National-World

By Alaa Elassar, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN Dr. Jack Lyons remembers the pandemic’s early days when grateful communities banged pots and pans to honor frontline health care workers. But now, faced with hostility just for trying to save his patients’ lives, he says that, sadly, those days are long gone. Lyons is one

By Topher Gauk-Roger, Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN A 14-year-old who was in a California department store dressing room with her mother was killed Thursday when police fired at a man suspected of attacking a woman in the store, authorities said. One of the shots penetrated a wall and struck the girl, Los Angeles

By Michelle Watson, CNN A monk seal found on Hawaii’s Moloka’i Island in September died of “an intentional gunshot wound to the head,” The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announced in a news release Tuesday. This is the third confirmed intentional killing of a monk seal this year, according to the department.

By Raja Razek, CNN Citing procedural errors, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has withdrawn George Floyd’s Clemency recommendation, according to a news release from Gov. Greg Abbott’s Office. “The Board of Pardons and Paroles has withdrawn 25 clemency recommendations that contained procedural errors and lack of compliance with Board rules,” said office of

By David Williams, CNN Birdwatchers are flocking to a Massachusetts state park in hopes of getting a glimpse of a rare Steller’s sea eagle — an enormous raptor that is native to eastern Russia and parts of Asia. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife said in a Facebook post that the bird was first

By Brian Vitagliano, CNN Former Boston College student Inyoung You pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter in the suicide of her boyfriend, Boston College student Alexander Urtula, according to a joint sentencing memorandum. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Superior Court Judge Robert Ullman sentenced You to a suspended jail sentence of 2 1/2 years and 10 years of

By Amanda Watts and Kay Jones, CNN “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski has been moved to a federal medical center in North Carolina, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. “Theodore John Kaczynski is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Butner,” a statement from BOP says. Kaczynski,

By Stella Chan, CNN A woman who punched a flight attendant on a May Southwest Airlines flight from Sacramento to San Diego pleaded guilty to interfering with a flight attendant, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. A flight attendant asked Vyvianna Quinonez, 28, to buckle her seatbelt, stow her tray table, and wear her

By Laura Ly and Jason Hanna, CNN Next week’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will be “scaled back,” with fewer revelers and everyone required to wear a mask, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said Thursday. The celebration in Times Square typically holds around 58,000 people in viewing areas, but this year

By Gregory Lemos, Paul P. Murphy and Judson Jones, CNN Icy road conditions have caused vehicle crashes and runoffs on Interstate 94 in west-central Wisconsin on Thursday morning, and one set of incidents closed a long stretch of the highway for hours, police said. About 40 vehicles, including tractor-trailers, were in crashes on the highway