US & World Archives

Warrant in fatal encounter between Breonna Taylor and police was linked to gentrification plan, family’s lawyers claim

July 7, 2020 1:40 PM CNN

The police raid of Breonna Taylor’s home that ended with police killing her was connected to a political plan to clear a Louisville, Kentucky,…

Florida jogger finds decomposing human head on side of the road

July 7, 2020 1:31 PM CNN

A woman out for a run in St. Petersburg, Florida, came across a decomposing human head on the side of the road on Tuesday, according to police.…

Atlanta mayor says increase in shootings stems from ‘perfect storm of distress’

July 7, 2020 1:15 PM CNN

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Tuesday the increase in shootings and murders in the city and across the country is the result of a…

Attorney for White woman who called police on Black birdwatcher decries ‘cancel culture’

July 7, 2020 1:11 PM CNN

The attorney for the White woman facing charges for calling police on a Black man birdwatching in Central Park said she would be acquitted and…

Opening night Major League Soccer match is postponed due to positive Covid-19 tests

July 7, 2020 12:39 PM CNN

MLS is not quite back. Major League Soccer’s MLS is Back Tournament match between Nashville SC and Chicago Fire FC has been postponed, the…

FDA warns against using 5 more hand sanitizers found to contain methanol

July 7, 2020 12:17 PM CNN

The US Food and Drug Administration has added five hand sanitizers to its list of products that have tested positive for a toxic chemical. These…

Courts find new ways to swear in citizens despite coronavirus

July 7, 2020 12:11 PM CNN

The coronavirus crisis has made naturalization ceremonies look a little different, but they are no less meaningful for new US citizens. At the…

This student collected garbage to pay for college. Now he’s headed to Harvard Law

July 7, 2020 10:59 AM CNN

A college graduate from Maryland has been admitted to Harvard Law after continued adversity nearly made him abandon school altogether. After…

Miami-Dade to shut down restaurants again as Florida’s Covid-19 hospitalizations surge

July 7, 2020 10:06 AM CNN

As Florida sets the most dubious of records amid the coronavirus pandemic, Miami-Dade County has decided it’s done playing by the state’s…

Australia to reimpose six-week coronavirus lockdown in second largest city as country battles potential second wave

July 7, 2020 8:56 AM CNN

Strict lockdown measures are to be reimposed in Australia’s second largest city, as authorities scramble to prevent a second wave of…

Phoenix police shot and killed a man in a parked car, sparking renewed protests

July 7, 2020 8:17 AM CNN

Phoenix police officers shot and killed a man inside a parked car July 4 in an incident captured on bystander video, sparking renewed protests in the…

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes signs most lucrative sports deal in history, agent says

July 7, 2020 7:54 AM CNN

The NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs have signed their quarterback Patrick Mahomes to a 10-year contract extension that his agent says is the most…

Florida will require schools to reopen in August despite a surge in coronavirus cases

July 7, 2020 7:48 AM CNN

Florida, the new US hotspot for coronavirus, will require schools to reopen in August. The state’s Commissioner of the Department of Education,…

What you need to know about coronavirus on Tuesday, July 7

July 7, 2020 5:19 AM CNN

The number of new coronavirus cases recorded daily in the United States has doubled in the span of a week and a half. Asked about the surge in cases,…

WNBA players will wear Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms to honor women lost to racial violence

July 7, 2020 5:13 AM CNN

This season’s WNBA players hope that before you chant their names, you’ll remember the victims of police and racial violence too. When…

Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world

July 7, 2020 4:31 AM CNN

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tells fans he had lung screening

July 7, 2020 2:52 AM CNN

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told supporters gathered outside the presidential palace in Brasília Monday that he took a Covid-19 exam and that…

A former US soldier has pleaded not guilty to charges he was planning an attack on his own unit

July 7, 2020 1:57 AM CNN

A former US Army soldier pleaded not guilty to charges that he was planning a mass casualty attack on his own unit by sending sensitive information…

Hong Kong schools told to remove books that violate new law as police powers extended

July 7, 2020 1:44 AM CNN

Schools in Hong Kong have been told that they must remove books and teaching materials that could violate the sweeping national security law that was…

Chinese authorities confirm case of bubonic plague in Inner Mongolia

July 7, 2020 1:35 AM CNN

In the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a city is on high alert. On Tuesday, they confirmed a case of a disease that has persisted centuries after…

About a fifth of adults in the US have moved due to Covid-19 or know someone who did, a new study shows

July 7, 2020 1:19 AM CNN

When the coronavirus pandemic began its rapid spread from country to country and eventually state to state, what once felt like home was no longer a…

5 of the victims who died in an Idaho plane collision have been identified

July 6, 2020 11:39 PM CNN

Authorities have identified five of the victims killed in a deadly plane collision that happened over an Idaho lake over the holiday weekend. Eight…

California prisons replace their top medical officer amid a coronavirus outbreak

July 6, 2020 11:28 PM CNN

The top medical officer for California’s corrections system has been replaced amid a growing coronavirus outbreak among the state’s…

Australia to seal off 6.6 million people in virus-hit state as outbreak worsens

July 6, 2020 8:53 PM CNN

Australia will isolate 6.6 million people in the state of Victoria from the rest of the nation at 11.59 p.m. on Tuesday, as authorities take drastic…

A statue of Frederick Douglass was toppled over the Fourth of July weekend, the anniversary of his famous speech

July 6, 2020 7:59 PM CNN

There’s only a stump where a statue of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass once stood. The monument to Douglass, one of several in Rochester,…

A woman who allegedly coughed on a baby no longer has her school district job

July 6, 2020 7:30 PM CNN

A woman who allegedly coughed on a baby during a social distancing dispute no longer has her job with a California school district. Oak Grove School…

Japan says Chinese ships spend record time violating its territorial waters

July 6, 2020 7:13 PM CNN

Chinese coast guard ships have twice intruded into Japan’s territorial waters in the past four days, forcing Japanese coast guard vessels to…

They envisioned a world without police. Inside Seattle’s CHOP zone, protesters struggled to make it real

July 6, 2020 7:07 PM CNN

In Wednesday’s early morning hours, Seattle police cleared the Capitol Hill Organized Protest area, a relatively quiet end to a demonstration…

A woman accused of throwing Molotov cocktail at a police car suggests a protester gave her the device

July 6, 2020 7:06 PM CNN

A White woman accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a police car in late May during a George Floyd protest in Brooklyn claims she was given the…

A Florida man visiting beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper says governor should require masks statewide

July 6, 2020 6:48 PM CNN

A Florida lawyer who visits the state’s reopened beaches dressed as death itself is calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to require the public to wear…