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By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Monday’s estimated $900 million Powerball jackpot – the third largest jackpot prize in the game’s history – have been drawn. The numbers are 17, 8, 9, 41, 5, and red Powerball 21. If a player wins the jackpot on Monday night, they will have the

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A pilot of a small plane suffered a medical emergency in the air Saturday, prompting a passenger to take over controls and make a crash landing with no landing gear at Martha’s Vineyard Airport, authorities said. The pilot of the aircraft, a Piper Meridian Turboprop six-seater plane, suffered a

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of gallons of diesel were released into the Tennessee River after a tugboat sank in northwest Alabama, prompting calls for swimmers to get out of the water after the fuel began washing up on nearby shores, authorities said Sunday. The tugboat sank near O’Neal Bridge and began to

By Polo Sandoval and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A top investigator on the Gilgo Beach serial killings task force described the suspect, Rex Heuermann, as a “demon” and said authorities are still working full-time on the case that has terrorized the Long Island community for more than a decade. Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — At least one person was killed and four others injured in a shooting early Sunday in Chicago, authorities say. Police responded to the West Garfield Park neighborhood in Chicago’s West Side around 2:07 a.m. local time and found “multiple victims were struck by gunfire,” according to an incident report

By Rebekah Riess, Michelle Watson, Raja Razek and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Four wildfires broke out in southern California’s Riverside County over the weekend amid sweltering temperatures, with much of the state under excessive heat warnings Sunday. The largest of the blazes – the Rabbit Fire – had burned 7,600 acres by Sunday

By Michelle Watson and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Monica De Leon Barba, a United States citizen who was kidnapped last November while walking home in Mexico, is being transported to the US after her captors set her free, according to FBI authorities in San Francisco. “The FBI is pleased to announce that Monica De

By Michelle Watson, Melissa Alonso and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III is expected to become the president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Sunday, taking the helm from outgoing civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The official transfer of leadership is set to take place Sunday, with Vice

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Summer is a great time to take a vacation and experience some of nature’s wonders. But far too often, travelers take a toll on local habitats or wildlife. Check out these suggestions for how to be an environmentally friendly tourist. Here’s what else you need to know to Start

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann left his office near the Empire State Building and strolled down a still-bustling Fifth Avenue as the sun set on a hot Thursday evening in Manhattan. The 59-year-old architect, whose customers included Catholic Charities, American Airlines and other tenants at John F. Kennedy International Airport, is seen

By Melissa Alonso and Jeremy Grisham, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama woman who went missing after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of an interstate has returned home, authorities said. Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, 25, had been missing since Thursday night, when she called 911 and told

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot grand prize grew once again, climbing to a whopping $900 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing. The winning numbers for the estimated $875 million prize Saturday were 2-9-43-55-57 and the Powerball was 18. The jackpot for the next drawing on

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Houston-area man was arrested Thursday and federally charged with the sexual exploitation of children for obtaining explicit images and videos of women throughout the United States, many of whom were minors, and using them for extortion, according to a criminal complaint. The man, identified as 23-year-old Andrew Venegas,

By Brian Todd, Danny Freeman, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Michael Burham, the inmate with survivalist skills who escaped a prison in Pennsylvania, has been captured in a wooded area near Warren after more than a week on the run, authorities announced Saturday. A Warren County official told CNN they “are

By Claudia Dominguez, Joe Sutton and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Andre Longmore, the man accused of fatally shooting four people in Hampton, Georgia, on Saturday morning, was killed in a shootout with police, according to Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett. At a Sunday news conference, Scandrett announced authorities tracked the suspect and confronted him.

