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By Chris Boyette and Emma Tucker, CNN The Colorado 8-year-old who set out this week to become the youngest person to climb El Capitan in…

By Amanda Watts and Holly Yan, CNN The man who gunned down the Houston area’s beloved first Sikh sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to…

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN Laura Kavanagh, who became the first female commissioner of the Fire Department of New York Thursday, hopes her appointment…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN The Miami Beach City Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to prohibit discriminatory practices “based on the…

By Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN A Massachusetts man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Vanessa Marcotte, a…

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Five years ago, a single hashtag sent waves across the world: #MeToo. News of sexual harassment and assault allegations against…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Tuesday court ruling has cleared the way for Richmond, Virginia, to remove its last-standing Confederate statue. The statue,…

By Dakin Andone, Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN In the face of calls for his resignation by victims’ relatives and a major…

By Justin Gamble and Dalila-Johari Paul, CNN Four years after a synagogue attack that forever changed her life, Andrea Wedner hopes to inspire the…

By Nouran Salahieh and Rebekah Riess, CNN The AR-15-style rifle used in the deadly St. Louis school shooting had been taken from the shooter’s…

By Andy Rose and Amanda Jackson, CNN Several people were injured Wednesday at an amusement park in Branson, Missouri, after sections of a train ride…

By Andy Rose, CNN A Tulsa, Oklahoma, police supervisor was placed on administrative duty Thursday after an audio recording revealed the sergeant…

By Amanda Watts, Andi Babineau and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that Louisiana health and environmental…

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Musa, CNN After a diver found what appeared to be a human bone in Lake Mead, the park searched the area and uncovered…

By Melissa Alonso and Amy Simonson, CNN An Arkansas man is in the hospital — but expected to recover — after he was engulfed by a…

By Stella Chan and Taylor Romine, CNN A doctor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of an inmate at a…

By Andi Babineau, CNN Two men accused of cheating in an Ohio fishing tournament have pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against them. Jacob…

By David Williams, CNN A Kentucky coal miner who rushed straight from work to take his family to a University of Kentucky Wildcats practice game is…

By Chris Boyette, CNN A sheriff in western Iowa says local, state and federal authorities are “actively investigating” in a rural area…

By Kacey Cherry and Raja Razek, CNN A former county official in Nevada entered a not guilty plea Wednesday in the stabbing death of a Las Vegas…

By Amir Vera and Stephanie Gallman, CNN Authorities have identified the boy found dead inside a suitcase in rural Indiana earlier this year,…

By Chris Boyette, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration did not comply with state public records laws and must turn over records…

By Holly Yan, CNN To help thwart potential school violence, students and staff need to beware of certain warning signs — and feel comfortable…

By Eric Levenson, Bill Kirkos and Brad Parks, CNN Darrell Brooks was found guilty of six counts of first-degree intentional homicide on Wednesday for…

By Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Los Angeles police have launched a criminal investigation into the recording of a conversation that included…

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN When family members of 19-year-old Orlando Harris grew concerned about his mental health, they…

By Zenebou Sylla and Isa Kaufmann-Geballe, CNN Two men accused of assaulting people on New York subway platforms are facing charges, authorities said…

By Amir Vera, Bill Kirkos and Brad Parks, CNN Darrell Brooks told jurors Tuesday during closing arguments he did not intentionally plow a SUV through…

By Amir Vera and Stella Chan, CNN The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Seven Trees, near San Jose, California on…

By Stella Chan, CNN After nearly two decades on death row at San Quentin State Prison, Scott Peterson was moved to a different facility, more than…

By Rebekah Riess, CNN The man who sold a pistol to a gunman who used it to hold four people hostage at a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue in an 11-hour…

By Holly Yan, Adrienne Broaddus and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Jean Kuczka and Alexzandria Bell were on the brink of celebrating exciting milestones in…

By Casey Tolan, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Isabelle Chapman. Photographs by Maddie McGarvey for CNN A few blocks from the Ohio State University campus in…

