker, CNN Rankin County, Mississippi (CNN) — On the eve of the final two federal sentencing hearings last month in the case of a pair…
Continue ReadingWomen’s college basketball: How Caitlin Clark rewrote the rules
By Alex Leeds Matthews and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark stands alone on the Iowa Hawkeyes’ home floor, with 15,000 fans transfixed by…
Continue ReadingA concrete truck struck a school bus in Texas, killing 1 child and 1 adult
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead, including a child, after a concrete truck struck a school bus full of pre-K children…
Continue Reading2 suspected squatters taken into custody after woman’s body found in duffel bag in NYC apartment
By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Two suspected squatters have been taken into custody in connection with the death of a woman whose body…
Continue ReadingNo foul play suspected after college student Riley Strain’s body is found in a Nashville river, police say
WTVF, CNN By Rebekah Riess, Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso, Lauren Mascarenhas and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The body of a University of Missouri…
Continue ReadingPolice identify 2 homicide victims who could be tied to captured Idaho inmate and his accomplice. Here’s what we know
By Dalia Faheid, Ashley R. Williams, Andy Rose and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — Two elderly Idaho men whose deaths authorities say are possibly…
Continue ReadingNo foul play suspected after college student Riley Strain’s body is found in a Nashville river, police say
By Rebekah Riess, Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso, Lauren Mascarenhas and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The body of a University of Missouri student…
Continue Reading5 things to know for March 22: Trump bond, Shutdown countdown, Border tensions, Ukraine, Apple
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Three crew members are safe after their launch to the International Space Station was automatically…
Continue Reading5 things to know for March 22: Trump bond, Shutdown countdown, Border tensions, Ukraine, Apple
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Three crew members are safe after their launch to the International Space Station was automatically aborted 20…
Continue ReadingCarlee Russell, Alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping, pleads guilty to charges and avoids jail time
By Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to faking her own kidnapping last year, apologized in court…
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