National-World

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Anna Chernova, CNN Lawyers for WNBA star Brittney Griner told Russian judges Friday that she was prescribed medical cannabis for “severe chronic pain.” Griner’s defense team submitted to the Russian court a letter from a US medical center issuing a permit in Arizona in 2020 for the use of medical cannabis

By Jamiel Lynch and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Georgia school district approved a policy Thursday that allows some employees to carry weapons in schools, excluding teachers and staff who supervise classrooms. The Cobb County Board of Education voted 4-2 to pass the measure intended to improve security in Georgia’s second-largest school district. “This policy gives

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Officials urged swimmers in Long Island, New York, to be cautious after at least four people were injured in suspected shark attacks this month. “We are telling people that if they are swimming, they need to swim in lifeguard areas. They should only go waist deep and that they should

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Garnell Whitfield is still suffering the trauma of losing his mother to racist violence at a Buffalo supermarket. Whitfield said the mass shootings that followed and Republican lawmakers’ refusal to support significantly stricter gun laws have made it even harder to cope. He also worries many elected officials and religious

By Josh Campbell and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Maryland man was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting men he believed were gay over a three-year period in a Washington, DC, park, officials said. Michael Thomas Pruden, 48, is accused of spraying the men with a “chemical irritant” at DC’s Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm

By Amir Vera and Eric Levenson, CNN For 87 years, the Murdaugh family name came to represent a legal dynasty in coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor’s office. But now, the family has been closely connected to a bloody tragedy, allegations of embezzlement and a bizarre murder-for-hire plot to score

By Raja Razek, CNN An 8-year-old boy was shot and killed by his 5-year-old brother Thursday in what Arkansas authorities believe was an accidental shooting. “This is a tragic incident that could have been avoided. I can’t emphasize strongly enough that guns need to be well secured and kept out of the hands and away

By Sharif Paget, CNN As heavy rains lashed southwestern Virginia late Tuesday, causing flash floods and damaging roads, Nancy Howell began to worry about her mother. So, she turned to Facebook to ask if anyone had seen her. “I don’t know if she made it home from church,” Howell, 43, wrote in a post. “I’m

By Sonia Moghe and Alaa Elassar, CNN The man accused of opening fire on shoppers inside a Buffalo supermarket and killing 10 people was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday — a day ahead of the store’s long-awaited reopening. Exactly two months after the shooting, Payton Gendron, 19, has been indicted on 27 counts,