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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN An 8-year-old sobs every night after her aunt puts her to bed. A 17-year-old wakes up clutching his pillow and calling…

By Ralph Ellis, Ashleigh Killough, Leslie Perrot and Lucy Kafanov , CNN A district court judge in Colorado has scheduled a hearing for January 13 to…

By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN After taking a long weekend for the Christmas holiday, jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s federal sex…

By AJ Willingham, CNN Happy Kwanzaa! The cultural holiday, which comes from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza,” meaning “first…

By Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Covid-19 numbers keep soaring as travelers scatter back across the country after Christmas and Americans prepare…

By Andy Rose, Raja Razek and Amir Vera, CNN A 14-year-old was arrested Monday in connection with a convenience store shooting in Garland, Texas, that…

By Cheri Mossburg, Sarah Moon and Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN Valentina Orellana-Peralta and her mother were holding one another and praying in the…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Two baby bald eagles have hatched in Florida, and the heartwarming moments were caught on camera for everyone to see. The…

By Wayne Sterling and Amir Vera, CNN A fifth college football bowl game was canceled Tuesday due to Covid-19 protocols, while at least two other bowl…

By Carma Hassan, CNN Up to 20 cars were involved in a crash in northwestern Nevada, with drivers reporting whiteout conditions, according to the…

By Gregory Lemos, CNN An accidental Christmas Day shooting has left a 3-year-old child hospitalized in Asheville, North Carolina, authorities said. A…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the January 8, 2011, shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Six people were killed and 13 were wounded including…

By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty on five of six counts in her federal trial in New York related to what…

By Jay Croft, CNN It’s been 25 years since the murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey riveted the nation, and now Boulder, Colorado,…

By Faith Karimi, CNN The holiday season can be a challenging time for maintaining your health and fitness. Between social events and opportunities to…

By Sara Smart, CNN One Virginia family received the keys to their new 3D-printed home in time for Christmas. The home is Habitat for Humanity’s…

By Jay Croft, CNN A backcountry skier near Cameron Pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains died Christmas Eve after being “fully buried”…

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Christmas might be over, but Kwanzaa is just getting started. Today marks the start of Kwanzaa, also spelled Kwanza (with one…

By Liam Reilly, CNN Citymeals on Wheels, a New York City-based non-profit that provides meals to elderly New Yorkers, provided 20,000-holiday meals…

By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN A father and his two school-age sons died on Christmas Day when their house caught fire, likely due to a combination of…

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN It was right after Thanksgiving that registered nurse Jennifer Smith got an early morning phone call from John Burley, one of…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A male surfer was killed in a shark attack in Morro Bay, California, on Christmas Eve, the Morro Bay Harbor Department…

By Sara Sidner, CNN They heard their dad take his last breath. With little warning four months ago, Alec and Gabriella’s father, Billy Walker…

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Prosecutors in a filing say the parents of alleged Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley are at a “greater risk of…

By David Williams, CNN Carolina Panthers star Christian McCaffrey delivered a Christmas surprise to dozens of military families by paying off their…

By Sara Smart, CNN Struggling to find a last-minute Christmas gift? A trip to your local convenience store could make you the best gift-giver ever.…

By Carma Hassan and Eric Levenson, CNN A Baltimore Police officer who was shot while sitting in her patrol car earlier this month has died, according…

By Jason Hanna, CNN Daunte Wright’s mother said Friday the guilty verdict against former police officer Kim Potter for fatally shooting Wright…

By Nicole Chavez, CNN As she knocked on doors across New Jersey talking about Covid-19, Nayeli Salazar de Noguera couldn’t forget about how the…

By Paul P. Murphy and Emma Tucker, CNN Members of a southeastern Idaho youth church group were being driven around by their chaperone last…

By Dave Alsup and Andy Rose, CNN At least one person is in custody after three women suffered non-life-threatening injuries when they were caught in…

By Aya Elamroussi, Ray Sanchez and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN The conviction of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter in the fatal shooting of…

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Santa Claus has packed his sleigh with toys for all the good girls and boys and he has made sure the reindeer are secured for…

