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CNN, KCAL, KCBS, BILL ROBLES, CA CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, CNN, CNN, KCAL/KCBS, Bill Robles, CA Corrections and Rehabilitation By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Nearly three decades after Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison for the murders of their parents, a California judge has reopened a door many believed would remain

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Nearly three decades after Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison for the murders of their parents, a California judge has reopened a door many believed would remain closed. In a stunning ruling on Tuesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’

By Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper and Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Three days of meetings to discuss reducing the number of flights at Newark Liberty International Airport concluded Friday in the wake of critical air traffic control problems around the metro New York hub and other US airports. The “delay reduction meeting,” called by

By Taylor Romine and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — A Milwaukee County Circuit judge was indicted in federal court Tuesday following accusations that she helped an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents last month. Judge Hannah Dugan was indicted on charges of obstruction and concealing an individual from arrest, the same charges she was originally arrested

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Nearly a decade ago, Airbnb envisioned being more than just an app to reserve a place to stay for vacation. With its latest redesign, you can now book a chef or personal trainer. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A business jet that flew over Washington with no response from the pilot – prompting a chase by F-16s which caused a sonic boom – likely lost pressure, causing everyone onboard to pass out, according to the final report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The pilot and

CNN By Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The family of an Ohio man who died two days after deputies restrained him in jail is calling for murder charges to be filed against the jail employees involved in the incident. Christian Black was arrested and taken to the Montgomery County Jail on March 24 for an

By Andy Rose, Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is cutting another $450 million in federal grants to Harvard University – on top of $2.2 billion already slashed – tightening even further its ideological pressure on America’s oldest and wealthiest university amid a broader battle over control of US college campuses. “(E)ight federal

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — You may recognize 2024’s 20 most popular baby names — nearly all of them have appeared in the rankings before. Liam and Olivia were the most popular baby names in 2024, a position both names have held since 2019, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA), which releases the

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve as the acting librarian of Congress. Blanche represented Trump during his 2024 criminal hush money trial, which ended with the then-former president being found guilty on 34 felony counts. He will replace Carla Hayden, the first

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve as the acting librarian of Congress. Blanche represented Trump during his 2024 criminal hush money trial, which ended with the then-former president being found guilty on 34 felony counts. He will replace Carla Hayden, the first

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve as the acting librarian of Congress. Blanche represented Trump during his 2024 criminal hush money trial, which ended with the then-former president being found guilty on 34 felony counts. He will replace Carla Hayden, the first woman

CITIZEN APP By Hanna Park, Amanda Musa, Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters are still working to fully extinguish a warehouse fire in Baltimore that rose to seven alarms overnight and has disrupted train service along the busy corridor between New York and Washington, DC. Train service in and out of Baltimore has been restored

By Taylor Romine, Matthew J. Friedman, Nick Watt, Melissa Gray, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A judge resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez to 50 years to life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, ruling Tuesday the brothers will be eligible for parole. The brothers have been serving life without parole for the

By Amanda Musa, Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Several equipment outages over the past two weeks at the Philadelphia-based air traffic control center that guides planes to and from Newark Liberty International Airport have raised concerns about how safe it is to fly at one of the nation’s busiest airports. The outages —

CNN, POOL, UNITED AIRLINES, NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL By Amanda Musa, Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Several equipment outages over the past two weeks at the Philadelphia-based air traffic control center that guides planes to and from Newark Liberty International Airport have raised concerns about how safe it is to fly at one of

By Hanna Park, Amanda Musa, Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters are still working to fully extinguish a warehouse fire in Baltimore that rose to seven alarms overnight and has disrupted train service along the busy corridor between New York and Washington, DC. Train service in and out of Baltimore has been restored on one

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Three people died and one other person was able to free themself during a climbing accident in Washington state, authorities said Monday. Authorities responded to the scene Sunday as the victims had fallen “while descending a steep gully” in the North Cascades, the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities

By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, Eric Levenson, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Coercion or consent? That is the central question posed to a federal jury Monday on the first day of testimony in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ racketeering and sex trafficking trial in New York City. The criminal trial represents a dramatic fall from grace

