National-World

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A man fell 4,000 feet to his death from a popular tourist attraction walkway in the Grand Canyon, according to authorities in Arizona. The man, only identified as a 33-year-old male, was on the Skywalk at Grand Canyon West before he went over the edge, plunging into the

By Alaa Elassar and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — At least one juvenile was killed and nine others injured on Sunday in an overnight shooting in downtown St. Louis, according to Mayor Tishaura Jones. The shooting took place downtown just after 1 a.m. CT, inside a building at 14th and Washington where a party was

By Andy Rose, Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing two people and wounding several others over the weekend in a shooting near a music festival in Washington state is being held on suspicion of murder and other crimes, police said Tuesday night. James M. Kelly, who was taken

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — An Illinois man thought his home was being burglarized, grabbed his handgun and opened fire. But the Lake County Sheriff’s Office says it all was a dream and the 62-year-old woke up to find while his home was fine, he’d shot himself in the leg. Now, Mark Dicara

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there. We hope you enjoy the day — and that new “World’s Greatest Dad” mug. If you are not a father but would like to support dads and their families year-round, here’s how you can help. And here’s

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — When the first generations of social media natives are old and gray, they will bounce their grandchildren on their knee and tell them about the old days when Facebook was just for college kids and Twitter wasn’t a place for world-altering political discourse. As their rheumy gazes search the

By Jamiel Lynch, Adrienne Broaddus and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — At least one person was killed and 22 others were injured by gunfire overnight in Illinois, in a peaceful Juneteenth celebration turned deadly, police say. An unknown number of suspects fired multiple rounds from multiple weapons into the large crowd of people gathered to

By Stephanie Elam, CNN (CNN) — Amy Iwasaki Mass knows the power of apology and reparations. She was in the first grade when her family and more than a hundred thousand other Japanese Americans were rounded up by the federal government and sent to internment camps in response to Japan bombing Pearl Harbor in 1941.

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A 61-year-old Alabama man was arrested after failing to report that he’d been living “for days” with a dead relative in his home, investigators said. Deputies with the Walker County Sheriff’s Office responded on June 9 to a house in the small town of Sipsey, located 32 miles

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona have seized 242 pounds of swim bladders – the organ that helps fish control their buoyancy – that came from the endangered Totoaba fish, authorities said. Officers working at the Nogales Port of Entry in Santa Cruz County discovered the

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Two American tourists who police say were attacked – one fatally – while hiking in Germany were identified as recent graduates of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, according to the school. Eva Liu, 21, was allegedly attacked by a 30-year-old American man she had met while hiking near one

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — After nearly 10 years of playing the same lottery number combination, a $50,000 payday has finally arrived for a man in Maryland, lottery officials said. The winner from Prince George’s County, who remained anonymous, won the big prize on May 28 after playing the Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture is investigating a “possible data breach” of a department contractor connected to a broader hack on multiple federal agencies that officials have blamed on Russian cybercriminals, a department spokesperson told CNN on Saturday night. “USDA is aware of a possible data breach with a

By Andy Rose, Ashley R. Williams and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Eight people, including teenagers, were injured in a shooting in Los Angeles County, authorities said Saturday. Two are in critical condition. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded early Saturday to a report of multiple gunshot victims at a residence in Carson, about

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Mississippi authorities say they have captured the second of two escapees who broke out of a detention facility in May. “Escapee-Joseph Spring was captured this morning by HCSO and the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force following a brief vehicle encounter in the west Jackson area,” Hinds County Sheriff Tyree

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard has seized more than 14,153 pounds of cocaine worth more than $186 million, according to a news release. Authorities said the drugs were intercepted during nine separate cases in international waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Twelve suspected smugglers were also apprehended

By Samantha Beech and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — The damaged section of Interstate 95 that collapsed in Philadelphia will be reopened within the next two weeks, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Saturday. The interstate crumbled June 11 after a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed and exploded in flames under the highway,

By Zenebou Sylla and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least 17 people were injured Saturday after a bus collided with two civilian vehicles in Baltimore, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department. “Fortunately, there were no critical life-threatening injuries at this incident,” Baltimore City Fire Department communications director Kevin Cartwright told CNN affiliate

By Rebekah Riess and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A Chicago police sergeant has been acquitted of aggravated assault and felony official misconduct in a case involving a teenager he held in a prone position with his knee while off-duty. Michael Vitellaro, 49, who has worked for the Chicago Police Department since 2000, “escaped criminal