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One of the newborn babies at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center.

Texas hospital experiences ‘summertime baby boom,’ delivering 100 babies in two stretches totaling 91 hours

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN A Texas hospital said it experienced a summertime “baby boom” in the lead-up to July 4, delivering 100 babies in two stretches totaling 91 hours. “While Andrews Women’s Hospital is known as a high-volume delivery hospital, the influx in births was considered rare and exceptional,” Baylor Scott and White said in

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After police tried to safely detonate illegal fireworks in a bomb disposal unit

Man accused of storing 16 tons of fireworks at home, including devices that later blew up and injured 17

By Kay Jones and Holly Yan, CNN A California man faces federal charges after allegedly transporting tons of explosives from out of state — including devices that later exploded in a police bomb disposal truck, injuring 17 people, authorities said. Arturo Ceja III was arrested Saturday by special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

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Employees of the fireworks company behind the July 4th celebration in Ocean City

Fireworks meant for July 4th display in Maryland’s Ocean City accidentally explode

By Elizabeth Joseph, Alaa Elassar and Christina Bowllan, CNN Employees of the fireworks company behind the July 4th celebration in Ocean City, Maryland, received minor injuries Sunday after the fireworks accidentally exploded. First responders initially thought a car was on fire, but when they arrived at the scene they discovered there was “an unintentional discharge

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Independence Day Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Independence Day, celebrated on the Fourth of July. The 246th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence will be celebrated July 4, 2022. History July 4, 1776 – The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence while meeting in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Statehouse (now Independence

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Some of the athletes who have already signed NIL deals include

Here are some of the ways NCAA athletes are embracing the new world of the ‘NIL’ deal

By Douglas S. Wood and David Close, CNN This week saw the beginning of the NIL-era of college athletics. Suddenly allowed to profit from their name, image and likeness (or NIL), college athletes are unleashing a barrage of endorsement deal announcements. Potentially 460,000 NCAA student-athletes can now sign sponsorship deals. And the profit-making has already

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