US & World Archives

Winston Groom, author of “Forrest Gump,” has died

September 17, 2020 6:01 PM CNN

Winston Groom, the American novelist and author of “Forrest Gump,” has died. Karin Wilson, mayor of his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama,…

Nike’s all-black Colin Kaepernick jersey marking 4 years since he took a knee sells out in less than a minute

September 17, 2020 2:51 PM CNN

Nike released an all-black jersey to commemorate the four years since former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee to…

University of Wisconsin-Madison grad student admits pretending to be a person of color

September 17, 2020 2:16 PM CNN

A graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has resigned from a teaching position after admitting on social media that they falsely…

Wife’s prank on husband goes viral, bringing smiles to faces around the world

September 17, 2020 1:51 PM CNN

Sharea Overman and her husband Nate are parents to three young boys and like many (let’s be real, all) parents — they find themselves…

Misconduct by government officials is a factor in 54% of wrongful convictions, study finds

September 17, 2020 1:21 PM CNN

Ronnie Long walked out of a North Carolina prison late last month after serving 44 years for a crime he had long said he didn’t commit. The…

Chiefs fan who attended game tests positive for Covid-19 and now everyone who sat near them is in quarantine

September 17, 2020 12:33 PM CNN

A fan who attended the Kansas City Chiefs‘ opening night game at Arrowhead Stadium on September 10 has tested positive for Covid-19. The Kansas…

New York City mayor delays in-person learning for most students

September 17, 2020 11:50 AM CNN

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday delayed in-person public school openings for most students for over a week amid ongoing concerns over…

Brad Paisley and his wife donate 1 million meals to combat hunger nationwide

September 17, 2020 11:45 AM CNN

Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, are building on their efforts to fight hunger in America. September is Hunger Action…

A Dallas school assignment asked students to write about a modern-day hero. The Kenosha shooter was among the choices

September 17, 2020 11:33 AM CNN

DALLAS, Texas — A class assignment at a Dallas high school asking students to potentially defend the suspected Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooter as a…

When a man heard that farmers were destroying unsold produce, he arranged for trucks to deliver tons of it to food banks

September 17, 2020 10:40 AM CNN

George Ahearn, who grew up in the farming town of Othello, Washington, co-founded EastWest Food Rescue after learning that Covid-19 was costing local…

Hurricane Sally batters the Gulf Coast. Here’s how you can help

September 17, 2020 9:15 AM CNN

Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday morning, exactly 16 years to the day Hurricane Ivan made landfall in 2004, and on the same point on…

Exhausted firefighters sing together after a 14-hour shift battling wildfires in Oregon

September 17, 2020 8:50 AM CNN

Sprawled on a smoky street, a crew of Oregon firefighters belted out a song after a long day fighting fires. Take me out to the fire. Take me out to…

Exhausted firefighters sing together after a 14-hour shift battling wildfires in Oregon

September 17, 2020 8:50 AM CNN

Sprawled on a smoky street, a crew of Oregon firefighters belted out a song after a long day fighting fires. Take me out to the fire. Take me out to…

The surviving ‘fifth girl’ of the 1963 Birmingham church bombing asks Alabama’s governor for restitution

September 17, 2020 7:58 AM CNN

Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and her sister was killed when Ku Klux Klan members bombed 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963. Since that day,…

Spider-like venom found in Australian stinging trees — and the pain can last for weeks

September 17, 2020 7:30 AM CNN

Australia is synonymous with venomous spiders and snakes — but scientists have discovered new toxins in what they label a “truly…

More than 240 schools in US are named after a Confederate leader. About half serve majority Black or nonwhite students

September 17, 2020 5:53 AM CNN

Thousands of children across the US attend schools that bear the names of Confederate leaders who fought to preserve slavery and White supremacy in…

Oldest animal sperm discovered in 100-million-year-old amber

September 17, 2020 5:15 AM CNN

Scientists have found the oldest sample of animal sperm, concealed in a 100 million-year-old piece of amber. Paleontologists discovered the sample in…

Parents send student to school while knowingly infected with coronavirus, mayor says

September 17, 2020 5:00 AM CNN

Almost 30 teenagers have to quarantine after parents sent their child to a Massachusetts school despite knowing they were positive with Covid-19,…

Parents send student to school while knowingly infected with coronavirus, mayor says

September 17, 2020 5:00 AM CNN

Almost 30 teenagers have to quarantine after parents sent their child to a Massachusetts school despite knowing they were positive with Covid-19,…

Testing deal promoted by White House failing to fix lack of Covid-19 screening strategy

September 17, 2020 4:30 AM CNN

A deal for 150 million rapid coronavirus tests the White House promoted last month as a potential game-changer in battling the pandemic fails to fix…

5 things to know for September 17: Covid-19, Sally, census, William Barr, Venezuela

September 17, 2020 4:09 AM CNN

Cutting down on greenhouse gases is a huge environmental goal, but if the world wants to get to net zero emissions by 2050, it will cost a staggering…

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic

September 17, 2020 3:52 AM CNN

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Masked men, assault and abandonment

September 17, 2020 3:31 AM CNN

North Aegean Sea — The warm glow of a bright orange life raft lights up the pitch black night. A small hand opens the floating tent, revealing 11…

Sally drenched parts of Florida with ‘4 months of rain in 4 hours,’ officials say

September 17, 2020 3:25 AM CNN

Hundreds of people near the Florida-Alabama border were being rescued from floodwaters brought on by Sally on Wednesday and authorities fear many…

Only the US has more coronavirus cases than India. But unlike Trump, its leader seems immune from criticism

September 17, 2020 2:36 AM CNN

India is in crisis. Its economy has crashed, with the largest slump on record decimating millions of jobs. Its already fragile healthcare system is…

Bacterial outbreak infects thousands after factory leak in China

September 17, 2020 1:07 AM CNN

Several thousand people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease, authorities said on Tuesday, in an outbreak caused by a leak…