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Tonight will be your last chance to see May’s full moon, known as the flower moon to signify the many blossoms of spring. It will rise low in the southeast after sunset and ascend to the highest point in the sky after midnight. Here’s what

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — While Harvard and the Trump administration share “common ground” on issues such as ending antisemitism and other bigotry on campus and encouraging a “multiplicity of viewpoints” at the Ivy League school, the “overreach” of the federal government has hindered those objectives, Alan Garber, the university’s president, said Monday in

By Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The family of an Ohio man who died two days after deputies restrained him in jail is calling for murder charges to be filed against the jail employees involved in the incident. Christian Black was arrested and taken to the Montgomery County Jail on March 24 for an alleged

By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Jhasua Razo, CNN (CNN) — The federal criminal trial for Sean “Diddy” Combs continues in New York, where the music mogul faces charges that include racketeering conspiracy, transportation to engage in prostitution and sex trafficking, crimes that the government claims spanned over two decades. Combs has pleaded not

By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is to blame for the ongoing air traffic control failures at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, and throughout the system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday. “I think it is clear that the blame belongs with the last

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — “Sinners,” the new period piece/crime thriller/vampire horror hybrid from director Ryan Coogler, scored top marks with critics and fans (97% on Rotten Tomatoes) and has earned more than $200 million at the box office. But the closest movie theater to Clarksdale, Mississippi, which served as the inspiration for

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — “Sinners,” the new period piece/crime thriller/vampire horror hybrid from director Ryan Coogler, scored top marks with critics and fans (97% on Rotten Tomatoes) and has earned more than $200 million at the box office. But the closest movie theater to Clarksdale, Mississippi, which served as the inspiration for the

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Over the weekend, an international university student facing deportation by the Trump administration was allowed to return to her home in the US while her case continues to play out in court, marking a victory for one of the many cases involving students who could be removed from the

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN Tulsa, Oklahoma (CNN) — The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as a recent spate of incidents has thrust the high-stress profession into the spotlight. Now a federal collegiate training program is aiming to fill vacancies at US air

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Five people are dead and hundreds displaced after a fire at a multistory apartment building in Milwaukee on Sunday morning sent residents jumping from their windows for safety. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic fire that occurred early this morning, May 11, at a four-story residential building in

By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Operations have returned to normal after another air traffic control equipment outage caused the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a ground stop for Newark Liberty International Airport-bound flights Sunday morning. “There was a telecommunications issue at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Getting the shingles vaccine could do more than just prevent a painful red rash — it may also lower the risk of heart disease and stroke. A new study of more than 1 million people age 50 and older found a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular

By Matt Stiles and Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — At least 16 commercial planes were likely being tracked by Newark approach controllers when the airport’s communication and radar went down on April 28, including at least eight that were diverted to nearby airports, according to a CNN analysis of data from the tracking site Flightradar24.

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, all in their 30s – shimmied with a homemade raft through hidden holes in

CNN By Eric Bradner, Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call. The new pope — who calls John every day — was well aware of the global interest in his selection as the first pontiff born in

By Eric Bradner, Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call. The new pope — who calls John every day — was well aware of the global interest in his selection as the first pontiff born in the

By Rebekah Riess, Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — A mild 4.1 magnitude earthquake about 30 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee, was felt across the southeastern region of the United States Saturday morning from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia; Asheville, North Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina. The approximately 15-mile-deep quake struck shortly after 9 a.m., according

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A constant influx of crime drama and trials often floods the national conversation. Some cases grip the public’s attention and leave a lasting mark on society. And we are in for a particularly busy summer of headline-grabbing trials. And it’s not even Memorial Day yet. Karen Read is being

By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A communications system reliant on floppy disks and copper wires. Radars operated with a remote line described as “a long extension cord.” Multiple air traffic controllers on trauma leave to recover from the stress of technical failures that caused them to lose contact with

WCBS, CNN By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another outage early Friday morning. The blackout included losing radar for about 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. “There was a telecommunications outage that

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — After 100 days as Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy says he has the best job in the government because he can make things safer for Americans. It’s a job that didn’t come with many days off since the moment the 53-year-old started. Duffy, sworn by

By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk on Saturday arrived in her home state of Massachusetts after she was snatched by masked federal agents near her home and spent six weeks in ICE detention as part of the Trump administration’s effort to deport noncitizens who have spoken out

By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another outage early Friday morning. The blackout included losing radar for about 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. “There was a telecommunications outage that impacted communications

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has elevated yet another Fox News personality to a position of power. On Thursday, Trump announced that he was appointing Jeanine Pirro as the interim US attorney for Washington, DC, after his first pick — Ed Martin — received pushback from Republicans on Capitol Hill. Defense

By Eric Bradner, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The world watched in rapt anticipation on Thursday as newly appointed Pope Leo XIV stepped up to the velvet-draped ledge of the St. Peter’s Basilica balcony, raising his hand to greet a sea of Catholics who believe he had been appointed by the grace of God. But

By Andy Rose, Taylor Romine and Matthew Rehbein, CNN (CNN) — When Father Tony Ricard watched Pope Leo XIV deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he felt an instant kinship. “When he came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Cinnamon is a popular spice used in cooking, and it also has a long history in traditional medicine in many cultures. A new study warns that people should be cautious because cinnamon could affect the metabolism of prescription drugs. Here’s what else you might have

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told CNN Thursday air travel remains safe, even at Newark Liberty International Airport, where delays have played out for more than a week as air traffic controllers took trauma leave after a critical technology outage. “It was inevitable at some point that this

CNN By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told CNN Thursday air travel remains safe, even at Newark Liberty International Airport, where delays have played out for more than a week as air traffic controllers took trauma leave after a critical technology outage. “It was inevitable at some point that

By Associated Press Grand Rapids, Michigan (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after the jury couldn’t reached a unanimous verdict in the second-degree murder trial of a Michigan police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, following a traffic stop in 2022. The judge declared a mistrial and ended the proceedings, a

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Some cast members from the touring production of “Les Misérables” will not appear in the show next month at the Kennedy Performing Arts Center. At least 10 to 12 members of the cast and ensemble have reportedly decided to boycott the high-dollar fundraiser and performance. The move highlights the

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Some cast members from the touring production of “Les Misérables” will not appear in the show next month at the Kennedy Performing Arts Center. At least 10 to 12 members of the cast and ensemble have reportedly decided to boycott the high-dollar fundraiser and performance. The move highlights

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Some cast members from the touring production of “Les Misérables” will not appear in the show next month at the Kennedy Performing Arts Center. At least 10 to 12 members of the cast and ensemble have reportedly decided to boycott the high-dollar fundraiser and performance. The move highlights

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The Department of Transportation will build a “brand new air traffic control system” by 2028, Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday. The unveiling of the three-year plan follows more than a week of meltdowns at Newark Liberty International Airport after approach air traffic controllers’ screens went blank and

CNN, CITY OF MEMPHIS, WHBQ, POOL VIA WMC By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, concluding a fraught two-year examination of the brutal encounter that led to a parade of firings, two trials and escalating demands for national

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — After an uneven rollout that left many scrambling for Department of Motor Vehicles appointments ahead of the long-anticipated enforcement of REAL ID, air travel across the US went smoothly Wednesday — with many passengers opting to use their passports and officials ushering people without REAL IDs to separate

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, concluding a fraught two-year examination of the brutal encounter that led to a parade of firings, two trials and escalating demands for national police reform. Five officers faced state and federal

By Gloria Pazmino, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A federal district court judge in Minnesota ordered the release of a detained international student Monday after finding the Trump administration failed to show it didn’t target him for speaking publicly about Palestine. Minnesota State University-Mankato student Mohammed Hoque, a Bangladeshi national who entered the United States

By Dalia Faheid, Omar Jimenez, Jillian Sykes, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration said Thursday it was “encouraged” by Columbia University’s response to a pro-Palestinian protest at the main campus library Wednesday where police took 80 people into custody. Columbia University officials asked the NYPD to help secure Butler Library Wednesday night, after

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The pilots flying a Cessna 310R which crashed near Boca Raton, Florida in April reported to air traffic control they were having problems with the rudder and could only make left turns, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The small plane went down

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! In the latest example of sticker shock at the grocery store, a new survey found that most Americans say higher food prices are preventing them from eating healthy. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Early start? The

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The sightseeing helicopter that plunged in the Hudson River and killed six people in April “suddenly separated into three major sections,” a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday found. A family of five and the pilot were on a sightseeing excursion on April 10.