By Alaa Elassar, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN Dr. Jack Lyons remembers the pandemic’s early days when grateful communities banged pots…

By Topher Gauk-Roger, Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN A 14-year-old who was in a California department store dressing room with her mother was…

By Michelle Watson, CNN A monk seal found on Hawaii’s Moloka’i Island in September died of “an intentional gunshot wound to the…

By Raja Razek, CNN Citing procedural errors, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has withdrawn George Floyd’s Clemency recommendation,…

By David Williams, CNN Birdwatchers are flocking to a Massachusetts state park in hopes of getting a glimpse of a rare Steller’s sea eagle…

By Brian Vitagliano, CNN Former Boston College student Inyoung You pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter in the suicide of her boyfriend, Boston…

By Amanda Watts and Kay Jones, CNN “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski has been moved to a federal medical center in North Carolina, according to…

By Stella Chan, CNN A woman who punched a flight attendant on a May Southwest Airlines flight from Sacramento to San Diego pleaded guilty to…

By Laura Ly and Jason Hanna, CNN Next week’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will be “scaled back,” with fewer…

By Gregory Lemos, Paul P. Murphy and Judson Jones, CNN Icy road conditions have caused vehicle crashes and runoffs on Interstate 94 in west-central…

By Lauren Lee, CNN In 1997 Warrick Dunn signed a multimillion-dollar contract to play professional football with the NFL’s Tampa Bay…

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Some parts of the US could see a rare white Christmas this weekend. And speaking of the holiday, 5 Things is taking the day off…

By Ray Sanchez, Adrienne Broaddus and Brad Parks, CNN Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who drew a gun instead of a Taser and fatally…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A family of seven, including three children, who were found dead earlier this week inside a northwest Minnesota home died of…

By Tina Burnside and Jason Hanna, CNN A “major industrial accident” injured at least four people early Thursday at one of the United…

By Maria Cartaya and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A North Carolina police chief has been placed on unpaid leave and probation for telling officers about a…

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN The phone call lasted just three minutes, but it gave Sara Espinoza the first proof in six weeks that her son is alive. His…

By Raja Razek, CNN Colorado’s first known wolf depredation incident in 70 years has occurred on a domestic calf in Jackson County, near Walden,…

By David Williams, CNN A Colorado district attorney is asking the court to reconsider the 110-year prison sentence given to truck driver Rogel…

By Michelle Watson, CNN A missing college student was found and reunited with her family on Saturday after she went missing on December 13, Snow…

By Amanda Jackson, CNN A sixth grader in Oklahoma was honored for heroism for jumping into action to save a classmate who was choking and rescue a…

By Mark Morales, CNN New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail is in the midst of an “emerging Covid-19 crisis” as the number of…

By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s not Christmas if there isn’t a highly coveted toy that rises above the rest. And it’s not the…

By Kay Jones and Tina Burnside, CNN Two people died after a small plane collided with a paraglider outside of Houston on Tuesday, the Fort Bend…

By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York City’s mayor is hopeful that the annual New Year’s Eve Times Square celebration will happen as planned…

By David Williams and Sara Smart, CNN An 1875 almanac, two withered books, a coin and a cloth envelope were among the artifacts inside an 1887 time…

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Jurors in the manslaughter trial of the White former Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her firearm for her Taser and…

By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial have paused their deliberations until Monday…

By Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities are searching for a 3-year-old girl who went missing from a San Antonio playground on Monday. Lina Sardar Khil was…

By Rachel Ramirez, Brandon Miller and Bill Weir, CNN The climate crisis took a catastrophic toll across the globe in 2021. From the Arctic to…

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN “Help.” That word, in big black letters and surrounded by white space, called out from Ohio’s largest…

By Eric Levenson and Ben Tinker, CNN The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it is investigating a multistate outbreak of listeria…

By Sara Smart, CNN One high school in Tacoma, Washington, recently honored a former student who wasn’t able to get his diploma 78 years ago.…

By Amanda Jackson, CNN After missing out on holiday gatherings last year, many people had been planning for months to celebrate Christmas with loved…