National-World

By Jean Casarez and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — In a new court filing by an attorney for Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students last fall, attorney Jay Logsdon argues “there is no connection between Mr. Kohberger and the victims.” “There is no explanation for the total

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A man was killed and another was hospitalized after a 30-foot boat hit the Fisher Island Ferry near Miami early Sunday morning, the US Coast Guard said. The two men were on the boat, which sank after the accident, Coast Guard spokesperson Ryan Estrada said. The vessel has since

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other state leaders have spoken out against bigotry and hate after antisemitic demonstrations took place outside two synagogues in the state this weekend. Groups were observed yelling antisemitic messages outside a Macon temple Friday night and displaying swastikas and signs with neo-Nazi messages outside

By Michelle Watson and Keith Allen, CNN (CNN) — The cleanup has begun at the site of a train derailment in Montana that caused a bridge across the Yellowstone River to collapse, Montana Rail Link said in a statement Sunday. The company’s railcars left the tracks Saturday morning in Stillwater County, sending multiple cars into

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A dozen people – including seven children – in Houston were taken to the hospital for chemical exposure due to an apparent over-chlorination of a lazy river pool, authorities said. Houston fire officials received the initial call about the incident around 5 p.m. on Saturday, according to CNN affiliate

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — At least three people were killed – two men and one woman – and five others were injured after a Sunday morning shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, police said. Around 4:30 a.m. local time, police responded to the scene on 57th St. and Prospect Ave., where preliminary information indicated

By Christina Maxouris, Caitlin Kaiser and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — More than 700,000 people across the Southeast and Ohio Valley are in the dark Sunday night as powerful storms ripped through the US, unleashing strong winds, hail and tornado threats. Thunderstorms battered parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and parts of the Ohio Valley Sunday

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Two people died Friday after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas, the National Park Service said in a news release. A stepfather and his two stepsons from Florida were hiking the Marufo Vega Trail when temperatures were at 119 degrees, according to the

By Sabrina Souza, Jessica Xing and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Eleven sets of twins graduated from a New Jersey high school this week, but surprisingly, that’s not a record for the school. “We have a lot of twins here, I don’t know what’s going on here but something’s happening!” Joseph Occhino, principal of

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Fourth of July celebrations are right around the corner. Time to light the grill and cook up some … lab-grown chicken? Yes, cell-based meat that is grown, or cultivated, in a lab is a thing now — although you can’t go buy it in stores just

By AJ Willingham, design by Ian Berry, CNN (CNN) — Flowers have their own vast language, communicating love, disdain and everything in between. Throughout history, LGBTQ communities have also used the subtle language of flowers to broadcast solidarity or personal identity, all through something as simple as a bloom pinned to a lapel. Many of

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — People in Utah have been seeing snow on the ground tinged with a red and pinkish hue. It’s certainly pretty to look at, but what’s behind the natural phenomenon that’s nicknamed “watermelon snow”? Experts say it’s a normal occurrence that appears across mountainous locations all over the world.

By Pamela Kirkland and Amara Walker, CNN (CNN) — “Sixteen years ago, I almost died giving birth,” Ebonie Karma Tudor said, recalling the birth of her son. “It was just a really traumatic experience.” It was 2007. Tudor, a Black woman, was 24 years old. During the delivery, she needed two blood transfusions and couldn’t

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US customs officers in Texas discovered several pounds of a white substance hiding in a commercial ice cream maker, authorities say – and it wasn’t salt or sugar. Officers working at the Bridge of the Americas cargo facility in El Paso seized 146 pounds of cocaine, according to

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Three San Antonio police officers were charged with murder on Friday, less than 24 hours after they fatally shot a woman during a police call, their chief announced. Officer Eleazar Alejandro, 28; Sgt. Alfred Flores, 45; and Officer Nathaniel Villalobos, 27, are suspended from the force without pay as

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and 15 injured after a fight broke out at a large street party resulting in a shooting in Saginaw, Michigan, police say. The party had been promoted on social media, according to authorities, and police had dispersed the crowd “multiple times in different locations,” before

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The girlfriend of an American dentist and big-game hunter who was found guilty of murdering his wife on an African safari was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Friday, court records show. Lori Milliron, the girlfriend of Lawrence Rudolph, was tried alongside him in July 2022. A jury

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — When will the Macon Bacon baseball team change its name? When pigs fly, according to the central Georgia team’s response to a group of plant-based activists urging them to stop promoting a meat that studies have shown has health risks. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which describes

By Rebekah Riess and Keith Allen, CNN (CNN) — A train derailment in Montana caused a bridge across the Yellowstone River to collapse and sent multiple cars into the water below, officials in Stillwater County said Saturday. Damaged rail cars were carrying “molten sulfur and asphalt,” according to a statement from Montana Rail Link. Two

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Montana legislators are the latest lawmakers to receive “anonymous, threatening letters containing white powder,” amid an FBI investigation into similar incidents across the country, according to state officials. “At least two Montana legislators have received suspicious packages in the mail containing a white powder. At this time, both are