National-World

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Daffne Cruz has worked at public elementary, middle and high schools in Polk County, Florida, for 10 years. And for all 10 years, she’s never made an effort to downplay or hide her queerness. A high school assistant principal, Cruz has faced criticism from other school administrators in the

By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger – charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death last year – is asking a judge for more time to decide whether to offer a formal alibi in the case. Kohberger’s public defender, Anne Taylor, said in a motion filed Friday in

By Tina Burnside and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old woman was killed and six others wounded in a shooting at a birthday party in California on Sunday, Antioch police said. The shooting happened after uninvited guests showed up to a 19-year-old’s birthday party at a home in the northern California city shortly before

By Camila Bernal, Cheri Mossburg and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A judge denied the pretrial release of Kouri Richins – a Utah widow accused of killing her husband before she authored a children’s book about grief – saying she must remain in custody pending the outcome of her trial due to the “substantial evidence”

By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old woman was killed and six others were wounded in a shooting at a birthday party in Antioch, California, early Sunday morning, police said. The shooting happened after uninvited guests showed up to a 19-year-old’s birthday party at a home in the northern California city shortly before 1

By Nouran Salahieh, Celina Tebor, Holly Yan and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — A body has been recovered from among the wreckage of Sunday’s Interstate 95 collapse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania State Police told CNN on Monday afternoon. The body was turned over to the Philadelphia County Medical Examiner. “Authorities are in the process of identifying

By Tina Burnside and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A spray of bullets aimed at a funeral procession in a Chicago suburb left four men injured, one critically, according to police. The shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the village of Oak Park as the line of vehicles traveled from Chicago to a cemetery in

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — An associate university professor in Florida has completed his research mission and set a new world record in the process: living 100 days beneath the ocean’s surface. On Friday morning, Dr. Joseph Dituri felt the sun’s rays for the first time since retreating to a subaquatic compound 22

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 people were shot, stabbed or hit by cars when chaos broke out among hundreds of people gathered in Syracuse, New York, early Sunday morning, according to police. Four people were shot and injured, five suffered lacerations and four were hit by cars, Syracuse Police Lt. Matthew

By Celina Tebor and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A section of northbound I-95 in Philadelphia that collapsed after a tanker truck caught fire underneath the highway Sunday morning could take months to repair, snarling regional commutes and cutting off a major East Coast artery, Pennsylvania officials said. The commercial tanker truck, which was carrying

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Half of surveyed adults in the US disapprove of students’ race and ethnicities factoring into the college admissions process, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. The poll of over 5,000 people found that 33% of respondents approved of colleges and universities boosting diversity by considering racial

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve spent the past three years relishing the one-minute commute to your home office (or kitchen table) to begin your workday, an email ordering you back to the office may trigger something of an existential crisis. When faced with such an edict that seemingly boils

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A shooting at a Houston nightclub left six people injured, including one who is listed in critical condition, police said early Sunday. Police responded to the shooting overnight at a club on Richmond Avenue in west Houston, Police Chief Troy Finner said at a news conference, and found multiple

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Step aside, influencers. We’ve all seen those youthful, photogenic people who promote fashions, foods or services to their large followings on TikTok and Instagram. But now a new breed of “deinfluencers” has arrived, and they’re saying that materialism and overpriced trends are no longer in style. As consumers watch

By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (CNN) — Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on the contributions that African Americans have made to the English language. The dictionary will be released in 2025 and

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina police officer is being praised for her attention to detail during a traffic stop that led to a shooting suspect’s arrest, according to authorities in North Myrtle Beach. The police department recognized Officer Kayla Wallace’s quick response in a “Way-to-Go Wednesday” Facebook post this week.

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Rolex or Faux-lex? US Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles recently seized dozens of fake luxury watches that – if they were legitimate – would have been valued at more than $1.2 million, authorities said. The 41 watches were shipped in individual packages via air cargo

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A library in western Washington state recently received a book so long overdue, World War II was happening when it was last checked out. Brad Bitar returned a copy of “The Bounty Trilogy” by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall to the Aberdeen Timberland Library on Monday –

By Ashley R. Williams and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Randy Cox, the man who was paralyzed while authorities were transporting him handcuffed and without a seat belt in a police van, reached a $45 million settlement with the City of New Haven, his attorneys announced Saturday. The settlement marked the end of a civil