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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In a few hours, the public will learn the names of the four astronauts tapped by NASA to complete a historic journey around the moon next year aboard the Artemis II rocket. The three Americans and one Canadian who are set to be revealed in a ceremony at 11 a.m. ET

By Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Parts of the Midwest and South devastated by catastrophic tornadoes will have almost no time to recover before another round of dangerous storms takes aim at hard-hit areas. At least 32 people were killed after an onslaught of tornado-spawning storms Friday obliterated houses, ripped roofs off buildings, wiped

By Dianne Gallagher and Melissa Alonso, CNN The body of Stephen Smith, whose 2015 death was thrust back into the spotlight during the investigation of the 2021 killings of Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and her son Paul Murdaugh, was exhumed over the weekend for an independent autopsy, attorneys for Smith’s family said. Smith’s body was exhumed,

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN A freight train derailed in Paradise, Montana, on Sunday, according to the Sanders County Sheriff’s Office. Approximately 25 cars were derailed around 9:20 a.m. near Highway 135, dispatcher Bill Brown told CNN. The train derailed on the banks of the Clark Fork River, approximately 200 miles northwest of Bozeman. Images from

By AJ Willingham, Leah Asmelash and Scottie Andrew, CNN While the future of TikTok in the US hangs in the balance of ongoing congressional hearings, even a complete erasure of the wildly popular video sharing app wouldn’t remove its deep and abiding mark on our culture. Like social media giants before it, TikTok hasn’t just

By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN The death toll rose to 32 Sunday after a batch of ferocious storms and tornadoes devastated communities across the American South and Midwest, while parts of the Southern Plains braced for their own round of severe weather. The storm outbreak Friday that walloped the country spawned

By Nicole Norman and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Sarah Bates, the captain of a fishing boat in San Francisco, had a feeling something was wrong with the chinook salmon population back in December. “The fish weren’t coming up the river, and to a certain extent, we were just waiting,” Bates, 46, told CNN. “We thought the

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Three people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting inside a bar in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Saturday night, according to police. Officers responded to the Whiskey Barrel Saloon around 10 p.m. ET and found three adults dead inside. Three others were transported from the scene to the hospital,

By Kia Fatahi and Liam Reilly, CNN A member of a neo-Nazi group was arrested Friday after attempting to burn down a church in Ohio that was planning to host a drag show event, according to court documents. Aimenn D. Penny, 20, of Alliance, Ohio, has been charged in the US District Court in Cleveland

By Sara Smart, CNN A missing Florida boy was found dead Friday after authorities say they discovered the 2-year-old’s body in the mouth of an alligator in St. Petersburg, Florida. The boy, Taylen Mosley, was reported missing after his mother, Pashun Jeffery, 20, was found dead in her apartment Thursday afternoon with multiple stab wounds,

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Semiautomatic gunfire echoed in the hallways of The Covenant School, making a distinct noise teachers there would not soon forget. That was more than 14 months ago — before three children and three adults were gunned down on Monday in the stately stone school connected to Covenant Presbyterian Church, atop a

By Jai-Leen James, CNN Cinnamon, a goat, and Felix, a 1-year-old bulldog mix, are an unlikely duo, but best friends, nonetheless. The four-legged friends enjoy spending time together — eating, playing, and sleeping. And now, they can continue those things together at their new forever home. The pair was brought to Wake County Animal Center in Raleigh,

By Alaa Elassar, Taylor Romine and Andy Rose, CNN A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books removed from public libraries by Llano County officials, many because of their LGBTQ and racial content, must be placed back onto shelves within 24 hours, according to an order filed Thursday. Seven residents sued county

By Rebekah Riess, CNN One person was killed and 28 others were injured after a full roof collapse at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, on Friday evening following devastating storms and tornadoes that ripped through the South and Midwest, officials said. Approximately 260 people, including guests, performers and staff, were inside the venue for

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN They say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice, but a winning lottery ticket just might. A man in North Carolina got a sizeable return on his investment when he scratched off a $20 ticket for a $2 million prize, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced Tuesday. Less than two years

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Devastating storms and tornadoes scraped the South and Midwest Friday into early Saturday, killing at least five people, injuring dozens more, trapping others in their homes, and damaging businesses and critical infrastructure — with the threat of more severe weather looming into Saturday afternoon. More than 50 preliminary tornado reports were

By Mallika Kallingal and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Police in Canada said Friday they have recovered eight bodies in Akwesasne, the Mohawk Nation territory that straddles the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario along the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Authorities said all of people were attempting to enter the US from Canada illegally and

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