Hanukkah celebrations shine a light after a year of adversity
By Megan Marples, CNN Celebrating Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is a bright spot for Jewish people after nearly two years of living in a…
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Start your week smart: Shooting, smash-and-grab, Maxwell, storms, music awards
By Faith Karimi, CNN Hundreds of thousands of US students are dreading turning 21 because it means they’ll be living in limbo and scrambling to…
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Supreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown…
Continue Reading This Maryland woman just claimed her third $50,000 lottery prize
By Nadeem Muaddi, CNN A Maryland woman is celebrating after winning the lottery for a third time in about three years. The 61-year-old player from…
Continue Reading A small-town mom wanted to help her community. And then the community took aim at her child
By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Yon Pomrenze, CNN Kelsey and Chris Waits moved to Hastings, Minnesota, to build a dream home for themselves and their…
Continue Reading How a Seattle man became a lifeline for persecuted LGBTQ people in other countries
By Faith Karimi, CNN Michael Failla doesn’t get much sleep. In the dead of the night, the Seattle resident gets panicked calls and messages…
Continue Reading Security guard dies after being shot in attempted robbery of San Francisco news crew
By Andy Rose, Melissa Alonso and Chris Boyette, CNN A security guard on assignment for a San Francisco Bay area news crew died Saturday after being…
Continue Reading A stowaway was found in the landing gear of a plane at the Miami airport, authorities say
By Chris Boyette, CNN Authorities discovered an apparent stowaway Saturday in the landing gear of a flight from Guatemala at the Miami International…
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Some states dropping ‘dehumanizing’ terms for immigrants
California and Colorado this year banned state agencies from using the word “alien” to refer to immigrants who entered the U.S. without…
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Meet the robot that can write poetry and create artworks
(CNN) — When people think of artificial intelligence, the images that often come to mind are of the sinister robots that populate the worlds of…
Continue Reading Wisconsin senators warn in rare joint statement outsiders may try to exploit Waukesha tragedy for ‘political purposes’
By Ross Levitt and Daniella Diaz, CNN In a rare joint statement, Wisconsin Sens. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, and Ron Johnson, a Republican, warned…
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Dr. Fauci: New COVID-19 variant should be taken seriously
The United States, along with many European nations, have responded to the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant by banning flights from southern…
Continue Reading Connecticut police pursued and arrested a suspect after a woman walked into the police department with a gunshot wound in her hand
By Olivia Kalentek Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — Last night around 9:00 PM a…
Continue Reading A Los Angeles woman invited an Afghan refugee family over for Thanksgiving. Here’s what happened at their first Thanksgiving meal
By Natasha Chen, CNN For his family’s first experience with a traditional Thanksgiving meal, Wahidullah Asghary had to explain to his children…
Continue Reading A Los Angeles woman invited an Afghan refugee family over for Thanksgiving. Here’s what happened at their first Thanksgiving meal
CNN By Natasha Chen, CNN For his family’s first experience with a traditional Thanksgiving meal, Wahidullah Asghary had to explain to his…
Continue Reading US Customs officials seize nearly 4,000 bongs at DC airport
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officials seized a shipment of almost 4,000 bongs at Washington Dulles International…
Continue Reading A 5-year-old child was fatally shot by teenager making a video for social media, Minnesota police say
By Melissa Alonso, CNN A 5-year-old in Brooklyn, Park, Minnesota, was shot and killed on Thanksgiving by a 13-year-old who accidentally fired a gun…
Continue Reading Thousands of people have raised more than $1 million for a man who served 43 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit
CNN, KCTV By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Thousands of people are raising money online for a Missouri man who served 43 years in prison for a crime he…
Continue Reading At least 30 people burglarize a Best Buy in Minnesota on Black Friday
By Claudia Dominguez and Alex Medeiros, CNN At least 30 people entered a Best Buy store in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Black Friday and stole…
Continue Reading 4 arrested in California Home Depot mass theft
CNN, WLS By Topher Gauk-Roger and Raja Razek, CNN Four men have been arrested in connection with theft at a Home Depot in California, where as many…
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