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision to transfer Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to custody in Vermont. In an opinion released Wednesday, a three-judge panel with the US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York, said the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Area 51, a highly classified United States Air Force facility located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. Facts The US government’s official name for Area 51 is the Nevada Test and Training Range, which is a unit of the Nellis Air Force Base. Today it is

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The New York Police Department has opened an investigation into whether it improperly shared some information about a Palestinian woman’s arrest with federal immigration authorities in possible violation of departmental policy and the city’s sanctuary laws. Speaking with reporters during an unrelated media briefing Tuesday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — As the 133 members of the College of Cardinals begin the conclave to vote for the next pope, millions will be keeping an eye on the Sistine Chapel’s chimney to see if a consensus has been reached. Black smoke means no decision; white smoke signifies the election of a

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A New York town official is facing a slew of charges after allegedly shooting a DoorDash delivery driver who was lost and looking for directions in the town of Chester last week, police said. The DoorDash driver suffered serious, nonfatal injuries, New York State Police said in a statement

By Pete Muntean, Rene Marsh, TuAnh Dam, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The air traffic system meltdown at Newark Liberty International Airport last week “was the most dangerous situation you could have,” according to an air traffic controller on duty that day, as the fallout from the outage stretches into a second week. The drop

By Cindy VonQuednow, Danny Freeman, Lauren Mascarenhas, and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The time has come. Travelers flying within the US starting Wednesday must use a state-issued ID that is “REAL ID compliant” or be subject to further screening. Things seemed to be operating relatively smoothly at a sampling of US airports Wednesday morning.

CNN, WRAL, DHS, KCBS, KCAL, POOL, KOCO, KOMO, CNNE, KCBS/KCAL By Cindy VonQuednow, Danny Freeman, Lauren Mascarenhas, and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The time has come. Travelers flying within the US starting Wednesday must use a state-issued ID that is “REAL ID compliant” or be subject to further screening. Things seemed to be operating

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Five people were charged Tuesday for their involvement in an alleged human smuggling operation after a small boat capsized off the San Diego coast Monday morning, according to court documents filed Tuesday. The incident left at least three people dead, four injured and one person missing, the US Attorney’s

CNN By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Rodney Hinton Jr., who authorities say intentionally hit and killed an Ohio sheriff’s deputy with a car after his son was fatally shot by police, will remain in jail without bond while he awaits trial on a murder charge. Hinton Jr. was denied bond at a Tuesday court

By Morgan Severson, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The cosmic origins of heavy elements, like gold, have mystified scientists for decades. New research based on archival space mission data may have revealed a potential clue. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Coping with chaos: Because

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — In the second such incident in less than a month, two airline planes clipped wings at a US airport, this time in San Francisco, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. United Airlines Flight 863, which was headed for Sydney, Australia, was pushing back from the gate at San Francisco

CNN By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — In the second such incident in less than a month, two airline planes clipped wings at a US airport, this time in San Francisco, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. United Airlines Flight 863, which was headed for Sydney, Australia, was pushing back from the gate at San

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Mahendra Patel, who is facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of trying to grab her 2-year-old son from her at a Georgia Walmart, has been granted a $10,000 bond after being held in a Cobb County jail for 45 days. “I’m going to grant

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The fight between two of America’s most prominent institutions – the federal government and Harvard University – is getting personal. While President Donald Trump and Harvard President Alan Garber have been trading public barbs amid the legal battle over academic freedom and $2.2 billion in federal funding, hedge fund

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Rodney Hinton Jr., who authorities say intentionally hit and killed an Ohio sheriff’s deputy with a car after his son was fatally shot by police, will remain in jail without bond while he awaits trial on a murder charge. Hinton Jr. was denied bond at a Tuesday court hearing

By Devon M. Sayers, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — A defense attorney for Colt Gray, the teen accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school last fall, said Tuesday he may change his not-guilty plea. “We are here for the possible scheduling to the plea. I would likely ask the court for some

