Over 100 Cuban migrants apprehended over the weekend in waters off South Florida
By Melissa Alonso, CNN US Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 100 Cuban migrants after multiple vessels reached land in South Florida over…
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Record high temperatures continue to bake the West. Here’s how days of extreme heat are impacting life
By Dakin Andone, CNN More than 50 million people across the American West are under heat alerts Tuesday, as a prolonged heat wave continues to grip…
Continue Reading A hiker died from heat exhaustion in Arizona and others were injured as dangerously high temps grip the West
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A hiker in Arizona died and five others were rescued Monday after getting lost on trails and suffering heat exhaustion as…
Continue Reading Suspect in Memphis teacher’s abduction and death ordered held without bond
Memphis police have found the body of missing teacher Eliza “Liza” Fletcher. The suspect, 38-year-old Cleotha Abston, has been charged with murder…
Continue Reading Body found in Memphis is that of abducted teacher and a suspect is being charged with murder, police say
By Jason Hanna, Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A body found this week in Memphis is that of a teacher who was abducted there while jogging…
Continue Reading 2 people were killed and multiple structures destroyed after a fast-moving wildfire erupted in Southern California
By Nouran Salahieh and Taylor Romine, CNN Two people were killed as a fast-moving wildfire swelled rapidly over parched vegetation in Southern…
Continue Reading Saskatchewan mass stabbing suspect underwent ‘medical distress’ and died after his arrest, police say
Police are still looking for one of the suspects involved in a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan, Canada, that at least 10 dead and at least 18 injured.…
Continue Reading Second suspect in Saskatchewan mass stabbing is still at large after his brother was found dead
By Nouran Salahieh and Paula Newton, CNN A manhunt is underway for one of two brothers suspected in a mass stabbing that left 10 dead and 18 injured…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about the Mississippi airport employee accused of stealing a plane and threatening to crash into a Walmart
By Amir Vera, CNN The Mississippi man accused of stealing a twin-engine plane Saturday morning and threatening to crash it into a Walmart was denied…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Texas DPS chief rejects claims of cover-up in Uvalde investigation and denies telling his captains ‘no one is losing their jobs’
Students still traumatized by the Uvalde school shooting make their return to class, while some resume their studies at home, Ed Lavandera…
Continue Reading Uvalde children return to school after 21 students and teachers were slaughtered. But some kids refuse to go back to classrooms
By Holly Yan, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Zayon Martinez spent his final hour of second grade hiding under a desk while bullets flew…
Continue Reading Texas Department of Public Safety suspends 2 officers with pay during internal review of Uvalde response
Three months after an 18-year-old shooter killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary, classrooms are finally opening back up to students…
Continue Reading 2 years after a pledge to rename Confederate-named schools, some students left wondering when will the change come
By Nadia Romero and Kevin Conlon, CNN Shortly after the US Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in 1954, Robert E. Lee High School in…
Continue Reading 2 years after a pledge to rename Confederate-named schools, some students left wondering when will the change come
Three schools in Montgomery, Alabama, still carry the names of Confederate figures. Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Melvin Brown is fighting…
Continue Reading Robb Elementary School may be demolished. Here’s what happened to schools after other horrifying attacks
By Holly Yan and Zoe Sottile, CNN Just months after the devastating mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, students are set to return to class on Tuesday.…
Continue Reading Memphis police find unidentified body 3 days after a teacher was violently abducted
By Tina Burnside, Jamiel Lynch and Amir Vera, CNN Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza…
Continue Reading Las Vegas isn’t betting on Mother Nature to solve its water problems. Here’s how it intends to win
By Stephanie Elam, CNN For a city in the desert, water conservation must be a way of life. But amid a prolonged megadrought that has depleted water…
Continue Reading Conservatives join liberals in ‘quiet and polite’ Idaho protest to protect their library from book-banners
By Nick Watt, CNN A couple of dozen men, women and children are silently reading books in the shade of apple trees one sunny morning in beautiful…
Continue Reading Conservatives join liberals in ‘quiet and polite’ Idaho protest to protect their library from book-banners
CNN’s Nick Watt is in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where locals are pushing back against activists trying to get more than 400 books banned from the library…
Continue Reading Why we celebrate Labor Day and the meaning behind it
By Zoe Sottile, CNN You probably associate Labor Day with sales, family barbecues and the unofficial end of summer. For most Americans, the long…
Continue Reading Fire conditions are ‘extremely dangerous’ in California, officials say, with 2 dead and thousands of acres scorched
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Prolonged drought has exacerbated fire conditions throughout California, where six active wildfires have consumed tens of…
Continue Reading Fire conditions are ‘extremely dangerous’ in California, officials say, with 2 dead and thousands of acres scorched
Two people have died in the rapidly growing Mill Fire, according to Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah…
Continue Reading Jayland Walker’s family calls for City of Akron to stop ‘re-traumatizing’ them following further release of police body camera video of fatal shooting
By Samantha Beech, Polo Sandoval and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The family of Jayland Walker, an unarmed man who was shot and killed by Akron, Ohio,…
Continue Reading Black Lives Matter executive accused of ‘syphoning’ $10M from BLM donors, suit says
An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF) is accused of “syphoning” more than $10 million from donors. The suit is against…
Continue Reading Black Lives Matter executive accused of ‘syphoning’ $10M from BLM donors, suit says
By Michelle Watson, CNN An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF), is accused of “syphoning” more than $10…
Continue Reading US Coast Guard suspends search for 9 people missing after a float plane crashed into Washington’s Mutiny Bay
By Amir Vera and Amanda Musa, CNN The US Coast Guard said Monday it has suspended the search for nine people who went missing after a float plane…
Continue Reading A 51-year-old French woman is in critical condition following a shark bite incident in Hawaii
By Amanda Musa, CNN A 51-year-old woman from France is in critical condition after being bitten by a shark Saturday on the island of Maui, according…
Continue Reading Denver woman falls 900 feet to her death while climbing Capitol Peak, one of Colorado’s most difficult mountains to climb, sheriff’s office says
By Amir Vera, CNN A Denver woman fell 900 feet to her death Saturday while climbing one of Colorado’s most treacherous mountains, according to…
Continue Reading Las Vegas police seek public’s help after veteran reporter is found dead outside his home
By Michelle Watson and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help identifying a possible suspect in the death of…
Continue Reading Water pressure restored in Jackson, Mississippi, governor and city officials say
By Ralph Ellis, Hannah Sarisohn and Holly Yan, CNN Water pressure has been restored in Jackson, Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves and the city government…
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