National-World

By Phil Gast, CNN It wasn’t just bullets and slashing swords that Isaac C. Hart had to fear during the Civil War. As a White Army officer leading Black troops, Hart faced the possibility of being treated harshly if taken captive by the Confederacy. The men in his company, part of United States Colored Troops

Essay by John Blake, CNN I don’t remember what I said because I was too shocked to respond. But I remember where I stood when it happened. I was 17, just months away from leaving home for college, when my father called me into his bedroom one afternoon. He was sitting up in bed with

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A team of firefighters and wildlife officials in Nevada accomplished a “bear-y” important rescue mission Wednesday. A bear was “spooked up a tree in front of a home” Wednesday morning in Reno, according to a Facebook post from the Nevada Department of Wildlife. “Between the busy roads, people, and all the

By Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Nouran Salahieh, CNN More than 200 officers from multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for the gunman accused of shooting and killing five people, including a 9-year-old child, at a Cleveland, Texas, home after neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle outdoors, officials said Sunday. Those officers are

By Celina Tebor, CNN Amid humanitarian and security crises in their home country, Haitian migrants arriving in Boston have been sleeping overnight at one of the city’s major hospitals. The dramatic increase of migrants arriving in recent weeks has stretched resources, the hospital told CNN. About 55 people, most from Haiti, spent Wednesday night in

By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN Detention facilities along the US-Mexico border have surpassed capacity as a growing number of migrants cross into the United States leading up to the May 11 expiration of a Covid-era border restriction known as Title 42, according to a Department of Homeland Security official. As of Saturday morning,

By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN One Volkswagen employee died and two others were injured after being struck by a vehicle at the German automaker’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday, according to local police. One employee died at the scene, a second sustained leg trauma and a third sustained non-life-threatening injuries, Chattanooga Police

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A rare reward poster seeking the capture of the men responsible for President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination has sold at auction for $166,375. The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Pittsburgh Zoo has welcomed two adorable — and critically endangered — new bundles of joy. The zoo announced the birth of two delightful Amur leopard cubs in a Thursday news release. The babies were born March 18 to first-time mother Semba, according to the release. The cubs are still unnamed

By Jay Croft and Paradise Afshar, CNN The New Orleans Police Department said an employee of the popular Mandina’s Restaurant was the intended target of a fatal shooting Friday night near the annual Jazz Fest. Officers responded to a call of shots being fired in the 3800 block of Canal Street about 8:20 p.m., the

By AJ Willingham, CNN Mormonism is a religion practiced by millions around the world. And yet, many who are unfamiliar with it sometimes rely on vague stereotypes and pop culture references to define it. In reality, it’s a theologically complex religion with an unusual history. Here, we answer some of the most common questions about

By Taylor Romine, CNN A jury in California has convicted a woman of lying to authorities about a couple attempting to kidnap her children at a Bay Area Michaels craft store in 2020. Kathleen Sorensen, 31, could serve up to six months in jail after the jury returned a guilty verdict on one count of

By Faith Karimi, CNN Jennifer DeStefano’s phone rang one afternoon as she climbed out of her car outside the dance studio where her younger daughter Aubrey had a rehearsal. The caller showed up as unknown, and she briefly contemplated not picking up. But her older daughter, 15-year-old Brianna, was away training for a ski race

By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Texas man who was allegedly scammed of $40 in parking fees while on a date shot and killed the man who posed as the lot’s attendant — and then “nonchalantly” walked away to proceed with his dinner plans, court records show. Erick Aguirre, 29, appeared in court

By Raja Razek, Andy Rose and Ray Sanchez, CNN A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including a child, in a Cleveland, Texas home after a Friday night rampage that started with a noise complaint about gunfire, according to the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, identified as Francisco

By Steve Almasy and Laura Studley, CNN Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would decriminalize homeless encampments in public places and allow homeless people to sue for $1,000 if harassed or told to leave. The bill, HB 3501, would allow unhoused people to use public spaces “without discrimination and

By Matt Foster, CNN Phoenix Suns star forward Kevin Durant signed a lifetime contract with Nike on Friday, according to Boardroom, the media entity he co-owns. Durant becomes the third basketball star to sign such a contract, behind all-time greats Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Soccer phenomenon Cristiano Ronaldo signed a similar deal in 2016.

By Ray Sanchez, CNN In a front line state in the escalating US culture war over transgender rights, a son made an unsuccessful plea to his powerful father on behalf of the LGBTQ community. David Gianforte, 32, who uses he and they pronouns and identifies as nonbinary, is the son of Montana Republican Gov. Greg

By Cheri Mossburg and Jean Casarez, CNN One of the surviving roommates in a stabbing attack that left four University of Idaho students dead has agreed to speak to defense attorneys for suspect Bryan Kohberger after initially resisting efforts by his legal team to compel her testimony. In a court filing made Wednesday, obtained by