Rare Pokémon Charizard card sells for $336,000
By Emmy Abbassi, CNN Going once. Going twice. Sold! A rare first edition 1999 Pokémon Charizard No. 4 card sold on Thursday for $336,000 at auction.…
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Start your week smart: Ukraine, Gas Prices, Saudi Executions, Winter Weather, Cristiano Ronaldo
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’re reading this right after waking up this morning, you’ve already lost an hour of your day. But…
Continue Reading ‘Alzheimer’s disease is the only illness where the person passes away twice.’ Latino caregivers say they’re facing more barriers
By Maya Brown, CNN Sarah Rodriguez spends most of her day multitasking as she switches from watching her mother on remote cameras to talking on video…
Continue Reading Soldier dies during training exercise at Fort Irwin
By Claire Colbert and Keith Allen, CNN A 23-year-old soldier died Thursday in a training incident at Fort Irwin, California, the Army announced…
Continue Reading Two wildfires in the Florida Panhandle are now 95% contained, forest service says
By Dakin Andone, CNN Two of three wildfires making up the Chipola Complex Fire in Florida’s panhandle are 95% contained, after the trio of…
Continue Reading Her son ‘hated’ her when he was a teen. Then a pandemic homecoming changed their relationship forever
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN It will just be two weeks. That’s what Kerry Stutzman thought when she invited her 22-year-old son to come back…
Continue Reading Ammon Bundy was arrested for trespassing at a hospital after a protest about a child
By Andy Rose, CNN Ammon Bundy, the rancher who gained national attention for leading the armed occupation of federal land in Oregon, was arrested for…
Continue Reading Second officer dies in line of duty after a shooting in Missouri
By Andy Rose and Emma Tucker, CNN One of the two police officers hospitalized after a deadly shooting in southwest Missouri has died in the line of…
Continue Reading New York’s Museum of Modern Art evacuated after two people were stabbed inside, police say
By Liam Reilly, Emma Tucker and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Patrons at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art were evacuated Saturday afternoon…
Continue Reading Man accused of stabbing 2 people at New York’s Museum of Modern Art arrested in Philadelphia, police say
Patrons at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art evacuated after two employees were stabbed by a man who was involved in two incidents of disorderly…
Continue Reading Their first date was 204 days long
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Anju Tomar drove south down I-65, wondering if she was making a big mistake. She traveled often for work, but had never…
Continue Reading A Kansas teacher is suing school officials for requiring her to address students by their preferred names, saying the policy violates her religious freedom
By Alaa Elassar, CNN A Kansas teacher is suing her school district superintendent, board members and principal after being suspended for not using a…
Continue Reading 5 West Point cadets overdose on fentanyl during spring break, police say
By Melissa Alonso and Amanda Musa, CNN A suspect is in custody after five West Point cadets overdosed — four of whom were hospitalized —…
Continue Reading A 32-year-old man is accused of killing couple in Daytona Beach
By Amanda Musa, CNN A 32-year-old man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of a couple last weekend in Daytona…
Continue Reading ‘Rudderless’ city government faulted for Minneapolis protest response after George Floyd’s murder
By Peter Nickeas, CNN An outside review of Minneapolis’ response to protests in the spring of 2020, following the murder of George Floyd by a…
Continue Reading ‘Rudderless’ city government faulted for Minneapolis protest response after George Floyd’s murder
A new report says Minneapolis fell short in its response to the unrest that happened in the wake of George Floyd’s…
Continue Reading Authorities claimed these Black men had excited delirium just before they died. But the diagnosis itself is a problem and should be abandoned, a new study says
“Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler was detained by police on suspicion of bank robbery while attempting to make a withdrawal from his account with…
Continue Reading Happy birthday: Teen wins $100,000 lottery prize with her first ticket ever
By Jay Croft, CNN A North Carolina college student won a nice 19th birthday gift after buying her first lottery ticket: $100,000. Laniah Ashley, a…
Continue Reading A community in mourning will gather Saturday to honor Katie Meyer, the Stanford star soccer player who died by suicide
By Natasha Chen and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Friends and loved ones of Stanford University star soccer player Katie Meyer, who died by suicide earlier…
Continue Reading A grieving surfer is taking hundreds of strangers’ late loved ones for one last ride
By Faith Karimi, CNN Dan Fischer has always found solace in the ocean. As a child, he loved going to the beach and riding bikes along the coastline…
Continue Reading She’d just celebrated her baby shower in Ukraine. Hours later, she was fleeing bombs
By Brynn Gingras and Faith Karimi, CNN Hours before Russia started bombarding Ukraine, Olesya Ostafieva’s family and friends had thrown her a…
Continue Reading Outside firm to review Louisiana State Police after death of Ronald Greene
By Rebekah Riess, CNN The Louisiana State Police has hired an outside consultant to conduct a “comprehensive top-to-bottom assessment” of…
Continue Reading Now, that’s just icky: Border agents seize boxes of blood-sucking leeches
By Jay Croft, CNN Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia recently made a series of slimy discoveries — some 300 leeches sent…
Continue Reading She’d just celebrated her baby shower in Ukraine. Hours later, she was fleeing bombs
Death and destruction lie in the wake of Russia’s bombardment of a maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. The reported attack came…
Continue Reading Authorities claimed these Black men had excited delirium just before they died. But the diagnosis itself is a problem and should be abandoned, a new study says
By Julia Vargas Jones, CNN In videos that show George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis police custody, an officer holding down the Black…
Continue Reading What could be next for Brittney Griner
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN There are many details we still don’t know about WNBA star Brittney Griner’s arrest in Russia. But…
Continue Reading What could be next for Brittney Griner
As a new photo emerges of an American shortly before her Moscow arrest, friends and family of 3 US detainees worry that war will prevent any release…
Continue Reading An Ohio grand jury declined to indict officer who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant, state AG says
By Christina Maxouris A Franklin County, Ohio, jury declined to indict the police officer who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant, a Black teenager,…
Continue Reading DA’s office to drop criminal charges against Denver security guard who fatally shot a man last year after political rally
By Hannah Sarisohn. CNN Prosecutors will drop a second-degree murder charge for a Denver security guard who shot a man at a political rally in…
Continue Reading Gabby Petito’s parents sue Brian Laundrie’s parents, claiming they knew of her killing and were helping son escape
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN The family of Gabby Petito has filed a civil lawsuit against Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, alleging they knew their son…
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