5 things to know for September 1: Ukraine, Mar-a-Lago, Covid-19, Air travel, China
What do the markings on the classified documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago mean about what they might…
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The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say
By Travis Caldwell, Andy Rose and Omar Jimenez, CNN The state of Texas, which for several months has bussed thousands of newly arrived migrants at…
Continue Reading The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he sent the first bus of migrants who have crossed the southern border to Chicago, as he’s previously done to…
Continue Reading Body camera video shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed 20-year-old Black man in bed
By Amanda Musa, Dakin Andone and Michelle Watson, CNN Police in Columbus, Ohio, have released body camera video that shows a police officer serving a…
Continue Reading Body camera video shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed 20-year-old Black man in bed
Donovan Lewis, 20, died after being shot by Columbus Police Officer Ricky Anderson, a 30-year veteran with the Columbus Division of Police assigned…
Continue Reading Body camera video shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed 20-year-old Black man in bed
Police in Columbus, Ohio have released documents providing more details on the fatal officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man on…
Continue Reading Jackson, Mississippi, residents told to shower with mouths closed as water treatment plant repairs continue on Day 4 of water shortage
By Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna and Amir Vera, CNN As Mississippi’s capital city entered a fourth day on Thursday with little or no water…
Continue Reading A Louisville corrections officer is terminated after mocking the city police department’s 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor
By Nicki Brown, CNN A Louisville, Kentucky, corrections officer has been terminated after “disparaging” the Louisville Metro Police…
Continue Reading University of North Dakota to return more than 250 boxes of Native American remains and artifacts, school president says
By Andy Rose, CNN The University of North Dakota is working to repatriate human remains and sacred artifacts taken from Indigenous communities, UND…
Continue Reading ‘Why didn’t they give him the respect?’ Black teen feels he has to leave school after refusing to cut his hair, parents say
By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN A Black South Dakota teen feels he has no choice but to switch schools after refusing to cut his hair, his mother said.…
Continue Reading Why teachers are burning out and leaving districts scrambling to fill jobs
By Gabe Cohen, CNN When the bell rings at Casa Grande Union High School, more than seventy sophomores pile into Stacy Brady’s biology class.…
Continue Reading This California school district punished Black students more severely, feds say. Now they have agreed to make changes.
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN A California school district is vowing to reform its discipline practices after a federal investigation revealed it was…
Continue Reading A truck spilled Alfredo sauce onto a Tennessee highway, shutting down traffic
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Interstate 55 in Tennessee was left covered in Alfredo sauce and one person was injured after an eighteen-wheeler crashed into a…
Continue Reading Atlanta-area prosecutor cites rap lyrics as evidence, which hip-hop has long decried as a double standard
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Atlanta-area District Attorney Fani Willis is unabashed in using rap lyrics to help prosecute her cases, repeatedly…
Continue Reading ‘An occupational hazard’: Florida wildlife director loses hand after alligator bite
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The director at a wildlife park in Florida lost his hand after being bitten by one of his own alligators last week, according to…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 31: Mar-a-Lago, Flooding, Heat waves, Artemis I, Gun laws
The Artemis I launch has been scrubbed after the team was unable to work through an issue on one of the rocket’s four engines. The uncrewed rocket…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 31: Mar-a-Lago, Flooding, Heat waves, Artemis I, Gun laws
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN About a month ago, a lottery ticket was sold for the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever, netting the winner nearly…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 31: Mar-a-Lago, Flooding, Heat waves, Artemis I, Gun laws
Hot temperatures settle across the West as tropical systems in in the Atlantic continue to be monitored. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 31: Mar-a-Lago, Flooding, Heat waves, Artemis I, Gun laws
Conservative attorney George Conway says the Department of Justice filing that contains new information about the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago has former…
Continue Reading Jackson, Mississippi, mayor says he hopes water service can be restored this week, as residents endure lines for bottles
By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN As Mississippi’s capital faces a third day without reliable water service Wednesday —…
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Times Square will be designated a ‘gun-free zone’ beginning Thursday as New York gun law goes in effect
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN New York City lawmakers are still determining which parts of the famed Times Square tourist area will be considered a…
Continue Reading Skeletal remains of child dubbed ‘Baby Girl’ by investigators have been identified as a missing Indiana girl. But her death is still a mystery
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Musa, CNN For decades, investigators in Tennessee affectionately referred to an unidentified girl whose remains were…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested in Indianapolis shooting that killed 1 Dutch soldier and injured 2 others, police say
By Andi Babineau and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of three Dutch soldiers outside an Indianapolis…
Continue Reading A device that can turn a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun in moments is wreaking havoc on American streets
By Scott Glover and Curt Devine The number of shootings involving automatic weapons in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting a troubling…
Continue Reading A device that can turn a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun in moments is wreaking havoc on American streets
They are the size of a Lego, come in colors of the rainbow and, in seconds, can turn a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun. CNN’s Drew Griffin…
Continue Reading Black pastor arrested while watering neighbor’s flowers, video shows
Pastor Michael Jennings was arrested in Childersburg, Alabama while watering his neighbor’s flowers, as they asked him to do. Body camera footage…
Continue Reading Black pastor arrested while watering neighbor’s flowers, video shows
Body camera footage released by the Childersburg Police Department in Alabama shows the arrest of Michael Jennings as he was watering his neighbor’s…
Continue Reading Black pastor arrested while watering neighbor’s flowers, video shows
By Virginia Langmaid, CNN A Black pastor in Alabama says he was arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers — and his attorney has…
Continue Reading Jackson, Mississippi, mayor says he hopes water service can be restored this week, as residents endure lines for bottles
Cassandra Welchlin, a resident and social worker in Jackson, Mississippi, says that the water in Jackson is so dirty that even though she boils it,…
Continue Reading What it’s like trying to survive without water in Jackson, Mississippi
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Most people in the United States take it for granted that when you turn on a faucet, you get potable water. People in…
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