5 things to know for Feb. 22: Ukraine, Covid, Severe storms, Oil & gas drilling, 3G
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s going to be a terrific Twosday! Today is 2/22/22 and unique festivities are happening around the world to…
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How an Ivy League swimmer became the face of the debate on transgender women in sports
By Eric Levenson, CNN Lia Thomas stood tall and smiled wide atop the championship podium, her nearly 6-foot-4 frame pushing her head past the top of…
Continue Reading A shark bite victim near the Bahamas was rescued by a US Coast Guard helicopter
By Travis Caldwell, CNN A man who was bitten by a shark while fishing near Bimini, Bahamas, was rescued via helicopter, the US Coast Guard said in a…
Continue Reading Father faces charges for encouraging 4-year-old to shoot at police at a McDonald’s, authorities say
By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A 4-year-old child in Utah fired a weapon from the back seat of a car toward a police officer, after allegedly being…
Continue Reading Jury finds Ahmaud Arbery’s killers were racially motivated in chasing him
By Jason Hanna and Travis Caldwell, CNN A jury has found the three White men who killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 guilty of all charges in their federal…
Continue Reading A scholarship, a resolution and calls for accountability: How Ahmaud Arbery’s family and community honored him 2 years after his murder
After deliberating for over three hours the jury has reached a verdict in the the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of murdering…
Continue Reading Dashcam video leads to arrest in killing of Uber driver
By Liam Reilly, CNN An Uber driver found dead near Pittsburgh was robbed and killed by her passenger, with key moments of the incident recorded on…
Continue Reading College dorm damaged by explosion caused by a resident making rocket fuel; 22 students displaced
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A resident at a college dorm in Utah decided to try to make rocket fuel on his kitchen stove, leading to a fireball causing…
Continue Reading Three former officers have testified about what they saw when George Floyd died. Here’s what they said
By Amir Vera, CNN Defense attorneys rested their case Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former officers involved in George…
Continue Reading Racist messages were key evidence in the hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers
By Christina Maxouris, CNN The federal hate crimes trial for the three White men convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man,…
Continue Reading Texas skydiving instructor dies after parachute fails to open
By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN A skydiving instructor whose parachute did not open during a jump on Saturday has died, according to the Texas…
Continue Reading Jury in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers excused after first day of deliberations
By Jason Hanna, CNN After deliberating for a little more than two and a half hours, the jury in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men…
Continue Reading Two men struck by NYC subway trains, one killed, within hours of each other
By Laura Studley, CNN One man died and another was injured after they were struck by subway trains in different areas of New York City within hours…
Continue Reading Austin Cindric wins crash-filled Daytona 500
By Jacob Lev and Ralph Ellis, CNN Austin Cindric took the checkered flag to win the crash-filled 64th annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International…
Continue Reading South Carolina elementary school student takes grandfather’s gun to school “to shoot zombies”
By Claudia Dominguez, Tina Burnside and Emma Tucker, CNN An elementary school student in South Carolina brought a loaded handgun to his school…
Continue Reading At least 6 NYC subway stabbings reported since the mayor unveiled new safety plan Friday
By Emma Tucker and Pooja Agrawal, CNN At least six people have been stabbed or slashed on the New York City subway since the unveiling of a new…
Continue Reading Florida woman charged with murder after allegedly stabbing husband 140 times
By Tina Burnside and Taliah Miller, CNN A Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder after police say she allegedly stabbed her husband…
Continue Reading Alleged gunman arrested after student fatally shot near SUNY Potsdam campus, officials say
By Pooja Salhotra and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A 21-year-old female student at SUNY Potsdam was shot and killed near the upstate New York campus Friday…
Continue Reading ‘We’re doing everything we can to survive’: As the US looks to move on from Covid-19, high-risk and disabled Americans feel forgotten
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Tasha Nelson’s 10-year-old son held back tears when he heard the news. The two were in the car when the announcement…
Continue Reading ‘We’re doing everything we can to survive’: As the US looks to move on from Covid-19, high-risk and disabled Americans feel forgotten
Colorado Governor Jared Polis tells CNN’s Dana Bash why he ended the state’s indoor mask mandates months ago, ahead of the recent push for states to…
Continue Reading 3 brothers die in Michigan after their car gets trapped in an icy pond
By Laura Studley and Emma Tucker, CNN Three young brothers died in Michigan after the car they were in struck a curb and rolled into an iced-over…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Ukraine, Queen Elizabeth, Winter Storm, Covid protests, NFL
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The world’s shortest international commercial flight is only eight minutes from takeoff to landing. Can you guess…
Continue Reading At 16, Larry Miller killed another teen. At 72, the Nike executive is ready to apologize
By Sara Sidner and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Photographs by Michelle Gustafson for CNN Two chance encounters at the same West Philadelphia street corner…
Continue Reading At 16, Larry Miller killed another teen. At 72, the Nike executive is ready to apologize
As he was climbing the corporate ladder and becoming friends with stars like Michael Jordan, Larry Miller was concealing a criminal past. CNN’s Sara…
Continue Reading Armed homeowner and armed protesters had confrontation before shooting that left 1 dead, 5 injured in Portland, police say
By Claudia Dominguez and Melissa Alonso, CNN The Saturday night shooting in Portland, Oregon, that left one woman dead and five people injured…
Continue Reading 80-unit residential building for low-income and unhoused Indigenous people opens in Seattle
By Alaa Elassar, CNN A newly built residential complecx in Seattle is offering unhoused Indigenous people a new lease on life. The Chief Seattle Club…
Continue Reading DOJ’s interest in housing discrimination lawsuit underscores the bias many Black homeowners have faced for decades
By Giselle Rhoden, CNN A Black couple’s lawsuit against a home appraisal company is now catching the attention of the Department of Justice.…
Continue Reading ‘A real local presence.’ Family of Paislee Shultis has deep roots in quaint New York town
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Photographs by Cindy Schultz for CNN Ariel Dedolph was at work at the Saugerties Public Library when a name on an unsettling…
Continue Reading 1 officer is dead, another is injured after a police helicopter crashed in southern California, officials say
A police helicopter has crashed in the waters off Newport Beach Saturday…
Continue Reading 1 officer is dead, another is injured after a police helicopter crashed in southern California, officials say
By Melissa Alonso, CNN A police officer died and another was injured after a police helicopter crashed in southern California Saturday night,…
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