National-World

By Meridith Edwards, Holly Yan, Nouran Salahieh and Celina Tebor, CNN The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office will investigate the toxic derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train after receiving a criminal referral from state environmental officials. “Our office has been monitoring the train derailment in East Palestine and we are outraged on behalf of the

By Kyung Lah, CNN Kris He walked into Arcadia Firearm & Safety in Arcadia, California, three days after his gun license became official. The 22-year-old immigrant from mainland China walked past a Trump flag, past the rifles, and headed to the glass case displaying handguns. He didn’t grow up around guns, but after seeing the

By Claire Colbert and Amy Simonson, CNN An 85-year-old woman walking her dog was killed Monday when an alligator pulled her into a nearby retention pond in southeast Florida, according to wildlife officials. Gloria Serge was walking her small dog along the pond in her community in Ft. Pierce when the alligator attempted to take

By Sara Smart and Jillian Sykes, CNN One of the 13 people taken to local hospitals after an explosion Monday at a metal factory near Oakwood, Ohio, has died, according to Captain Brian DiRocco with the Oakwood Village Fire Department. The explosion was at the I. Schumann & Co. building, a metal alloy factory, DiRocco

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN Workers from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation got a scaly surprise Sunday when they discovered an alligator in a Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, according to the department. A park maintenance staff member spotted the gator in Prospect Park Lake, said department spokesman Dan Kastanis. The 4-foot alligator was