Philadelphia 76ers’ Danny Green surprises 94-year-old fan with a signed jersey
Philadelphia 76ers’ shooting guard Danny Green surprised a 94-year-old fan with a signed jersey after seeing a tweet from the fan’s…
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MLB’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia will have a $100 million impact on the state, tourism official says
Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game from Georgia in response to a new restrictive voting law is likely to cost the state…
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Inside the border crisis
The US is on track to encounter more than 2 million migrants at the US-Mexico border by the end of the fiscal year, according to internal government…
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The whitewashing of Arab Americans impacted by Covid-19 is a catastrophic public health issue, experts say
Dr. Raed Al-Naser was on the front lines at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego when patients first started coming in with symptoms of Covid-19.…
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Florida governor bans COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Friday banning the use of COVID-19 passports in the state. The order prohibits any government…
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A rare interstellar comet reveals its secrets and 5 other top space and science stories this week
Coming soon: Watch out for the upcoming launch of Wonder Theory, the first-ever CNN space and science newsletter. Subscribe here and be among the…
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A juvenile has been arrested following a videotaped attack against an Asian couple in Tacoma, Washington
A 15-year-old is under arrest in Tacoma, Washington, for an apparent attack on an Asian couple seen in a cell phone video that was circulated on…
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Capitol attack shatters sense of calm, raising fresh questions about security
The alert of another violent attack on the US Capitol grounds sent shockwaves through Washington, DC, Friday — shattering the sense of relative…
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ACLU warns ‘a lot can go wrong’ with digital vaccine passports
The American Civil Liberties Union says plans to roll out a standardized vaccine passport must account for social inequalities and privacy rights.…
Continue Reading Seattle police to remove concrete barriers around precinct that was temporarily vacated during George Floyd protests
The Seattle Police Department has announced plans to remove concrete barriers around the East Precinct, the center of the city’s Capitol Hill…
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3 people killed and 4 injured in a Wilmington, North Carolina shooting, police say
Three people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting overnight in Wilmington, North Carolina, police said. Word of the shooting was…
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Passenger train carrying 490 derails in Taiwan, killing at least 50 and injuring dozens
A busy passenger train carrying 490 people has derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, killing at least 50 and injuring dozens more, authorities…
Continue Reading Teen helps adoptable dogs stand out with handmade bow ties
It started four years ago with a small donation. Darius Brown dropped off about 25 handmade bow ties at New York City’s ASPCA animal shelter.…
Continue Reading Arizona stuns UConn, sets up national championship game with Stanford
Of the teams competing in the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four, just one of them — Arizona — was on this stage for the first…
Continue Reading An 8-year-old cancer survivor sold over 30,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. She’s using proceeds to help ‘fellow childhood cancer warriors’
An 8-year-old cancer survivor in San Bernardino, California, is using some of the proceeds from her Girl Scout cookie sales to give back to others…
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Pelosi orders US Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff to honor fallen officer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the flags at the US Capitol to be flown at half-staff on Friday in honor of US Capitol Police Officer William…
Continue Reading April the Giraffe, who became a worldwide sensation for giving birth in 2017, has died
April the Giraffe, who became an internet celebrity by giving birth on a YouTube livestream in 2017, has died at the age of 20. The beloved animal…
Continue Reading The gates were locked, a boy dying in a woman’s arms inside. This is what police have learned about the mass shooting in Orange, California
When police were finally able to enter the courtyard of the business complex in Orange, California — where four people were fatally shot…
Continue Reading PGA Tour plans to keep its season-ending Tour Championship in Georgia
The Tour Championship, which features the richest prize in golf, will be played in Atlanta as scheduled this September, the PGA Tour said in a…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie reflects on post-colonial India 40 years after release of ‘Midnight’s Children’
Forty years after the publication of “Midnight’s Children,” author Salman Rushdie said he believes the India he was brought up in…
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