Rescue crews are searching for a hiker in Utah after flash flooding
By Paradise Afshar, CNN Rescuers continue searching for a hiker in southwestern Utah after a flash flood struck in a national park. More than 20…
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An elementary school teacher went on vacation and won $250,000 in the lottery
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Maryland elementary school teacher left his family vacation with memories to last a lifetime — and also won $250,000 in…
Continue ReadingLouisiana state officials delay flood funding to New Orleans a second time over city officials’ stance on abortion
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Louisiana’s State Bond Commission denied funding Thursday for a $39 million infrastructure project in Orleans Parish…
Continue Reading2,000 Philadelphia school district workers vote to authorize strike ahead of school year, union says
By Kiely Westhoff, CNN A union representing about 2,000 School District of Philadelphia employees voted to authorize a strike on Saturday, just over…
Continue ReadingWashington state’s King County declares monkeypox a public health emergency
By Paradise Afshar and Christina Maxouris, CNN Washington state’s King County, which includes Seattle, declared monkeypox a public health…
Continue ReadingWashington state’s King County declares monkeypox a public health emergency
CNN By Paradise Afshar and Christina Maxouris, CNN Washington state’s King County, which includes Seattle, declared monkeypox a public health…
Continue Reading2 Ohio men fatally shot by police after earlier security incident in remote area, sheriff’s office says
By Isa Kaufman Geballe, Kiely Westhoff and Samantha Beech, CNN Two men were shot and killed by police in Knox County, Ohio, after the local emergency…
Continue Reading3 men indicted in the beating death of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amy Simonson and Rob Frehse, CNN Three men have been indicted in the beating death of imprisoned Boston gangster and…
Continue ReadingEpicurean Butter recalls dill butter tubs due to potential bacterial contamination, FDA says
By Emma Tucker Colorado-based Epicurean Butter is recalling hundreds of “Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter” tubs due to potential…
Continue ReadingAll-Black women crew operates American Airlines flight from Dallas in honor of trailblazer Bessie Coleman
By Emma Tucker, CNN An all-Black female crew operated an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Phoenix in honor of Bessie Coleman, the first Black…
Continue ReadingTiger cub seized during warrant arrest of Dallas rapper Trapboy Freddy, police say
By Andy Rose, CNN Dallas rapper Trapboy Freddy was arrested on a federal gun possession warrant Wednesday at his home — where police said a…
Continue ReadingHiker dies after 100-foot fall in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge
By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN A woman hiking with a group of friends in the Columbia River Gorge outside Portland, Oregon, died on Friday…
Continue Reading8 students injured after South Carolina school bus crashes
By Chuck Johnston and Zoe Sottile, CNN Eight students were injured after their school bus crashed on Friday in Chesterfield County, South Carolina,…
Continue ReadingFour victims of the McKinney Fire positively identified through DNA and dental analysis
By Laura Studley and Zoe Sottile, CNN Officials have identified four people killed in the McKinney Fire in California as residents of the same…
Continue ReadingInjured Little Leaguer has increased face swelling limiting his vision, doctors say
By Wayne Sterling and Zoe Sottile, CNN The injured Little League player who fractured his skull after falling from his bunk bed on Monday continues…
Continue ReadingThe squirrels ‘splooting’ all over New York City are just fine, officials say
By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you see a squirrel splayed on its belly, you might be worried for the critter’s welfare. But don’t worry:…
Continue ReadingA partial foot in a shoe was discovered in one of Yellowstone’s deepest hot springs
By Zoe Sottile and Tina Burnside, CNN A partial foot inside a shoe was found floating in one of the deepest hot springs in Yellowstone Park,…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency has been touted as the key to building Black wealth. But critics are skeptical
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Samson Williams was working in the mortgage lending industry in 2014 when a colleague convinced him to invest in…
Continue ReadingA second wildland firefighter has died this month battling blazes in Oregon
By Paradise Afshar, CNN A 25-year-old wildland firefighter was killed after being struck by a tree while battling the Rum Creek Fire in Oregon,…
Continue ReadingOklahoma, with a history of botched lethal injections, prepares to start executing a man a month
By Dakin Andone, CNN Oklahoma will soon begin executing death row inmates at a pace of about one man per month, with plans to put to death 25…
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