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials are investigating after five wild burros were found shot and killed in Death Valley National Park earlier this week. In a Thursday news release, park officials made clear it is illegal to fire a gun in a national park, and said the animals’ abandoned

By Melissa Alonso, Zoe Sottile and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A Fargo police officer was killed in a Friday afternoon shooting that left two other officers in critical condition and one civilian injured, according to police. Police identified the deceased officer as Jake Wallin, 23, in a Saturday news release. Officers Andrew Dotas and

By Aya Elamroussi and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — After the remains of four women were found near a beach in Long Island, New York, more than a decade ago, investigators say DNA evidence and cellphone data now point to a murder suspect – a local architect whose internet history showed him often searching the

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Josephine Wright and her late husband, Samuel Wright Sr., moved from New York to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, nearly 30 years ago to seek peace and relaxation on a family-owned property. The 1.8-acre parcel of land had been in her husband’s family since the Civil War and

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and confounded authorities on Long Island’s South Shore after a woman’s 2010 disappearance led investigators to find 10 sets of human remains in addition to hers and launched the hunt for

By Raja Razek and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced plans to step down as president of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the international human and civil rights organization he founded. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., formed Operation People United to Save

By Jeff Winter, Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Daniel Medina, CNN (CNN) — The architect accused in a string of Long Island killings has been years late in paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes, repeatedly filed lawsuits accusing drivers of injuring him in car accidents, and still lives in his childhood home, according

By Brian Todd and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Police in Pennsylvania said they erroneously identified a person seen in recently released doorbell footage as prison escapee Michael Burham, who was taken into custody Saturday, according to authorities. Law enforcement on Friday released video they say was taken sometime within “the last couple of days”

By Jamiel Lynch and Chenelle Woody, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama woman has gone missing after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of an interstate, according to local police. The woman, 25-year-old Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, called 911 around 9:34 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to

by Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A recent outbreak of wildfires in western Canada is again sending a plume of unhealthy smoke into the United States. Air quality alerts were in effect Saturday for at least eight states across the northern Plains and upper Midwest as smoke from the wildfires returns. Smoke will be heaviest

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The records CNN has obtained from Alex Murdaugh’s time so far in prison include a short phone call between the convicted murderer and his only surviving son, Buster. It’s the first time the public has heard Murdaugh’s voice since Judge Clifton Newman handed him two life sentences in March,

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 79-year-old Florida man was bitten by a nearly 7-foot-long alligator Thursday morning at a golf course in Naples, according to local authorities. The man told deputies he was on a walk at the Forest Glen and Golf Course community, where he lives, shortly after 5:00

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — When FBI agents arrived at James Nott’s Kentucky apartment with a search warrant on Tuesday, they asked if anyone else was home. “Only my dead friends,” Nott replied. That’s according to the FBI, who in a criminal complaint detailed 40 human skulls and other remains they found decorating Nott’s

By Jay Croft and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 9-month-old baby in Florida died after his teenage mother allegedly put fentanyl in his bottle before putting him down for a nap, Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said. Deputies were called Monday to a home in the Callahan area about a baby who was not

By Kristina Sgueglia, Brynn Gingras, John Miller and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A New York architect was charged with murder in connection to the killings of three of the women who became known as the “Gilgo Four,” according to the Suffolk County District Attorney, in a case that baffled authorities for more than a

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of Hollywood actors are officially on strike today, creating tremendous uncertainty for the entertainment industry. While some films are already complete and set to hit theaters soon — like “Barbie” — many other movies and TV shows in the production stage have come to a screeching

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — After a Southern California school district rejected a state-endorsed social studies curriculum that includes material on gay rights, top state officials are vowing to buy a textbook in question and distribute it to students before the new school year. “That social studies book is being censored by the local

By Rob Frehse and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio plastic surgeon who livestreamed some patient operations on TikTok and had three patients report complications after surgery had her state medical license revoked permanently Wednesday, according to the state’s medical board. Dr. Katharine Roxanne Grawe – also known on social media as “Dr.

