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By Gabe Cohen, CNN A failing, flaming wheel bearing doomed the rail car that derailed and created a catastrophe in East Palestine earlier this month,…

By Andy Rose and Rebekah Riess, CNN An 81-year-old man died after being attacked by two dogs in San Antonio, Texas, and a suspect has been arrested…

By Rebekah Riess, Tina Burnside and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The five people who were killed Friday after a medical services airplane crashed in Western…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Tucked among the thousands of iconic Yoshino cherry trees at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, is the “indicator…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for more than a million candles sold at Walmart after the agency…

By Nicki Brown, Sara Smart and Ralph Ellis, CNN The federal Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern to stop its shipments of…

By Eva McKend and Andy Rose, CNN Close relatives of former US President Jimmy Carter are remaining by his side as he receives hospice care at his…

By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN Alabama will resume the executions of death row inmates, the governor said Friday, three months after multiple…

By Mallika Kallingal and Veronica Miracle, CNN The Idaho house where four college students were killed in November will be demolished as a…

By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN An Andean bear at the Saint Louis Zoo is back in his enclosure after escaping his habitat for a second…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’ve looked at flights lately, you may have been taken aback by current ticket prices. The busy travel season is…

By Sara Smart, CNN Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden spoke via video call Wednesday with John Hao, a fan of Harden’s and one of the Michigan…

By Aya Elamroussi and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN After federal officials released an initial report concluding that this month’s toxic train wreck…

By Paradise Afshar and Jason Hanna, CNN A man serving life sentences for three 2005 Las Vegas-area murders has now been charged in a 2004 killing…

By Travis Caldwell, Ray Sanchez and Emma Tucker, CNN After two days on the stand, Alex Murdaugh completed testimony Friday in the murder trial over…

By Emma Tucker, CNN After weeks of testimony, a South Carolina court finally heard this week from Alex Murdaugh, who is facing two counts of murder…

By Treasure Welle and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Ellen Gilland, a 76-year old Florida woman who allegedly shot and killed her terminally ill husband last…

By Andy Rose, CNN A suspect accused of killing five people in a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs can stand trial, a judge ruled…

By Melissa Alonso and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Black man who was beaten by multiple sheriff’s office…

By Nick Valencia and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The inaction of two Memphis Fire Department first responders fired after the deadly police beating of Tyre…

By AJ Willingham, CNN When Marguerite Richards made a TikTok bragging about her father’s decade-old thriller novel, she was hoping to rouse a…

By Ryan Young and Devon M. Sayers, CNN The Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer charged in the shooting of an unarmed Black man earlier this month…

By Faith Karimi, CNN Brenda Partridge-Brown knew for years that her mother served overseas during World War II. But she didn’t know the whole…

By Dakin Andone, Dianne Gallagher, Randi Kaye and Alta Spells, CNN Alex Murdaugh testified in his double murder trial Thursday, admitting he lied to…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In the milk section of your grocery store, there are likely shelves of plant-based dairy alternatives: oat, almond, soy,…

By Rachel Ramirez, Laura Paddison and Brandon Miller, CNN As parts of the West and Northern US face a winter storm with blizzard conditions and…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Residents of a small Ohio town whose lives have been upended since a train hauling toxic chemicals derailed there earlier this…

By Amy Simonson, Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Michelle Watson, CNN A gunman in central Florida killed a woman Wednesday, returned to the scene and…

By Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris and Nicki Brown, CNN Federal investigators released a spate of new details Thursday about the fiery train derailment…

By Amy Simonson, CNN An Orlando television reporter was among the dead in a shooting spree in Florida that killed three on Wednesday, while covering…

By Amy Simonson, Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN American Airlines flight 3444 was diverted to Raleigh-Durham International Airport Wednesday…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN An Atlanta-area police officer who was arrested for concealing the death of a 16-year-old girl has now been charged in her…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, 21, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in a shooting…

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Seattle is explicitly banning discrimination on the basis of caste, making it the first city in the US to take such a step. The…

By Dakin Andone, Randi Kaye and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Alex Murdaugh “wants” to take the stand in his murder trial, but whether he…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN May I interest you in a cup of coffee, with a spoonful of olive oil? Starbucks is going out on a limb with a new concoction…

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN The head of the Environmental Protection Agency threatened expensive consequences if…

By Paradise Afshar and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Three members of a climbing group are dead after becoming caught in an avalanche while scaling an…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Something to consider as you search for happy hours to celebrate National Margarita Day: The delicious concoction’s main…

By Natasha Chen, CNN Rahman, 3, has lived half his young life in Los Angeles — without his mother. They see each other, sometimes, via video…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and…

By Ray Sanchez and Maria Santana, CNN Genaro García Luna, Mexico’s former public security secretary and architect of its deadly and protracted…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Two people are dead and three injured after semi-trucks and other vehicles exploded and burned in Medley, Florida, Tuesday…

By Melissa Alonso and Kelly McCleary, CNN Schools and parks in Doral, Florida, will reopen Tuesday after a fire at a waste-to-energy facility that…

By Taylor Romine, Josh Campbell and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The suspect in the shooting death of a prominent Catholic bishop in Los Angeles is currently…

By Dakin Andone, Randi Kaye and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Alex Murdaugh was “destroyed” by the fatal shootings of his wife and son, his…

By Meridith Edwards, Holly Yan, Nouran Salahieh and Celina Tebor, CNN The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office will investigate the toxic…

By Kyung Lah, CNN Kris He walked into Arcadia Firearm & Safety in Arcadia, California, three days after his gun license became official. The…

By Claire Colbert and Amy Simonson, CNN An 85-year-old woman walking her dog was killed Monday when an alligator pulled her into a nearby retention…

By CNN’s Chris Boyette A Bengal tiger cub that was discovered inside a New Mexico home during a shooting investigation found a new home…

By Sara Smart and Jillian Sykes, CNN One of the 13 people taken to local hospitals after an explosion Monday at a metal factory near Oakwood, Ohio,…

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN Workers from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation got a scaly surprise Sunday when they discovered an…

By Cheri Mossburg and Dakin Andone, CNN The oldest Black church in California’s East Bay was devastated by a massive fire Sunday night that the…

By Cheri Mossburg, Camila Bernal and Kelly McCleary, CNN A man was taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of a Catholic bishop…

By Eric Levenson, CNN In opening statements of Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial, the prosecution went into a lengthy defense of the value and…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is Presidents Day, a federal holiday in the US commemorating George Washington’s birthday and honoring the…

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Dakin Andone, CNN A man is in custody after one person was killed and four others — including a 4-year-old girl —…