4 inmates captured within hours of escaping Tennessee detention center
By Tina Burnside, CNN Four inmates who escaped a minimum-security housing unit in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are back in custody, just hours after their…
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A Pennsylvania waitress was shocked when she received a $3,000 tip
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A customer at a restaurant in Pennsylvania left a hefty $3,000 tip on a $13.25 bill, much to the surprise of his server. Eric…
Continue Reading Bug popsicles and air-conditioned bedrooms: Here’s how zoos are keeping animals cool in the heat wave
By Amya Henry and Christina Maxouris, CNN With temperatures hiking in much of the US as an oppressive heat wave continues, zoos are taking special…
Continue Reading Canceled special board meeting to consider firing Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo to be rescheduled in ‘very near future,’ superintendent says
By Rosa Flores and Emma Tucker, CNN A special school board meeting in Uvalde, Texas, to consider whether to terminate the employment of the…
Continue Reading An Illinois café was vandalized with hate speech ahead of a drag show
By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN An Illinois bakery and café has postponed a drag brunch event after their venue was vandalized early morning…
Continue Reading Temperatures inside Texas prison units regularly reach 110 degrees, new report says
By Claire Colbert, CNN A new report released this month found temperatures inside some Texas prison units “have been shown to regularly reach…
Continue Reading California’s fast-moving Oak Fire burns 14,000 acres and forces thousands to evacuate outside Yosemite National Park
By Jason Hanna, Rebekah Riess, Sara Smart and Andy Rose, CNN A wildfire raging for a third day Sunday in central California’s Mariposa County…
Continue Reading California’s Oak Fire destroys at least 41 structures as it burns more than 18,000 acres near Yosemite National Park
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency after the Oak Fire in Mariposa County burned nearly 12,000 acres and forced more than…
Continue Reading Mississippi police chief fired after audio of slurs surfaces
By Nick Valencia, CNN The White police chief of a predominantly Black town in Mississippi was terminated this week after audio surfaced, allegedly of…
Continue Reading This dog led rescuers to his owner after he fell 70 feet on a hike
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A dog is being lauded as a “real-life Lassie” for leading rescuers to his owner after he fell during a hike. The…
Continue Reading Shark attacks are in the news again, but plenty of other phenomena are far more dangerous
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Along both US coasts, Americans this summer have been hearing reports of shark bites and sightings, triggering beach closures…
Continue Reading Shark attacks are in the news again, but plenty of other phenomena are far more dangerous
Encounters with sharks have made headlines this summer. Could there be a link between rising temperatures and shark attacks? Dr. Chris Lowe of Cal…
Continue Reading A pilot was seriously injured after a small plane crashed near a San Jose neighborhood
By Taylor Romine and Zoe Sottile, CNN A small plane crashed near a neighborhood by the Reid-Hillview Airport in California on Friday night. The crash…
Continue Reading Woman sentenced to prison for collecting $400,000 in viral GoFundMe scam
By Josh Campbell and Zoe Sottile, CNN A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for her role in scamming more than…
Continue Reading Florida school board rejects new sex ed textbooks
By Celeste Noraian and Alta Spells, CNN The board of Florida’s largest school district has rejected new sexual education textbooks that it…
Continue Reading A Tennessee police officer is on administrative leave as the violent arrest of a man is investigated
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Tennessee officials are investigating an officer’s violent arrest of a Black man accused of fleeing from police trying…
Continue Reading A Tennessee police officer is on administrative leave as the violent arrest of a man is investigated
A Tennessee police officer is on administrative leave after the violent arrest of Brandon Calloway in his own home was recorded by his girlfriend,…
Continue Reading Customs officers in Texas seize over $4.3 million in meth
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers in Laredo, Texas, confiscated methamphetamine — with a street value of a whopping $4.3 million —…
Continue Reading 1 killed and several injured in shooting in downtown Renton, Washington, police say
By Tina Burnside and Claire Colbert, CNN At least one person was killed and six others injured in a shooting in the Seattle suburb of Renton early…
Continue Reading How to have fun this summer in spite of Covid-19 and extreme heat
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Illustration by Leah Abucayan, CNN It really is a cruel summer. This is not the summer of kissing strangers or gallivanting…
Continue Reading Suspect charged with murder in killing of missing University of Mississippi student
By Justin Gamble, CNN A man was arrested and charged with the murder of 20-year-old University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee,…
Continue Reading The rising cost of energy and limited access to housing with A/C is creating a dangerous summer for low-income Texans
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Fearing the scorching Texas heat could only get worse, Lisa Vogt stopped buying meat and drove her pickup truck as little as…
Continue Reading Mega Millions jackpot swells to $790 million after no lottery ticket drew all 6 winning numbers
By Tina Burnside, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to a whopping $790 million after no ticket matched all six winning numbers in Friday…
Continue Reading Georgia’s Supreme Court overturned a prominent attorney’s murder conviction. Prosecutors now want to retry him
By Jamiel Lynch and Christina Maxouris, CNN A Georgia district attorney’s office is planning to retry Claud “Tex” McIver for murder…
Continue Reading 3 men charged in connection to the investigation into a 911 dispatcher who refused to send an ambulance to woman
By Jalen Beckford and Christina Maxouris, CNN Officials in Greene County, Pennsylvania, filed charges against three men for allegedly concealing…
Continue Reading Indiana mall gunman’s family say they are ‘unable to offer any explanation’ for his actions
By Samantha Beech and Isa Kaufman Geballe, CNN The family of the gunman who killed three people during a weekend mall shooting in the Indianapolis…
Continue Reading Utah’s Black pioneers in the Mormon migration were honored with a monument
By Amanda Musa, CNN Utah officials, along with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, unveiled a monument Friday honoring…
Continue Reading Feds accuse man of calling a Tops location in Buffalo, threatening to shoot Black people
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A Seattle-area man allegedly called a Buffalo Tops supermarket location twice this week, saying “he would make the news if…
Continue Reading Thousands of baby chickens die due to excessive heat at Miami airport, officials say
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Thousands of baby chickens died Tuesday from excessive heat, found in a cargo warehouse by a Miami-Dade airport employee,…
Continue Reading Texas officials release Uvalde shooting report in Spanish days after backlash
By Nicole Chavez, CNN A Texas House of Representatives investigative committee released on Friday a Spanish version of its preliminary report on the…
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