National-World

By Josh Campbell and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An FBI special weapons and tactics team stormed a Southern California motel Friday morning, rescuing a kidnapped 17-year-old boy who was being held for ransom, a law enforcement source familiar with the operation told CNN. Fidel Jesús Patino Jaimes, Jair Tomás Ramos Domínguez and Ezequiel Felix

By Melissa Alonso, Priscilla Alvarez and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — The international railway bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, reopened Saturday after personnel were redirected earlier this week to assist with a surge in migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border. The bridge was temporarily closed Wednesday following the declaration of a state of emergency by

CNN By Melissa Alonso, Priscilla Alvarez and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — The international railway bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, reopened Saturday after personnel were redirected earlier this week to assist with a surge in migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border. The bridge was temporarily closed Wednesday following the declaration of a state of emergency

CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — “Now the family tree goes like this,” the man on the tape extolled confidently. “John John and…Trump are cousins. And Trump’s uncle is JFK Sr., and Joe Kennedy, who is also not dead…. And Trump’s father is General George Patton, and his brother is Mussolini…” Colleen Protzman listened

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — A Black high school student who was suspended over his locs hairstyle and his mother have sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s attorney general for allegedly failing to enforce the state’s CROWN Act, a law that protects against hair discrimination. Darryl George, a 17-year-old student at Barbers

By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — “Now the family tree goes like this,” the man on the tape extolled confidently. “John John and…Trump are cousins. And Trump’s uncle is JFK Sr., and Joe Kennedy, who is also not dead…. And Trump’s father is General George Patton, and his brother is Mussolini…” Colleen Protzman listened on,

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A Nebraska mother who was accused of helping her 17-year-old daughter have an illegal abortion and disposing of the fetus was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday, the Norfolk Daily News reported. The sentence comes after Jessica Burgess, 42, pleaded guilty in July to two felonies –

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge struck down California’s ban on firearm magazines holding more than 10 rounds Friday as unconstitutional, “arbitrary and capricious.” The ban, which was adopted through a 2016 proposition, had gone through various appeals until the US Supreme Court sent the case back to lower courts following its

By Stephanie Elam, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters want every leg up they can get to knock out a blaze before it becomes an inferno. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says it has a new tool to battle wildfires before they explode – artificial intelligence. “I think it is a game changer …

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN Roseburg, Oregon (CNN) — Driving into Roseburg feels like entering a postcard. The small city, tucked in the mountains of southwestern Oregon, sits inside the Umpqua Valley, where magnificent peaks tower over luscious pine forests and a maze of streams and waterfalls. The main road winds

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Two of the Colorado police officers accused in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain began standing trial this week on criminal charges that were filed more than two years after the 23-year-old Black man died days following a physical confrontation. A prosecutor initially declined to bring charges against any

By Jamiel Lynch and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of fresh water daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as an expected saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico in October threatens the area’s drinking water supply, officials said Friday.