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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A North Carolina man is planning to use his $100,000 lottery prize to help build classrooms for children in his hometown in Mali. “I grew up in a tough way,” said Souleymane Sana, the 39-year-old dance instructor and New Bern resident. That’s part of what drove him to purchase

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The FAA has received 670 reports of unruly passengers on flights this year, according to recent data from the US transportation agency. One of the latest travelers to receive a citation for erratic behavior struck a Frontier Airlines flight attendant with an intercom phone after becoming belligerent onboard, police

By Dakin Andone and Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho judge entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students last fall, during an arraignment in a Latah County Court on Monday. Judge John Judge read aloud Kohberger’s rights and each of the murder

By Tina Burnside and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An 8-year-old migrant girl who died in the custody of US immigration authorities last week was treated for flu-like symptoms for several days prior to her death at a Texas hospital, according to authorities. The girl, Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, a citizen of Panama, died Wednesday

By Michelle Watson, Cara Lynn Clarkson and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A weekend of rowdiness that authorities say included public drunkenness and disorderly conduct at an annual Jeep gathering in Texas led to about 230 arrests, authorities said. The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said it had been preparing for three months ahead of

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Moushabeck remembers the warm feeling of snuggling beside her two sisters under a heavy blanket, giggles filling their bedroom as they waited for baba to tuck them in and share another bedtime story. “Today I’m going to tell you a story about Palestine,” he would say, as their

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two New York boys reported missing last week have been found dead in different rivers in Manhattan, police say. Alfa Barrie, 11, and Garrett Warren, 13, who authorities believe were friends, were last seen together in Harlem sometime between May 12 and May 13, police said during a news

By Raja Razek and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A father was killed and his two teenage sons were injured after a hand grenade exploded inside their northwestern Indiana home, authorities said. The family members were going through a grandfather’s belongings Saturday evening when they found the device, Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Pam Jones

By Michelle Watson and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and one is in critical condition after a nightclub shooting early Sunday morning in Kansas City, Missouri, police say. At least five people were shot at Klymax Lounge on Indiana Ave., the police department in Kansas City, Missouri, confirmed. Officers responded to

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A shark bit a Florida angler on the foot Friday, in the second shark bite incident of the week, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The 35-year-old man was fishing from a dock on Flagship Drive, Summerland Key around 8 p.m., and as the shark

By Holly Yan, Melissa Alonso and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Another advocacy group is warning people of color about traveling to Florida. The alerts from groups representing Black and Latino Americans come as the state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, is expected to enter the 2024 presidential race with a campaign built on tenets of

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — What does the future of clean energy look like in the US? Picture a massive floating offshore wind turbine that soars 850 feet above the waves and generates enough electricity to power thousands of homes. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A 12-foot great white shark was spotted off the coast of South Carolina this week, about a year after it was detected near the New Jersey shore. Ironbound, an adult great white shark weighing about 1,189 pounds, was recorded twice near South Carolina Thursday morning, according to OCEARCH, a

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN New York (CNN) — In a dance studio nestled inside a building next to New York City Hall, Tamara Bejar Hernandez counts to the beat of a traditional Tahitian dance song as a group of ladies shake their hips from left to right and gracefully glide their hands up in the

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Uvalde, Texas (CNN) — Editor’s note: This story contains graphic images and descriptions of the Uvalde school massacre. The children pictured all survived and their parents asked CNN to show the images for people to see what their sons and daughters had to endure and

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Boston is making reading on-the-go more accessible through a pilot program that will allow riders to access digital content from audiobooks to newspapers at some bus stops across the city – no library card required. The program – dubbed “Browse, Borrow, Board” – gives riders access to books, magazines

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — One couple’s dream wedding will become reality after a North Carolina man won the first top prize of $150,000 in a newly launched scratch-off game – the first time the top prize had been claimed since the game launched earlier this month. Alfred Harrell had promised his fiancée the

By Andy Rose and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A 20-year-old woman who had been missing for more than a week in western Texas was found dead Saturday, and a man has been arrested in connection with her killing, police said. Madeline Pantoja was reported missing on May 11, vanishing with her phone and car

By Isabel Rosales, Paradise Afshar and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — A transgender teen in Mississippi missed her high school graduation after a federal judge denied a motion requesting she be allowed to wear a dress and heels under her robe. The 17-year-old, identified in court documents by her initials “L.B.,” did not attend her

By Paradise Afshar and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — British author Martin Amis, best known for the 1984 novel, “Money,” and 1989’s “London Fields,” has died, his publisher Penguin Books UK announced Saturday. He was 73. “(Amis) leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed