$3.2 million in alleged cocaine seized at Texas border
By Kelly Murray, CNN A tractor trailer coming into the US from Mexico was caught Friday carrying 427 pounds of alleged cocaine, the US Customs and…
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6 people are injured after a shooting in an Illinois residential neighborhood
By Amanda Watts, CNN An overnight shooting in a residential part of Elgin, Illinois, has left six people injured, police said. The shooting happened…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Ukraine, Pakistan, France, Puerto Rico, Dwayne Haskins
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Soaring inflation. The war in Ukraine. Yet another rise in Covid cases. With so much going on this year it’s hard to…
Continue Reading17-year-old arrested in South Bronx shooting that left one teen dead, two others injured
By Kiely Westhoff A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for a shooting in the Bronx Friday that killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded two other…
Continue ReadingThis Texas teacher is helping make her students’ menstrual cycles a little easier
By Sara Smart, CNN This Texas teacher’s goal is to provide everything she can for her students — and that includes pads and tampons. As…
Continue Reading6 people were shot — including 1 fatally — after an apparent fight at a birthday party in Indianapolis, police say
By Michelle Watson, CNN An apparent fight at a birthday party in Indianapolis devolved into a shooting, leaving one person dead and five others…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in connection with Cedar Rapids nightclub shooting that left 2 dead and 10 injured, police say
By Amanda Watts, Michelle Watson, Hannah Sarisohn, Amy Simonson and Amir Vera, CNN Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police have arrested a suspect in connection…
Continue ReadingThis man won the lottery using his little brother’s license plate numbers
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A lucky Maryland man snagged a $25,000 lottery prize after playing the numbers on his younger brother’s license plate. The…
Continue ReadingSchool of Black Utah student who died by suicide allowed bullying ‘on any ground’ to go unchecked, report finds
By Nicole Chavez, CNN When Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor died by suicide in November, her mother alleged that the 10-year-old Black and…
Continue ReadingPower has been restored to much of Puerto Rico following an island-wide outage
By Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Power has been restored to 99.7% of LUMA Energy customers in Puerto Rico, the utility said Sunday, after…
Continue ReadingHere’s why the Parkland shooter is facing a jury even though he has already pleaded guilty
By Dakin Andone, CNN Jury selection began this past week in the penalty phase of Nikolas Cruz’s trial, the part of his court case that will…
Continue ReadingOver 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…
Continue ReadingNorthern 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…
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