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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Deborah Polhamus, the maternal grandmother of teenage school shooter Colt Gray, testified Friday that the teen’s father Colin Gray bought him an AR-15-style rifle as a Christmas gift nine months before the shooting. Polhamus initially said she did not remember if the firearm was kept in Colt Gray’s room,

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Egg prices have been plummeting — which is great if you’re buying, though not so much if you’re selling. American farmers say an oversupply of eggs is forcing them to sell at rock-bottom rates, while expenses like packaging and shipping continue to climb. Here’s what else you need to know to

By Chelsea Bailey, Way Mullery, CNN (CNN) — It’s been nearly three weeks since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her secluded Tucson, Arizona, home in the dead of night, and investigators say they are no closer to identifying a leading theory or motive behind her abduction. The saga has become a waking nightmare for Guthrie’s family,

By Jordan D. Brown, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A major snowstorm could hit the East Coast hard this weekend … or be nothing more than a minor inconvenience. See what scenarios are in play. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Top of the list

By Alexandra Banner, CNN More than three weeks into the search for Nancy Guthrie, investigators are now using genetic genealogy in the hopes of identifying a suspect. The technology has previously achieved major successes in solving high-profile cold cases by tracing family trees through DNA databases. Here’s what else you need to know to get

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — As the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown across the US, health care providers warn the impact of federal agents in health care settings – and the looming threat of immigration enforcement they’ve instilled nationwide – is presenting a barrier to care that could have a lasting impact on

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match in a DNA database would have been a dead end. Now for investigators, it is just the beginning. “Investigators are currently looking into

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A group of six mothers and wives, their lives linked by their great love of the outdoors, are among the nine skiers who are confirmed or presumed dead after their backcountry tour was overtaken Tuesday by the deadliest avalanche the US has seen in

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Smoke in the passenger cabin of a JetBlue plane that made an emergency landing Wednesday night at Newark Liberty International Airport led to passengers evacuating onto the tarmac and temporarily shut down the airport. JetBlue flight 543 took off shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday heading to West Palm Beach,

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The widow of “Playboy” founder Hugh Hefner has called for an investigation into her late husband’s foundation, which she alleges possesses his personal scrapbooks and diary containing troves of highly sensitive information and explicit photographs of women and, “possibly,” underage girls. The announcement was made Tuesday at a news

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The very first video posted on YouTube — a 19-second clip about elephants called “Me at the Zoo” — has been viewed 382 million times and has received more than 18 million likes. It was just deemed museum-worthy. Here’s what else you might have missed

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Last week, Jeremy Carl, who was nominated by the Trump administration for a top State Department post, was asked in his Senate confirmation hearing to define white identity. Carl, who published a book called “The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart,” struggled for 20 seconds to

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Houston to Atlanta made an emergency landing early Wednesday after a passenger tried to access the cockpit, the pilot told air traffic controllers. Delta flight 2557, a Boeing 717 aircraft, had just taken off from Houston’s Hobby Airport

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Air Force One will be repainted in President Donald Trump’s preferred red, white, gold and dark blue color scheme — a design proposed during his first term in office but later reversed by the Biden administration. The change will replace the baby blue and white livery that has defined the presidential

By Martin Goillandeau and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Eight skiers buried by snow and debris near California’s Lake Tahoe amid dangerous conditions were killed in what is now the deadliest avalanche in the state’s recorded history, authorities said Wednesday. One skier is still missing and presumed dead, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said at

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Air Force One will be repainted in President Donald Trump’s preferred red, white, gold and dark blue color scheme — a design proposed during his first term in office but later reversed by the Biden administration. The change will replace the baby blue and white livery that has defined the

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s preferred paint colors will be applied to the new planes which will serve as Air Force One, an Air Force official tells CNN. The new heavily modified Boeing 747s, which the military designates VC-25B, will be painted red, white, gold and dark blue, a color

By Jordan D. Brown, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A Netflix docuseries has reopened the wounds of “America’s Next Top Model.” Tyra Banks, former contestants and other judges look back at the show’s legacy — one messier than we ever knew. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a quiet studentless staff planning day for teachers at a Georgia public school turned into a day of mourning when a man fleeing immigration agents crashed a car into a cherished educator’s vehicle. Linda Davis, a special education teacher in her first year at

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Multiple failures across different parts of the government caused an Army Black Hawk helicopter to collide with an American Airlines regional jet, operated by PSA Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a nearly 400-page report released Tuesday. The January 29, 2025, midair collision near Ronald Reagan

By Eric Levenson, Isabel Rosales, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — Melany Delira-Castaneda was 15 and in her ninth-grade math class at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, when her ear began ringing and she smelled smoke. She stood up and turned toward the door and saw Colt Gray, then 14, pointing a firearm into the

By Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — There’s a sense of urgency in Basim Sabri’s voice as he stands in the middle of a banquet hall at his mall in the heart of Minneapolis, directing the flow of busy volunteers and jovially asking his cooks to be patient as he finishes his call with CNN. Sabri’s

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Lunar New Year celebrations are in full swing as millions participate in festivities and honor traditions believed to bring good fortune. From giving red packets to ensuring your home is properly prepared, CNN outlines the essential do’s and don’ts to help set the tone for a successful year ahead. Here’s what

CNN, GETTY IMAGES, POOL, RAINBOW PUSH, STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, WARNER BROTHERS, WJLA By John Blake, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, his son said. He was 84. Jackson, a protégé of the

By John Blake, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, his son said. He was 84. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., had been hospitalized in recent months and

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — After losing four decades of his life serving time for a murder he maintains he did not commit, a gray-haired Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam prepared to step out of a Pennsylvania prison last October as a free man. Instead, a day after his charges were dropped, Vedam was

CNN, WCVB, WJAR, WHDH, WBZ, @GOVDANMCKEE, X, @GovDanMcKee/X By Elise Hammond, Mark Morales, Danya Gainor, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A youth hockey game was violently interrupted Monday when the sound of gunfire echoed inside a packed ice rink in Rhode Island, leaving at least two people dead and three others injured, police said. The