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By Zoe Sottile, CNN As tasty as it might look, you should refrain from licking the Sonoran desert toad, the National Park Service has warned. On…

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Ray Sanchez, CNN On the day of the Uvalde massacre, fourth graders Khloie Torres and Miah…

By Tina Burnside and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Authorities are seeking multiple people suspected of firing into a crowd outside a Philadelphia bar…

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Photographs by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Redux for CNN Before she became one of America’s most-decorated Special Olympics…

By Tina Burnside and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Powerball jackpot has now grown to an estimated $1.9 billion after no winning tickets were sold in…

By Liam Reilly, Samantha Beech and Zenebou Sylla, CNN The mother of two boys who died following a house fire in Michigan earlier this year is pushing…

By Emma Tucker, CNN Planned Parenthood is preparing to open its first mobile abortion clinic in Southern Illinois, which will bring services closer…

By Samantha Beech, Sheryl Lawrence and Christina Maxouris, CNN At least 38 people were injured in a Manhattan apartment building fire Saturday…

By Jason Hanna and Rob Frehse, CNN A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime on suspicion of assaulting an Asian-American college…

By Mallika Kallingal and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Two teens were arrested this week in connection with an attempted armed robbery in August where NFL…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Maine is on a mission to clean up its streets, one expletive-filled license plate at a time. The Maine Secretary of State’s…

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN Officials are searching a section of the Missouri River for a paraglider who has been missing for over a week.…

By Jason Hanna, Mallika Kallingal and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Five people were found dead in a southern Maryland home Friday in a murder-suicide…

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN On its face, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ apology to Sacheen Littlefeather earlier this year appeared…

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Annie Korzen begins auditions with a statement most people wouldn’t expect from an 83-year-old: “Hi,…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A savvy photographer captured an unexpected, last-minute entry into a surf contest: a great white shark, terrifyingly close to a…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN; Photography by Rebecca Noble for CNN Workers with the water district in Wenden, Arizona, saw something remarkable last year as…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The unique, spider-emblazoned “I Voted” stickers that took the internet by storm in July have finally made their way…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Three men have been arrested in Miami for their role in a multistate theft ring targeting beef and pork packaging plants,…

By Amanda Musa, CNN Maryland law enforcement and school district officials are investigating why an elementary school teacher made unfounded claims…

By Faith Karimi and Liam Reilly, CNN Federal official Jeff Andre was vacationing at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom near Orlando last month…

By Laura Studley, CNN A beach closure is in place after a woman suffered a shark bite off Southern California’s famed Del Mar Beach Friday…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN The “world’s largest lotto prize ever offered” — an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot — is now at…

By David Culver and Jason Kravarik, CNN First came Chrissi DelaCruz’s tough breakup with her boyfriend of nine years. Then, her sister died.…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The enormous rocket at the heart of NASA’s mission to return humans to the moon is being rolled out of its hangar…