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia county police officer got quite a surprise when he pulled over a speeding vehicle late last month. While on patrol on June 20, a Henry County police officer pulled over a Dodge Charger that his laser clocked going 96 mph in a 35-mph zone. When the officer

By Christina Maxouris and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A sinkhole in west-central Florida has opened again, roughly 10 years after it killed a man when it opened under his bedroom, officials said this week. It’s the third time the sinkhole in Seffner, roughly a 15-mile drive east of Tampa, has opened. After the hole

By Brian Todd, Steve Almasy and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A bag covered by a tarp and hidden under a log was almost certainly used by Michael Burham, who has been on the run for about a week since escaping a jail in northwestern Pennsylvania, a state patrol official said Thursday. At a daily

By Cheri Mossburg and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Assault charges have been dismissed against an Oregon police officer who admitted to hitting a photographer in the head with his baton during a demonstration in the wake of George Floyd’s death in the summer of 2020, court records show. Officer Corey Budworth was charged with

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hakeem Jeffries, the US House minority leader. He is the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1970 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Hakeem Sekou Jeffries Father: Marland Jeffries, counselor Mother: Laneda (Gomes) Jeffries,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Alberto R. Gonzales, the first Latino US attorney general. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1955 Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name: Alberto R. Gonzales Father: Pablo Gonzales, migrant worker and construction worker Mother: Maria (Rodriguez) Gonzales Marriages: Rebecca (Turner) Gonzales (August

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Primetime Emmy Awards, which recognize television programs and performers. January 15, 2024 – The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place. It was originally scheduled for September 18, 2023, but was postponed due to the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes in

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida wildlife center was badly damaged and “nearly all” of its animals were killed in an overnight fire, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and the wildlife center said. Over 250 animals “including lizards, small mammals, amphibians, turtles and tortoises, fresh and saltwater marine life, and of course ….

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Empire State Building. Facts Located on Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th streets in Manhattan. It is 103 stories tall (1,250 feet to top floor, excluding height of antennae, which is 204 feet). Took only one year and 45 days to build, or more than

By Mitchell McCluskey and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — As drought-stricken Arizona bakes in searing heat, the Scottsdale City Council unanimously agreed this week to ban natural grass in front of future single-family homes in an effort to conserve water. The new ordinance will apply to new houses constructed or permitted after August 15. “By

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced Thursday a civil rights investigation into dilapidated and unsanitary conditions at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, as well as violence against detainees. The department will look into the conditions in which inmates are held, their access to mental and physical health

By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man pleaded guilty in connection with sending a manifesto via social media that threatened to attack a synagogue and Jewish people – an act that prompted a statewide alert. Omar Alkattoul, 19, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday “to an information charging him

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter Robert Bowers found Thursday he is eligible for the death penalty, shifting the focus of the proceeding to whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. They deliberated for approximately two hours. Bowers, 50, was found

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Tourists visiting the Las Vegas Strip watched a dramatic scene unfold Wednesday after a man allegedly took a woman hostage in a Caesars Palace hotel room. The city’s SWAT team eventually apprehended the man after video captured him throwing a TV and other items from the 21st floor, sending

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A bear severely injured a 35-year-old herder who was working for a sheep grazing allotment on the San Juan National Forest in Colorado, officials said Wednesday. The man suffered bite wounds to his head as well as other injuries to his body in the Tuesday attack near a camp

By Michelle Watson and Travis Caldwell, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball grand prize is growing once again after no winning jackpot tickets were sold for Wednesday’s drawing. The big prize for the next drawing on Saturday is now an estimated $875 million, according to the lottery’s website, with an estimated $441.9 million lump-sum cash value

By Kevin Conlon (CNN) — Family and loved ones of Derek Diaz, who was fatally shot last week by police in Orlando, Florida, say viewing officers’ body-worn camera footage of the encounter has only left them with more questions. Diaz, 26, was shot in the early morning hours of July 3 after he was approached

By Veronica Miracle and Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — The planned demolition of the house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death last year will be delayed until October, officials at the university said Wednesday. The university in Moscow was given the three-story home on King Road earlier this year by its

Sabrina Clay, CNN (CNN) — Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is facing a civil rights investigation into how Black women giving birth are treated in its hospital. “Maternal health is a priority for the Biden-Harris Administration and one in which the HHS Office for Civil Rights is working on around the country to ensure

By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A former Catholic priest in Louisiana has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to drugging and molesting 17 men he had met in New Orleans’ French Quarter, according to prosecutors. Stephen Sauer, 61, admitted to targeting men who appeared to be “intoxicated,

