National-World

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As the Biden administration kicks off a years-long negotiation process to divvy up the shrinking water supply of the Colorado River, there are finally some signs of optimism after several bleak years. A record-breaking winter snowpack last year halted a precipitous downward spiral on the river and raised water

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The decision by US prosecutors to offer Joran van der Sloot a plea agreement on charges of extortion and wire fraud led to his confession in the 2005 killing of Natalee Holloway in Aruba – and although he might not be prosecuted for the Alabama teen’s death, legal experts

By John Miller and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — With a war ongoing between Israel and Hamas, law enforcement agencies across the US remain on high alert, with a joint bulletin Wednesday warning of the threat of “lone offenders” as sources say officials are using an array of sophisticated tools and techniques to monitor for

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An artificial intelligence innovation recently deciphered one word from the famously indiscernible 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls. The documents, which were burned in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, would crumble if anyone attempted to unroll them and were considered to be nearly illegible — until now. Here’s what

CNN, WCBS By Athena Jones, CNN New York (CNN) — On a hot, sticky day in early October, 25-year-old Alesmar stood on a street corner in Manhattan holding her son’s hand. Wearing a tank top, her dark hair bound up in a pink scrunchie, she did not want to share her last name. She said

By Athena Jones, CNN New York (CNN) — On a hot, sticky day in early October, 25-year-old Alesmar stood on a street corner in Manhattan holding her son’s hand. Wearing a tank top, her dark hair bound up in a pink scrunchie, she did not want to share her last name. She said she arrived

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Six-year-old Kingston Campbell was scared of the dark, so he often crawled into a bed with his older sisters, who were, by their mother’s account, overly protective of their baby brother. But they could not protect him the night of May 1, when Lynchburg, Virginia, police say several shooters

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — College campuses across the United States have been at a fever pitch in the past week over statements from students, professors and administrators related to Hamas’ attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza. Students have protested and issued calls to action. Wealthy donors have pledged to pull

By Dakin Andone and Jack Hannah, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — The 60-year-old man arrested in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur appeared in Las Vegas court for the second time Thursday, where a judge again delayed his arraignment on a murder charge for another two weeks. Duane Keith Davis, known as “Keffe D,” was

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A Marine suspected of involvement in the death of another Marine was taken into custody at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Wednesday night, the base said in a statement. The incident happened in an on-base barracks room at the US military training facility in the evening before 10:15

CNN By Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso, Isabel Rosales and Kevin Conlon, CNN (CNN) — Two months after the state of Florida formally apologized to Leonard Cure for the 16 years he lost following a wrongful conviction for armed robbery, authorities say he was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop just

By Cheri Mossburg, Chris Boyette and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens escaped injury after being hit by a car following an argument in Calabasas, California, on Monday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. After deputies were called to the scene, Owens told them he was involved