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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 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

By Jack Hillcox, CNN (CNN) — In early 2018, medical school lecturer Dr. James Gill was at a pub drinking with friends ahead of competing in the fifth season of the reality show “The Island with Bear Grylls.” His appearance on the show would generate a brief dalliance with mainstream fame. He had no idea

By Ella Nilsen and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, spent much of last spring and summer in free fall. Over the course of four months, Mead’s elevation plummeted an astonishing 20 feet, first exposing one of the lake’s huge intake valves in April before revealing more sinister things –

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A day before the disappearance of the doomed Titan submersible, a British businessman and explorer wrote of his pride to be “going down to the Titanic” as a mission specialist. Hamish Harding said via social media Saturday that “a weather window has just opened up” after “the worst winter

By Ashley R. Williams, Carrington Peavy and Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — Duke University has announced plans to provide a tuition-free education to eligible students living in North Carolina and South Carolina. Starting next fall, students from families earning $150,000 annually or less can attend the Durham, North Carolina-based university on a full tuition grant,

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota man faces 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide for a crash in Minneapolis that killed five people last Friday. Derrick John Thompson, 27, faces two charges for each victim, one for operating a vehicle in a grossly negligent manner and one for causing a collision and leaving

By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley has recently exhibited “sporadic disturbing behavior” in jail, prosecutors have said. In a court filing Thursday, Oakland County prosecutors disclosed incidents of the recent behavior. “Recently, Defendant has started exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior. This behavior has been documented via report