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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The Carolina Reaper has met its match. Chili Pepper X has captured the spicy record as the world’s hottest, Guinness World Records announced on Monday. The new pepper rates an average of 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU), according to tests performed by Winthrop University in South Carolina, beating

By Eric Levenson and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Aurora, Colorado, police officer Nathan Woodyard’s actions on the day Elijah McClain was restrained and injected with ketamine in 2019 had a “cataclysmic effect” on the young man, a prosecutor said Tuesday during opening statements in the officer’s manslaughter trial. Nathan Woodyard, 34, has pleaded not

By Brad Parks and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Saturday started out as a normal day, 32-year-old Hanaan Shahin told police, with breakfast in the home her family rented in Plainfield Township, Illinois. Within hours, Shahin was in the hospital, recovering from more than a dozen stab wounds, after the family’s landlord brutally attacked her

CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Yeah my name Lil Zah, G. Bout to hop on this beat. At the top, You can’t take my spot. I’m all the way up, You cannot. Delivered in an excited pre-pubescent voice, this untitled rap song is a lasting memory of the joy and bravado 8-year-old Zahmire

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — At least 15 journalists are among the thousands killed since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. News leaders are urging all parties in the region to respect the media and ensure the safety of journalists as many are risking their lives in the

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Yeah my name Lil Zah, G. Bout to hop on this beat. At the top, You can’t take my spot. I’m all the way up, You cannot. Delivered in an excited pre-pubescent voice, this untitled rap song is a lasting memory of the joy and bravado 8-year-old Zahmire Lopez

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In the photograph that introduced millions of people to Wadea Al-Fayoume for the first time, the kindergartener is seen celebrating his sixth birthday at his home near Chicago. With one hand on a blue “Happy Birthday” hat on his head, Wadea stands in the warm light of the home,

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Migrant families staying in New York City shelters will be required to leave those facilities after 60 days and reapply for placement, according to a new rule announced by Mayor Eric Adams on Monday. The move is the administration’s most significant attempt to date aiming to reduce resources dedicated

WGXA, BIBB COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Four inmates, including a man charged with murder, are on the run from authorities after escaping a central Georgia jail through a damaged second-floor window and getting through the perimeter fences, according to authorities. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said the inmates escaped

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Federal wildlife officials said Monday they are delaying a long-awaited decision to declare the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct, months after grainy photos and videos emerged that purported to show the bird flying through a Louisiana forest. In 2021, the agency seemed ready to declare the so-called Lord God Bird extinct:

By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Four inmates, including a man charged with murder, are on the run from authorities after escaping a central Georgia jail through a damaged second-floor window and getting through the perimeter fences, according to authorities. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said the inmates escaped from the Bibb County Detention Center

By Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway who is accused of extorting and defrauding the teen’s mother, is expected to enter a guilty plea to federal charges at a Wednesday hearing, an attorney for her family says. It is not

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Climate change-fueled wildfires are costing the US economy between $394 billion to $893 billion annually, a new congressional report suggests – a shocking figure that is more than double what previous government reports have estimated. The new report from the Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich

CNN, WBBM By Holly Yan, Brad Parks, Lauren Mascarenhas and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Joliet, Illinois (CNN) — Loved ones and strangers united in grief Monday at the funeral of a 6-year-old Chicago-area boy who was killed because he was Muslim, officials say. Wadea Al Fayoume was stabbed 26 times Saturday by his family’s landlord in

By Holly Yan, Brad Parks, Lauren Mascarenhas and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Joliet, Illinois (CNN) — Loved ones and strangers united in grief Monday at the funeral of a 6-year-old Chicago-area boy who was killed because he was Muslim, officials say. Wadea Al Fayoume was stabbed 26 times Saturday by his family’s landlord in Plainfield Township,

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — India, the world’s largest democracy and most populous country, does not recognize same-sex marriage, effectively barring millions of LGBTQ couples from certain legal benefits and insurance. However, things may change soon as India’s Supreme Court is expected to rule on a consequential case that could dismantle the country’s marriage

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — “Are you OK?” Shayna Davis was often stunned when her son, Sir’Antonio Brown – who still struggled to put his shoes on the right feet – looked up at his loved ones and asked them this question. The 6-year-old had an uncanny sense for when someone had fallen into

WBBM, WILL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CAIR, CNN By Chris Boyette, Keith Allen, Lauren Mascarenhas and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Joliet, Illinois (CNN) — A funeral and burial will be held Monday for the 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed when his Chicago-area landlord allegedly attacked him and his mother because the family is Muslim. Family members

By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A portion of Colorado’s Interstate 25 has been shut down in both directions after a coal train derailed off a bridge and onto the roadway Sunday afternoon, killing a semi-truck driver, state authorities said. Crews are working to clear toppled train cars and spilled coal at

By Steve Almasy and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris was transported off the field in an ambulance after sustaining a neck injury during the team’s home game against the New York Giants on Sunday night. “Damien Harris (neck) is out for the game,” the Bills said in