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By Amanda Jackson, CNN A resident at a college dorm in Utah decided to try to make rocket fuel on his kitchen stove, leading to a fireball causing…

By Amir Vera, CNN Defense attorneys rested their case Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former officers involved in George…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Kentucky Derby. The Derby is traditionally run on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. Personal Birth date: March 6, 1926 Birth…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama. Facts Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators…

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The federal hate crimes trial for the three White men convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man,…

By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN A skydiving instructor whose parachute did not open during a jump on Saturday has died, according to the Texas…

By Jason Hanna, CNN After deliberating for a little more than two and a half hours, the jury in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men…

By Laura Studley, CNN One man died and another was injured after they were struck by subway trains in different areas of New York City within hours…

By Jacob Lev and Ralph Ellis, CNN Austin Cindric took the checkered flag to win the crash-filled 64th annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International…

By Claudia Dominguez, Tina Burnside and Emma Tucker, CNN An elementary school student in South Carolina brought a loaded handgun to his school…

By Emma Tucker and Pooja Agrawal, CNN At least six people have been stabbed or slashed on the New York City subway since the unveiling of a new…

By Tina Burnside and Taliah Miller, CNN A Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder after police say she allegedly stabbed her husband…

By Laura Studley and Emma Tucker, CNN Three young brothers died in Michigan after the car they were in struck a curb and rolled into an iced-over…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The world’s shortest international commercial flight is only eight minutes from takeoff to landing. Can you guess…

By Sara Sidner and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Photographs by Michelle Gustafson for CNN Two chance encounters at the same West Philadelphia street corner…

CNN Editorial Research This is a list of prominent American politicians killed in plane crashes. May 1, 1928 – New York Rep. Thaddeus C. Sweet…

By Claudia Dominguez and Melissa Alonso, CNN The Saturday night shooting in Portland, Oregon, that left one woman dead and five people injured…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A newly built residential complecx in Seattle is offering unhoused Indigenous people a new lease on life. The Chief Seattle Club…

By Giselle Rhoden, CNN A Black couple’s lawsuit against a home appraisal company is now catching the attention of the Department of Justice.…

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Photographs by Cindy Schultz for CNN Ariel Dedolph was at work at the Saugerties Public Library when a name on an unsettling…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN A police officer died and another was injured after a police helicopter crashed in southern California Saturday night,…

By Emma Tucker and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York City unveiled a comprehensive plan Friday to combat crime and address homelessness in the subway…

By Sara Smart, CNN An evening boat trip quickly turned life-threatening for one California man. Scott Thompson, a commercial fisherman, took his boat…

By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN A helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Miami Beach shore on Saturday, according to a tweet by Miami…

By Michelle Watson, CNN Almost 38 years to the day that 21-year-old Mary Jane Thompson was found dead behind a warehouse in Dallas, Texas,…

By Emma Tucker, Melissa Alonso and Chuck Johnston, CNN As the number of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations slowly falls, cities and states are…

By Maya Brown, CNN Five current and former employees of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the…

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN To scroll through We The Diaspora is to meditate on the mundanities of Black life. Vintage photos show Black people splashing…

By Kelly Murray and Melissa Alonso, CNN Treacherous winter driving conditions are being blamed for a series of pileup crashes on Friday involving 39…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an alert that various products purchased within the last year from Family…

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The photos look like a scene out of science fiction: Robot dogs patrolling the US-Mexico border, climbing over harsh…

By Emma Tucker and Rosa Flores, CNN Nine-year-old Arlene Alvarez, sitting in the backseat of her parents’ car, wore headphones to watch a movie…

By Jenn Selva, CNN Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has vowed to end tenure for new hires at public universities and colleges in an attempt to…

By Mallika Kallingal, Michelle Watson and Andy Rose, CNN A 7-year-old girl was fatally shot while in a vehicle with her mother and 5-year-old sister…

By Mallika Kallingal, Andy Rose and Danielle Sills, CNN A Las Vegas woman who admitted to pushing an elderly man off a public transit bus in 2019 was…

By Sara Smart, CNN A new neighbor has moved into a California town and is causing concern. For months now, a 500-pound black bear has been roaming…

