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Coronavirus cases spike in South Korea and Italy, as China outbreak continues to grow

February 22, 2020 6:30 PM CNN

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Zion Williamson just became the youngest player to score over 20 points in seven straight games

February 22, 2020 6:17 PM CNN

Zion Williamson may have played in only 11 games this season, but the New Orleans Pelicans rookie is already making history. On Friday night,…

Charter bus rollover crash kills 3, hurts 18 outside San Diego

February 22, 2020 1:45 PM Associated Press

PALA MESA, California — A charter bus swerved on a rain-slicked Southern California highway and rolled down an embankment Saturday, killing three…

Steve Irwin’s family honors the ‘Crocodile Hunter’ on what would have been his 58th birthday

February 22, 2020 4:41 PM CNN

Steve Irwin, lovingly remembered as the one and only “Crocodile Hunter,” would have turned 58 on Saturday. The Irwin family posted…

A women’s basketball team went viral after hitting five half-court shots in a row

February 22, 2020 3:34 PM CNN

Boom shakalaka! South Dakota State University’s Jackrabbits hit five half-court shots in a row, and it was all caught on video. The…

San Diego bus crash kills 3, injures at least 18

February 22, 2020 2:49 PM CNN

Three people died and 18 were transported to nearby hospitals after a bus traveling south on Interstate 15 rolled over near Fallbrook, the North San…

Alex Ovechkin becomes second-youngest NHL player to score 700 career goals

February 22, 2020 2:49 PM CNN

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored the 700th goal of his career on Saturday afternoon, becoming the eighth National Hockey League player…

2-year-old girl dies after falling into septic tank at Texas RV park

February 22, 2020 2:30 PM CNN

A 2-year-old girl fell into a septic tank at a Texas recreational vehicle park Wednesday evening, spurring a frantic but unsuccessful effort to…

Naval Academy football player dies after he was found unresponsive in dorm

February 22, 2020 2:25 PM CNN

A US Naval Academy midshipman who played on the school football team has died — the second midshipman death in two weeks. David Forney, 22, was…

If the governor signs this bill, Virginia will become the fourth state to ban hair discrimination

February 22, 2020 2:09 PM CNN

Virginia is on the brink of becoming the fourth state to ban hair discrimination, with only the signature of the governor remaining for the…

Greyhound will no longer allow Border Patrol to conduct warrantless searches on its buses

February 22, 2020 1:42 PM CNN

Greyhound will not allow US Customs and Border Protection agents to conduct searches on its buses without warrants, the company announced. Greyhound…

A rare rainbow snake was spotted in a Florida forest for the first time in 50 years. Don’t worry, it’s harmless

February 22, 2020 1:16 PM CNN

A hiker in Florida found and took pictures of a rare rainbow snake, a species that experts say hasn’t been seen in the area for more than 50…

Portland man is convicted of killing 2 men who confronted him over racist rants on teen girls

February 22, 2020 12:22 PM CNN

A man has been convicted of killing two people who confronted him for harassing a Muslim teen and her friend in a Portland, Oregon, train. Jeremy…

The Good Stuff: Heartfelt reunions, second chances and friendly pups

February 22, 2020 11:36 AM CNN

A wise fictional woman once said, “Waffles, friends, work. Or friends, waffles, work. But work is third.” She’s right; work is…

NYPD says it will remove some non-convicts from its local DNA database

February 22, 2020 11:21 AM CNN

The New York Police Department says it will soon expunge DNA profiles of some people who’ve never been convicted of a crime from the…

Boy Scout parents and a former victim still see benefits of organization for children despite sexual abuse allegations

February 22, 2020 11:16 AM CNN

Hiroko Rose joined the Boy Scouts of America in February 2019 and said she’s loved it so far. The 12-year-old is part of her troop in…

North Carolina police find body of missing baby

February 22, 2020 10:20 AM CNN

Police in North Carolina found the body of a 6-month-old baby near a cemetery Saturday. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police discovered the remains of…

Pilot in crash that killed Kobe Bryant violated weather-related flight rules in 2015, FAA records indicate

February 22, 2020 8:13 AM CNN

Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in California, killing NBA legend Kobe Bryant, violated weather-related flight rules in 2015,…

New Jersey just raised its threat level for white supremacists to ‘high,’ well above ISIS and al Qaeda

February 22, 2020 7:59 AM CNN

White supremacists are officially more of a threat to New Jersey than both ISIS and al Qaeda, according to state security officials. In New…

A controversial religious group is at the center of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak

February 22, 2020 7:51 AM CNN

More than half of South Korea’s novel coronavirus cases are linked to a branch of a controversial religious group in the southern city of…

Fears over containing novel coronavirus grow as cases outside China spike

February 22, 2020 6:28 AM CNN

Concerns are growing over the global spread of the novel coronavirus after a spike in cases outside of mainland China among people with no connection…

Lori Vallow, mother of missing Idaho children, asked a friend to lie to police about son’s whereabouts, affidavit says

February 22, 2020 6:03 AM CNN

The mother of two children missing in Idaho repeatedly lied to police and asked others to lie as detectives began investigating the disappearances,…

There isn’t an AMBER Alert for every child who goes missing. Here’s why

February 22, 2020 3:58 AM CNN

Evelyn Boswell is a 15-month-old girl missing in Tennessee. Andrew Caballeiro was a week old when he was last seen in Florida. Osiel Rico, 3, has…

Today is George Washington’s birthday. But here’s why we celebrate it on Presidents’ Day

February 22, 2020 2:06 AM CNN

Today is George Washington’s birthday. But does it seem like it? Americans haven’t celebrated the first US president’s birthday on…

How one Florida woman amassed a collection of more than 21,000 banana labels

February 22, 2020 12:53 AM CNN

If you see a 70-year-old woman digging through a trash can for discarded banana peels in Florida, you may have spotted one of the world’s most…

2,000 Native American remains, which sat at a university for 50 years, will soon go home

February 22, 2020 12:51 AM CNN

For decades, the remains of thousands of Native Americans have been resting at a university in Tennessee. But this spring, they will finally go home.…