CNN – National

By Will Cadigan, CNN When the dining room of an Ohio great-grandmother’s favorite restaurant closed because of staffing shortages, she grabbed…

By Kiely Westhoff and Laura Studley, CNN The New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an attack on an Asian woman…

By Eric Levenson, CNN A stray bullet struck and killed a 25-year-old man who was eating Thanksgiving dinner with his family in Norristown,…

By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Nashville police have identified the brothers killed in a shooting at an apartment complex Friday night as Zacquez…

By Keith Allen, CNN The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, held a moment of silence and lit the city up in blue Sunday, marking one week since a man drove…

By Megan Marples, CNN Celebrating Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is a bright spot for Jewish people after nearly two years of living in a…

By Faith Karimi, CNN Hundreds of thousands of US students are dreading turning 21 because it means they’ll be living in limbo and scrambling to…

By Nadeem Muaddi, CNN A Maryland woman is celebrating after winning the lottery for a third time in about three years. The 61-year-old player from…

By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Yon Pomrenze, CNN Kelsey and Chris Waits moved to Hastings, Minnesota, to build a dream home for themselves and their…

By Faith Karimi, CNN Michael Failla doesn’t get much sleep. In the dead of the night, the Seattle resident gets panicked calls and messages…

By Andy Rose, Melissa Alonso and Chris Boyette, CNN A security guard on assignment for a San Francisco Bay area news crew died Saturday after being…

By Chris Boyette, CNN Authorities discovered an apparent stowaway Saturday in the landing gear of a flight from Guatemala at the Miami International…

By Ross Levitt and Daniella Diaz, CNN In a rare joint statement, Wisconsin Sens. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, and Ron Johnson, a Republican, warned…

By Natasha Chen, CNN For his family’s first experience with a traditional Thanksgiving meal, Wahidullah Asghary had to explain to his children…

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officials seized a shipment of almost 4,000 bongs at Washington Dulles International…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN A 5-year-old in Brooklyn, Park, Minnesota, was shot and killed on Thanksgiving by a 13-year-old who accidentally fired a gun…

By Claudia Dominguez and Alex Medeiros, CNN At least 30 people entered a Best Buy store in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Black Friday and stole…

By Topher Gauk-Roger and Raja Razek, CNN Four men have been arrested in connection with theft at a Home Depot in California, where as many as 10…

By Dakin Andone, CNN A Tennessee judge this week vacated the death sentences of Pervis Payne, who has spent more than three decades on death row for…

By Paul Vercammen, CNN After nearly losing her life in a porch swing accident, Lalia Susini is committed to helping other injured and sick children…

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Most college students can’t wait for their 21st birthdays. But Lakshmi Parvathinathan is terrified. It’s…

By Andy Rose, CNN A shooting inside a Nashville apartment Friday night left three young men dead and four injured, police said. Those injured…

By Andy Rose, CNN One person was shot at the Tacoma Mall in Washington state on Friday night, sending shoppers scrambling for safety, officials said.…

By Sarah Moon, CNN One person was shot and killed at the entrance of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego Friday, authorities have confirmed…