A Chicago police officer was shot and killed overnight after completing her shift
By Rebekah Riess, Brad Parks and Zoe Sottile, CNN A Chicago police officer who had just completed a shift was shot and killed in the city’s…
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Alaska National Park Service worker killed after triggering avalanche
By Melissa Alonso and Paradise Afshar, CNN A National Park Service employee was killed Thursday after setting off an avalanche while backcountry…
Continue ReadingFormerly homeless woman wins $5 million in the California Lottery
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN A once homeless California woman went to a Walmart Supercenter for an oil change. With the scratch of a lottery ticket…
Continue ReadingThe man who held Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold ‘never intended to harm’ him, his attorneys say
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Amid mounting pressures to charge the man who restrained Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway train car…
Continue ReadingOn this day 141 years ago, a new law began reshaping America. More than a century later, Congress apologized for it
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN On May 6, 1882, President Chester Arthur signed a law that reshaped America. More than a century later, Congress…
Continue Reading21 critically endangered California condors have died from avian flu
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A species that conservationists once saved from the brink of extinction is now facing a new powerful threat: avian flu. In a…
Continue ReadingAttorneys for Menendez brothers claim new evidence could overturn life sentences
By Taylor Romine, CNN Attorneys for brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents, say new evidence shows…
Continue ReadingNew York City mayor announces plan to transport willing migrants to locations outside the city ahead of expected surge
By Gloria Pazmino and Samantha Beech, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday the city will ship willing migrants to other neighboring…
Continue Reading3 Pennsylvania officers sentenced to probation in the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Fanta Bility
By Zenebou Sylla, CNN Three former Pennsylvania police officers were sentenced Friday to probation in connection with the 2021 shooting death of an…
Continue ReadingUniversity of California Berkeley associate professor who falsely identified as Native American her ‘whole life’ issues apology
By Laura Studley, CNN A University of California Berkeley associate professor issued an apology Monday for claiming to be Native American after she…
Continue ReadingBrett Favre denies wrongdoing in welfare scandal, demands jury trial in court filing
By Wes Bruer, CNN Attorneys for Brett Favre on Friday filed a lengthy denial of allegations he used misappropriated state funds in Mississippi meant…
Continue ReadingDennis Barnes, a 16-year-old senior, picks Cornell University after getting over 185 college acceptances
CNN By Chandelis Duster, CNN Dennis “Maliq” Barnes, the New Orleans high school senior who was accepted at over 185 colleges and received…
Continue ReadingFormer UC Davis student pleads not guilty in series of stabbings near campus
By Emma Tucker and Taylor Romine, CNN A former student at the University of California, Davis, pleaded not guilty as he was arraigned in court Friday…
Continue ReadingWhat to do when hundreds of pounds of pasta are dumped in a NJ town? Take photos, make jokes
CNN, WABC By Adrienne Vogt, CNN Pasta is for many people a sacred food — and it’s accorded a particular reverence among people in New Jersey,…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about Jordan Neely’s chokehold death on the New York subway
By Ray Sanchez, CNN A video of a man experiencing homelessness who later died after being held in a chokehold on the New York City subway has drawn…
Continue ReadingWhat to do when hundreds of pounds of pasta are dumped in a NJ town? Take photos, make jokes
By Adrienne Vogt, CNN Pasta is for many people a sacred food — and it’s accorded a particular reverence among people in New Jersey, where…
Continue ReadingThe nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people is bringing a crisis to the forefront in Washington state
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Nearly a year since the nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people launched in Washington, the push to…
Continue ReadingDennis Barnes, a 16-year-old senior, picks Cornell University after getting over 185 college acceptances
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Dennis “Maliq” Barnes, the New Orleans high school senior who was accepted at over 185 colleges and received…
Continue ReadingCasey White pleads guilty to escape, but won’t be tried in Vicky White’s death
By Sara Smart and Rebekah Riess, CNN Casey White, the inmate who famously escaped from an Alabama jail with corrections officer Vicky White, reached…
Continue Reading2 small tornadoes hit Los Angeles County, pushing California to its average annual tornado count
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two small tornadoes briefly hit Los Angeles County, the National Weather Service there said, pushing California to its…
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