A 9-year-old girl who was shot in the Houston area on Valentine’s Day has died
By Rosa Flores, CNN A 9-year-old girl has died after she was shot while in a car with her family in the Houston area, police say. “Sadly, the…
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Coast Guard suspends search for passengers of plane that crashed off North Carolina coast
By Amy Simonson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for passengers who were on board an airplane that apparently…
Continue Reading US sea levels will rise rapidly in the next 30 years, new report shows
By Rachel Ramirez A new report provides an alarming forecast for the US: Sea level will rise as much in the next 30 years as it did in the past 100…
Continue Reading Woman found dead in Manhattan apartment after being followed home, police say
By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly followed a woman to her New York apartment…
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New York City Council Member Julie Won joins CNN’s Amara Walker to speak on the murder of Christina Yuna Lee. Lee was forced into her home and…
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The killing of an Asian woman in New York City’s Chinatown has again raised fears in the city and across the country where Asians have been affected…
Continue Reading San Francisco Police will review its policies after DA claims it used sexual assault victims’ DNA in unrelated investigations, chief says
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The San Francisco Police Department immediately will start reviewing its DNA collection practices and policies after the…
Continue Reading Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre agree to settle sex abuse lawsuit
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre have reached an out-of-court settlement in her sexual abuse lawsuit…
Continue Reading First of the officers involved in George Floyd’s death testifies that using a knee to restrain a subject was a common Minneapolis PD practice
By Amir Vera and Bill Kirkos, CNN Former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao was called to testify in his own defense Tuesday after the prosecution…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Feb. 16: Ukraine, Sandy Hook, Covid, Prince Andrew, Alec Baldwin
Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre have reached an undisclosed settlement in a sexual abuse lawsuit, according to a court document filed by Giuffre’s…
Continue Reading Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with gun manufacturer Remington
By Sarah Jorgensen, Jason Hanna and Erica Hill, CNN The families of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Feb. 15: Ukraine, Covid-19, Trump business, USPS, Afghanistan
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s snow joke in Beijing. Olympic athletes are competing in frigid temperatures of minus 13 degrees. They’re…
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Over 12 million people are under a red flag warning as critical fire weather conditions develop throughout the day. CNN Meteorologist Pedram…
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued his most aggressive response yet to the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests, invoking the…
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Former President Donald Trump’s long-time accounting firm informed the Trump Organization last week that it should no longer rely on nearly 10…
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Newly released testimony from US military survivors of the August 26 attack at Kabul airport has cast doubt on the findings of the Pentagon’s…
Continue Reading Louisiana man jailed for 44 years on rape charges is freed as prosecutor dismisses charges after judge calls for new trial
By Jennifer Henderson, CNN Vincent Simmons, a Louisiana man who fought for 44 years to overturn his conviction on attempted aggravated rape charges,…
Continue Reading Man charged after allegedly stealing dinosaur claw from Arizona gem show
By Caroline Kucera and Amanda Musa, CNN A man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a dinosaur claw valued at $25,000 from a vendor at a gem…
Continue Reading A pastor baptized people for decades using one wrong word. Now those are all considered invalid
A Catholic priest has resigned after performing baptisms wrong throughout his nearly 20-year career. CNN religion commentator Father Edward Beck…
Continue Reading A pastor baptized people for decades using one wrong word. Now those are all considered invalid
By Chuck Johnston and Steve Almasy, CNN A Catholic priest has resigned after a church investigation found he performed invalid baptisms throughout…
Continue Reading A skier slid hundreds of feet and off a 50-foot cliff during an avalanche. He survived
By Sara Smart, CNN A Colorado skier survived an avalanche that threw him off a 50-foot cliff and sent him sliding hundreds of feet. Anna DeBattiste,…
Continue Reading 3 of the officers involved in George Floyd’s death will testify during federal civil rights trial
By Amir Vera and Bill Kirkos, CNN Former officers J. Alexander Kueng, Tou Thao and Thomas Lane said they will testify after the prosecution rested…
Continue Reading California to keep mask mandate in schools as indoor mandate ends
By Sarah Moon, CNN Just one day before California is set to relax a statewide mask mandate for vaccinated people in indoor public spaces, the…
Continue Reading Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito’s fiancé, died from a gunshot wound to the head, medical examiner says
By Amir Vera and Tina Burnside, CNN The cause of death of Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito whose disappearance caused a firestorm late…
Continue Reading The West’s megadrought is worst in 1,200 years. Los Angeles is taking wastewater recycling to the extreme
Climate change is shrinking winters, which will have a knock-on effect for the winter sports industry and the beautiful mountains it depends…
Continue Reading The West’s megadrought is worst in 1,200 years. Los Angeles is taking wastewater recycling to the extreme
Scientists reported the West is in its worst drought in centuries. CNN’s Stephanie Elam has more on the extreme megadrought Southern California is…
Continue Reading The West’s megadrought is worst in 1,200 years. Los Angeles is taking wastewater recycling to the extreme
By Stephanie Elam, CNN The West is in its worst drought in centuries, scientists reported Monday. A study published in Nature Climate Change found…
Continue Reading Howard University gets another bomb threat after a spate of threats this month against HBCUs
By Holly Yan and Aileen Graef, CNN Once again, a bomb threat has derailed classes at Howard University — one of more than a dozen historically…
Continue Reading Ahmaud Arbery would not have been killed if he were White, prosecutors say in hate crimes trial
By Pamela Kirkland, Kevin Conlon and Eric Levenson, CNN The three White men who chased down and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, had previously…
Continue Reading 1 body recovered as Coast Guard searches for downed airplane with 8 people
By Tina Burnside and Devon M. Sayers, CNN One body was recovered as the US Coast Guard searches for an airplane believed to have gone down about four…
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