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By Zoe Sottile, CNN For the first time ever, a “corimelaena palmeri” insect has been documented in the US after hitching a ride in a shipment of fresh cut flowers, according to Customs officials. The bug was discovered in October among a shipment of fresh cut flowers in a tractor-trailer at the Otay Mesa Cargo

By Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN A body has been found in a vehicle submerged in Kentucky flood waters, Marion County Rescue Chief Brian Smith said. Rescue crews located the car through a drone search Thursday after flooding in southeastern Kentucky. They discovered the body while retrieving the car Friday, affiliate WKYT reported. The

By Celina Tebor, Liam Reilly and Ray Sanchez, CNN At least one person is dead and 17 more were injured — some critically — in a fire early Saturday that left some residents in a highrise apartment building in Silver Spring, Maryland, trapped on balconies, fire officials say. The three-alarm fire, with more than 100

By Polo Sandoval, CNN William Bower II feared he would never know where his father’s final resting place was, but he hung on to hope for decades. On Thursday, the Missouri retired aerospace engineer fought back tears as he was notified that a submarine wreck, discovered off the coast of Japan last year, is what

By AJ Willingham, CNN On the campus of a small Christian college in Wilmore, Kentucky, a massive worship service has been rolling, nonstop, for nearly two weeks. The event at Asbury University is so popular, people have flown from across the country, standing in line outside of the college’s main chapel for an opportunity to

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A humpback whale that washed ashore off the coast of New Jersey was previously struck by a ship, according to officials. The dead whale was first reported to officials on Monday, according to a news release from Monmouth County, New Jersey. It washed ashore at the Manasquan Inlet beach on the

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Will a fourth adoption be the charm for this seemingly unadoptable pup? Ralphie, a New York shelter’s adorable “jerk” dog, has been returned to the shelter again after his most recent (and unsuccessful) adoption. “Ralphie proved to be more than she could handle,” the shelter explained in an update posted to

By Andy Rose, CNN A civilian used his legally licensed gun to shoot and wound a suspect in a mall shooting in El Paso, Texas, that left one dead and three injured earlier this week, police said. Emanuel Duran, 32, shot a 16-year-old who is believed to have carried out the shooting at the Cielo

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Maryland man has struck gold a second time with his second big lottery win in just two months. The anonymous winner first lucked out with a $30,000 prize in January, according to a news release from the Maryland Lottery. This week, he claimed a $50,000 prize, the lottery said Wednesday.

By Samantha Beech and Nicki Brown, CNN A woman who had been abducted nearly a year ago while traveling across the country made a dramatic escape from her kidnapper after she concocted a getaway plan to a New Jersey gas station, authorities said Friday. James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, was charged with kidnapping a woman

By Melissa Alonso and Emma Tucker, CNN A fire at a waste management facility in South Florida has continued burning for nearly a week, prompting officials in Miami-Dade County on Friday to close parks, dismiss two schools and urge residents near the waste-to-energy plant to stay indoors due to air quality concerns. The fire that

By Omar Jimenez and Linh Tran, CNN Vladyslav Orlov, an officer in Ukraine’s national guard, didn’t see what hit him, but the next thing he knew, the car he was traveling in last October was rolling over and in flames. He suspected Russian gun fire. Pinned in the back seat, Orlov says he was initially

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN Police in Norfolk, Virginia, have charged the mother of a 6-year-old after the child brought a handgun to school, police said in a statement. This is at least the fourth incident of a 6-year-old bringing a gun to school this year, according to CNN’s reporting. Police said around 3:30 p.m. Thursday,

By Alta Spells, Dianne Gallagher and Christina Maxouris, CNN Before prosecutors rested their case on Friday, they presented evidence in court showing Paul Murdaugh — son of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh — confronted his father about pills about one month before both he and his mother were found fatally shot. Alex Murdaugh is

By Nicole Grether, Kristina Sgueglia and Emma Tucker, CNN At the first school board meeting in Bayville, New Jersey, since a 14-year-old student died by suicide days after being attacked by four classmates, administrators heard powerful commentary from current and former students who said they’ve been bullied without recourse from school district officials. Several current

By Hannah Sarisohn and Melissa Alonso, CNN Six people are dead and another was wounded Friday in a series of shootings in Tate County, Mississippi after a man opened fire on his ex-wife and potentially other family members, Tate County Sheriff Brad Lance told CNN. The suspect, Richard Dale Crum, 52, was arrested after the

By Jamiel Lynch and Kelly McCleary, CNN The brother of an unarmed Black man shot and killed by a police officer in Louisiana said seeing body camera video of the fatal encounter answered some of his questions, but not all of them. “My initial response to the bodycam footage was confusion followed by anger,” Xavier