Over 100 NYC streets will be car-free for Earth Day
By Zoe Sottile, CNN More than 100 streets in New York City’s five boroughs will go car-free to celebrate Earth Day. For the fifth year in a…
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Northern California firefighters extinguish four-alarm blaze near port
By Paradise Afshar and Caroline Kucera, CNN A four-alarm fire that ignited Saturday near a port in Benicia, about 40 miles northeast of San…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest man after he allegedly buried his mother and sister in the backyard and continued to cash Social Security checks
By Amy Simonson and Alaa Elassar, CNN A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the burial of both his mother and sister inside plastic…
Continue ReadingA ‘rude person’ bumped her into a lottery machine and out came a $10 million ticket
Yenny Sanchez, CNN A California woman became an instant millionaire thanks to “some rude person.” LaQuedra Edwards put $40 into a…
Continue ReadingMan arrested after allegedly stealing car in Atlanta, driving off with 9-year-old boy still inside, police say
By Michelle Watson and Melissa Alonso, CNN A man allegedly carjacked a woman’s car in Atlanta with her 9-year-old son still inside on Monday…
Continue ReadingConvicted hit man’s escape evokes mob’s ‘ruthless’ heyday in one American city
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Dominic Taddeo was in his early 20s when a US Justice Department lawyer appeared before a Senate subcommittee with a dire warning…
Continue ReadingConvicted hit man’s escape evokes mob’s ‘ruthless’ heyday in one American city
CNN, WESH, WHAM By Ray Sanchez, CNN Dominic Taddeo was in his early 20s when a US Justice Department lawyer appeared before a Senate subcommittee…
Continue Reading1 killed and 4 others injured in shooting outside Houston-area sports bar
By Jason Hanna, CNN Gunshots from two groups of people fighting outside a Houston-area sports bar early Saturday left one man dead and four other…
Continue ReadingRescuers discover missing nonverbal teen after hearing him clink rocks
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A missing nonverbal California teenager was discovered after a rescuer heard him clinking rocks. The teen, who is developmentally…
Continue ReadingZoos are moving their birds indoors to protect them against a deadly strain of the avian flu
By Abby Bustin and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Zoos across the country are moving their birds indoors to protect them from the spread of a contagious and…
Continue ReadingFrustrated and anxious, climate advocates are turning to legal action. The latest petitioners: College students
By Pooja Salhotra, CNN College campuses have for years been at the center of climate change activism. But now, frustrated and anxious by what they…
Continue ReadingCar crash near Austin food truck leave 11 people injured, officials say
By Michelle Watson, CNN Eleven people were injured after car crash pushed a vehicle into a group standing near a food truck in Austin, Texas, on…
Continue ReadingA message in a bottle started its journey in Georgia. After two years and more than 4,000 miles it was found off the coast of France
By Sara Smart, CNN What started out as an idea on a whim, turned into friendship across the Atlantic Ocean. In January 2020, Victoria Kay and her…
Continue ReadingGeorgia coroner discovers bodies of his parents and son at scene of apparent robbery, officials say
By Amanda Musa and Rebekah Riess and Ray Sanchez, CNN A county coroner in Georgia discovered the bodies of his parents and his son, who were killed…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina grand jury indicts nurse but not corrections officers in death of jailed Black man
By Hannah Sarisohn and Claire Colbert, CNN A North Carolina grand jury indicted a former detention center nurse this week on a charge of involuntary…
Continue ReadingLouisiana State Police senior officer on leave over phone data in Ronald Greene’s death
By Nick Valencia, Jade Gordon and Alta Spells, CNN The second in command in the Louisiana State Police (LSP), who was accused of erasing data from…
Continue ReadingMaryland joins 10 states and DC becoming latest to place restrictions on ghost guns
By Kiely Westhoff and Emma Tucker, CNN Maryland became the latest state on Friday to severely restrict the sale of so-called “ghost…
Continue ReadingNo bail for Nevada man accused of fatally shooting Naomi Irion
By Paradise Afshar and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The Nevada man accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman who disappeared from a Walmart parking…
Continue ReadingThree South Bronx high school students shot, one dead after shooting near school
By Laura Studley, CNN One teenager was killed and two others were injured as they walked home from school Friday after gunshots were fired during a…
Continue ReadingHundreds of thousands of Puerto Rico’s homes and businesses still without power after outage
By Melissa Alonso and Jason Hanna, CNN Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico still were without power Saturday, more than two…
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