CNN – National

By Emma Tucker, Holly Yan, Jeff Winter (CNN) — Crews are expected to finish emergency shoring of a Midtown Manhattan high-rise by Thursday, the building’s developer says. But the timeline and next steps in the “unusually ambitious” construction project remain unclear as investigators try to figure out what caused support columns to buckle on the

By Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa, Renée Rigdon, Gillian Roberts, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — Emergency measures to stabilize a Midtown Manhattan high-rise appear to be holding Wednesday, after the under-construction building’s structural columns buckled Tuesday. The massive renovation project at 219-235 E. 42nd Street — a conversion of the former Pfizer headquarters into about 1,600 apartments —

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — While commemorating the 250th anniversary of the US over the weekend, President Donald Trump made a speech that echoed a bygone era. “Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty,” he said at a July 3 semiquincentennial event at Mount Rushmore. “It is the greatest threat to our country,

By Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A Mexican immigrant was on his way to finish construction on several Houston homes with a crew of workers Tuesday morning when he was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, his family said. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was driving in Houston’s East End

By Jake Tapper, Allison Gordon, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — A former girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner who had previously accused him of violence told CNN she was heartened that he was facing broad calls to drop out of the race after another woman accused him of rape. Lyndsey Fifield described

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Bill Kirkos, Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho mother who claimed her toddler twins died last year shortly after being vaccinated is now facing murder charges after prosecutors accused her of suffocating the children. Andrea Shaw was charged with two counts of first-degree murder last week for the May 2025 deaths

CNN By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A high-rise under construction in New York City and nearby buildings have been evacuated after structural columns buckled on the 21st floor of the 33-story building, sending bricks falling onto the street below, according to the fire department. Inspectors also found multiple cracks and sagging floors

By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A high-rise under construction in New York City and nearby buildings have been evacuated after structural columns buckled on the 21st floor of the 33-story building, sending bricks falling onto the street below, according to the fire department. Inspectors also found multiple cracks and sagging floors on

CNN By Allison Gordon, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship – an allegation Platner denies. The

CNN By Allison Gordon, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship – an allegation Platner denies. The

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — When the Guadalupe River surged through Texas Hill Country last summer, Elida Sierra Lutz and her three children were swept into the deadly flooding like debris in the current. The family fought for three hours last July Fourth to stay alive after more than a summer’s worth of rain

By Nicki Brown, Andi Babineau, CNN Provo, Utah (CNN) — The widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk faced her husband’s accused killer, Tyler Robinson, in court for the first time Monday as Utah prosecutors began presenting some of their evidence in hopes of convincing a judge to allow the case to proceed to trial. Erika

By Sneha Dhandapani, CNN The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a seaplane with eight people onboard made a hard landing in the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan on Sunday, causing “substantial damage” to the aircraft, a spokesperson tells CNN. The New York Fire Department received a call at 12:01 p.m. about the

By Kara Nelson, Karina Tsui, Diego Mendoza, Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines flight that reported being hit by a firework as it descended into Chicago Midway International Airport on July 4 had “minor paint damage,” the Chicago Police Department confirmed Monday. “We just had a firework hit our plane,” the pilot