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By Christina Maxouris, Lauren Mascarenhas and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A woman who walked into a popular Texas megachurch Sunday afternoon with a long gun and her 7-year-old son opened fire before she was killed by law enforcement officers on scene. The gunfire left the child in critical condition and another man injured, officials said. Authorities

KPRC, CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A woman who fired a rifle inside a Houston megachurch Sunday and was killed by law enforcement had a history of mental illness, a string of arrests spanning nearly two decades and family who had previously sought help from authorities to prevent her from accessing weapons, according

By Cindy Von Quednow and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — A woman who went missing after hiking on Mount Baldy during extreme weather conditions last weekend has been found dead and her body recovered, rescuers say. Lefei Huang, 22, was spotted by a person flying a drone in the area around 3:25 p.m. PT Saturday and

CNN By Steve Almasy and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are still trying to decipher what motivated a 36-year-old mother to open fire with a semi-automatic rifle in a popular Houston megachurch Sunday in an incident that left two people injured, including her 7-year-old son, before she was killed by law enforcement. The shooter,

By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A woman in a trench coat armed with a long rifle – and accompanied by a young child – entered pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday afternoon and began firing, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. Two off-duty law enforcement officers – a Houston police officer

CNN By Jamiel Lynch, Rebekah Riess and Alex Medeiros, CNN (CNN) — The CEO of a major Nigerian bank, along with his wife and son, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border late Friday night. Access Bank chief executive Herbert Wigwe died in the crash,

CNN By Jamiel Lynch, Rebekah Riess and Alex Medeiros, CNN (CNN) — The CEO of a major Nigerian bank, along with his wife and son, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border late Friday night. Access Bank chief executive Herbert Wigwe died in the crash,

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to the Super Bowl, what do you like the most? The game itself? The halftime show? Or is it the commercials? Super Bowl ads are notoriously expensive — upward of $7 million per 30-second spot. And if you find that number shocking, the

By Paradise Afshar and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A trio of endangered gray wolves were found dead in southern Oregon and federal officials are offering a $50,000 reward for information about their deaths. The bodies were found after the collars of two of the wolves put out a “mortality signal” on December 29, prompting

By Rob Frehse, Mark Morales, Nic F. Anderson, Samantha Beech and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A 15-year-old has been arrested and charged as an adult after he shot and injured a Brazilian tourist at a Times Square store and fired at law enforcement officers while fleeing, according to the New York Police Department. The

By Holly Yan and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: This story includes graphic descriptions of sexual assault allegations. As boys, they trusted him as a revered coach and mentor. As men, they say he’s a “monster” who used his Olympic fame to manipulate young athletes and sexually assault them. Now, more than

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Have you ever met a stranger who changed your life? Maybe they were there for you in an emergency or said the right thing at the exact time you needed to hear it. Maybe you never even got their name, but will always remember their kindness. Since the briefest

CNN By Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — More than 150 law enforcement personnel are searching for a man in east Tennessee accused of fatally shooting a Blount County deputy and injuring another deputy during a traffic stop on Thursday, authorities say. Kenneth DeHart, 42, is wanted on warrants of first-degree

WPLG, CNN By Gregory Wallace, Carlos Suarez and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — Two people, “tentatively” identified as the pilot and second-in-command, were killed when a small plane crashed Friday afternoon on Interstate 75 near the Florida city of Naples and collided with a vehicle, authorities said – a wreck that came shortly after a

By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A Florida construction crew dug up a piece of history this week: an inert World War II-era bomb, possibly leftover on a former military airfield decades ago. “Because it is so rusted and decayed, there’s certainly no way of telling whether it’s live munition or inert,” said Hernando County

By Jamiel Lynch, Rebekah Riess and Alex Medeiros, CNN (CNN) — The CEO of a major Nigerian bank, along with his wife and son, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border late Friday night. Access Bank chief executive Herbert Wigwe died in the crash, the

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Nightmares have tormented Soo Wong for the past year, fueled by the horror she witnessed when a gunman opened fire inside a California dance hall, killing her close friend and 10 other people as a Lunar New Year’s eve party was in full swing. Wong found herself overwhelmed by grief

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The conviction of Jennifer Crumbley has potential implications for gun-owning parents everywhere. None more so than for her husband, James Crumbley. Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty Tuesday of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the November 30, 2021, mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, in which their son

By Harmeet Kaur and Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — For many people, attending the Super Bowl is likely a dream unrealized — Sunday’s game might be the most expensive one yet, with average ticket prices nearing $10,000. That doesn’t mean NFL fans will stop fantasizing about what goes on inside the stadium: What is it

By Elliana Hebert, Brandon Miller and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — With water temperatures climbing to unprecedented heights, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has added new levels to its alert system to account for increasingly severe coral bleaching and higher mortality rates. Three more alert levels have been added to the coral reef alert