National-World

By Alex Leeds Matthews and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Mass shootings, like the ones that occurred Monday in Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas – and over the weekend in Baltimore — are not uncommon around the Fourth of July. The holiday has accounted for the most mass shootings of any other days of the

By Rebekah Riess and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — A 69-year-old South Carolina woman was killed in an apparent alligator attack while walking her dog near a golf course on Hilton Head Island, police said Tuesday. Authorities responded to a report of a possible alligator attack in the Spanish Wells neighborhood of Hilton Head Island

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Highland Park, Illinois, marked one year since a gunman killed seven people and injured dozens during a July Fourth parade with a moment of silence Tuesday, for “contemplation, prayer or reflection” in memory of the victims. A patriotic celebration in the Chicago suburb last Independence Day ended with the

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Festivalgoers got more of an adventure than they bargained for Sunday when a roller coaster ride got stuck at a fair in Wisconsin, leaving them hanging upside down for hours. Eight passengers were left suspended when a mechanical failure stalled the ride at the Forest County Festival in Crandon,

By Mitchell McCluskey (CNN) — A 16-year-old girl was killed and four other people were injured in a shooting at a block party in northeast Indianapolis Monday night, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene by Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services after she was found with gunshot wounds just

By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A wildfire forced hundreds of people from their homes in southwestern Washington as firefighters battle rugged terrain and hot, windy conditions to stop the blaze from causing further destruction. The Tunnel 5 Fire broke out July 2 in Skamania County, Washington, around 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A man has been arrested and charged in connection with an incident in which a woman was killed after being hit and run over by a stolen forklift in a Waldorf, Maryland, Home Depot parking lot on Sunday, according to a release from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. “Officers

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Joey Chestnut ate 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the men’s division of the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest for a record 16th time, and Miki Sudo downed 39.5 dogs to win the women’s competition for the 9th straight time in an Independence Day event marked by

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A woman in Massachusetts who had been missing for a week was found Monday stuck in the mud at a state park, police said. Emma Tetewsky, 31, went missing sometime around noon on June 26 and was known to visit Pinewood Pond in Stoughton and Lake

By Christopher Hickey, CNN From behind the wheel, cars and trucks today are safer than ever before. But for people on the street, vehicles haven’t been this dangerous in over a generation. A study of State Highway Safety Offices data released by the Governor’s Highway Safety Association in June assessed American drivers killed at least

By Michelle Watson, Christine Sever and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Gunfire erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, leaving at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said. Ten of the victims are adults and one a minor, according to a news release from the Fort Worth Police Department’s homicide unit.

By Sara Smart and Liz Enochs, CNN (CNN) — A woman died at the Grand Canyon National Park while trying to hike eight miles on Sunday, the National Park Service said. The 57-year-old was hiking near the Tuweep area of the park when she became unconscious, according to a news release from the park service.

By Michelle Watson, Jennifer Feldman, Dakin Andone and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A shooter wearing a bulletproof vest and a ski mask fired randomly at vehicles and pedestrians Monday night in southwest Philadelphia, killing five people and wounding two others, authorities said. In a Tuesday afternoon news conference, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle M. Outlaw

By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officers in Texas have recovered the bodies of four drowned migrants, including an infant, from the Rio Grande River along the US-Mexico border since Saturday, an official said. The drownings come just days before Texas officials are expected to begin establishing a floating water

By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — A 15-year-old boy was attacked by a shark Monday afternoon as he was surfing off the coast of New York’s Fire Island, police said. The teenager was bitten on his toes and left heel but was able to swim to shore, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The

By Jason Hanna, Michelle Watson and Jennifer Feldman, CNN (CNN) — A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire along several blocks in southwestern Philadelphia before police apprehended him on Monday evening – a shooting that’s left four people dead and two children injured, authorities said. A second person who investigators believe picked up a

By Meron Moges-Gerbi, Athena Jones and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Three minority advocacy groups are suing Harvard University’s governing body, accusing the school of discrimination by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and alumni, and are citing the recent US Supreme Court ruling that gutted affirmative action to bolster their lawsuit. The

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — New York officials say there are no credible threats ahead of Tuesday’s annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration in Manhattan, but there will be heightened security, including thousands of police officers, across the city. “Currently there are no specific credible threats directed towards the July Fourth

By Laura Studley and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, public health officials in Los Angeles are advising beachgoers to avoid sea lions that have been sickened by toxins from large algae blooms coating California beaches. In a Friday Facebook post, the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and