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By Ray Sanchez, CNN Photographs by Whitney Curtis for CNN On a winding road just off Interstate 64 in southern Illinois, past a Holiday Inn, an…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN An apparently studious alligator had to be relocated after it was found wandering around an elementary school in Charleston,…

By Christina Maxouris and Phil Gast, CNN Saturday’s massacre in Buffalo, New York, is the latest mass shooting in which authorities say the…

By Christina Maxouris, Amir Vera, Chuck Johnston and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Details continue to emerge about the May 14 shooting at a Buffalo, New…

By Sharif Paget and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A small plane crashed Saturday into the Haulover Inlet Bridge in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, killing one…

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Emma Tucker, Shimon Prokupecz and Samantha Beech, CNN Ten people were killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a…

By Amy Simonson, Taylor Ward, Sharif Paget and Ray Sanchez, CNN With an early-season heat wave searing much of Texas over the weekend, the nonprofit…

By Emma Tucker Indiana officials are still trying to identify a child whose body was found last month inside a suitcase in a heavily wooded area in…

By Sharif Paget and Susannah Cullinane, CNN An Atlanta police officer saved an unresponsive 4-month-old baby after performing CPR on him Friday, the…

By Amy Simonson, Steve Almasy and Susannah Cullinane, CNN An escaped murderer with alleged ties to the Mexican mafia was added Friday to the Texas…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Man’s — or in this case, woman’s — best friend came to the rescue of a missing Texas woman. Sherry Noppe,…

By Jamiel Lynch and Christina Maxouris, CNN Dallas police believe three recent shootings at Asian-run businesses in the area may be connected, and…

By Steve Almasy, Caroll Alvarado and Sara Smart, CNN Two paratroopers in a Special Forces unit were injured — one critically — this week…

By Liam Reilly, Annie Cohen and Christina Maxouris, CNN The state of Massachusetts reached a $56 million settlement with the plaintiffs of a…

By Jennifer Henderson and Alaa Elassar, CNN Delaware State University intends to file a formal complaint with the Justice Department’s Civil…

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Ashley Killough and Raja Razek, CNN After a pause on investigations of families seeking gender-affirming care for their…

By Faith Karimi, CNN The chaotic 11-day escape started with a simple lie. Around 9:30 a.m. on April 29, Vicky White, a 5-foot-5 blonde woman, was…

By AJ Willingham, CNN “Life is for service.” Those are the words Rollins College valedictorian Elizabeth Bonker lives by — words…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of retired NASCAR driver and race track owner Tony Stewart. Personal Birth date: May 20, 1971…

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, but more than a dozen states have passed laws that will continue to…

By Steve Almasy and Amy Simonson, CNN A manhunt continued Friday for a murderer who is on the run in Leon County in eastern Central Texas after…

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN At least 11 people have died and 38 suspected migrants were rescued Thursday after a vessel capsized near Puerto Rico, a US…

By Omar Jimenez, CNN Back in March, an off-duty police officer was seen on video putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl in Kenosha,…

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN We all make mistakes, but for a host of the Mega Millions lottery, it’s a potentially costly one: Prize payments for…

By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration has issued emergency orders grounding both pilots involved in last month’s botched and…

By Stephanie Elam, CNN As California battles a historic drought and a water crisis looms, the state’s coastline protection agency on Thursday…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of actor Morgan Freeman. Personal Birth date: June 1, 1937 Birth place: Memphis, Tennessee Birth…

By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Watts, CNN Fugitive Alabama corrections official Vicky White died of suicide, an Indiana coroner’s…

By Chuck Johnston and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A tentative settlement worth nearly $1 billion has been reached with multiple entities over the collapse last…

By Andy Rose and Travis Caldwell, CNN The caretaker of a tiger that temporarily went missing in Houston last year was sentenced to 18 years in prison…

By Andi Babineau and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Convicted Arizona murderer Clarence Dixon was executed by lethal injection Wednesday morning despite…

By Julia Vargas Jones, CNN A federal appeals court struck down a California law prohibiting sales of semiautomatic firearms to anyone under 21 years…