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — “I’m sorry. We’re unable to connect your call right now. The cardinal you’re trying to reach is voting for a new pontiff …” The process of choosing a successor to the late Pope Francis begins Wednesday. To maintain absolute secrecy, the Vatican plans to confiscate all electronic devices from

By Taylor Galgano and Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — As the first day of his trial wrapped up and an eight-person jury was sworn in, the defendant stepped outside a Boston courthouse only to be immediately arrested by one of the prosecution’s witnesses — an ICE agent, his attorney tells CNN. Wilson Martell-Lebron, who

By Hanna Park and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — More than two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested Monday after occupying an engineering building at the University of Washington, where they demanded the university sever ties with Boeing over the aerospace giant’s military contracts and its role in supplying weapons used in the war in Gaza.

By Danny Freeman, CNN Camden, New Jersey (CNN) — When Scott Case realized the REAL ID deadline was coming up this week, he decided to head to his local department of motor vehicles Monday morning. “I’ve known about it and I’ve been putting it off, so some of it’s on me,” the frequent business traveler

By Pete Muntean, Rene Marsh, Aaron Cooper and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Air traffic controllers in Philadelphia were guiding planes to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey last week when communications suddenly crashed. “Approach, are you there?” one pilot asked the controller. The controller stopped responding. United Airlines Flight 1951, flying from New

CNN By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once housed some of the most dangerous criminals in the country, including Al Capone,

By Betsy Klein, Michelle Krupa and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has unveiled new steps to target federal funding to Harvard University, cutting off all new federal research grants unless the elite school enacts political policy changes amid a broader national clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight. Harvard is

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A woman who vanished more than 60 years ago in Wisconsin has been discovered alive. But in a twist worthy of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, authorities say she didn’t actually want to be found. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day:

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Warren Buffett, Chairman Emeritus of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1930 Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska Birth name: Warren Edward Buffett Father: Howard Buffett, politician and businessman Mother: Leila (Stahl) Buffett Marriages: Astrid Menks (August 30, 2006-present); Susan (Thompson) Buffett (April

By Mark Morales and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — One of six New York state prison guards indicted on murder charges in connection with the beating death of an inmate has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Christopher Walrath, 36, accepted a plea deal at a court hearing Monday. The deal, which would effectively nullify his

WISN, SAUK COUNTY SHERIFF, CNN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A woman who vanished more than six decades ago in Wisconsin has been found and as it turns out, she didn’t actually want to be found, authorities say. Audrey Jean Backeberg, 82, went missing on July 7, 1962, from Reedsburg, a small town about

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A woman who vanished more than six decades ago in Wisconsin has been found and as it turns out, she didn’t actually want to be found, authorities say. Audrey Jean Backeberg, 82, went missing on July 7, 1962, from Reedsburg, a small town about 60 miles northwest of Madison,

KNXV, CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — The fatal shooting Sunday night at a restaurant and event venue in Glendale, Arizona, was an “isolated incident that involved individuals that were known to one another,” the city manager’s office said in an update Monday. Three people were killed and five others were

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department inspector general last week expanded its investigation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his use of Signal. In March, Hegseth and other top officials discussed a US military attack on Houthis in Yemen during a group chat on the commercial messaging app, a conversation that inadvertently

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once housed some of the most dangerous criminals in the country, including Al Capone, George

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — The fatal shooting Sunday night at a restaurant and event venue in Glendale, Arizona, was an “isolated incident that involved individuals that were known to one another,” the city manager’s office said in an update Monday. Three people were killed and five others were injured after

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The retrial of Karen Read is shaping up to be altogether similar to her first murder trial, but there are several differences that could influence whether the jury reaches a verdict this time around. After the first trial last year ended in a hung jury and mistrial, Read again

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — At least one Temple University student has been suspended after an antisemitic incident Saturday at a Philadelphia sports bar owned by the founder of sports and pop culture website Barstool Sports, the school said Sunday. The incident began when a customer at Barstool Sansom Street ordered bottle service and

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice is investigating a Minnesota county attorney’s policy that appears to suggest a defendant’s race should be considered during plea deals. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon posted a letter on X Saturday informing the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office that the department had launched a “racial discrimination