Colorado DA asks court to reconsider 110-year sentence for truck driver in fatal I-70 crash
A prosecutor in the case against Rogel Aguilera-Mederos is now asking the judge to reconsider the 110-year sentence in the deadly semi…
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19-year-old found in basement after she was missing for five days
By Michelle Watson, CNN A missing college student was found and reunited with her family on Saturday after she went missing on December 13, Snow…
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The parents of 19-year-old Madelyn Allen address the media after the college student was found in the basement of a house in Wayne County, Utah,…
Continue Reading 11-year-old honored for saving fellow student from choking and woman from house fire all in one day
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A sixth grader in Oklahoma was honored for heroism for jumping into action to save a classmate who was choking and rescue a…
Continue Reading Inmates at NYC’s Rikers Island jail in the midst of ’emerging crisis’ related to Omicron surge
By Mark Morales, CNN New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail is in the midst of an “emerging Covid-19 crisis” as the number of…
Continue Reading Just in time for Christmas, look back at these best-selling toys from the last 70 years
By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s not Christmas if there isn’t a highly coveted toy that rises above the rest. And it’s not the…
Continue Reading 2 dead after small plane and paraglider collide
By Kay Jones and Tina Burnside, CNN Two people died after a small plane collided with a paraglider outside of Houston on Tuesday, the Fort Bend…
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New York mayor says he’s hopeful Times Square celebration will go on as planned
By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York City’s mayor is hopeful that the annual New Year’s Eve Times Square celebration will happen as planned…
Continue Reading An 1875 almanac, books and a coin were discovered in time capsule found in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue
By David Williams and Sara Smart, CNN An 1875 almanac, two withered books, a coin and a cloth envelope were among the artifacts inside an 1887 time…
Continue Reading An 1875 almanac, books and a coin were discovered in time capsule found in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue
An 1875 almanac, books and a coin were discovered in time capsule found in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee…
Continue Reading An 1875 almanac, books and a coin were discovered in time capsule found in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue
It took officials in Virginia five hours to pry open a time capsule found in the base of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. They had a…
Continue Reading Jury in Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for killing Daunte Wright completes day 3 of deliberations
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Jurors in the manslaughter trial of the White former Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her firearm for her Taser and…
Continue Reading Judge in Maxwell trial asked jurors to deliberate today. They said, ‘No, thank you’
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial have paused their deliberations until Monday…
Continue Reading Police are searching for a 3-year-old girl after she disappeared from a playground in San Antonio
By Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities are searching for a 3-year-old girl who went missing from a San Antonio playground on Monday. Lina Sardar Khil was…
Continue Reading From floods and wildfires to inaction and urgency: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2021
By Rachel Ramirez, Brandon Miller and Bill Weir, CNN The climate crisis took a catastrophic toll across the globe in 2021. From the Arctic to…
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5 things to know for Dec 23: Covid, Capitol riot, student loans, Russia, supply chain
Dr. Robert Wyllie, chief of medical operations at Cleveland Clinic, explains why multiple Cleveland-area hospitals came together to take out a full…
Continue Reading Cleveland-area hospitals battling latest Covid-19 surge put ad in local paper that reads: ‘Help’
President Biden said the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US is “absolutely” not regressing back to how it was in March…
Continue Reading Cleveland-area hospitals battling latest Covid-19 surge put ad in local paper that reads: ‘Help’
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN “Help.” That word, in big black letters and surrounded by white space, called out from Ohio’s largest…
Continue Reading Some school librarians fed up with book bans are organizing and fighting back
Librarians focused on making their collections more reflective of the increasingly diverse community in their schools are now under threat by parents…
Continue Reading Some school librarians fed up with book bans are organizing and fighting back
By Nicole Chavez, Evan McMorris-Santoro and Laura Dolan, CNN Carolyn Foote was shocked and angry when hundreds of books about race, equality or…
Continue Reading FDA investigating outbreak of listeria infections connected to Fresh Express packaged salads
By Eric Levenson and Ben Tinker, CNN The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it is investigating a multistate outbreak of listeria…
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After 78 years of waiting, this 97-year-old WWII veteran finally got his high school diploma
By Sara Smart, CNN One high school in Tacoma, Washington, recently honored a former student who wasn’t able to get his diploma 78 years ago.…
Continue Reading The surge in Covid-19 cases has people suddenly changing holiday plans
By Amanda Jackson, CNN After missing out on holiday gatherings last year, many people had been planning for months to celebrate Christmas with loved…
Continue Reading Cardboard box filled with a $180,000 cash donation mailed to The City College of New York. The package sat in a mailroom for months
By David Williams, CNN Physics professor Vinod Menon doesn’t get much mail at the office, so when The City College of New York (CCNY) returned…
Continue Reading Cardboard box filled with a $180,000 cash donation mailed to The City College of New York. The package sat in a mailroom for months
A surprise box full of cash showed up at the City College of New York but the sender still remains a mystery. Darla Miles has the…
Continue Reading No money? No problem. Here are 4 ways to give back without opening your wallet
By Ashley Vaughan, CNN It’s the season of giving! Even if you are low on funds, you can still make an impact. Here are four ways you can spread…
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Two officers exonerated of policy violations in Manuel Ellis death
By Michelle Watson, CNN Two officers investigated for policy violations related to Manuel Ellis’ death in March 2020 have been exonerated and…
Continue Reading McDonald’s settles lawsuit with Black franchise owner
By Kay Jones, CNN McDonald’s has settled a lawsuit filed by a Black franchise owner that alleged the company steered him toward less profitable…
Continue Reading New Yorkers and wildlife are finding solace in the city’s parks
By Erika Ryan, CNN New York City’s wildlife is thriving, and that’s thanks to devoted scientists and activists who have spent decades…
Continue Reading New Yorkers and wildlife are finding solace in the city’s parks
New York’s 30,000 acres of parkland is teeming with wildlife — everything from raccoons to bald eagles to coyotes. Decades of cleaning up and…
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