Mega Millions jackpot soars to $630 million after no winner matched all 6 numbers Tuesday
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to $630 million after there were no winners to match Tuesday’s winning six…
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Parkland school shooter was ‘cold, calculative, manipulative and deadly,’ prosecutors say in death penalty trial
CNN, WPLG, WSVN By Eric Levenson and Dakin Andone, CNN The gunman who killed 14 students and three adults at a Parkland, Florida, high school in 2018…
Continue ReadingEmmett Till’s Chicago home among sites granted funding earmarked for preserving history
By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Emmett Till grew up in a two-story, red brick house on the South Side of Chicago before leaving the city in 1955 to visit…
Continue Reading‘We need them desperately’: US police departments struggle with critical staffing shortages
By Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers and Ray Sanchez, CNN Police departments from Atlanta to Kansas City to Portland are coping with critical staffing…
Continue ReadingMom believes Sesame Place character was intentionally racist toward two 6-year-old Black girls
CNN By Caroll Alvarado, Michelle Watson and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mother who posted a video showing a costumed character appearing to ignore…
Continue ReadingTransformer bursts into flames at the Hoover Dam
CNN By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A fire broke out at the Hoover Dam on Tuesday at about 10 a.m. local time when a transformer caught fire, sending…
Continue ReadingMan charged in 3 sexual assaults in a week, including an attack on a woman who escaped through her Grubhub order
By Emily Chang and Laura Ly, CNN A Bronx man was indicted on 23 charges on Monday after allegedly sexually assaulting three people in one week,…
Continue ReadingHer death remained a mystery for 46 years. Now, DNA evidence from a coffee cup at the airport led to an arrest
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN For 46 years, the answer to who killed Lindy Sue Biechler remained a mystery. But with the help of DNA lifted from a coffee…
Continue ReadingUvalde school police chief’s termination may be decided at Saturday school board meeting, source says
By Shimon Prokupecz and Eric Levenson, CNN Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officials have informed district police chief Pete…
Continue ReadingUvalde school police chief’s termination may be decided at Saturday school board meeting, source says
CNN By Shimon Prokupecz and Eric Levenson, CNN Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officials have informed district police chief Pete…
Continue ReadingTransformer bursts into flames at the Hoover Dam
By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A fire broke out at the Hoover Dam on Tuesday at about 10 a.m. local time when a transformer caught fire, sending plumes…
Continue ReadingThe regulatory agency for Texas law enforcement says it doesn’t have authority to hold Uvalde officers accountable
By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Dakin Andone, CNN The Texas commission that regulates the state’s licensed law enforcement officers says it…
Continue ReadingGoogle honors slain Uvalde youngster’s wish: ‘I want the world to see my art’
CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Before she was gunned down with her classmates, 10-year-old Alithia Haven Ramirez, of Uvalde, Texas, wanted to be an…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the armed bystander who killed the shooter at an Indiana mall
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, Elisjsha Dicken was shopping with his girlfriend when a gunman opened fire on a food court…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses murder charge against bodega clerk who claimed self-defense in fatal stabbing
CNN By Sonia Moghe, CNN A Manhattan judge dismissed a murder charge Tuesday against a bodega worker who fatally stabbed a man earlier this month in…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses murder charge against bodega clerk who claimed self-defense in fatal stabbing
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A Manhattan judge dismissed a murder charge Tuesday against a bodega worker who fatally stabbed a man earlier this month in what…
Continue ReadingUnpublished memoir of Emmett Till’s accuser raises new questions
CNN By Justin Gamble and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The White woman who accused Emmett Till of making advances toward her says the Black teen admitted…
Continue ReadingMurder charges filed against suspected ‘serial killer’ in 7-Eleven robbery spree shootings
By Kacey Cherry, CNN A man who authorities are calling a “serial killer” is facing charges that could lead to the death penalty in a…
Continue Reading‘Many more people would have died’: Armed bystander killed gunman who had 3 guns and 100 rounds of ammunition, police say
By Theresa Waldrop, Amir Vera, Artemis Moshtaghian and Holly Yan, CNN The gunman who killed three people and injured two others at a mall in…
Continue ReadingMom believes Sesame Place character was intentionally racist toward two 6-year-old Black girls
By Caroll Alvarado, Michelle Watson and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mother who posted a video showing a costumed character appearing to ignore two…
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