Smithsonian Zoo mourns death of 17-year-old African lion
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Luke, the patriarch of the Smithsonian National Zoo’s pride of African lions, has died at age 17. The big cat was…
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Man who allegedly shot and killed two Dallas hospital employees was in the building to watch his child’s birth, authorities say
CNN, WFAA By Sonya Hamasaki, Elizabeth Wolfe and Tina Burnside, CNN The man who allegedly shot and killed two employees in the maternity ward of a…
Continue Reading 2 employees were killed in a Dallas hospital shooting
By Sonya Hamasaki, CNN Two employees were killed Saturday morning in a shooting at a Dallas hospital, the local health system said. Authorities…
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Student debt forgiveness relief halted. What’s next?
On the same day President Joe Biden touted his student loan forgiveness program, a federal appeals court on Friday Put the policy on pause for…
Continue Reading New York City set to bolster police presence in the subway system as part of efforts to crack down on transit crime
By Emma Tucker and Mark Morales, CNN New York state and city officials are bolstering their efforts to combat crime and mental illness in New York…
Continue Reading A dogwalker caught an alligator in rural Idaho
By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN A person walking their dog in rural Idaho was in for quite a surprise when they encountered an alligator,…
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Ancient DNA reveals the social lives of the oldest known family group
Neanderthal is an insult still lobbed about to suggest someone is dim-witted and out of…
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Illegal border crossings to US from Mexico hit annual high
A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in September brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever recorded in a…
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Tupperware wants to jump from grandma’s cupboard into the cool kids’ homes
Tupperware wants to be where the cool kids…
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Home prices are finally falling. But how low will they go?
The US housing market is in the midst of a major shift. After two years of stratospheric price appreciation, home prices have peaked and are on their…
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CDC director tests positive for Covid-19
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tested positive for Covid-19 on…
Continue Reading Shooting injures 11 outside Southern University, and 2 are arrested on accessory charges
By Jason Hanna and Tina Burnside, CNN Two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting that injured 11 people early Friday at a fraternity…
Continue Reading Houston-area twins tell police they escaped after mom and partner were abusing them, authorities say
CNN By Hira Humayun, CNN A Houston-area couple was arrested in Louisiana on Tuesday after two abused children turned up at a home early that morning…
Continue Reading What we know about Brett Favre and the Mississippi welfare scandal
By Eric Levenson and Dianne Gallagher, CNN In May 2020, Mississippi’s state auditor announced that the Department of Human Services had wasted…
Continue Reading Meet Massachusetts’ new state dinosaur
By Zoe Sottile, CNN In addition to a state dog (the Boston terrier) and a state bird (the chickadee), Massachusetts now has an official state…
Continue Reading Plane crash into multi-family home in New Hampshire kills 2 people on board, officials say
By Raja Razek and Sara Smart, CNN A single-engine airplane crashed into a home Friday evening near an airport in New Hampshire, killing both people…
Continue Reading Zoo announces death of Rusty, DC’s famous fugitive red panda
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Rusty, the red panda who made headlines in 2013 following his successful escape from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington,…
Continue Reading Texas state trooper who was among the first to respond to Uvalde school massacre has been fired, official says
By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Sgt. Juan Maldonado, a Texas state trooper who was among the first…
Continue Reading Michigan family of 4 has been missing since Sunday, police say
By Amanda Musa and Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities in western Michigan are searching for a family of four that “unexpectedly left their…
Continue Reading Houston-area twins tell police they escaped after mom and partner were abusing them, authorities say
By Hira Humayun, CNN A Houston-area couple was arrested in Louisiana on Tuesday after two abused children turned up at a home early that morning near…
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