National-World

By Amir Vera, CNN Maggie Montoya used to love Independence Day fireworks. Now, the loud explosions and bangs that come with the American ritual agonize her. The 26-year-old’s views on fireworks changed after she had to hide under a desk while a gunman fired rounds in the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, more

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Photographs by Carlton Ward Jr./Florida Wild Wedged between Florida’s two coasts are some of the richest ecosystems in the US, teeming with native wildlife that prefers to be hidden from human view. The animals’ natural lives for the most part remain a secret to Floridians. To catch glimpses of them in

By Dakin Andone, Hollie Silverman and Melissa Alonso, CNN The remaining portion of the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, was demolished just after 10:30 p.m. ET Sunday. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told CNN in a briefing Sunday night that once the area has been deemed secure following the building’s demolition,

By David Williams, CNN A former sugar cane farmer in Puerto Rico has been confirmed as the world’s oldest man by Guinness World Records, just a few weeks shy of his 113th birthday. Emilio Flores Márquez was born on August 8, 1908, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, making him 112 years and 326 days old as

By Christina Maxouris, CNN As Chicago leaders work to address violence across the city, police said Saturday that at least 16 people have been shot — including six fatally — across the city since Friday. A 39-year-old man was shot in the head while traveling in the back seat of a vehicle on Chicago’s west

By Rachel Trent, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning against swimming with diarrhea this summer, and the visual it’s using to give that warning is making quite a splash. The agency tweeted a warning that “one person with diarrhea can contaminate the entire pool,” along with a cartoon gif of

By Rachel Trent, CNN An Atlanta woman woke up to a surprise when a cat — that was not hers — jumped onto her bed Wednesday morning. She was even more shocked to discover the cat was a serval — an exotic cat native to Africa. Kristine Frank, who lives in the Brookhaven neighborhood, told

By Rachel Trent, CNN A California rowing team is celebrating after it claims its journey from San Francisco to Honolulu set a new record for the fastest Mid-Pacific crossing. Lat 35 Racing says it took the four-man team 30 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes to complete the journey. The team’s feat tops the previous

By Kelly Murray, CNN Talk about luck. Stephen C. Toto of Framingham, Massachusetts, made a last-minute decision to buy a lottery ticket, and for the second time in his life, collected a $1 million prize, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery. He bought the winning ticket at an A-1 Gulf gas station in Framingham for

By Kelly Murray and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A standoff overnight between Massachusetts State Police and “several heavily armed men” in the woods ended Saturday morning with 11 people arrested, authorities said. The ordeal, which started during a police traffic stop, led to the shutdown of part of Interstate 95 and a shelter-in-place order for the