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7 Mexican travelers, ages 8 to 63, killed and dozens more people hurt in Mississippi bus crash

By Amanda Musa and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — Seven Mexican travelers were killed and dozens of other people injured early Saturday when a commercial passenger bus headed for Mexico experienced tire failure and rolled over off a highway east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, officials said. The National Transportation Safety Board will consider several factors in

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Authorities work to identify human remains found in concrete ‘bunker’ under missing California couple’s neighbor’s home

By Dalia Faheid, Jay Croft and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Authorities investigating the disappearance of a California couple are working to identify human remains found in bags in a concrete “bunker” underneath the mobile home of the couple’s neighbor at a nudist resort. Police have arrested the neighbor, Michael Royce Sparks, 62, on suspicion

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1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four African-American girls during church services in 1963. September 15, 2013, marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing. Facts September 15, 1963 – A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four African-American girls

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David Souter Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of David Souter, former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Personal Birth date: September 17, 1939 Death date: May 8, 2025 Birth place: Melrose, Massachusetts Birth name: David Hackett Souter Father: Joseph Alexander Souter, banker Mother: Helen Adams (Hackett) Souter, store clerk Education:

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