Boston debuts a digital pop-up libraries pilot program at 20 bus stops
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Boston is making reading on-the-go more accessible through a pilot program that will allow riders to access…
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An engaged North Carolina couple is planning their dream wedding after fiancé wins $150,000 lottery prize
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — One couple’s dream wedding will become reality after a North Carolina man won the first top prize of $150,000…
Continue ReadingA missing Texas woman has been found dead and a man is in custody on suspicion of murder, police say
By Andy Rose and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A 20-year-old woman who had been missing for more than a week in western Texas was found dead…
Continue ReadingA transgender girl misses her high school graduation after Mississippi judge denies emergency plea to permit her to go in a dress and heels
By Isabel Rosales, Paradise Afshar and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — A transgender teen in Mississippi missed her high school graduation after a…
Continue ReadingBritish author Martin Amis dead at 73, his publisher says
By Paradise Afshar and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — British author Martin Amis, best known for the 1984 novel, “Money,” and 1989’s…
Continue ReadingArizona student arrested and accused of bringing AR-15 and ammunition to high school
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A student in Phoenix faces “a number of serious felony charges” after police accused him of bringing an…
Continue ReadingNew York lawmaker connected to non-profit accused of lying about homeless vets being pushed out of hotel for migrants says he’s no longer affiliated with foundation
By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A New York state assemblyman and former volunteer spokesperson for the non-profit accused of lying about homeless…
Continue Reading3-year-old shot and injured 2 people in Indiana, including man wanted for murder, police say
By Zenebou Sylla and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A 3-year-old child shot and injured two people in Indiana on Thursday evening, which led to the…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco announces inaugural Drag Laureate, the first position of its kind in the country
CNN By Eddie Sun and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — D’Arcy Drollinger, a veteran of San Francisco’s vibrant drag scene, has been…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania man wins $50,000 lottery prize in Maryland for a second time in 2 months
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Most people aren’t lucky enough to win a $50,000 lottery prize, but a Pennsylvania man did it twice in a…
Continue ReadingWeeks before graduating high school, he was shot and paralyzed. 7 years later, he walked across the stage to accept his college degree
By Nicki Brown and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Seven years ago, the chance to walk at graduation was stripped from Khalil Watson, a…
Continue ReadingNew York education officials issue guidance about Indigenous team names
By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — New York state education officials have released new guidance about recently enacted regulations that prohibit…
Continue ReadingLouisville inmate captured after escaping from custody
By Paradise Afshar and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — An inmate in Louisville, Kentucky, is back in custody after escaping from a police vehicle,…
Continue ReadingMother of ‘Baby India,’ the newborn who was found alive in a plastic bag in Georgia woods nearly 4 years ago, arrested and charged
CNN By Rebekah Riess and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Nearly four years after an abandoned newborn girl was found alive in a plastic bag…
Continue ReadingActivist moms spy on each other in culture wars over schooling
CNN By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Colorado Springs, Colorado (CNN) — Members of the conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty…
Continue ReadingActivist moms spy on each other in culture wars over schooling
By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Colorado Springs, Colorado (CNN) — Members of the conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty are…
Continue Reading9 critically endangered red wolf pups were born at the North Carolina Zoo
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — The North Carolina Zoo has welcomed two litters of red wolf pups, bringing in nine new members of the world’s…
Continue ReadingAmid a conservative takeover of a Florida liberal arts college, graduation attendees boo a former Trump adviser giving a keynote speech
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Scott Atlas, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, was met with a flurry of boos,…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco announces inaugural Drag Laureate, the first position of its kind in the country
By Eddie Sun and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — D’Arcy Drollinger, a veteran of San Francisco’s vibrant drag scene, has been named…
Continue ReadingNew York homeless men say they were offered money to pose as military veterans and falsely claim they were pushed out of a hotel to make room for migrants
CNN By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Claims that homeless veterans were pushed out of a Newburgh, New York, hotel to make room for migrants are…
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