US & World Archives

Montana lowers flags to half-staff to honor a US pilot who died fighting Australia’s wildfires

January 25, 2020 12:38 PM CNN

Flags are flying at half-staff Saturday across Montana to honor a pilot who died in a plane crash while fighting Australia’s wildfires. Montana…

Trump’s defense team takes center stage at impeachment trial

January 25, 2020 8:08 AM ABC News, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s lawyers opened their impeachment trial defense on Saturday by asserting that he “did absolutely nothing…

A baby covered AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck,’ after his dad recorded his noises for a year

January 25, 2020 10:47 AM CNN

Does it seem like recording artists are getting younger and younger? It’s not your imagination. Earlier this month, Billie Eilish became the…

A 4-year-old who was accidentally shot while play-wrestling with his father has died, police say

January 25, 2020 10:22 AM CNN

A 4-year-old Indiana boy who was accidentally shot in the head while play-wrestling with his father has died, authorities said. Tripp Shaw died…

Family of Connecticut man fatally shot by state police demands trooper’s prosecution

January 25, 2020 9:25 AM CNN

The family of a Connecticut man fatally shot by a state trooper is calling for the officer to be fired and criminally prosecuted. Mubarak Soulemane,…

Ugandan climate activist cropped out of photo taken with her white peers

January 25, 2020 9:03 AM CNN

The Associated Press news agency (AP) has apologized after cropping a Ugandan climate activist from a photograph where she had posed with her white…

East Africa is suffering its worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years

January 25, 2020 8:24 AM CNN

The Horn of Africa has been hit by the worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said…

At least 22 dead, more than 1,200 injured in Turkey earthquake

January 25, 2020 8:19 AM CNN

At least 22 people died and hundreds injured in eastern Turkey after an earthquake rattled the region on Friday evening, according to authorities.…

Small towns in Texas are declaring themselves ‘sanctuary cities for the unborn’

January 25, 2020 7:53 AM CNN

When most Americans think of sanctuary cities, they think of predominately liberal jurisdictions that have vowed to protect undocumented immigrants…

California woman dies after clothing gets caught in raisin processing machine

January 25, 2020 6:51 AM CNN

A 33-year-old California woman is dead after her clothing got caught in a machine at a raisin processing facility in Fresno County. Yaneth Lopez…

Andrew Yang sang with a black church choir. Not everyone said ‘Amen’

January 25, 2020 6:08 AM CNN

As the Rev. Wendy Hamilton was leaving Union Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa, she turned to see some commotion in the choir. “I…

A father’s concealed weapon went off when he was play-wrestling with his young son, police say. Both were shot in the head

January 25, 2020 5:32 AM CNN

A 4-year-old boy and his father both were shot in the head after the man’s concealed weapon accidentally discharged while the two were…

French charity says four aid workers missing in Iraq

January 25, 2020 5:32 AM CNN

Four aid workers from a French Christian charity have gone missing in Iraq and an investigation is underway to locate them, the organization said.…

2 people killed in an explosion at a Houston manufacturer that shook the city and damaged homes

January 25, 2020 5:13 AM CNN

Two people were killed in Friday morning’s explosion at a northwest Houston manufacturing business, police said — a blast shook much of…

Here’s what a $40,000 Super Bowl ticket will get you

January 25, 2020 5:03 AM CNN

Millions of football fans will descend on Miami for Super Bowl LIV next Sunday, but only 65,000 of them will attend the big game. Of those attendees,…

Used mascara wands are helping treat and save wild animals

January 25, 2020 3:02 AM CNN

If you’re in need of a new mascara wand, don’t throw the old one away. The Appalachian Wildlife Refuge, a North Carolina based nonprofit…

Pit bull rescued from a dog fighting ring gets a job on the police force

January 25, 2020 2:31 AM CNN

Nibbles the pit bull has gone from the victim of a crime to the one stopping it. The pup was rescued from a pit bull fighting ring in Canada by the…

A former California doctor is extradited from Israel after $50 million cosmetic surgery scam

January 25, 2020 1:02 AM CNN

A former Southern California doctor is back in the US from Israel to serve his sentence for a $50 million plastic surgery insurance scam, the…

A lot has changed since China’s SARS outbreak 17 years ago. But some things haven’t

January 24, 2020 9:15 PM CNN

In 2003, panic was setting in. The fatal severe respiratory syndrome (SARS) — which first appeared in southern China — had spread across…

300 feet of pizza, one great cause: All the Good Stuff that happened this week

January 24, 2020 9:11 PM CNN

What do you say to a friend who’s having a really rough time? Sometimes their sadness can be solved with a big glass of wine and a funny movie,…

The former warden of the prison where Jeffrey Epstein died has a new job at another federal penitentiary

January 24, 2020 8:29 PM CNN

The former warden of the New York prison where Jeffrey Epstein died last year is getting a new job at another federal penitentiary as federal…

Coronavirus death toll in China hits 41 as medical staff struggle to cope

January 24, 2020 8:25 PM CNN

Fifteen more people have been confirmed dead in Hubei province from a deadly new coronavirus, according to the provincial health authority, raising…

Teens rang a man’s doorbell as a prank. Then he rammed their car, killing 3 of them, authorities say

January 24, 2020 11:08 AM CNN

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, California — The California man accused of intentionally driving his car into another car, killing three teen boys, did so in…

China is a massive headache for Europe

January 24, 2020 8:01 PM CNN

Europe has a China problem. Late last week, news broke that three people were being investigated by German prosecutors on suspicion of involvement in…