National-World Archives

A sheriff’s deputy is in the hospital following a shooting in Coachella, California

January 29, 2022 4:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Michelle Watson and Emma Tucker, CNN A California sheriff’s deputy is in the hospital after he was shot multiple times by a suspect during a traffic stop on Friday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department were conducting a traffic stop on

An iguana sits in a tree last March in Delray Beach

How cold is it in Miami? It’s so cold that ‘falling iguanas’ are forecast

January 29, 2022 6:48 PM CNN

By Jay Croft, CNN Cold weather is relative to where you are, right? A freezing wind chill in Minneapolis might be a warm snap. People in the Northeast are being crushed by a legitimate blizzard. And way down south in South Florida, all the way down to South Beach, the high temp Saturday will be

NASA crew embarks on simulated mission to Mars to study isolation and confinement

January 29, 2022 2:40 PM CNN Newsource

By Emma Tucker, CNN Four volunteer crew members have embarked on a simulated journey to Mars inside a ground-based habitat at NASA to study the isolation and confinement of exploration missions. The simulated journey to Mars’ moon Phobos began on Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and will last for 45 days. The

A Pittsburgh Port Authority bus that was on a bridge when it collapsed Friday is visible in the city's East End.

NTSB investigators seek clues after Pittsburgh bridge collapse

January 29, 2022 1:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Ray Sanchez and Athena Jones, CNN National Transportation Safety Board investigators descended into a wooded ravine in Pittsburgh Saturday where a snow-covered bridge collapsed one day earlier. Investigators also flew a drone over the area in search of answers as to why the 52-year-old steel frame bridge collapsed in the predawn darkness Friday, leaving

How cold is it in Miami? It’s so cold that ‘falling iguanas’ are forecast

January 29, 2022 11:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Jay Croft, CNN Cold weather is relative to where you are, right? A freezing wind chill in Minneapolis might be a warm snap. People in the Northeast are being crushed by a legitimate blizzard. And way down south in South Florida, all the way down to South Beach, the high temp Saturday will be

Sergio Mattarella re-elected as Italian president for a second term

January 29, 2022 10:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Livia Borghese, CNN Italy’s current president Sergio Mattarella has been re-elected for a second mandate, speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Robert Fico, announced Saturday. Mattarella received 759 out of a possible 1009 votes from “great electors” — the members of parliament and regional representatives charged with electing the president in a process that

What an astronaut could see from space that changed him for good

January 29, 2022 10:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN “It’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right.” The catchy song from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” may as well have been our soundtrack for the last two years. Ever since the pandemic’s arrival, it has felt a bit like living in a time warp,

NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean

January 29, 2022 10:03 AM CNN

By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA intends to keep operating the International Space Station until the end of 2030, after which the ISS would be crashed into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo, according to newly published plans outlining its future. Launched in 2000, the space lab has orbited 227 nautical

Contaminated water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam began to sicken military families late last year.

Navy to drain millions of gallons of water daily after Hawaii fuel leak

January 29, 2022 9:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Michelle Watson and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The US Navy has been granted a permit to discharge up to five million gallons of treated water a day from its Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage facility after that water was contaminated by a petroleum leak that sickened military families and children in Hawaii. Statements from the

This 2016 file photo shows Mega Millions lottery tickets near Burlington

Talk about a lucky break: Fortune cookie gives North Carolina man lottery numbers to win $4 million

January 29, 2022 8:07 AM CNN Newsource

By Jay Croft, CNN Why do you think they’re called fortune cookies? After his weekly meal at a Chinese restaurant, a North Carolina man used the numbers in his fortune cookie to play the lottery. And now he is $4 million richer. “I don’t usually play my fortune cookie numbers but I tried them on

Defiance, patriotism and cool heads on show on the streets of Kyiv as threat of Russian invasion looms

