National-World

By Cheri Mossburg and Dakin Andone, CNN The oldest Black church in California’s East Bay was devastated by a massive fire Sunday night that the church’s pastor said gutted its interior structure. Video showed heavy smoke and flames shooting from the roof of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, where the fire erupted

By Cheri Mossburg, Camila Bernal and Kelly McCleary, CNN A man was taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of a Catholic bishop renowned for his work as a community peacemaker, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Monday. Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell was found dead Saturday in his home in the community

By Eric Levenson, CNN In opening statements of Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial, the prosecution went into a lengthy defense of the value and importance of circumstantial evidence. “A lot of times people hear, ‘Oh, it’s just a circumstantial case,’ but the law says otherwise,” prosecutor Creighton Waters told the jury. “The law says circumstantial evidence

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is Presidents Day, a federal holiday in the US commemorating George Washington’s birthday and honoring the nation’s commanders in chief. Many Americans are off work today — and most banks and postal services will not be operating. If you plan to run errands today, see what else is open and

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A long-lost letter from George Washington hints at the first president’s financial woes, and it is expected to fetch $50,000 at auction. The Raab Collection, an auction house specializing in historical documents, announced the discovery of the letter in a news release Sunday. The letter was previously “unknown to scholars” and

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Claire Colbert, CNN More than two weeks after a toxic train wreck unleashed plumes of black smoke, contaminated the soil and fueled anxiety in East Palestine, Ohio, residents have reported a growing number of ailments — from rashes to nausea to trouble breathing. Now, the state will open a

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Dakin Andone, CNN A man is in custody after one person was killed and four others — including a 4-year-old girl — were injured in a shooting Sunday night along a Mardi Gras parade route ahead of the city’s raucous celebration this week, the New Orleans Police Department said Monday. Mansour

By Michelle Watson, CNN California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit system says it is running “limited service” to the Oakland International Airport because of a power outage in Alameda County. “Oakland Airport Connector service is running limited service due to a power outage. Shuttles will depart every 18 minutes,” BART said in a 2:38 p.m. PST

By Samantha Beech and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Two students wounded in a mass shooting last week at Michigan State University remained in critical condition Monday, according to university police, one week after the campus community was paralyzed by violence that left three students dead. Two other students were in serious but stable condition and a