National-World Archives

More US adults identify as LGBTQ now than at any time in the past decade, a new poll says

February 17, 2022 12:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Scottie Andrew, CNN More adults in the US say they identify as LGBTQ than they did a decade ago, according to a new Gallup poll, a trend largely…

Video showing how police treat Black and White teens in mall fight sparks outrage

February 17, 2022 11:49 AM CNN

CNN By Rob Frehse and Laura Studley, CNN A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between a Black teenager and a White teenager at a New…

‘There was something about the staircase that bothered him.’ Inside the search for Paislee Shultis

February 17, 2022 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Mark Morales and Dakin Andone, CNN Police had gone up and down the basement stairs several times while searching a home in the Saugerties, New…

Fatal drug overdoses tripled in the last six years

February 17, 2022 8:50 AM April Hettinger, CNN

Drug overdoses are skyrocketing across the United…

Gambling surged to new high records in 2021

February 17, 2022 7:46 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

(KYMA, KECY/ CNN) – America’s gaming industry had another record-breaking year in…

Brazil mudslide death toll reaches 105, with dozens missing

February 17, 2022 7:46 AM The Associated Press

Rio de Janeiro state’s government now says that at least 105 people died in landslides that ravaged the city of Petropolis, but it’s unclear how…

Joseph Lieberman Fast Facts

February 17, 2022 7:31 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Joseph Lieberman, former United States senator from Connecticut. Personal Birth date:…

Loretta Lynch Fast Facts

February 17, 2022 7:11 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Personal Birth date: May 21, 1959 Birth…

Authorities found 6-year-old girl missing since 2019 after receiving a tip different from any other information they had

February 17, 2022 6:22 AM CNN

CNN, WCBS By Travis Caldwell, CNN Authorities had been searching more than two years for Paislee Shultis, a 4-year-old reported missing from her…

Family and friends mourn Amir Locke at Minneapolis funeral after he was killed by police executing a no-knock warrant

February 17, 2022 4:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Members of the Minneapolis community gathered Thursday to honor the life of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man whose killing…

Brutal killing of a mother and son in 1994 is solved through DNA evidence, police say

February 17, 2022 1:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN More than 27 years after a woman and her son were killed in a Seattle suburb, authorities have charged a man in…

Florida appeals court overturns conviction of Miami police officer who shot autistic man’s caretaker

February 16, 2022 10:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Musa, CNN A South Florida appeals court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a former North Miami Police Department officer who was found…

Video showing how police treat Black and White teens in mall fight sparks outrage

February 16, 2022 9:18 PM CNN

CNN, WCBS By Rob Frehse and Laura Studley, CNN A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between a Black teenager and a White teenager at a…

Pilot dies when plane collides with tractor-trailer on a North Carolina interstate

February 16, 2022 8:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Amy Simonson, CNN The pilot was killed after a small plane collided with a tractor-trailer on an interstate in North Carolina, authorities said…

Authorities are piecing together what happened to Paislee Shultis, who was found alive under a staircase. Here’s what we know

February 16, 2022 7:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Paislee Joann Shultis, the young girl who was reported missing two years ago, was found hidden with her…

Alec Baldwin and others named in wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of Halyna Hutchins

February 16, 2022 7:01 PM CNN

The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the set of the movie “Rust” last fall, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec…

Justice Department sues Missouri over controversial gun law

February 16, 2022 6:58 PM CNN

The US Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Missouri in an effort to prevent the state from enforcing a controversial law aimed…

Mexico’s avocados face fallout from violence, deforestation

February 16, 2022 6:30 PM The Associated Press

Mexico’s avocado producers have used clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers to separate…

DoorDash added users, surpassed sales forecasts in Q4

February 16, 2022 6:21 PM The Associated Press

DoorDash has posted better-than-expected sales for its fourth quarter thanks to its growing active-user base and an expansion of its delivery…

Florida wildlife officials are distributing 3,000 pounds of lettuce a day to save starving manatees

February 16, 2022 5:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Florida’s manatees — which are dying at an alarming rate, largely from starvation — are being treated to…