How law enforcement is trying to stop mob retail thefts
By Ray Sanchez and Josh Campbell, CNN With in-store customers expected to return in droves for the holiday shopping season, law enforcement agencies…
Continue ReadingCNN – National
Four teens charged with attempted first-degree murder after shooting in Colorado high school parking lot
By Carma Hassan and Steve Almasy, CNN Three 16-year-olds and one 17-year-old allegedly involved in a shooting in the parking lot of a Colorado high…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court upholds California’s ban on high-capacity magazines
By Sarah Moon, CNN A federal appeals court in California on Tuesday upheld the state’s ban on high-capacity magazines, reversing a lower-court…
Continue Reading Man who had open-heart surgery wins a $1 million lottery prize after the ticket came in a get-well card
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A Massachusetts man recovering from open-heart surgery won a $1 million lottery prize on a scratch-off ticket given to him by…
Continue Reading There were 155 efforts to censor books in US schools and libraries, group says
By Nicole Chavez, CNN The American Library Association says it has provided legal guidance and support to a number of libraries impacted by the…
Continue Reading First US overdose prevention centers open in New York City in an effort to combat overdose deaths
By Taylor Romine, CNN New York City is now the first city in the nation to open two overdose prevention centers that will allow drug users to receive…
Continue Reading Former dean of Temple University convicted of fraud for using fake data to boost its national ranking
By Eric Levenson and Kiely Westhoff, CNN The former dean of Temple University’s business school was convicted Monday on charges of conspiracy…
Continue Reading Man suspected of discharging firearm at Atlanta airport turns himself in
By Melissa Alonso, CNN The man who fled after a gunshot set off a panic inside the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport more than a week…
Continue Reading In Fresno’s meth hell, there’s no antidote
By Kyung Lah, Anna-Maja Rappard and Rachel Clarke, CNN He says he was just headed to Walgreens. But the expired registration on his car tag meant he…
Continue Reading First US overdose prevention centers open in New York City in an effort to combat overdose deaths
Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Burk says methamphetamine use is rampant on the streets he patrols nightly. CNN’s Kyung Lah…
Continue Reading An Alabama city is facing a $25,000 fine for changing a street named after Jefferson Davis
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN The capital of Alabama is coming under fire and facing a large fine after removing a street name honoring president of…
Continue Reading He faked PPP loan applications, got the money, then spent it on a Lamborghini and Rolex. Now he’s serving nine years in prison
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Houston man was sentenced to nine years in prison for using money he got from Covid-19 relief funds to buy cars, a watch…
Continue Reading Authorities look for motive with 15-year-old Michigan high school shooting suspect in custody. Here’s what we know
15-year-old freshman Mark Kluska recorded the moment students huddled together and sheltered in their classroom during an active shooter incident at…
Continue Reading 3 dead, 8 injured in shooting at Michigan high school, undersheriff says
By Amir Vera and Taylor Romine, CNN A 15-year-old boy is in custody after three students died and eight were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon…
Continue Reading Authorities look for motive with 15-year-old Michigan high school shooting suspect in custody. Here’s what we know
A suspected shooter is in custody after Oakland County, Michigan, police responded to an active shooter at Oxford High School. Oakland County…
Continue Reading Jeffrey Epstein’s former pilot testifies Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew flew aboard Epstein’s private plane
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jeffrey Epstein’s former pilot testified in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial Tuesday…
Continue Reading FedEx driver dumped packages at least 6 times into Alabama ravine, sheriff says
By Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities investigating the discovery of hundreds of FedEx packages in an Alabama ravine have questioned the driver they…
Continue Reading FedEx driver dumped packages at least 6 times into Alabama ravine, sheriff says
Around 300 to 400 FedEx packages were discovered discarded in a ravine in Blount County, Alabama, some 40 miles northeast of Birmingham, according to…
Continue Reading Rain fell at Greenland’s summit this year for the first time. It’s going to happen more often, study says
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Rain fell on the summit of Greenland instead of snow for the first time on record in August, as the Northern Hemisphere…
Continue Reading Video was key in trial of Kimberly Potter, the officer who killed Daunte Wright
By Peter Nickeas, CNN Body camera video of former Minnesota police Officer Kim Potter fatally shooting Daunte Wright in a car during a traffic stop…
Continue Reading Las Vegas police use DNA testing and genealogical research to solve 42-year-old homicide of teen girl
By Kelly McCleary, CNN Advanced DNA testing and genome sequencing helped Las Vegas police crack the case of a 16-year-old girl who was found dead 42…
Continue Reading 1 in 100,000: The story of a fentanyl victim
Matthew Davidson was one of the more than 100,000 people to die from a drug overdose in the US from May 2020 to April 2021. CNN’s Miguel Marquez…
Continue Reading 1 in 100,000: The story of a fentanyl victim
By Miguel Marquez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Matthew Davidson’s death was not unique. It was just one of more than 100,000 deaths to drug overdoses…
Continue Reading USC issues apology after ‘offensive chant’ during football game
By Sarah Moon, CNN The University of Southern California (USC) issued a public apology after an ‘offensive chant’ was made from…
Continue Reading 110 years later, a book has finally been returned to Boise library
By Sara Smart, CNN About 110 years ago, a book was checked out from a Boise, Idaho library, and it has finally been returned. The “New…
Continue Reading Family of UNLV student who died after a charity boxing match said his death ‘could have been avoided’
By Amanda Watts, CNN The family of Nathan Valencia, the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) student who died days after a charity boxing match,…
Continue Reading Death row inmate who survived a botched execution attempt dies of cancer
By Tina Burnside, CNN An Alabama death row inmate who survived a botched execution attempt in 2018 has died. Doyle Hamm passed away Sunday morning…
Continue Reading It’s a beacon of hope and it’s a politicized issue. Merriam Webster’s 2021 word of the year is …
By Noah Sheidlower and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Merriam-Webster just announced its Word of the Year. For some, it is a symbol of hope and health. For…
Continue Reading Dayton mass shooter acted alone in 2019 attack and was fueled by an ‘enduring fascination with mass violence,’ FBI says
By Gregory Lemos, CNN The FBI in Cincinnati said Monday that an investigation into the 2019 Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting found the gunman acted alone…
Continue Reading Get started on ‘Giving Tuesday’ with five high-impact charities you’ve probably never heard of
By Ashley Vaughan, CNN You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two intense days of discounts and deals ironically following a day of…
Continue Reading