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Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the waters around Alaska. Scientists say overfishing is not the cause

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The Alaska snow crab harvest has been canceled for the first time ever after billions of the crustaceans have disappeared from the cold, treacherous waters of the Bering Sea in recent years. The Alaska Board of Fisheries and North Pacific Fishery Management Council announced last week that the population of snow

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The arrest of a suspect in a series of deadly shootings in California ‘stopped another killing,’ police say

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN With the California city of Stockton on edge following a series of late-night shootings by an unknown assailant, police officials believe another killing was prevented with the arrest of a suspect this weekend. Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, was taken into custody around 2 a.m. Saturday, clad in dark clothing with

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Four prisoners killed, 61 injured in fire at Iran’s notoriously brutal Evin prison, state media reports

By Alaa Elassar, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jennifer Hauser, CNN At least four prisoners were killed and 61 injured after a fire at Evin prison in northern Tehran, Iranian state media IRNA reported, attributing Iranian authorities. The prisoners died of smoke inhalation, IRNA added. The fire happened Saturday night and an Iranian security official said “thugs”

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Four prisoners killed, 61 injured in fire at Iran’s notoriously brutal Evin prison, state media reports

By Alaa Elassar, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jennifer Hauser, CNN At least four prisoners were killed and 61 injured after a fire at Evin prison in northern Tehran, Iranian state media IRNA reported, attributing Iranian authorities. The prisoners died of smoke inhalation, IRNA added. The fire happened Saturday night and an Iranian security official said “thugs”

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