2 dead after small plane and paraglider collide
By Kay Jones and Tina Burnside, CNN Two people died after a small plane collided with a paraglider outside of Houston on Tuesday, the Fort Bend…
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New York mayor says he’s hopeful Times Square celebration will go on as planned
By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York City’s mayor is hopeful that the annual New Year’s Eve Times Square celebration will happen as planned…
Continue ReadingAn 1875 almanac, books and a coin were discovered in time capsule found in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue
By David Williams and Sara Smart, CNN An 1875 almanac, two withered books, a coin and a cloth envelope were among the artifacts inside an 1887 time…
Continue ReadingComet Leonard has been dazzling the night sky in a pre-Christmas show
By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN Comet Leonard, which last passed by Earth 80,000 years ago, has been dazzling the night sky before…
Continue ReadingHas Omicron canceled the holidays?
CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN For the second year in a row, a worrying new coronavirus variant has scuppered holiday plans around the world. This year,…
Continue ReadingHas Omicron canceled the holidays?
By Rob Picheta, CNN For the second year in a row, a worrying new coronavirus variant has scuppered holiday plans around the world. This year,…
Continue ReadingCleveland-area hospitals battling latest Covid-19 surge put ad in local paper that reads: ‘Help’
CNN By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN “Help.” That word, in big black letters and surrounded by white space, called out from Ohio’s…
Continue ReadingJury in Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for killing Daunte Wright completes day 3 of deliberations
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Jurors in the manslaughter trial of the White former Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her firearm for her Taser and…
Continue ReadingJudge in Maxwell trial asked jurors to deliberate today. They said, ‘No, thank you’
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial have paused their deliberations until Monday…
Continue ReadingPolice are searching for a 3-year-old girl after she disappeared from a playground in San Antonio
By Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities are searching for a 3-year-old girl who went missing from a San Antonio playground on Monday. Lina Sardar Khil was…
Continue ReadingAncient human discoveries dominated 2021. Here’s what we learned
By Katie Hunt, CNN The human story — where we come from and how we evolved — got a new chapter in 2021. Thanks to new fossil finds and…
Continue ReadingFrom floods and wildfires to inaction and urgency: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2021
By Rachel Ramirez, Brandon Miller and Bill Weir, CNN The climate crisis took a catastrophic toll across the globe in 2021. From the Arctic to…
Continue ReadingCleveland-area hospitals battling latest Covid-19 surge put ad in local paper that reads: ‘Help’
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN “Help.” That word, in big black letters and surrounded by white space, called out from Ohio’s largest…
Continue ReadingSome school librarians fed up with book bans are organizing and fighting back
CNN By Nicole Chavez, Evan McMorris-Santoro and Laura Dolan, CNN Carolyn Foote was shocked and angry when hundreds of books about race, equality or…
Continue ReadingSome school librarians fed up with book bans are organizing and fighting back
By Nicole Chavez, Evan McMorris-Santoro and Laura Dolan, CNN Carolyn Foote was shocked and angry when hundreds of books about race, equality or…
Continue ReadingFDA investigating outbreak of listeria infections connected to Fresh Express packaged salads
By Eric Levenson and Ben Tinker, CNN The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it is investigating a multistate outbreak of listeria…
Continue ReadingAfter 78 years of waiting, this 97-year-old WWII veteran finally got his high school diploma
By Sara Smart, CNN One high school in Tacoma, Washington, recently honored a former student who wasn’t able to get his diploma 78 years ago.…
Continue ReadingThe surge in Covid-19 cases has people suddenly changing holiday plans
By Amanda Jackson, CNN After missing out on holiday gatherings last year, many people had been planning for months to celebrate Christmas with loved…
Continue ReadingCardboard box filled with a $180,000 cash donation mailed to The City College of New York. The package sat in a mailroom for months
WABC By David Williams, CNN Physics professor Vinod Menon doesn’t get much mail at the office, so when The City College of New York (CCNY)…
Continue ReadingCardboard box filled with a $180,000 cash donation mailed to The City College of New York. The package sat in a mailroom for months
By David Williams, CNN Physics professor Vinod Menon doesn’t get much mail at the office, so when The City College of New York (CCNY) returned…
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