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The last time Trump bought an airline, it didn’t end well. Now, budget carriers are asking him for help

By Alexandra Skores, Chris Isidore, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was the late 1980s, and Eastern Airlines was on the brink of bankruptcy after years of financial problems, labor issues and struggling to adapt to deregulation. Businessman Donald Trump saw an opportunity and seized it. He purchased the airline’s most profitable asset, the Eastern Shuttle,

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Caution tape covers the entrance of Camp Mystic in Texas on July 7

Camp Mystic says it’s halting plans to reopen after mounting pressure from parents of campers who died in floods

By Alaa Elassar, Pamela Brown, Shoshana Dubnow, CNN (CNN) — Camp Mystic — the Texas Christian girls camp where 27 campers and counselors died in last July’s devastating floods — has withdrawn its application to reopen this summer, stepping back from a possible return many grieving families had feared would come too soon. “No administrative

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Hisham Abugharbieh

Report details suspect’s behavior in 2023, years before killings of University of South Florida doctoral students

By Cindy Von Quednow, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Three years before he was accused of killing two doctoral students in Florida, a domestic violence incident with Hisham Abugharbieh’s brother and mother highlighted his family’s concerns about what they called his erratic behavior. During the May 9, 2023, incident, Abugharbieh began arguing with his brother

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The Eastman family speaks to legislators during a hearing on Camp Mystic at the Texas State Capitol on April 28

Camp Mystic owners apologize for deadly flood plan failures and push to reopen over Texas lawmakers’ objections

CNN, STATE OF TEXAS By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, CNN Austin, Texas (CNN) — After two days of emotional testimony, Texas lawmakers and investigators Tuesday laid out a grim assessment of Camp Mystic’s leaders’ role in last summer’s devastating floods that left 27 dead: no real evacuation plan and a delayed response as waters rose.

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The Eastman family speaks to legislators during a hearing on Camp Mystic at the Texas State Capitol on April 28

Camp Mystic owners apologize for deadly flood plan failures and push to reopen over Texas lawmakers’ objections

By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, CNN Austin, Texas (CNN) — After two days of emotional testimony, Texas lawmakers and investigators Tuesday laid out a grim assessment of Camp Mystic’s leaders’ role in last summer’s devastating floods that left 27 dead: no real evacuation plan and a delayed response as waters rose. That’s raised mounting doubts

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Yogi Berra Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Baseball Hall of Fame player Yogi Berra. Personal Birth date: May 12, 1925 Death date: September 22, 2015 Birth place: St. Louis, Missouri Birth name: Lawrence Peter Berra Father: Pietro Berra, bricklayer Mother: Paulina Berra Marriage: Carmen (Short) Berra (January 26, 1949-March

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FBI agents conduct a raid in Minneapolis on April 28.

Federal law enforcement raid businesses in Minnesota fraud investigation

By Andy Rose, Hannah Rabinowitz, Rob Kuznia, Taylor Romine, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — A long-running investigation of fraud involving federal funding in Minnesota entered a new, highly visible phase Tuesday morning as uniformed law enforcement agents executed search warrants in the Minneapolis area. Twenty-two federal search warrants were executed in Minnesota, including raids at daycares,

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The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Marine and Dive teams searching for missing University of South Florida doctoral student Nahida Bristy near the Howard Frankland Bridge in Florida.

How investigators say the killings of two University of South Florida students unfolded

BAY NEWS 9 (SPECTRUM NEWS), HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, CNN By Karina Tsui, Isabel Rosales, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — As the suspect accused of killing two doctoral students in Florida faces murder charges, authorities have laid out disturbing and grisly details surrounding the students’ disappearance. Zamil Limon and

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The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Marine and Dive teams searching for missing University of South Florida doctoral student Nahida Bristy near the Howard Frankland Bridge in Florida.

How investigators say the killings of two University of South Florida students unfolded

By Karina Tsui, Isabel Rosales, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — As the suspect accused of killing two doctoral students in Florida faces murder charges, authorities have laid out disturbing and grisly details surrounding the students’ disappearance. Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27 and originally from Bangladesh, were last seen nearly two weeks ago in

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