National-World

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Those who dare to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, must first receive a permit to prove they can ascend its steep and harsh slopes. So far, a record 463 climbers have received permission to scale the mountain from Nepal’s side — even as experts worry about dangerous

By Holly Yan, CNN More than four years after what’s believed to be the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history, the man accused of fatally shooting 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue is about to stand trial in a rare federal death penalty case. Jury selection has begun in the trial of Robert

By Holly Yan, CNN A Massachusetts father accused of killing and dismembering his wife was denied bail Thursday, almost five months after she disappeared. But the whereabouts of Ana Walshe’s body remain a mystery. Brian Walshe shook his head as his murder charge was read aloud in Norfolk Superior Court. He pleaded not guilty to

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Devon M. Sayers and Alta Spells, CNN One of the four men who escaped from a Mississippi jail last weekend was apprehended in Texas on Thursday, as authorities continue their search for the two surviving escaped inmates after confirming the fourth died in a burning building. “Escapee Jerry Raynes is in custody

By Mitchell McCluskey and Chris Boyette, CNN Three decades after a woman in Florida was fatally shot by a person dressed as a clown, the longtime suspect — who went on to marry the victim’s widower — has pleaded guilty even as her lawyers maintain she is innocent. Sheila Keen-Warren, 59, withdrew her earlier plea

By Shimon Prokupecz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Rachel Clarke, CNN The Justice Department team tasked with reviewing the botched law enforcement response to the deadly rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is analyzing 13,000 pieces of evidence connected to the massacre ahead of a report it is expected to publish, the department said Wednesday.

By Nicole Norman and Taylor Romine, CNN A California man was charged last week for falsely claiming to be a licensed doctor and practicing medicine on thousands of individuals, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced in a news release Monday. Stephan Gevorkian, 44, was charged with five felony counts of practicing medicine without a

By Shawn Nottingham and Macie Goldfarb, CNN Small business owners in Nashville are stepping up after a high school student was turned away from their senior prom for wearing a suit. B. Hayes, 18 — who uses they/he pronouns, according to their Instagram account — said they weren’t “allowed in the doors” because they were

By Sara Smart, CNN Five students at a west Philadelphia school were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after drinking an unknown substance, the school district said. Philadelphia School District spokesperson Marissa Orbanek told CNN that at least 11 students, aged 14 to 16, drank the substance at Crossroads Accelerated Academy around 11:30 a.m. She

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Kharri has moved from state to state, running from politics and family, to get the medical gender-affirming care he needs to be his most authentic self without anyone’s intervention. Kharri, 19, is ready to move again, out of Missouri to neighboring Kansas, after Missouri’s attorney general

By Sara Smart, CNN Taylor Swift fans have rallied in support of a fellow fan who was killed early Saturday after leaving Swift’s Houston concert. Jacob Lewis, 20, was hit and killed by a drunken driver after The Eras Tour show at NRG Stadium in Houston on Friday night. A GoFundMe was created for Lewis

By Michelle Watson, CNN Three teens were arrested in the death of a 20-year-old Colorado woman who was killed when a large rock thrown at her car went through the windshield, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Wednesday. Alexa Bartell was killed April 19 after a series of cars were hit

By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration is establishing an independent safety review team following several near-collisions of commercial aircraft at US airports in recent months. The FAA National Airspace System Safety Review Team will be tasked with examining the air traffic system and delivering recommendations on how to enhance safety,

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at the age of 96, was an activist long before he became an artist, he once said. His political consciousness was shaped early on by the experience of growing up poor, the son of a Jamaican mother who worked as a domestic servant. During the civil

Throughout an acclaimed career spanning more than six decades, entertainer Harry Belafonte leveraged his passion and talents to champion the arts, spotlight humanitarian issues and advance justice. Born in 1927 Harlem, he moved to his mother’s native island, Jamaica. There, he embraced Caribbean culture and witnessed the impact of British colonization on the island. In

By Amy Simonson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN An accused MS-13 gang member has been arrested in Holiday, Florida, and charged in what the sheriff described as a “demonic” murder of an Uber Eats delivery driver whose remains were found dismembered at the suspect’s home last week, according to investigators. Oscar Solis, 30, a resident of

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Darren Williams, a teacher at McLain High School of Science and Technology in Tulsa, Oklahoma, pointed a wooden ruler at one of four questions in red on the dry-erase board in his classroom. “Question number three, somebody read it,” he said. “What is the Schomburg Center for Research in Black