By Steve Almasy and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Surveillance cameras caught inmate Michael Burham’s escape from a jail in northwestern Pennsylvania last week, Warren County Commissioner Jeff Eggleston said in a news conference Wednesday. Burham was in the recreation yard – a 40 feet by 40 feet space on the top floor – of

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Four people on a Florida-bound Allegiant Air flight were being examined for injuries after the flight encountered severe turbulence Wednesday afternoon, the airline said. Allegiant Air Flight 227, which had taken off from Asheville, North Carolina, “experienced severe turbulence before landing” at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, airline spokesperson Andrew

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter began deliberating Wednesday about whether he is eligible for the death penalty. If the jury finds he is eligible, they will move to a final phase of the trial, called sentencing selection, to consider whether to recommend the

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new federal rules to reduce the level of harmful lead dust in millions of homes, schools and child-care facilities. Even though lead has been phased out of paints for decades, the harmful substance is still found in many older buildings. The Environmental Protection

By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — A six-year-old girl managed to evade a kidnapping by using the only weapon she had at her disposal – her teeth. The girl, identified by CNN affiliate WPLG as Lyric, was playing with her siblings in the courtyard area of her Miami apartment complex residence when a man attempted

By Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Florida judge on Wednesday ruled to allow reenactments of the 2018 mass shooting inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building as part of a civil lawsuit against the former school resource officer who remained outside as the massacre unfolded. Scot Peterson was

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1942 Death date: August 16, 2018 Birth place: Memphis, Tennessee Birth name: Aretha Louise Franklin Father: Rev. C. L. (Clarence LaVaughn) Franklin, minister and gospel singer Mother: Barbara (Siggers) Franklin, gospel singer

By Mitchell McCluskey and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A total of 17 people were transported to the hospital with various health emergencies during an Ed Sheeran concert in Pittsburgh on Saturday night, the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS said in a news release. The transports were for heat-related incidents, as well as falls, one seizure,

By Michelle Watson and Christine Sever, CNN (CNN) — At least three people are dead and 14 injured after a crash involving a Greyhound bus and three other vehicles early Wednesday in southern Illinois, a release from state police said. “Initial investigation indicates a Greyhound passenger bus with passengers was traveling westbound on Interstate 70

Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A sudden marine heat wave off the coast of Florida has surprised scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs, threatening one of the most severe coral bleaching events the state has ever seen. Sea surface temperatures around Florida have reached the highest levels on record since satellites began

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Multiple wills were found in Aretha Franklin’s Detroit home after her death in 2018, causing a family battle over the late singer’s estate. A jury this week decided a 2014 handwritten will found under her couch cushion should stand as the document of record. Here’s what else you need

By Amy Simonson, Gustavo Valdes and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — An investigation into a Tennessee man accused of recording himself raping unconscious boys has shown there “could be a decade of victims,” a police spokesperson told CNN. Camilo Hurtado Campos, 63, is being held in Franklin, Tennessee, on charges of rape of a child

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A 3-year-old and his 6-year-old brother were among four people shot and wounded when shots were fired at a crowd outside a Bronx park Tuesday evening, the New York Police Department said. Hundreds were gathered at the St. James Park when two people wearing all black and masks pulled

By Holly Yan, Lauren Mascarenhas and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The catastrophic floodwater that damaged or destroyed countless homes in Vermont is slowly receding, but a spate of new threats loom. “This may not be over. With rain in the forecast – and nowhere for it to go – we could see waters rise

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old woman from Boulder, Colorado, died after falling approximately 500 feet while free-solo climbing a ridge in the state’s Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday, the park said. The unidentified woman’s 27-year-old climbing partner called park rangers to report his partner had fallen from Blitzen Ridge on Ypsilon

By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A Kansas man who gained attention for dressing in a full wolf’s costume at Kansas City Chiefs games and who allegedly removed his ankle monitor while he was out on bail on a bank robbery charge has been arrested in California, according to a news release from federal authorities.