A guide to LGBTQ summer reading for kids and teens — from authors themselves
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Books that feature LGBTQ characters can be mirrors for young readers in which they can see themselves reflected. But, for the…
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At least 2,000 cattle deaths reported due to heat, humidity in southwest Kansas
By Rebekah Riess, CNN At least 2,000 cattle deaths occurred in the southwestern part of Kansas as high temperatures, humidity, and low winds made it…
Continue ReadingDeath Valley National Park visitor found dead after walking for gas, say park officials
Stella Chan, CNN A Death Valley National Park tourist was found dead Tuesday after his car ran out of gas, the National Park Service (NPS) reports. A…
Continue ReadingBuffalo shooting suspect said he committed massacre ‘for the future of the White race’ in note apologizing to his family, affidavit says
By Sarah Boxer, Dakin Andone and Laura Ly, CNN The 18-year-old accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last month…
Continue ReadingBuffalo shooting suspect said he committed massacre ‘for the future of the White race’ in note apologizing to his family, affidavit says
CNN By Sarah Boxer, Dakin Andone and Laura Ly, CNN The 18-year-old accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last month…
Continue ReadingExtreme heat poses significant and growing health risk to babies and children, study shows
CNN By Rachel Ramirez When Aaron Bernstein became a pediatrician 15 years ago, it didn’t occur to him that the climate crisis would grow into a…
Continue Reading5 things to know for June 16: Interest rates, Covid, January 6, Buffalo, Baby formula
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Major retailers are facing a backlash for selling themed products in an attempt to monetize Juneteenth, the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for June 16: Interest rates, Covid, January 6, Buffalo, Baby formula
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Major retailers are facing a backlash for selling themed products in an attempt to monetize Juneteenth, the upcoming federal…
Continue ReadingAlaska schoolchildren were served floor sealant instead of milk at a child care program, school district says
By Chris Boyette, CNN Twelve elementary school children drank floor sealant believing it was milk after it was served to students at a childcare…
Continue Reading4 arrested and charged in connection to shooting that killed an 80-year-old after a New Orleans high school graduation ceremony, police say
By Devon M. Sayers and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Four people were arrested and charged in connection to last month’s shooting that claimed the life…
Continue ReadingMother says her son’s hateful ideology sickens her after he was arrested with alleged Patriot Front group
CNN By Sara Sidner and Jack Hannah, CNN Karen Amsden hoped that being arrested and accused of criminal conspiracy to riot would change her…
Continue ReadingMan who allegedly shot and killed Goldman Sachs employee on NYC subway indicted on a charge of murder
By Mark Morales, CNN The alleged armed gunman who shot and killed a Goldman Sachs employee while riding the subway in May has been indicted on a…
Continue ReadingRepublican legislator vows to end capital punishment in Oklahoma if state kills death row inmate, citing new investigation into case
By Andy Rose, CNN Findings from an independent investigation into the conviction of an Oklahoma death row inmate have at least one Republican…
Continue ReadingMother says her son’s hateful ideology sickens her after he was arrested with alleged Patriot Front group
By Sara Sidner and Jack Hannah, CNN Karen Amsden hoped that being arrested and accused of criminal conspiracy to riot would change her son’s…
Continue ReadingA South Carolina county council rescinds Pride month designation 3 weeks after it was approved
By Preston Fore and Alta Spells, CNN Three weeks after the Horry County, South Carolina Council voted to designate June as Pride Month, the council…
Continue ReadingWhat caused Yellowstone’s ‘unprecedented’ flooding? Scientists saw it coming
By Brandon Miller and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Extreme rainfall rates and rapid snowmelt prompted the flash flooding in Yellowstone National Park early…
Continue ReadingA newborn baby was abandoned in a gravel pit 36 years ago. Now, her mother has been charged with murder
By Amir Vera and Melissa Alonso, CNN A Massachusetts woman has been arrested in connection with the 1985 death of a newborn baby in Frenchville,…
Continue ReadingExtreme heat poses significant and growing health risk to babies and children, study shows
By Rachel Ramirez When Aaron Bernstein became a pediatrician 15 years ago, it didn’t occur to him that the climate crisis would grow into a…
Continue Reading‘People were very offended’: ‘Tone deaf’ corporations facing backlash for Juneteenth themed products
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Cherlisa Starks-Richardson was disappointed when she learned that the beloved children’s museum in her community…
Continue ReadingGrand Rapids police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya is fired
By Rob Frehse and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer has been fired less than a week after being charged with second-degree…
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