National-World

By Andy Rose and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police in Oregon say a suspect is dead after opening fire in a hospital in downtown Portland Saturday, a shooting that left one person dead and another injured. Authorities say the suspect, who fled Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center after the shooting, was stopped in a

By Raja Razek and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A man stabbed four people Saturday morning in Montgomery County, Maryland, before a police officer fatally shot him. The four victims are expected to survive, according to local police. Authorities said they believed the stabbing incident was a “random” act. “We have total of four stabbing

By Macie Goldfarb and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The remains of four people aboard an Alaska Department of Natural Resources helicopter that crashed last week were recovered Sunday morning from the wreckage site in a tundra lake, officials said. The remains of employees Ronald Daanen, 51, Justin Germann, 27 and Tori Moore, 26, along

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Florida A&M University football coach Willie Simmons has suspended “all football related activities” after an unauthorized music video was shot inside the locker room, he said Friday on Twitter. Simmons said the video “contained graphic language that is not consistent with Florida A&M’s core values, principles and beliefs.” The

By Zenebou Sylla and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl has died after a boat crashed into a jetty in Sesuit Harbor on Cape Cod Friday night, according to Massachusetts State Police. The teenager’s body was recovered from the water around 11:30 p.m. by the regional dive team with assistance from Dennis Fire-Rescue,

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Local sheriffs are investigating after they discovered human remains inside luggage on a property in a rural area outside San Antonio. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office received a call Thursday morning for a suspicious package at the property. People feeding animals while the property’s owners were

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) and a Facebook post from the child’s mother. According to the DPBH release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that Naegleria fowleri, also known as

By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Authorities investigating the shootings of two Alabama firemen, one fatally, are offering a $45,000 reward for help finding a suspect. Jordan Melton and Jamal Jones were shot at their fire station July 12, according to the Birmingham Police Department. Melton died Monday. “Jordan (Melton) paid the ultimate price for

By Melissa Alonso and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studies curriculum that includes gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after initially rejecting it. “Fortunately, now students will receive the basic materials needed to learn,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom in a statement following

By Nicole Chavez and Isabel Yip, CNN (CNN) — At least 24 Black deaf students who attended a segregated school on the grounds of Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, in the early 1950s never received their high school diplomas. Seventy years after they were first able to enroll in the school, the students and their

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Spenser Peterson and his fiancée, Mallory Walling, loved their little blue home near Vermont’s Winooski River. They adored the old silver maple tree in the yard, the view of the clouds over a hill outside and the sunsets across a green field seen from the home they’ve been lovingly

By Steve Almasy, Dawn Sawyer and Carrington Peavy, CNN (CNN) — A former recruiting analyst for the University of Georgia Athletic Association who was badly injured in an auto accident in January has filed a lawsuit against the athletics association and others. The lawsuit says Victoria Bowles “suffered multiple debilitating injuries,” including broken bones and

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old man is charged with sex crimes after enrolling in a public school district in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he pretended to be 17, police say. Zachary Scheich was arrested Thursday and faces two counts of sexual assault with use of an electronic communication device, which includes any attempt

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Amid the search for Shannan Gilbert, who went missing in May 2010, police on Long Island’s South Shore discovered the bodies of four other women wrapped in camouflaged burlap just off Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach in December 2010. The similarities indicated their deaths were the work of a

By Travis Caldwell, CNN (CNN) — Days after a Powerball ticket won just north of a billion dollars, the Mega Millions lottery closes in on a similar grand prize after no tickets won the jackpot in Friday’s drawing. The numbers drawn were 29-40-47-50-57 and the Mega Ball was 25. Eight tickets matched the first five

By Aya Elamroussi and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — The body of a 2-year-old girl who vanished last weekend with her younger brother after a wall of water from intense flooding swept them away was found Friday evening in the Delaware River, officials said. Authorities recovered Matilda “Mattie” Sheils’ body more than 30 miles from

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The gunman who opened fire during a Lunar New Year celebration near Los Angeles in January, killing 11 people and injuring others, sent writings to law enforcement, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna. When asked whether authorities had discovered a motive in the Monterey Park attack, Luna

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona firefighter has been charged with arson after allegedly confessing to setting multiple fires across two counties over the past few weeks, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities identified Karson Nutter, 18, on Friday as the key suspect in the investigation of eight arson events –

By Dave Alsup and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Zookeepers at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium arrived to a pair of unexpected discoveries Thursday morning: a newborn baby gorilla and the news that its mother wasn’t a male gorilla. The gorilla, Sully, has lived at the facility with her mother since 2019 and was thought

By Andy Rose and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Rescue crews have located the body of an Oregon climber who went missing earlier this week, according to local officials. After several days of searching by air, rescue crews in Oregon used drone footage Thursday to locate the body of 21-year-old Joel Tranby on North Sister