Month: July 2021

By Amir Vera, CNN Maggie Montoya used to love Independence Day fireworks. Now, the loud explosions and bangs that come with the American ritual…

By Keely Aouga and Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Mark Boltz-Robinson looks forward to growing apples and berries every year. The fruits go into pies,…

By Rachel Trent, CNN This Independence Day, many Americans are celebrating much more than the 13 colonies’ split from Great Britain. This…

By Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN Chicago’s “challenging” holiday weekend turned more violent overnight after four people…

By Douglas S. Wood and David Close, CNN This week saw the beginning of the NIL-era of college athletics. Suddenly allowed to profit from their name,…

By Kelly Murray and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A standoff overnight between Massachusetts State Police and “several heavily armed men” in the…

By Rachel Trent, CNN An Atlanta woman woke up to a surprise when a cat — that was not hers — jumped onto her bed Wednesday morning. She…

By Christina Maxouris, CNN As Chicago leaders work to address violence across the city, police said Saturday that at least 16 people have been shot…

By Rachel Trent, CNN A California rowing team is celebrating after it claims its journey from San Francisco to Honolulu set a new record for the…

By Kelly Murray, CNN Talk about luck. Stephen C. Toto of Framingham, Massachusetts, made a last-minute decision to buy a lottery ticket, and for the…

By Amara Walker and Maria Cartaya, CNN Destiny Britt has given the Covid-19 vaccine a lot of thought and has no plans to get vaccinated anytime soon.…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Two Boy Scouts in Missouri are set to be honored by their city’s fire department after rescuing a woman who was drowning…

By Emma Tucker, CNN Nearly five years ago, the prosecution of six Baltimore police officers in the case of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Black man…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN For four days, Darren James and his family were multibillionaires. The real estate agent from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and his…

By Jason Hanna, Aya Elamroussi and David Shortell, CNN [Breaking news update at 6:24 p.m. ET] Search and rescue efforts at the partially collapsed…

Mark Morales, CNN Tom Marquardt, the former editor and publisher of the Capital Gazette, could have easily found himself in the cross-hairs of Jarrod…

By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Casey Tolan, CNN Sara Nir was up late, checking her email when she heard knocking sounds that went from…