US & World Archives

‘How is this going to work?’ Airport officials scramble to meet the demands of new coronavirus travel rules

February 4, 2020 5:04 PM CNN

As the worldwide death toll from Wuhan coronavirus approaches 500 people, airport and local officials in the United States are on the front lines in…

Turkey suffers first deaths in direct combat with Syria since start of war

February 4, 2020 4:55 PM CNN

Seven Turkish soldiers and one civilian personnel were killed in Syria on Sunday, Turkey’s first fatalities as a result of direct confrontation…

US warns citizens of sexual assault in Spain

February 4, 2020 4:20 PM CNN

The US is advising its citizens to take precautions against sexual assault when visiting or studying in Spain, according to a security alert issued…

Florida police made a traffic stop and found a bag full of drugs fittingly labeled ‘Bag Full Of Drugs’

February 4, 2020 3:39 PM CNN

A Florida traffic stop turned into a surprise narcotics bust after police found what looked to be a bag full of drugs in the car. The clue? It was…

Senate debates Trump impeachment; votes so far seem split along party lines on

February 4, 2020 12:07 PM ABC News

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday implored his colleagues to acquit President Donald Trump on both…

A high school basketball team manager hit an incredible buzzer beater in his first game

February 4, 2020 2:48 PM CNN

As the final seconds ticked off the clock and the buzzer sounded, Atlanta’s Pace Academy team manager Daniel Lucke, 18, found himself mobbed by…

Nearly $1 million worth of shark fins seized by wildlife inspectors in Florida

February 4, 2020 2:16 PM CNN

Nearly $1 million worth of shark fins were seized in Miami, Florida, after the boxes they were hidden in were intercepted by US government officials.…

Radioactive dinosaur skull helped researchers make new discovery

February 4, 2020 2:14 PM CNN

Allosaurus was a fierce predator at the top of the dinosaur food chain millions of years before Tyrannosaurus rex claimed its “king of the…

Weeks after a deadly earthquake, Puerto Rico is rattled again

February 4, 2020 1:40 PM CNN

A magnitude 5 earthquake on Tuesday struck Puerto Rico, where people are still on edge from a series of quakes after last month’s deadly 6.4…

Sand dunes can communicate, or at least give their neighbor a shove

February 4, 2020 1:31 PM CNN

Sand dunes are inanimate objects, so they don’t think or feel, but they can communicate with their neighbors and let them know they need space,…

This 7,000-year-old well is the oldest wooden structure ever discovered, archaeologists say

February 4, 2020 1:06 PM CNN

Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old Neolithic well in eastern Europe, which they believe is the oldest wooden structure in the world. The…

Package labeled ‘Bag Full of Drugs’ leads to Florida arrests

February 4, 2020 12:59 PM Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Two men charged with drug trafficking could have done a better job hiding their wares than using a package labeled “Bag Full of…

Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after employing unlicensed pharmacist

February 4, 2020 12:33 PM CNN

Walgreens has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit brought by California authorities who said the company employed an…

A company sent an Ohio man 55,000 copies of the same letter

February 4, 2020 12:28 PM CNN

A man from Twinsburg, Ohio, was expecting to receive a letter in the mail. Instead, when Dan Cain went to the Twinsburg Post Office to find 79 bins…

Vague misconduct allegations anger Chicago school parents

February 4, 2020 11:32 AM Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — An investigation of a Chicago high school that led to the cancellation of the boys basketball season, and the removal of the…

Mississippi inmates call infamous prison unit slated for closure ‘a death trap’

February 4, 2020 11:18 AM CNN

Inmates inside Mississippi’s state prisons are describing inhumane and dangerous conditions that have them fearing for their lives, including…

Deborah Batts, the nation’s first openly gay federal judge, dies at 72

February 4, 2020 10:38 AM CNN

Deborah Batts, the nation’s first openly gay member of the federal judiciary, has died. She was 72. Batts died in her sleep on Sunday,…

Confirmed Wuhan coronavirus cases top 20,000 as China marks deadliest day

February 4, 2020 10:06 AM CNN

The spread of the Wuhan coronavirus shows no signs of slowing, as China reported another major spike in both confirmed cases and deaths in the region…

Wisconsin court: Bid to recover smuggled car can continue

February 4, 2020 9:58 AM Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attempt to recover a rare car that thieves smuggled from Milwaukee to Europe more than a decade ago can continue, the…

The asteroid that wiped out most life on Earth was a hotbed for bacteria. They were the first organisms to bounce back

February 4, 2020 9:41 AM CNN

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago almost took all of life on Earth along with it. The impact of the Chicxulub…

Top films were more diverse than ever before, study finds

February 4, 2020 9:38 AM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood’s awards season may not show it, but the most popular films are increasingly diverse, a new study finds. According…

Part of London’s Soho evacuated for second day following discovery of unexploded World War II bomb

February 4, 2020 9:20 AM CNN

A busy area of central London has been shut down for a second consecutive day, after police found another part of an unexploded World War II bomb.…

Kenya’s longest serving President Daniel Arap Moi dies at 95

February 4, 2020 8:56 AM CNN

Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country for 24 years, has died, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tuesday. Moi was 95.…

Jailed woman in need of cancer surgery moved to state prison

February 4, 2020 8:13 AM Associated Press

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Arrest warrant issued for former South Africa President Jacob Zuma

February 4, 2020 6:48 AM CNN

A South African judge said she was left with no choice but to issue former President Jacob Zuma with an arrest warrant after he failed to appear in…

This Chinese doctor tried to save lives, but was silenced. Now he has coronavirus

February 4, 2020 6:15 AM CNN

On December 30, Li Wenliang dropped a bombshell in his medical school alumni group on the popular Chinese messaging app WeChat: seven patients from a…

An 8-year-old boy paid off the lunch debt for his entire school by selling key chains

February 4, 2020 6:09 AM CNN

You may have heard of celebrities or multibillion-dollar companies donating money to cover students’ lunch debt. But Keoni Ching from…

A climate activist swam under the Antarctic ice sheet to prove how quickly glaciers are melting

February 4, 2020 5:48 AM CNN

Fifty-year-old Lewis Pugh says he was terrified when he plunged into the water of East Antarctica in nothing but swim briefs, a swim cap and goggles.…

5 things to know for February 4: Iowa, impeachment, coronavirus, Weinstein, climate

February 4, 2020 4:09 AM CNN

The UK has only been out of the EU for a few days, and the two sides are already fighting about trade deals, economic models and everything else that…

The bodies of Kobe Bryant and 8 others killed in helicopter crash have been released to their families

February 4, 2020 3:58 AM CNN

The bodies of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other people killed in a helicopter crash last month in Calabasas, California, have been…