By Laura Studley, CNN A 28-year-old man who allegedly killed his mother and grandfather to get family and insurance money was charged with murder and…

By Aaron Cooper, CNN A German airline is apologizing after a large number of Jewish passengers were denied boarding on a connecting flight at a…

By Amir Vera, Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Watts, CNN A 60-year-old man strangled a woman and tried to bury her in the backyard of their South Carolina…

By Jamiel Lynch and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Two beachside homes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed from high water levels and beach…

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Bryan Lambillotte knows the anxiety-induced hunt for baby formula all too well amid the ongoing national shortage. He and…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the US and Europe worked for decades to reduce air pollution for the sake of public health and the planet, scientists found…

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Native American children were renamed, told not to use Indigenous languages and had their hair cut at 408 boarding schools in…

By Majlie de Puy Kamp and Isabelle Chapman, CNN Their names are etched in stone alongside some of the most powerful people and companies in American…

By Joe Sutton, Claudia Dominguez and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Delaware State University, a historically Black institution, said its women’s lacrosse…

By Amy Simonson, Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN A shootout that left one person dead and four others injured in Chicago was the result of…

By Jason Hanna, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Nadia Romero and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Recaptured inmate Casey White was transferred to an Alabama state prison…

By Raja Razek, Rebekah Riess and Amy Simonson, CNN Two former Oklahoma police officers have been charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection…

By Eric Levenson and Amanda Watts, CNN The 11-day manhunt for former Alabama corrections official Vicky White and the prisoner she helped escape…

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Austin Williams likened the capture of Alabama fugitive Casey White, accused of killing Williams’ mother in 2015,…

By Dakin Andone and Michelle Krupa, CNN A horde of cash. A getaway car. An enormous world in which to hide. It seemed inmate Casey White and his…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers at the US-Mexico border found an unwanted passenger hitching a ride in a shipment of fresh fruit: Cochabamba sp.…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Michigan man was in for a welcome surprise when he discovered a forgotten lottery ticket in his wallet — and won…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jill Biden, wife of 46th US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1951 Birth place:…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Pulitzer Prizes. The prizes are presented every spring in recognition of achievements in…

By Mark Morales and Ray Sanchez, CNN Celebrity chef Mario Batali was found not guilty Tuesday at a bench trial on charges of indecent assault and…

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Investigators are looking for more information after a second set of human remains were found in Lake Mead, which is…

By Jason Hanna, Amanda Watts and Miguel Marquez, CNN Recaptured Alabama fugitive Casey White intended to have a shootout with law enforcement, and…

By Omar Jimenez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN After more than 150 years, Lincoln College in central Illinois is closing its doors after significant…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s what you need to know about the landmark US Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education. About the Case The…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Bernard Shaw, acclaimed journalist and one of the first CNN anchors. Personal Birth date: May…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath. Personal Birth date: May 31, 1943 Birth…

By Eric Levenson, CNN The murder defendant who escaped from an Alabama detention center with a corrections official on April 29 had previous…

By Theresa Waldrop, Elizabeth Wolfe and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN Former Alabama corrections officer Vicky White has died from injuries after she and…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-winning actress Cher. Personal Birth date: May 20, 1946…

By Rachel Ramirez and Michelle Watson, CNN More human remains were found at Lake Mead over the weekend, less than a week after a body in a barrel was…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Haley Taylor Schlitz isn’t old enough to buy a beer, but she is set to become Southern Methodist University’s…

By Hannah Sarisohn and Sara Smart, CNN An area outside the Lowell Point community near Seward, Alaska, was still unstable Sunday, following a…

By Hannah Sarisohn and Eric Levenson, CNN The office of a conservative political organization that lobbies against abortion rights was vandalized and…

By Dakin Andone, CNN A plane crash northwest of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Friday afternoon killed two people, the Marin County…

By Mallika Kallingal, CNN An Alabama corrections officer who disappeared late last month with an inmate — with whom authorities believe she may…

By Eric Levenson, CNN The body of a small child was recovered from the Rio Grande by Border Patrol agents Thursday, while his brother, who was also…