$3.2 million in alleged cocaine seized at Texas border
By Kelly Murray, CNN A tractor trailer coming into the US from Mexico was caught Friday carrying 427 pounds of alleged cocaine, the US Customs and…
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6 people are injured after a shooting in an Illinois residential neighborhood
By Amanda Watts, CNN An overnight shooting in a residential part of Elgin, Illinois, has left six people injured, police said. The shooting happened…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Ukraine, Pakistan, France, Puerto Rico, Dwayne Haskins
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Soaring inflation. The war in Ukraine. Yet another rise in Covid cases. With so much going on this year it’s hard to…
Continue Reading 17-year-old arrested in South Bronx shooting that left one teen dead, two others injured
By Kiely Westhoff A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for a shooting in the Bronx Friday that killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded two other…
Continue Reading This Texas teacher is helping make her students’ menstrual cycles a little easier
By Sara Smart, CNN This Texas teacher’s goal is to provide everything she can for her students — and that includes pads and tampons. As…
Continue Reading 6 people were shot — including 1 fatally — after an apparent fight at a birthday party in Indianapolis, police say
By Michelle Watson, CNN An apparent fight at a birthday party in Indianapolis devolved into a shooting, leaving one person dead and five others…
Continue Reading Man arrested in connection with Cedar Rapids nightclub shooting that left 2 dead and 10 injured, police say
By Amanda Watts, Michelle Watson, Hannah Sarisohn, Amy Simonson and Amir Vera, CNN Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police have arrested a suspect in connection…
Continue Reading This man won the lottery using his little brother’s license plate numbers
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A lucky Maryland man snagged a $25,000 lottery prize after playing the numbers on his younger brother’s license plate. The…
Continue Reading School of Black Utah student who died by suicide allowed bullying ‘on any ground’ to go unchecked, report finds
By Nicole Chavez, CNN When Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor died by suicide in November, her mother alleged that the 10-year-old Black and…
Continue Reading Power has been restored to much of Puerto Rico following an island-wide outage
By Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Power has been restored to 99.7% of LUMA Energy customers in Puerto Rico, the utility said Sunday, after…
Continue Reading Here’s why the Parkland shooter is facing a jury even though he has already pleaded guilty
By Dakin Andone, CNN Jury selection began this past week in the penalty phase of Nikolas Cruz’s trial, the part of his court case that will…
Continue Reading Over 100 NYC streets will be car-free for Earth Day
By Zoe Sottile, CNN More than 100 streets in New York City’s five boroughs will go car-free to celebrate Earth Day. For the fifth year in a…
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UK Prime Minister meets with Ukrainian President
Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom Prime minister displayed solidarity through his visit to…
Continue Reading Northern California firefighters extinguish four-alarm blaze near port
By Paradise Afshar and Caroline Kucera, CNN A four-alarm fire that ignited Saturday near a port in Benicia, about 40 miles northeast of San…
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Meta: Russian invasion driving more disinformation online
Hackers aligned with Russia broke into the social media accounts of dozens of Ukrainian military officers and were working to upload videos of…
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Police: 3 dead in gun range shooting; 40 weapons stolen
Police are searching for at least one armed suspect in connection with the killing of the owner of a gun range in Georgia and his wife and grandson,…
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Florida groups canvass spring breakers to warn of fentanyl
In the days after a group of West Point cadets on spring break were sickened by fentanyl-laced cocaine at a South Florida house party, community…
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Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he is committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have…
Continue Reading Police arrest man after he allegedly buried his mother and sister in the backyard and continued to cash Social Security checks
By Amy Simonson and Alaa Elassar, CNN A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the burial of both his mother and sister inside plastic…
Continue Reading A ‘rude person’ bumped her into a lottery machine and out came a $10 million ticket
Yenny Sanchez, CNN A California woman became an instant millionaire thanks to “some rude person.” LaQuedra Edwards put $40 into a…
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