National-World

By Mirna Alsharif and Jason Hanna, CNN A judge this week authorized New York’s corrections department to force-feed inmate David Sweat, a convicted murderer who escaped from an upstate New York prison in 2015, after he staged a hunger strike that began last month, according to court documents. Wednesday’s ruling from Judge Robert Muller in

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Oreology: The study of the creme-filled cookie sandwich. Haven’t heard of it? Well, you’ve probably studied it — experimenting with dunking, twisting and separating to find the best Oreo eating experience. Whether you prefer the filling intact on one half of the cookie or spread evenly when you open it up,

By Amanda Watts and Raja Razek, CNN Indiana officials have asked the public for help identifying a child who was found dead Saturday in a heavily wooded area in southern Indiana. The child was described as Black, between 5 and 8 years old, about 4 feet tall, with a slim build and a short haircut.

By Maya Brown, CNN Laurie Bertram Roberts walks 3 miles down a nearby hill to the store to fill up her 5-gallon jug with filtered water. The mother of seven makes the trip every week to make sure she has 1 gallon for each family member. She stopped counting the boil water notices since they

By Amanda Watts, Elizabeth Joseph and Dakin Andone, CNN An autopsy commissioned by Patrick Lyoya’s family shows the 26-year-old was shot in the back of the head following an April 4 encounter with a Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer, attorneys representing the family said Tuesday. Lyoya and the officer, who has not been publicly identified,

By Amanda Watts, CNN The mother of 5-year-old Elijah Lewis, who was found dead in Massachusetts last year, has been indicted on charges that include first-degree murder, court records show. Danielle Dauphinais, 35, was indicted in Hillsborough County Superior Court, Southern District of New Hampshire, on “one count of first-degree murder for purposely causing the

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of people are cranking up the heat as much of the Northeast US braces for a rare April blast of winter weather. The high demand sent natural gas futures soaring yesterday to levels unseen since 2008. Overall, natural gas is up by a staggering 113% since the end of last

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Across the US, local transit authorities are deciding whether they will continue requiring passengers to mask up after a federal judge struck down the public transportation mask mandate aimed at mitigating Covid-19 risk. Their decisions are mixed, as some transit officials say they will let riders choose whether to mask, while

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl at a high school in Stockton, California, Monday, police said. The girl was stabbed by an intruder at Stagg High School, Stockton Unified School District officials said. A school officer was on site

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Travis Caldwell, CNN Scenes ranging from excitement to confusion played out across America’s airports Monday after a federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation. Some passengers learned of the Florida judge’s decision moments before takeoff, as flight attendants announced that for the first time in nearly

By Caroll Alvarado and Steve Almasy, CNN Two teenagers who were fatally shot at a packed party in Pittsburgh over the weekend were identified by the county medical examiner Tuesday as Mathew Steffy-Ross and Jaiden Brown. The 17-year-old victims died at a hospital after the shooting early Sunday in the city’s East Allegheny neighborhood, authorities

By Eric Levenson, CNN The body of a 51-year-old woman was found inside a duffel bag on a street corner in Queens, New York, on Saturday and a trail of blood stretched from there to her nearby home, according to a spokesperson for the New York Police Department. The discovery was made just after 8

By Amir Vera, Jenn Selva and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A public university in southern Ohio has agreed to pay a professor $400,000 after it disciplined him four years ago for refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred pronouns, according to Shawnee State University and a news release from the professor’s attorney. The settlement means the