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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — National Transportation Safety Board investigators have begun to assess the scene where three people were killed after two helicopters collided in midair Sunday while fighting a fire in Southern California, an agency spokesperson told CNN on Monday. The helicopters were among six aircraft responding to the

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking river flooding has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska, and prompted local evacuations after a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake inundated the region, officials say. City officials declared a local emergency on Sunday as the flooding made the banks of the Mendenhall

By Eli Masket and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The massive York Fire that ignited in the Mojave National Preserve is almost fully contained after more than a week of expansion in California and Nevada, according to fire officials. The wildfire, which started on July 28 in California’s San Bernardino County and is among dozens

By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — The husband of a Georgia mother of four who had been missing for more than two weeks was charged with her murder after her body was recovered Friday, authorities said. Donell Anderson was arrested and charged in connection with the disappearance and death of Imani Roberson, Rockdale County Sheriff

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A rare walrus calf is under 24/7 cuddle care after he was found wandering alone in northern Alaska last week. The Pacific walrus calf, estimated to be about a month old, arrived at the Alaska SeaLife Center on August 1 after being spotted on Alaska’s North Slope, about four

CNN By Raja Razek, Sara Smart, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — Charles Gregory headed out for an early morning fishing trip Friday off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida – something he’d done many times before. But the tide rose quicker than he thought. Then a wave hit his 12-foot jon boat

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly 100 illegal rooster blades used for cockfighting at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Texas Thursday. Customs officers searched a truck and found six packages containing 96 rooster blades, according to a Customs and Border Protection news release. The blades, shaped like curved

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Charles Ogletree, the civil rights attorney and Harvard Law School professor who mentored the Obamas and represented clients including Anita Hill, Tupac Shakur and the victims of the 1921 Tulsa race riots, died on Friday, according to Harvard Law School. He was 70. The cause of

By Raja Razek, Sara Smart, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — Charles Gregory headed out for an early morning fishing trip Friday off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida – something he’d done many times before. But the tide rose quicker than he thought. Then a wave hit his 12-foot jon boat –

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — If you love playing games and are looking to pick up some serious cash on the side, we’ve got a job for you! Mattel is looking to hire a “Chief Uno player” to promote the release of its new game, Uno Quatro. The chosen applicant will

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — A long-simmering feud between the College Board, the non-profit that administers Advanced Placement courses, and Florida’s Department of Education became public this week, as officials argued over whether the Advanced Placement Psychology course could be taught in Florida without breaking state laws. In Florida, students are prohibited from

By Meridith Edwards and Rachel Clarke, CNN Newbern, Alabama (CNN) — Patrick Braxton accomplished something no Black man in his Alabama town had done in its 166-year history: he became mayor. He told CNN he ran for office in 2020 to serve the fewer than 300 residents of Newbern, to connect them to help if

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A California man who says he rarely plays scratch-off lottery games turned his luck from a previous win into a million-dollar payday. Vang Cha told California Lottery officials he usually prefers playing games with bigger jackpots – like the Powerball and Mega Millions prizes that have recently soared

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Landscapers in southeastern Pennsylvania made a startling discovery on the job after coming across a pet alligator that got loose, authorities said. The alligator, identified as Fluffy by the owner who later came to retrieve it, was found in a creek in Berks County, an Exeter Township Police

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — All gas stations in Oregon can now allow customers to pump their own gas under a new law signed Friday, lifting a ban on self-service in the state dating back to 1951. The new law, House Bill 2426, signed Friday by Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek went into effect immediately,

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A University of Kansas paleontologist exploring an area known for its fossils recently uncovered a never-before-discovered ancient sea worm – and showed off her “nerdy” side while naming it. When Rhiannon LaVine found the 500-million-year-old fossil, the research associate with the university’s Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum