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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Filmmaker and deep-sea explorer James Cameron says he figured soon after learning a Titanic-bound submersible was missing it had imploded and its occupants were dead – days before officials announced that very outcome. After hearing on Monday the “Titan” craft had disappeared, Cameron connected with people he knows in

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are continuing to scour the ocean floor for any insight into how a “catastrophic implosion” killed all five passengers of a Titanic-bound submersible that suddenly lost communication with its mother ship over the weekend, officials said. A dayslong international search effort concluded Thursday after debris

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — After RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic in 1912, governments on both sides of the ocean took a hard look at whether more could have been done to protect the some 2,200 people aboard, including the more than 1,500 who died. The result was the

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a 10-hour journey to the Titanic shipwreck ended in tragedy, with all five passengers on the missing submersible killed in a catastrophic implosion. Their deaths were confirmed Thursday, concluding a week-long search for survivors that was closely watched around the world. The US Navy

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Republican state lawmakers in Tennessee received threatening letters containing a suspicious substance Thursday, prompting an investigation by the FBI, officials said. The letters were sent to GOP lawmakers’ offices inside the Cordell Hull state office building on the grounds of the state Capitol in Nashville, officials said. The FBI

By Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The state of Florida on Wednesday did not agree to release Crosley Green, a man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn’t commit, two months after he was ordered to return to prison following his conditional release in

By Raja Razek and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old boy in Norwalk, Ohio, shot his pregnant mother in the back, killing her and the unborn child, police say. Police received a call just after 1 p.m. on June 16 from the 31-year-old mother, who said she was “shot in the back by her

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The scene is unsettling: hundreds of sea lions and dolphins are sprawled across the beaches in Southern California, either dead or sick and exhibiting abnormal behavior. Officials have received more than 1,000 calls in recent weeks from beachgoers, tourists and residents reporting sick, dying and dead sea mammals washed

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at basketball legend and NBA superstar Michael Jordan. Personal Birth date: February 17, 1963 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Michael Jeffrey Jordan Father: James Jordan, business owner Mother: Deloris (Peoples) Jordan Marriages: Yvette Prieto (April 27, 2013-present); Juanita Vanoy (September 2, 1989-December 29, 2006, divorced)

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of gay rights advocate and tennis great Martina Navratilova. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1956 Birth place: Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) Birth name: Martina Subertova Father: Miroslav Subert Mother: Jana Navratilova Marriage: Julia Lemigova (December 15, 2014-present) Other Facts Her parents divorced

By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — The Buffalo Zoo in New York welcomed four new lion cubs into their African lion pride in early June. Lusaka, the mother, gave birth to three cubs late in the evening of June 2 and a fourth was born in the early morning of June 3, the zoo announced

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Older adults may soon be eligible for a shot that could protect them from respiratory syncytial virus — or RSV — this fall. The CDC’s independent vaccine advisory committee voted Wednesday in favor of allowing adults 60 and older, in consultation with their doctors, to get the RSV vaccine.

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Marine authorities are racing against the clock to get resources in place to find and retrieve the Titan submersible, which lost contact with its mother ship during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic deep below the North Atlantic on Sunday. Life support on the missing sub is

By Eric Levenson, Priscilla Alvarez, Gabe Cohen, Nouran Salahieh and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — After a dayslong, massive search for a Titanic-bound submersible that captured international attention, US authorities announced the vessel had suffered a “catastrophic implosion” – and new information from a US Navy source helps shed light on when that disaster may

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have said the Titanic-touring submersible that went missing on Sunday suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing all five people on board while descending to explore the wreckage of the famous ship. That submersible, known as “Titan,” began the two and a half hour trip early Sunday and lost contact

By Curt Devine, Isabelle Chapman and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — As the search for the missing Titan submersible reaches a critical moment, the company that operates the dive vessel is facing questions about its operations amid mounting reports of safety concerns, mechanical problems, canceled expeditions and an alleged disregard for regulatory processes. CNN has

By Isabel Yip, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Colorado are searching for an Indigenous woman who went missing last week on her first night in Denver after relocating to the city. Christine Tail, a 32-year-old member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, was last seen on June 14 in downtown Denver, according to a Missing Indigenous

By Kevin Flower and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A Utah school district that pulled the Bible off elementary and middle school library shelves this month, citing concerns over the text’s age appropriateness, unanimously reversed that decision Tuesday following appeals from the community. The Davis School District chose to remove the King James version of