Jackpot for Friday’s Mega Millions now $1.1 billion, second-largest jackpot in game history
The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday has risen to $1.1 billion, the second-largest in the 20-year history of the game, according to a news…
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US Capitol Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the US Capitol. Located at 100 Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, DC, it is the meeting place of the…
Continue Reading Chicago Transit Authority Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s an overview of the Chicago Transit Authority, both its history and its present-day status as the second largest…
Continue Reading An entire North Carolina police department resigned after a Black woman town manager was hired
By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North…
Continue Reading An entire North Carolina police department resigned after a Black woman town manager was hired
CNN, WRAL, WTVD By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town…
Continue Reading Do you have a winning ticket for the $1.28 billion Mega Millions? Here are the six numbers
By Paul P. Murphy and Steve Almasy, CNN The winning numbers for Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for an estimated $1.28 billion were…
Continue Reading Robb Elementary school principal allowed to return to work after brief suspension, attorney says
By Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN Mandy Gutierrez, the Robb Elementary School principal who was suspended with pay earlier this week has been…
Continue Reading A former Marine linked to neo-Nazis plotted attacks on Jewish targets, prosecutors say
By Josh Campbell, CNN A former US Marine planned to attack a New York synagogue and engage in “widespread homicide and sexual assault”…
Continue Reading She awoke by a flash flood warning. In less than an hour, her family’s home was washed away
By Sharif Paget, CNN Belinda Asher was sleeping in her eastern Kentucky home when she was abruptly awoken a little after 1 a.m. Thursday by a flash…
Continue Reading Ferry terminal in Seattle closed after boat crash
By Paradise Afshar and David Williams, CNN A ferry terminal in Seattle is out of service on Thursday after a ferry crashed into a part of the…
Continue Reading Indiana AG’s investigation into Dr. Caitlin Bernard involves consumer complaints from people who never interacted with the doctor, her attorney says
By Rob Frehse and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Indiana attorney general’s investigation into an Ob-Gyn who provided abortion services to a…
Continue Reading Flooding in St. Louis has left people trapped in their homes under 7 feet of water
By Amir Vera and Andy Rose, CNN While flash flooding in St. Louis, Missouri, had tapered out in the last two days, a new round of storms Thursday…
Continue Reading How ‘spreading like wildfire’ is getting a terrifying new meaning in the California of climate change
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent On a ridge overlooking the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it would have been possible to see…
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Last year’s backpack: Tapped out families are struggling to pay for back to school purchases
Shopping for back-to-school essentials is becoming a real struggle for families whose household budgets are stretched to the max by surging…
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DC requests National Guard help with busloads of migrants
The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants…
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Flash drought intensifies, causing agriculture concerns in the Plains and water shortages in the Northeast
Flash drought conditions intensified in the Northeast and across the southern Plains, causing agriculture concerns across the regions, according to…
Continue Reading Voting Rights Act Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was…
Continue Reading Street takeovers and wheelie contests force closures on iconic Los Angeles bridge, LAPD says
By Stella Chan and Zoe Sottile, CNN Authorities have been forced to intermittently close Los Angeles’ iconic 6th street bridge four times in…
Continue Reading Alabama executed a death row inmate despite pleas from the victim’s family not to
By Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN Alabama inmate Joe Nathan James Jr. was executed Thursday night for the 1994 murder of Faith Hall Smith, the…
Continue Reading Parkland gunman spent weeks making violent social media posts and searching online for information about mass shootings, testimony shows
By Dakin Andone and Kevin Conlon, CNN For months leading up to the Parkland massacre, Nikolas Cruz searched the internet for information and videos…
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