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By Kiely Westhoff and Emma Tucker, CNN Two men and a teenage girl wanted in connection with an attempted robbery and fatal assault of a New York taxi driver have been arrested, according to a New York Police Department spokesperson. The men turned themselves into police Wednesday on allegations of assault and other crimes, and

By Laura Studley and Tina Burnside, CNN Three people were killed after two planes crashed mid-air over the Watsonville Municipal Airport in California on Thursday afternoon, according to Mayor Eduardo Montesino. A single-engine Cessna 152 and a twin-engine Cessna 340 collided during their final decent, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration. One

By Amir Vera, Jason Carroll, Carolyn Sung and Matt Foster, CNN Easton “Tank” Oliverson is expected to make a full recovery after falling from a bunk bed and fracturing his skull, according to doctors at Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania. Easton, 12, was set to play in the Little League World Series

By AJ Willingham, CNN Life would be much more simple with a few directions. A status bar, for instance, to remind you to take care of yourself. Perhaps a few clues about other people’s intentions. Oh, and it wouldn’t hurt to have a place to experiment with it all, free from real-world consequences and the

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Shila rushes into the living room when she hears her nephew scream. He’s just stepped on a staple that was jutting out of the damp floor in their Maryland apartment, and his toe is bleeding. “The floor is very dangerous,” Shila tells CNN as she tries to comfort the 2-year-old

By Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, CNN A brain-eating amoeba typically found in freshwater lakes and rivers may have killed a child in what would be Nebraska’s first known death from the parasite, health officials said. The child, whose age was not disclosed, died this week in Douglas County, its health department said. The child

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Amber Escudero-Kontostathis is the only survivor of a deadly lightning strike outside the White House earlier this month, and despite going through something so life-changing and suffering nerve damage, she said she’s recovering quickly. Escudero-Kontostathis, 28, and three other victims were riding out a thunderstorm underneath a tree in Lafayette Park

By Nicki Brown, Jason Hanna and Holly Yan, CNN The man accused of stabbing award-winning author Salman Rushdie and injuring another speaker on stage in New York state last week pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault. Hadi Matar, 24, of New Jersey, made the plea in a courtroom

By Scottie Andrew, CNN The Hawaii most tourists see is one of azure waters and towering resorts, of “aloha” and “ohana” and hula. But as it exists now, the powerful tourism industry dictates the lives of Native Hawaiians, often for the worse, said Kyle Kajihiro, a lecturer at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Flying this summer has been rough, but smoother skies could be ahead. Some travel experts say the fall travel season will bring a drop in airfare prices and flight disruptions. So, consider booking your holiday trips soon because after a short window of time, prices will start to rise quickly as

By Paradise Afshar and Kacey Cherry, CNN A man accused of killing at least two Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will remain in custody as he awaits trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Muhammad Syed, 51, faces murder charges in the killings of Aftab Hussein, 41, and Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, which police say occurred

By Amir Vera and Taylor Romine, CNN Frederick Woods was 24 years old in 1976 when he and two other men kidnapped a bus full of children in northern California in what would become the largest mass kidnapping in US history. Now 70, Woods is set to become a free man after he was granted

By Nouran Salahieh and Jason Kravarik, CNN In court Wednesday, a Los Angeles County fire captain denied using photos from the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others as a “party trick” when he showed the images during an awards ceremony cocktail hour. Fire Captain Tony Imbrenda’s testimony was part of a federal

By Taylor Romine and Amir Vera, CNN The cause of death of actress Anne Heche was ruled an accident Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Department of the Medical Examiner-Coroner. Heche’s car crashed into a Los Angeles home and erupted into flames on August 5. After the accident, Heche experienced a “severe anoxic brain injury,”