By Pete Muntean and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Federal investigators are asking the manufacturer of a seaplane that plunged into a Washington state bay last…

By Josh Campbell, CNN A US Navy sailor who was arrested in a federal undercover operation targeting illicit weapon sales has been convicted of…

By Holly Yan, Rebekah Riess and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The 19-year-old gunman who killed two people and wounded several others at his former high…

By Andi Babineau and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man…

By Amy Simonson, CNN Five people have been trapped about 200 feet underground at the Grand Canyon Caverns since Sunday in Peach Springs, Arizona,…

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN A member of the elite Texas Rangers unit has been suspended and is being investigated…

By Amir Vera and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The father of missing 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder…

By Jalen Brown and Laura Ly, CNN A New Jersey elementary school teacher is suing Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad for viral social media posts made…

By Stephanie Gallman, CNN If your parents name you “Adventure,” they probably hoped you’d do some adventurous things. Sam Adventure…

By Bill Kirkos and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN On the day his state trial was set to begin on charges of aiding and abetting in George Floyd’s…

By Amanda Watts, Paul P. Murphy, Caroll Alvarado and Steve Almasy, CNN A teen and an adult were killed in a shooting at Central Visual and Performing…

By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Last week, Stephen Balka found himself living a parent’s nightmare. His 2-month-old…

By Dakin Andone, CNN A recent move by Texas school districts to provide families with child identification and DNA kits has sparked anxiety amid the…

By Sonya Hamasaki, Elizabeth Wolfe and Tina Burnside, CNN The man who allegedly shot and killed two employees in the maternity ward of a Dallas…

By Sonya Hamasaki Los Angeles officials are condemning the display of banners from a freeway overpass this weekend by a group of demonstrators seen…

By Lauren del Valle, Holly Yan, Yon Pomrenze and Jean Casarez, CNN A teen accused of killing four students and wounding seven others at a Michigan…

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational…

By Chris Boyette, CNN A couple wanted in connection with a murder in Las Vegas last week were found dead after leading police on a 35-mile car chase…

By Mark Morales and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York has created three task forces aimed at streamlining the city’s justice system in the hopes of…

By Samantha Beech, Alaa Elassar and Isa Kaufmann-Geballe, CNN Two New York City subway system riders were knocked onto the train tracks this week in…

By Chuck Johnston, CNN Three people are dead and two others injured after a drag racing and drifting incident with nearly 100 active participants and…

By Raja Razek, CNN A skydiver has died after he landed on a football field prior to the start of a high school game in what Tennessee officials…

By Chuck Johnston and Zoe Sottile, CNN A Washington woman received “non-life-threatening injuries” after a black bear charged her while…

By AJ Willingham, CNN Life can change forever in the space between two heartbeats. It’s a fact Pati Navalta knows all too well. In 2014, her…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Luke, the patriarch of the Smithsonian National Zoo’s pride of African lions, has died at age 17. The big cat was…

By Sonya Hamasaki, CNN Two employees were killed Saturday morning in a shooting at a Dallas hospital, the local health system said. Authorities…

By Emma Tucker and Mark Morales, CNN New York state and city officials are bolstering their efforts to combat crime and mental illness in New York…

By Jason Hanna and Tina Burnside, CNN Two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting that injured 11 people early Friday at a fraternity…

By Eric Levenson and Dianne Gallagher, CNN In May 2020, Mississippi’s state auditor announced that the Department of Human Services had wasted…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN In addition to a state dog (the Boston terrier) and a state bird (the chickadee), Massachusetts now has an official state…

By Raja Razek and Sara Smart, CNN A single-engine airplane crashed into a home Friday evening near an airport in New Hampshire, killing both people…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Rusty, the red panda who made headlines in 2013 following his successful escape from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington,…

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Sgt. Juan Maldonado, a Texas state trooper who was among the first…

By Amanda Musa and Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities in western Michigan are searching for a family of four that “unexpectedly left their…

By Hira Humayun, CNN A Houston-area couple was arrested in Louisiana on Tuesday after two abused children turned up at a home early that morning near…