A newly issued US quarter celebrates Cherokee leader Wilma Mankiller
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN A new quarter released on Monday celebrates a legendary figure who spent her life advocating for Indigenous people. Wilma…
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Trial of 2 former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing delayed until next year
By Brad Parks The upcoming state trial for former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng for their alleged role in George…
Continue Reading California bees can legally be fish and have the same protections, a court has ruled
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A fishy ruling from California: A California court has ruled bees can legally be considered fish under specific circumstances.…
Continue Reading Buffalo 911 dispatcher fired after mishandling call during supermarket shooting
By Mark Morales, Rob Frehse and Emma Tucker, CNN A 911 dispatcher who mishandled a call from a Buffalo supermarket manager during the fatal May…
Continue Reading Iowa gunman kills ex-girlfriend, another woman, then himself in church parking lot, sheriff says
By Jay Croft, CNN Two college students were shot to death Thursday evening in a church parking lot in Ames, Iowa, police said, before the shooter…
Continue Reading Four killed, 15 severely injured after train derails in southern Germany
By Nadine Schmidt, CNN At least four people were killed and 15 severely injured when a train derailed in southern Germany on Friday, according to…
Continue Reading Turkey rebrands as ‘Türkiye,’ changing name at the United Nations
By Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the…
Continue Reading Buffalo mass shooting suspect pleads not guilty to 25-count indictment, including murder
By Mark Morales and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN The 18-year-old suspect in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting that killed 10 people pleaded not…
Continue Reading Queen pulls out of jubilee service due to ‘discomfort’ during Thursday’s parade
By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will miss a service of thanksgiving at St…
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Gov. Greg Abbott asks for legislative recommendations in response to Uvalde shooting
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday morning called on the Texas Legislature to form special committees to make legislative recommendations in response to…
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Deadly shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma “multiple” wounded; 5 dead including shooter
UPDATE — we now have 5 dead, including the shooter, in the active shooter situation at the Natalie Building on the St. Francis Hospital…
Continue Reading Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas’s social media moderation law
By Brian Fung and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court of the United States temporarily blocked a sweeping Texas law on Tuesday that restricts the…
Continue Reading Gunfire erupts after a high school graduation ceremony, killing an elderly woman on the Xavier University campus
By Devon M. Sayers, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN An 80-year-old woman who was killed in a shooting at a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday on…
Continue Reading Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann found not guilty of lying to FBI, in blow to Durham investigation
By Marshall Cohen, CNN Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann was acquitted Tuesday of lying to the FBI, in the first trial of special…
Continue Reading House committee eyes Thursday vote for wide-ranging gun control legislation
CNN By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote as soon as Thursday on wide-ranging gun control…
Continue Reading Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher dies at 60
By Radhika Marya, CNN Andy Fletcher, a keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, has died, the band announced on their official social media…
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Deadline Hollywood reports Ray Liotta has died
Deadline Hollywood is reporting “Goodfellas” start Ray Liotta has died at the age of 67. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Actor Ray Liotta…
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Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings…
Continue Reading ‘How do you shoot my baby?’: A first responder arrived at Robb Elementary to learn his 10-year-old daughter had been killed
By Faith Karimi, CNN Med aide Angel Garza rushed to Robb Elementary School on Tuesday and arrived as officials started escorting shell-shocked…
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Plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush revealed, according to Forbes exclusive
In an exclusive, Forbes magazine reports the discovery of a plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush. Forbes reports an Iraqi man in the…
Continue Reading Sarah Huckabee Sanders will win GOP nomination for Arkansas governor, CNN projects
By Maeve Reston, CNN Sarah Huckabee Sanders will win the GOP nomination for governor of Arkansas, CNN projects, putting her in strong position to win…
Continue Reading Starbucks is leaving Russia for good
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks is leaving Russia for good. The coffee company paused its operations and stopped shipments of its…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Trevor Reed details surviving horrendous conditions in Russian psychiatric treatment facility
CNN By Maegan Vazquez and Devan Cole, CNN Trevor Reed, an American citizen and former Marine recently freed after two years in a Russian prison,…
Continue Reading A mountain climber from Japan is presumed dead after falling into a crevasse at Alaska’s Denali National Park
By Paradise Afshar, CNN A Japanese mountain climber is presumed dead after falling into a crevasse in Alaska’s Denali National Park, officials…
Continue Reading Democrats ask Biden to appoint staffer to oversee baby formula shortage
By Daniella Diaz, CNN A group of Democratic senators are calling on President Joe Biden to appoint someone to oversee the baby formula shortage as it…
Continue Reading He built a moving, nearly life-sized ‘Star Wars’ X-wing fighter. Now, he wants to use it to help Ukraine
By Ryan Bergeron, CNN It might look like something from a galaxy far, far away but this “Star Wars” X-wing starfighter came from a very…
Continue Reading 15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter’s Discord private chat shortly before the shooting
By Mark Morales, Eric Levenson and Samantha Beech, CNN At least 15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron’s private account on…
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‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli freed from prison for halfway house
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has been freed from prison after serving…
Continue Reading Ex-Minneapolis Police officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
By Brad Parks and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who held down George Floyd’s legs during his fatal restraint pleaded…
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Juárez again becomes a waiting room for migrants who hope to seek asylum in the United States
Editor’s note: This story comes from the El Paso Times as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a group of newsrooms — including ABC-7, which…
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