January 29, 2022 7:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Sebastian Shukla, CNN On the walls of St. Michael’s monastery in Kyiv, there is a graphic and sad reminder of the toll of eight years of conflict in eastern Ukraine. A total of 4,480 faces stare into the frigid air — the photographs of the servicemen and women who have died on the frontlines

Here’s how to drive safely on ice and snow

January 29, 2022 3:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar, CNN With whiteout conditions predicted starting Friday as part of a strong winter storm poised to wallop a long stretch of the East Coast, officials warn drivers in affected areas to avoid getting on roads this weekend unless it is absolutely necessary — and to practice extreme caution if they do. That’s

Russian tanks take part in military drills at Molkino training ground in the Krasnodar region

How a Russian invasion of Ukraine would reverberate around the world

January 28, 2022 11:01 PM CNN

By Rob Picheta, CNN The prospect of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine has heightened alarm in the region, threatening to plunge the country’s 44 million inhabitants further into the grips of conflict. But a move by the Kremlin would also ripple far beyond the two nations’ shared border. Experts fear it could usher in

How a Russian invasion of Ukraine would reverberate around the world

January 28, 2022 11:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta, CNN The prospect of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine has heightened alarm in the region, threatening to plunge the country’s 44 million inhabitants further into the grips of conflict. But a move by the Kremlin would also ripple far beyond the two nations’ shared border. Experts fear it could usher in

Houston police shooting suspect has long criminal history, faces attempted murder charges

January 28, 2022 10:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Steve Almasy, Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN The man who the Houston Police Department says shot three officers Thursday has a lengthy criminal record and now faces three counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer. Roland Caballero, 31, allegedly led police on a chase Thursday, shot at and wounded three officers,

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd discusses the "Swipe Left for Meth" investigation on January 27.

Florida officials say dealers used dating apps to sell marijuana, meth and other drugs. Dozens charged in undercover operation

January 28, 2022 7:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Henderson and David Williams, CNN After a six-month undercover investigation, authorities in Florida have charged 68 people in connection with the sale of illegal narcotics on the mobile dating apps Grindr, Scruff and Taimi. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) said 60 people have been arrested, and law enforcement has obtained arrest warrants

A bulldozer loads trucks with salt at Eastern Salt in Chelsea

Here’s how states are preparing for the powerful nor’easter

January 28, 2022 7:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Christina Maxouris, CNN A powerful nor’easter forming off the coast of the Carolinas Friday night is threatening millions of people with heavy snow and vicious winds as it makes its way up the East Coast. There are blizzard warnings in effect for millions of people in coastal areas from Virginia to New England. Officials

Eileen Gu of Team China on Day 4 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on February 8.

Is that a nuclear plant? The story behind those towers at the Winter Olympics big air

January 28, 2022 6:19 PM CNN

By Lianne Kolirin, Nectar Gan and Tom Booth, CNN Winter Olympians are accustomed to performing their awe-inspiring feats against the backdrop of spectacular snow-capped mountains. But Beijing’s Big Air Shougang Olympic venue is drawing attention for its much edgier, urban setting. Behind the skiers launching themselves off the 60-meter-high (196-foot) ramp are furnaces, tall chimney

The National Alpine Ski Centre is ready to welcome the world's top skiers at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

China claims to be holding the greenest Olympics. So why has it built a ski resort in the middle of a nature reserve?

January 28, 2022 6:19 PM CNN Newsource

By David Culver and CNN staff China has touted its newly completed Olympic ski venue as an example of its commitment to making the Beijing Games the greenest and cleanest in history. But there’s just one problem — it was built in the middle of a nature reserve. Chinese organizers say the National Alpine Ski

Colorado police solve four decades-old homicide cold cases with DNA from exhumed killer

January 28, 2022 5:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Steve Almasy, CNN Using genetic genealogy and familial DNA, police in Colorado have solved the decades-old cases of the deaths of four females, saying the killer was a man who died by suicide in jail in 1981. The three women and a teenage girl were stabbed to death between 1978 and 1981 in the