CNN – National

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Photographs by Hilary Swift for CNN NEW YORK — It’s a sweltering spring day in New York City, but Dana Aber stands…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Just when you thought rush hour couldn’t get any worse. A behemoth 11-foot alligator wandered onto State Road 417 in…

By Sara Smart, CNN Cold french fries are bad enough. But cold, old french fries are even worse. That’s the surprise from Ronald McDonald that…

By Ralph Ellis, Rebekah Riess, Jamiel Lynch and Mallika Kallingal, CNN Authorities in Lauderdale County, Alabama, are searching for a corrections…

By Abby Bustin and Caroline Kucera, CNN Edward Morgan Jr. was part of a massive rescue mission this week — one involving thousands of bees.…

By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Jason Hanna, CNN A group of attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s…

By Jay Croft, CNN In his escalating feud with Disney, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday night “additional legislative action” is…

By Jamiel Lynch, Elizabeth Wolfe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Four Florida Department of Corrections officers have been arrested in the alleged beating…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In a move to reduce smoking across the US, the FDA has proposed a sweeping ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.…

By Christina Maxouris, CNN A former top official with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has accused Sheriff Alex Villanueva of…

By Mallika Kallingal and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Federal public defenders in Tennessee are calling for a statewide moratorium on executions and an…

By Meg Dunn, CNN Growing up in rural Indiana, DeAnna Ellenberger Pursai and her sister, Angel, were constant companions and playmates. Only a year…

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Nothing makes Dyree Williams feel more like himself than his hair, which he has proudly worn in twists, braids and locks all…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As California plunges even deeper into its multiyear megadrought after an alarmingly dry winter, officials are eyeing what…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Police have arrested a 74-year-old man in the 1988 killing of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay in Massachusetts, the Essex…