Police ask for help to identify boy found dead on hiking trail
Authorities in Las Vegas are asking for the public’s help to identify a boy found dead on a trail near the city, after a woman mistakenly identified…
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Police: 2 dead, at least 20 hurt in ‘targeted’ shooting in Miami-Dade County
Police are looking for the assailants who opened fire on a Florida club, killing at least two people and wounding at least 20 more. A white Nissan…
Continue ReadingGet it straight: The difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day
By Lisa Respers France, CNN We are here to make sure you don’t embarrass yourself. Inevitably, someone says something demonstrating confusion…
Continue ReadingAn anonymous donor is paying the college tuition of Black athletes who get straight As at a Georgia high school
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Black athletes at a high school in Georgia received the gift of a lifetime when an anonymous donor offered to pay their college…
Continue ReadingStore that offered ‘not vaccinated’ Star of David badges facing backlash
Demonstrators gathered outside a Nashville hat store after it announced the sale of yellow Star of David badges, similar to the ones Nazis forced…
Continue ReadingManatees are dying in droves this year. The die-offs could spell trouble for Florida
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Despite their portly frame and inherent meekness, Florida’s manatees are survivors. When power plants began popping up…
Continue ReadingAt least 22 people shot, 2 fatally, after assailants get out of an SUV and fire assault rifles at a club, police say
By Alta Spells, Laura James and Holly Yan, CNN Police are looking for the assailants who opened fire at a Florida club, killing at least two people…
Continue ReadingChanges are coming to the nation’s largest Confederate monument. Are they enough?
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Changes announced this week at Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park, home to the nation’s largest Confederate monument,…
Continue ReadingBlack classical artists are turning the pain of the Tulsa Race Massacre into music
By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s hard to see art in the smoldering aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when White Americans destroyed a wealthy…
Continue ReadingOne dead and six wounded in Miami shooting
By Kay Jones, CNN One person has died and six others wounded after a shooting late Friday in Miami, police said. Officers responding to gunshot…
Continue ReadingDaughter of ‘Moneyball’ writer and former MTV correspondent killed in car accident
By Hollie Silverman and David Williams, CNN Dixie Lewis, the daughter of “Moneyball” writer Michael Lewis and former MTV correspondent…
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Two inmates overdose inside county jail
Los Angeles County authorities say the quick thinking of inmates at the North County Correctional Facility helped save at least two lives earlier…
Continue ReadingA tragedy high on a mountain was a wake-up call for China’s booming marathon industry
By Nectar Gan, CNN When Zhang Xiaotao set off last weekend on a 100-kilometer (62-mile) ultra-marathon through the jagged mountains of northwestern…
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Mother identifies boy found dead
According to CNN, an 8-year-old boy whose body was found by a hiker near Las Vegas has been identified by his mother, police said…
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The incredible rise of Samoa’s first female Prime Minister-elect, and the man still standing in her way
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Samoa’s first female Prime Minister-elect has had a strange inaugural week in office. When Fiame Naomi…
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Heffernan Memorial prepares $20K in student scholarships
Five Imperial Valley College (IVC) students and 15 recently graduated seniors from Calexico High School (CHS) are set to earn $1,000 scholarships…
Continue ReadingMemorial Day weekend is first maskless holiday in over a year for many Americans as mandates lift
By Aya Elamroussi and Jason Hanna, CNN Travel is up, Covid-19 cases are down, and vaccines have been put in many arms. The coronavirus pandemic…
Continue ReadingDemonstrators gather outside Nashville hat store that offered ‘not vaccinated’ yellow Star of David badges
By Melissa Alonso, CNN The owner of a Nashville hat store is being accused of anti-Semitism after announcing the sale of yellow Star of David badges,…
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Road closures coming to SR-86 at Adams Avenue
Crews will close eastbound and westbound Adams Avenue at the intersection with State Route 86 (SR-86)/N. Imperial Avenue Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 6…
Continue Reading‘We thought he was kidding’: Band member on promoter’s ticket offer
CNN’s Pamela Brown talks to Ray Carlisle of the band Teenage Bottlerocket about a Florida concert promoter’s plan to offer a massive discount to…
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