From bad luck to good: How a car wreck led to a $25,000 lottery win
By Jay Croft, CNN Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. A Maryland woman took a bit of bad luck and spun it into gold, turning a fender bender…
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Police arrest man over ‘brutal’ hammer attack at New York subway station
By Brynn Gingras, Kiely Westhoff, Laura Studley and Liam Reilly, CNN Police have arrested a man who allegedly hit a woman over the head several times…
Continue Reading A scholarship, a resolution and calls for accountability: How Ahmaud Arbery’s family and community honored him 2 years after his murder
By Christina Maxouris, Alta Spells and Maximillian Boudreaux, CNN Wanda Cooper-Jones said she wanted guilty verdicts in the federal trial for her…
Continue Reading Jewish and Japanese American groups among growing multiracial effort calling for reparations for Black Americans
Maya Brown, CNN As a third-generation Japanese American, Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka remembers the fight for reparations during the Japanese redress…
Continue Reading As more HBCUs get bomb threats, Virginia governor says he will seek emergency funding to assist with campus security
By Christina Maxouris and Raja Razek, CNN Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday he is planning to ask lawmakers for emergency funding for…
Continue Reading Curtis Reeves, retired police captain who fatally shot man in movie theater, acquitted
By Maria Cartaya and Dakin Andone, CNN A Florida jury acquitted retired Florida police captain Curtis Reeves in the shooting death of a man in a…
Continue Reading Jurors in the trial for ex-Louisville officer visit Breonna Taylor’s apartment
By Aaron Cooper, CNN Jurors in the trial of Brett Hankison, the only police officer charged in connection with the botched 2020 raid that left…
Continue Reading Man convicted of threatening to kill Sen. Manchin and Fox News hosts
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A man who posted videos threatening to kill Sen. Joe Manchin and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Greg Gutfeld was convicted…
Continue Reading Hank the Tank, a 500-pound bear, was blamed for Lake Tahoe break-ins. But DNA evidence tells a different story
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The massive black bear, known as Hank the Tank and blamed for breaking and entering more than two dozen homes in…
Continue Reading Medical examiner determines a Black woman in Connecticut died of natural causes. Her family doubts that ruling, attorney says
By Kiely Westhoff, CNN A Bridgeport, Connecticut, family that was critical of the police response and investigation into the death of their loved one…
Continue Reading 3 former Minneapolis police officers found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights
By Julia Jones and Christina Maxouris, CNN Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were found guilty of…
Continue Reading Judge rules that Ethan Crumbley’s parents will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter
By Laura Ly, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN The parents of Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley will stand trial for involuntary…
Continue Reading Juror in Ghislaine Maxwell trial may have lied on jury questionnaire form
By Sonia Moghe and Amir Vera, CNN One of the seated jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial may have lied on a jury questionnaire…
Continue Reading Ex-Louisville cop in deadly Breonna Taylor raid said colleagues were ‘sitting ducks’
By Aaron Cooper and Ray Sanchez, CNN Brett Hankison, the only officer charged in connection with the botched 2020 raid that left Breonna Taylor dead…
Continue Reading How to help the people of Ukraine
By Ryan Bergeron, CNN Amid the harrowing accounts of tragedy in Ukraine, CNN’s audience has contributed more than $8 million to the…
Continue Reading A 20-year-old man was pulled over and jailed after a traffic violation. He died later that day in police custody
By Andy Rose, CNN Three Milwaukee police officers have been suspended after a man arrested during a traffic stop Wednesday died in jail hours after…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for February 24: Ukraine, Covid, Police violence, Trump, Canada
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s extremely busy at the White House this week. Officials are facing a host of challenges surrounding the ongoing…
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A wintry mix is forecast to fall over a widespread area that extends from Texas to Maine. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the timing as well…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a warning on state TV to countries that interfere with Russia’s attack on…
Continue Reading Catholic church in Michigan still trying to remedy hundreds of invalid baptisms performed over 13 years
By Amy Simonson, CNN After hundreds of Catholic baptisms performed in Michigan between 1986 and 1999 were deemed invalid because of the language used…
Continue Reading Note from elementary school student led Vegas police to find remains of a missing toddler
By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A desperate note sent from a mother with her child to her elementary school has led police in the Las Vegas area to a…
Continue Reading Texas AG declares pediatric gender-affirming procedures to be child abuse, legal opinion says
By Amir Vera and Ashley Killough, CNN In a stunning legal opinion released publicly this week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared…
Continue Reading ‘Stand your ground’ laws linked to increased homicide rates, study finds
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Amid a nationwide rise in homicides, a new study has found that “stand your ground” laws — which allow people…
Continue Reading A man who attacked and blamed an Asian family for Covid-19 pleaded guilty to hate crimes charges
By Andy Rose, CNN A 21-year-old Texas man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges after he brutally attacked and blamed an Asian family whom he…
Continue Reading An Alabama high school basketball team say they were forced to choose faith over a tournament game. The governor is demanding answers
By Sara Smart, CNN Alabama’s governor is demanding answers after a high school basketball team say they were forced to choose between their…
Continue Reading Black immigrants are more likely to be denied US citizenship than White immigrants, study finds
By Giselle Rhoden and Nicole Chavez, CNN Black male immigrants are less likely to be approved for United States citizenship than White immigrants, a…
Continue Reading 2 Louisiana deputies face manslaughter charges in fatal shooting of unarmed man
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Two Louisiana deputies have been arrested on manslaughter charges following the fatal shooting of a man last week, authorities…
Continue Reading A California woman spent 13 days in jail after being mistaken for another person with the same name, according to a lawsuit against the City of LA
By Stella Chan, CNN A California woman was headed for a trip to Mexico but instead spent 13 days in a Los Angeles jail after police mistook her for…
Continue Reading How people are using a 2.23-mile run to advocate for racial equality
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two years ago people around the world pledged to jog, walk or run 2.23 miles, symbolic of the day Georgia man, Ahmaud Arbery…
Continue Reading Former Louisville officer Brett Hankison cries on the stand in trial connected to fatal Breonna Taylor raid
The trial for Brett Hankison, ex-officer charged in Breonna Taylor’s botched raid that led to her killing, has started. CNN’s Jason Carroll has the…
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