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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A trio of rare wolverine sightings in California has been verified by scientists, marking just the second time in a century the animal has been spotted in the Golden State. All three sightings were reported by different people last month in various parts of the Eastern Sierra Mountains. One

By Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — In the 10 minutes before a Davenport, Iowa, apartment building collapsed Sunday, new surveillance video obtained by CNN shows a support brace bending, with portions of the brick façade crumbling around it. The video, taken from the roof of a nearby building, shows what was

By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A Texas cheerleader who was shot and critically injured after another girl mistakenly opened the wrong car door says she was scared during the shooting but tried to stay calm for her even more frightened friends. Payton Washington, 18, was injured in April outside a supermarket in Elgin, about

By Jamiel Lynch and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of the former school resource officer who remained outside a Parkland, Florida, high school as a gunman killed 17 people in 2018 will not visit the crime scene, a judge ruled Thursday, according to CNN affiliate WPLG. Scot Peterson is accused

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A man flying his personal drone helped authorities arrest a teenager accused of stealing about $30,000 from a home in the San Francisco Bay Area, police said. Police in Hercules, California, were called Sunday just before 6:30 a.m. local time to a home that a suspect had broken into

By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, correctly spelling the word ‘psammophile’ to take home the $50,000 first prize. Eleven students made the finals after 11 million people entered spelling competitions throughout the world. In an interview Friday on

By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — About 125,000 New York high school students will receive a letter notifying them they’ve been automatically accepted to the State University of New York’s community college programs, the state’s governor announced Thursday. The move is part of an effort to eliminate barriers toward higher education, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office

By Paradise Afshar and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge granted a motion Thursday to seal evidence in the criminal case against Andrew Lester, who allegedly shot and wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, after the 16-year-old went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings. Attorneys for Lester argued that media

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Police in Austin, Texas, said a man contacted them and admitted to killing two people, which led authorities to investigate his possible involvement in up to 10 other killings. Raul Meza Jr., 62, called police on May 24 and confessed to killing his 80-year-old roommate, Jesse Fraga, and implicated

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with killing and “consuming” a beloved swan in a Syracuse, New York, suburb, and stealing four young swans this week, police said. A mature female swan named Faye and her four young swans, also known as cygnets, were reported missing from the

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Arizona officials announced Thursday the state will no longer grant certifications for new developments within the Phoenix area, as groundwater rapidly disappears amid years of water overuse and climate change-driven drought. A new study showed that the groundwater supporting the Phoenix area likely can’t meet additional development demand in

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Bill Cosby is being sued by Victoria Valentino in a new civil lawsuit claiming decades-old allegations of sexual assault, that her attorney shared with CNN and said it was filed in Los Angeles on Thursday. Shortly after meeting Cosby in 1969, Valentino claims she and a friend had dinner

By Sabrina Souza, Eric Levenson and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Three Saturdays each month, Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue hosted a service specifically for children known as the junior congregation. On those days, a group of kids would first gather in the lobby, and Stephen Weiss, a public school teacher and a synagogue youth

By Ross Levitt, Pete Muntean, Caroll Alvarado and Greg Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 60% of Spirit Airlines flights were delayed Thursday, according to FlightAware, after technical issues with the airline’s website, app and airport kiosks, but the airline says the problems have been resolved. Spirit Airlines announced the technical issues before 9 a.m. A

By Jack Guy and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry’s US immigration records should be unsealed in the light of revelations about drug-taking in his recent book, a conservative think tank will argue in a federal court next week. The Heritage Foundation is suing the US government to find out if it acted according