By Maya Brown, CNN Robert Rabang Sr. has been a member of the Nooksack Tribe in Washington State for almost 40 years — but about six years ago…

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN While dismantling the pedestal that once held a Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond, Virginia, workers on…

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Family selfies, nature photos, an unanswered text and several calls that were never connected detail the final hours of a…

By Amanda Musa, CNN Two students have sued a Missouri school district over its decision to remove eight books from school libraries, arguing the…

Tina Burnside, CNN The family of a teenage Florida girl who was falsely accused and arrested for making threats against her former school via social…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Iditarod dogsled race. The event is named after the Iditarod Trail, an old mail and supply route,…

By Paradise Afshar, Tanika Gray, Caroll Alvarado, CNN No one was injured after a fire erupted at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills,…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Let’s check in on your New Year’s resolutions. Behavioral scientists say most of these goals lose steam and fail…

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Authorities had been searching more than two years for Paislee Shultis, a 4-year-old reported missing from her legal guardian…

By Dakin Andone, Brad Parks and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who mistakenly drew a gun instead of a Taser…

By Brad Parks and Amir Vera, CNN A 30-mile stretch of highway in Illinois was closed Thursday after over 100 cars were involved in multiple crashes.…

By Bill Kirkos and Amir Vera, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng laughed at a joke made by Derek Chauvin while restraining…

By Peter Nickeas and Mark Morales, CNN A 6-year-old girl who had been reported missing in 2019 was found alive with her non-custodial parents living…

By Scottie Andrew, CNN More adults in the US say they identify as LGBTQ than they did a decade ago, according to a new Gallup poll, a trend largely…

By Mark Morales and Dakin Andone, CNN Police had gone up and down the basement stairs several times while searching a home in the Saugerties, New…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Joseph Lieberman, former United States senator from Connecticut. Personal Birth date:…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Personal Birth date: May 21, 1959 Birth…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Members of the Minneapolis community gathered Thursday to honor the life of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man whose killing…

By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN More than 27 years after a woman and her son were killed in a Seattle suburb, authorities have charged a man in…

By Amanda Musa, CNN A South Florida appeals court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a former North Miami Police Department officer who was found…

By Amy Simonson, CNN The pilot was killed after a small plane collided with a tractor-trailer on an interstate in North Carolina, authorities said…

By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Paislee Joann Shultis, the young girl who was reported missing two years ago, was found hidden with her…

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Florida’s manatees — which are dying at an alarming rate, largely from starvation — are being treated to…

By Rob Frehse and Laura Studley, CNN A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between a Black teenager and a White teenager at a New…

By Bill Kirkos and Amir Vera, CNN Cross-examination of Tou Thao got tense Wednesday as the ex-officer snapped at the prosecutor for asking why he…

By Jason Hanna, Pamela Kirkland and Alta Spells, CNN Texts and social media messages from two of the White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of consumer advocate and former candidate for president Ralph Nader. Personal Birth date:…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Quecreek Mine Rescue. From July 24 through 28, 2002, nine coal miners were…

By Rosa Flores, CNN Two neighborhoods in northeast Harris County were littered with hundreds of racist and anti-Semitic flyers over the weekend,…

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN On a 1,000-foot cargo ship in the middle of the ocean, the 19-year-old student felt trapped. Trapped by the…

By Amy Simonson, CNN A convicted murderer who escaped from a Mississippi prison was captured Tuesday after he ran out of gas, according to prison…

By Chris Boyette, CNN Two Harris County, Texas, deputies are recovering after being shot while exchanging gunfire with a suspect at a Houston-area…

By Mark Morales, Mirna Alsharif, Christina Maxouris and Ray Sanchez, CNN A child who was reported missing in 2019 when she was 4 years old was found…

By Sara Smart, CNN A miniboat built by fifth graders took to the seas on October 25, 2020, charging off into the Gulf Stream for its maiden voyage.…

By Brad Parks, CNN Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter to more than seven years in…

By Rosa Flores, CNN A 9-year-old girl has died after she was shot while in a car with her family in the Houston area, police say. “Sadly, the…

By Amy Simonson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for passengers who were on board an airplane that apparently…

By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly followed a woman to her New York apartment…