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CNN By Holly Yan and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN (CNN) — A massive cargo ship plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, causing the 1.6-mile structure to crumble like a pile of toothpicks – plunging cars and people into the frigid water below. The bodies of two people were recovered from the Patapsco River

By Holly Yan, Maria Santana, Melissa Alonso and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — They worked the overnight shift fixing potholes on a famed bridge that 30,000 Marylanders relied on every day. But their work ended in tragedy March 26, when a 213-million-pound cargo vessel crashed into the bridge – plunging the construction workers into the

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Costco started selling a hot dog and soda for $1.50 way back in 1985. Nearly 40 years later, the price remains the same — and there’s a good reason for that. Customers relish the company’s strategy of keeping the price low to build brand

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The FTC is investigating TikTok over alleged violations of children’s online privacy rules that require companies to notify parents and obtain consent before collecting data from kids under 13. The probe presents another complication for the social media platform, which is already facing an existential threat in the US.

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — In Nashville, one year after a shooting at a private school took six lives, thousands will come together to honor victims of gun violence and provide a visible demonstration in support of reform. About 13,000 people are expected to form a four-mile human chain Wednesday beginning at Monroe Carell

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! PowerPoint parties are a thing among young people. They are inviting friends over and asking them to present a slideshow on any topic at all — “the sillier, the better.” So get your presentation on the 10 most attractive animated characters ready. It’s a great

By Holly Yan, Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Jose Manuel Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A massive cargo ship plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, causing the 1.6-mile structure to crumble like a pile of toothpicks – plunging cars and people into the frigid water below. Six construction workers filling potholes on the bridge vanished.

CNN By Melissa Alonso, Lauren Mascarenhas and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard says it is suspending its search and rescue efforts for the six individuals still missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. “I’d like to announce tonight that based on the length of time that

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is running one of the strangest general election campaigns America has ever seen. He’s hawking Bibles, attacking judges, making billions in the stock market and boasting about his golf game. On Thursday, the ex-president traveled to New York to attend the wake of a fallen

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A spring storm is unleashing dangerous blizzard conditions across the Plains while also firing up strong tornadoes in the South. At the same time, tens of thousands of homes in the Northeast are still without power nearly a week after a brutal storm crippled the energy grid in the

By Melissa Alonso, Lauren Mascarenhas and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard says it is suspending its search and rescue efforts for the six individuals still missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. “I’d like to announce tonight that based on the length of time that we’ve

By Jason Hanna and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One Mega Millions ticket sold in the Garden State has just won what’s believed to be the fifth-largest jackpot in the history of the game. Tuesday’s drawing for an estimated $1.13 billion annuitized Mega Millions jackpot was won by a ticket told in the Jersey Shore

CNN By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani went hitless for a second straight game as the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Los Angeles Angels 6-0 on Monday at Dodger Stadium. Playing in the team’s second Freeway Series exhibition game since returning from South Korea, Ohtani went 0-for-2,

By Andy Rose and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — The Illinois governor announced the resignation of a member of the state’s prisoner review board on Monday, 10 days after a man who was released on parole was charged with attacking a former girlfriend and killing her 11-year-old son. LeAnn Miller recommended the release of 37-year-old Crosetti Brand

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! During the last total solar eclipse in 2017, there was a significant increase in fatal car crashes in the United States. It wasn’t due to the eclipse itself but rather because millions more people were traveling, researchers said. The hours after the eclipse were

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! During the last total solar eclipse in 2017, there was a significant increase in fatal car crashes in the United States. It wasn’t due to the eclipse itself but rather because millions more people were traveling, researchers said. The hours after the eclipse were especially

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — For McCall Mirabella’s 21st birthday party last month, she asked guests to bring only one gift: A PowerPoint presentation. Mirabella, a TikTok and YouTube personality with over 1.3 million followers across both platforms, assembled her closest friends and asked them to present a slideshow on anything they could think