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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN What makes for a good seat on an airplane? Some say the window view, while others believe legroom is most important — and will even pay substantially more for a few extra inches of space. Airlines know that comfort is your top priority, but a growing number of them are opting

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The winning numbers for Tuesday night’s $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing were 7, 13, 14, 15, 18 with a Mega Ball of 9, the lottery said on its website. The jackpot grew to top the billion-dollar mark after no ticket matched all winning numbers over roughly the

By John Miller, Amanda Watts and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Investigators combing through trash at a Peabody, Massachusetts, transfer station recovered evidence they believe will be linked to the disappearance of Ana Walshe, the mother of three who vanished under suspicious circumstances last week. Law enforcement sources told CNN on Tuesday that materials found included a

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN The entire town of Montecito, California, was told to evacuate as a storm battered the state Monday — the same day the community marked the five-year anniversary of a major mudslide that killed 23 people in 2018. Residents of Montecito — a small town of only about 8,200 locked between the

By René Marsh, CNN California has gone from extreme drought to extreme flooding in a matter of days. On Monday, 90% of the state’s population was under a flood watch as another round of storms rolled through. Yet it was just last week when several counties in the state were experiencing the exact opposite —

By Justin Gamble and Nicole Chavez, CNN A federal trial began Monday for a US Army officer suing two Virginia police officers after they pointed guns at him, pepper sprayed him and pushed him to the ground in 2020 during a traffic stop. A jury began hearing the case involving 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, who

By Dakin Andone, CNN Like many other American cities before it, Newport News, Virginia, is this month dealing with the aftermath of a school shooting. This time, however, the suspected shooter is just 6 years old, according to police, who said the child opened fire in a classroom at Richneck Elementary school, sending a wounded

By Amanda Watts, Eric Levenson and John Miller, CNN Investigators looking into the disappearance of a Massachusetts woman found a bloody knife in the basement of the home she shares with her husband and accused him of misleading police, a prosecutor with the Norfolk District Attorney’s office said in court Monday. Brian Walshe, 47, was

By Lauren del Valle, Ray Sanchez and Eric Levenson, CNN Sayfullo Saipov, the man accused of using a rented truck to fatally strike eight people on a New York City bike path in 2017, became radicalized by watching ISIS videos online and still believes he had a religious obligation to carry out the attack, his

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The advancement of smartphones and internet search engines has left human phone operators virtually extinct. Still, millions of calls are placed annually to “411” and “0” to request directory assistance or operator help, according to the FCC. That could change this year, however, as more major phone carriers are taking the

By Dakin Andone and Caroll Alvarado, CNN The gun allegedly used by a 6-year-old boy to shoot his teacher at a Newport News, Virginia, school was legally purchased by the child’s mother, officials said. The boy took the firearm from his home to school in his backpack Friday, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said