National-World

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Idaho temporarily blocked a state ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors this week, just days before the law was set to take effect in the New Year. The law would have placed medical professionals who provide such care for transgender people under the age

By Christina Zdanowicz, Amanda Jackson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — While on the phone with an emergency dispatcher, Nivardo Delatorre reassured a driver pinned in his wrecked pickup truck for days that help was on the way. Delatorre called 911 from Interstate 94 in northwest Indiana on Tuesday, where he and his father-in-law, Mario

By Sarah Engel, CNN (CNN) — Human remains found decades ago near Lake Tahoe have finally been identified as missing nurse Donna Lass. Lass was 25 years old when she was reported missing to South Lake Tahoe Police in 1971, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Lass was last seen on

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A pair of statues honoring the Confederacy in Jacksonville’s Springfield Park were taken down Wednesday by order of the Florida city’s mayor. “This is not in any way an attempt to erase history but to show that we’ve learned from it. That when we know better, we do better

By Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — A man arrested earlier this month in connection with two recent machete attacks and the rape and killing of a woman in a Philadelphia park 20 years ago has been charged in three more rape cases, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Elias Diaz, 46, has now been charged with the

CNN, KSAT By Sara Smart and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Police in San Antonio said Thursday they are looking for two people who were seen on surveillance video near where the bodies of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend were found dead earlier this week. Savannah Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, were reported

CNN By David Culver and Norma Galeana, CNN Jacumba Hot Springs, California (CNN) — Brian Silvas’ three dogs were usually the first to alert him that large groups of people were walking onto his San Diego County property. He’d wake up at all hours to Whisky, Soldier and Freedom barking incessantly. Today, the trio keep

By David Culver and Norma Galeana, CNN Jacumba Hot Springs, California (CNN) — Brian Silvas’ three dogs were usually the first to alert him that large groups of people were walking onto his San Diego County property. He’d wake up at all hours to Whisky, Soldier and Freedom barking incessantly. Today, the trio keep quiet

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If you feel as though you didn’t read enough this year, don’t fret. CNN asked a handful of 2023’s most relevant authors, musicians, and cultural tastemakers for book recommendations to help kick-start your 2024 reading list. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If you feel as though you didn’t read enough this year, don’t fret. CNN asked a handful of 2023’s most relevant authors, musicians, and cultural tastemakers for book recommendations to help kick-start your 2024 reading list. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The University of Idaho on Thursday demolished the off-campus home where four students were fatally stabbed last year — the latest instance in which a property is razed following grisly, high-profile killings. Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen were killed inside the Moscow, Idaho, off-campus rental