CNN – National

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN For investigators working on the cases of people whose remains were found on the shore of Lake Mead, time is the enemy. The bodies — one of which was found in a corroding barrel with a gunshot wound — could have been submerged in the lake’s depths decades ago, leaving the

By Megan Marples, CNN Whether your approach to life maintenance is to plan out every detail or improvise at the last moment, chances are you’ve fallen into the trap of procrastination. And while that’s OK for chores like folding the laundry or doing the dishes, putting off some tasks and repairs can lead to serious

By Cheri Mossburg and Nouran Salahieh, CNN As firefighters battle the raging wildfire scorching a Northern California forest and swallowing homes in its path, some residents forced to flee are left to grapple with the losses and an uncertain future. Klamath River resident Kayla Dailey, pregnant with her third child, spent her due date not

By Michelle Watson, CNN A pharmacist in McGregor, Minnesota, refused to fill a woman’s morning-after pill prescription because it violated his “beliefs,” a lawsuit alleges. When Andrea Anderson’s first contraception method failed in January 2019, she turned to ella, otherwise known as the “morning after pill” or emergency contraception, to prevent a possible pregnancy, the

By Jarrod Wardwell and Michelle Watson, CNN The suspect accused of stabbing a 17-year-old boy to death and injuring four others while they were tubing in a Wisconsin river Saturday appeared in criminal court Monday, charged with intentional homicide. Nicolae Miu, 52, has been charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide and four counts

By Rob Frehse, CNN A Virginia police officer who pepper-sprayed an Army lieutenant and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop in 2020 should not face state charges, a special prosecutor says, though he formally referred the case to the US Attorney’s Office for a federal civil rights investigation. “Although I find the

By Wayne Sterling and Eric Levenson, CNN The NFL stripped the Miami Dolphins of two draft picks and suspended and fined owner Stephen Ross after a probe into allegations of tampering and tanking found that his team had impermissible contact with star quarterback Tom Brady and the agent of former Saints coach Sean Payton. The

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at nuclear power plants in the United States. There are 93 commercial nuclear power reactor units licensed to operate in the United States. The nuclear power reactor units provide the US with about 20% of its electricity. Other Facts The Nuclear Regulatory Commission or NRC maintains a threat assessment

By Rosa Flores and Eric Levenson, CNN Body camera footage released by the city of Uvalde last month shows a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was on the scene outside Robb Elementary School just 2 minutes and 28 seconds after the gunman entered, a timeline earlier than previously known. The department had only disclosed,

By Raja Razek and Michelle Krupa, CNN A fundraiser for a charity affiliated with the powerful National Rifle Association won’t be held as planned Saturday at a municipal facility in Texas after relatives of children slaughtered in May at an elementary school some 40 miles away lobbied city council members to deny the event its

By Faith Karimi, CNN An American dentist and big-game hunter was found guilty of murder in the shooting death of his wife on an African safari. Lawrence Rudolph, 67, killed his wife, Bianca Rudolph, with a shotgun and defrauded multiple insurance companies, a federal jury found Monday. Rudolph cashed in more than $4.8 million in

By Dakin Andone and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Alyssa Alhadeff would be in her second year of college if she hadn’t been murdered in a 2018 mass shooting at her Parkland, Florida, high school — and her father would be looking forward to watching her achieve her dreams. “Soon she’d go on to be a professional