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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The man charged with burglary in connection with a break-in at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ official residence last month has told a local radio station he was on a drug binge at the time and was not targeting the public official. Ephraim Matthew Hunter, 29, faces felony counts

By Kaila Nichols and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn’t done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The flare – deemed an X8.7, with the

By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The cargo ship Dali that crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March had a pair of catastrophic electrical failures minutes before the crash and had experienced two blackouts a day earlier, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

By Isabel Rosales and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A group of pro-Palestinian protesters maintaining an encampment at Harvard University have reached an agreement with the university and will end their encampment, the group said in a news release Tuesday. Harvard has agreed to hold reinstatement proceedings “for the over 20 students and student workers suspended by

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Investigators have located a boat that may have struck and killed the 15-year-old granddaughter of a US diplomat near Key Biscayne, Florida, on Saturday, authorities said. The boat fits the description of the one that hit Ella Adler, and is in custody, authorities said on Tuesday. The boat’s owner

By Rebekah Riess, Christina Maxouris, Sara Smart and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The driver of a pickup truck involved in a Tuesday morning crash that killed eight farm workers and left at least 40 people injured in north-central Florida has been charged with eight counts of “Driving Under the Influence – manslaughter,” according to

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — There’s a new arrival on the list of the most popular baby names in the US. Mateo made it into the boys’ top 10 list for the first time, becoming the sixth-most popular boys’ name in 2023 and edging Benjamin off the list, according to recently released data

By Holmes Lybrand and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Three inmates charged in the violent killing of notorious Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger while imprisoned with him in West Virginia have accepted plea agreements, court filings show. Fotios Geas and Paul J. DeCologero are accused by prosecutors of bludgeoning Bulger to death as fellow

By Gloria Pazmino and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Three teenagers pleaded guilty Monday to charges relating to a shooting at a Baltimore block party last summer that killed two people and injured 28 others, according to prosecutors. Two of the defendants, ages 15 and 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and being a minor

By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Congratulations seemed in order for roughly 1,500 undergraduate applicants to Georgia State University. Over 1,000 applicants received a “welcome” email for the 2024-25 school year – before discovering their new status was the result of an error by the school’s admissions office. “The email to the prospective students wasn’t

By Byron Manley, Curt Merrill, Renée Rigdon and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — People in the US are under air quality alerts after smoke from wildfires in Canada wafted across the border. The smoke is impacting cities in Minnesota, including the Twin Cities and St. Cloud, as well as several tribal areas, the Minnesota Pollution

By Nicole Grether, Gloria Pazmino and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The trapped cargo ship Dali will “hopefully” be refloated this week after authorities set off charges at a key portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Monday evening, an official said. The charges helped demolish a portion of the bridge

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By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Thousands across British Columbia, Canada, were urged to evacuate from blazing wildfires over the weekend. The resulting smoke could last for the next two days — leading to poor air quality and reduced visibility in US states such as Minnesota. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Summer is almost here, and you’re looking forward to that long-awaited vacation. You can even picture it: The sun is shining, the waves are rolling gently and you’re curling up with a book. Perhaps you’re diving into a steamy romance novel or losing yourself in a page-turning thriller. Maybe

By Sara Smart and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and at least 15 others were wounded Saturday night after gunfire erupted during a May Day event in southwest Alabama, authorities say. Roughly 1,000 people were attending the gathering in the community of Stockton, according to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. May

By Paradise Afshar, Jillian Sykes and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A suspect was found dead Sunday in northeastern Ohio following a manhunt and hourslong standoff with law enforcement after a police officer was fatally shot in an ambush the night before, authorities say. The suspect, identified by the Euclid Police Department as 24-year-old Deshawn

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — “Please don’t shoot,” Notan Eva Costa, a 48-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant living in Queens, begged the two New York City police officers who entered her home after her teenage son called 911. Lying on the floor, the mother of two stretched her hand out to the officers, terror and distress

By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — At first, it was the rare binding that caught the eye of Danielle Linn, a senior book specialist with Fleischer’s Auctions. While cataloging items once owned by the Union Army General, William Tecumseh Sherman, she came across a copy of a memoir written by Ulysses S. Grant. The book had