National & World Archives

Cars, cash, wigs and guns: How the Alabama jailbreak came to a deadly end

May 13, 2022 9:21 am CNN Newsource

By Faith Karimi, CNN The chaotic 11-day escape started with a simple lie. Around 9:30 a.m. on April 29, Vicky White, a 5-foot-5 blonde woman, was…

Russia’s retreat from Kharkiv, another key Ukrainian city, reveals new evidence of atrocities

May 13, 2022 9:09 am CNN Newsource

By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Brice Laine and Denis Lapin, CNN Two convoys of civilian cars in one northeastern Ukrainian village speak of…

A nonspeaking valedictorian with autism shares her voice in commencement address

May 13, 2022 8:58 am CNN Newsource

By AJ Willingham, CNN “Life is for service.” Those are the words Rollins College valedictorian Elizabeth Bonker lives by — words…

A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon red. Here’s how to watch

May 13, 2022 8:41 am CNN Newsource

By Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN May’s full moon will have stargazers seeing red. The moon will glow a scarlet color during this…

Tony Stewart Fast Facts

May 13, 2022 7:29 am CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of retired NASCAR driver and race track owner Tony Stewart. Personal Birth date: May 20, 1971…

Snake Island: The tiny speck of land playing an outsized role in Russia’s war on Ukraine

May 13, 2022 5:19 am CNN Newsource

CNN By Tim Lister, CNN It is just 46 acres of rock and grass with no fresh water (and no snakes either), but Snake Island in the Black Sea has taken…

Snake Island: The tiny speck of land playing an outsized role in Russia’s war on Ukraine

May 13, 2022 5:19 am CNN Newsource

By Tim Lister, CNN It is just 46 acres of rock and grass with no fresh water (and no snakes either), but Snake Island in the Black Sea has taken on a…

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies aged 73

May 13, 2022 4:42 am CNN Newsource

By Mostafa Salem, CNN Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates President whose modernization policies helped transform his…

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies aged 73

May 13, 2022 4:42 am CNN Newsource

CNN By Mostafa Salem, CNN Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates President whose modernization policies helped transform his…

Governors looking at ways to protect abortion rights as nation adjusts to Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade

May 13, 2022 4:25 am CNN Newsource

CNN By Aya Elamroussi and Gregory Krieg, CNN Several states are working to protect abortion rights — and efforts were ramping up among…

Climate change doubled chance of South African floods that killed 435 people, analysis shows

May 13, 2022 4:04 am CNN Newsource

By Angela Dewan, CNN Human-induced climate change made the extreme rainfall that triggered deadly floods in South Africa in April heavier and twice…

Climate change doubled chance of South African floods that killed 435 people, analysis shows

May 13, 2022 4:04 am CNN Newsource

CNN By Angela Dewan, CNN Human-induced climate change made the extreme rainfall that triggered deadly floods in South Africa in April heavier and…