National-World

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN May is Mental Health Awareness Month — and also the perfect time to check in with those around you with a gentle call or text. Research shows the mental health of many people has suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the damage wasn’t limited to adults. Here’s what you need to

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amara Walker and Jade Gordon, CNN As authorities continue to search for an Alabama corrections official and the inmate she disappeared with, the US Marshals Service said the officer, Vicky White, may have tinted her blonde hair a darker shade and offered renderings of what she may look like after the change.

By Taylor Romine and Michelle Watson, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin in which the family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan claimed defamation and negligence, according to court documents. The sisters and widow of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum sued the actor in January after he

By Dakin Andone, CNN Abortion clinics in states likely to maintain access to the procedure are preparing for a potential influx of out-of-state patients following the report of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “This is a devastating blow for millions of people who will find

By Raja Razek, CNN A Selma, Alabama, church with historic ties to the 1960s voting rights movement has landed on the 2022 Most Endangered Places list — because of termites. Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been forced to close to its congregation and the public “for the foreseeable future” due to termite damage,

By Sharif Paget, CNN A construction worker whose legs got trapped for more than three hours after a floor at a former power plant in South Boston collapsed has sustained life-threatening injuries, Fire Commissioner Jack Dempsey said at a news conference Wednesday. Two other workers had minor injuries and were taken from the scene immediately,

By Stephanie Elam, CNN As Southern Californians brace for unprecedented water restrictions, officials worry some communities won’t have enough water to get through the summer — at least not without residents and businesses significantly cutting back on their usage. The state’s top natural resources officer told CNN that California’s water emergency clearly shows the climate

By Tina Burnside, CNN The father of an 8-month-old girl who died after she was left inside of a hot car has been charged with second-degree murder, Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials said during a news conference on Wednesday. Davied Japez McCorry Whatley, 20, was taken into custody Wednesday morning in connection with the child’s

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Stanford University announced Wednesday it is launching a new school later this year focused on climate change and funded by John Doerr, a renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Doerr and his wife donated $1.1 billion to fund the initiative — the largest gift ever given to a university for establishing a

By Omar Jimenez, CNN The federal judge presiding over the cases of the four former Minneapolis police officers implicated in the killing of George Floyd has accepted Derek Chauvin‘s plea deal and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison. That sentencing range was laid out in the plea agreement filed months ago,