By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A former NFL player has been convicted for running an operation that bred and trafficked “grand champion” dogs and their offspring for dogfighting, the Department of Justice said. LeShon Johnson, 54, a former running back for the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants, was convicted by
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By Holly Yan, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Stymied by treacherous terrain and untamed wilderness, authorities are struggling to find an Army veteran suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar last week. Investigators say Michael Paul Brown, 45, vanished Friday after gunning down a bartender and three patrons at The Owl Bar in
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By John Miller, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the killings of four relatives of a baby found abandoned last week has been arrested after a weeklong manhunt across rural Tennessee, according to police in Jackson. Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was caught in a wooded area Tuesday morning after being
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration recently presented a vision for the country’s future in song and video. “The Promise of America is worth Protecting. The Future of our Homeland is worth Defending,” the Department of Homeland Security wrote on X. In the accompanying vintage-filtered montage, families gaze out wondrously at our
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation tasked with examining the June 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible released its report on Tuesday, with the board chair stating that the deaths of the five people on board were “preventable.” The report lays responsibility for the tragedy largely at
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The number of measles cases has climbed this year to the highest they’ve been since the disease was declared eliminated in the US a quarter-century ago. Still, a record share of kindergartners missed required vaccinations last year, and the vast majority of the 2025 measles cases were in unvaccinated
Continue ReadingCNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The number of measles cases has climbed this year to the highest they’ve been since the disease was declared eliminated in the US a quarter-century ago. Still, a record share of kindergartners missed required vaccinations last year, and the vast majority of the 2025 measles cases were in
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By Chris Boyette, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A third person has been arrested on suspicion of helping a fugitive accused of killing four relatives of a Tennessee baby who was found abandoned alive last week, authorities said Monday. Meanwhile, authorities were scouring a wooded area near a private university in Jackson, Tennessee, on Monday
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — After more than a decade since a water crisis devastated Flint, Michigan, there has been some progress. In July, the state told a federal court that it had replaced 11,000 lead pipes and restored 28,000 damaged properties. Federal officials say Flint’s water is now safe and meets the requirements
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By Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight traveling from Washington Dulles International Airport made an emergency landing last week after the pilot declared a mayday call shortly after takeoff due to suspected engine failure. United flight 108, bound for Munich, Germany, was forced to return to Dulles on July 25 “to address
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WABC, CAITELIN HIGGINS, CNN By Karina Tsui, Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — Yeonsoo Go, a South Korean student at Purdue University and the daughter of a beloved Episcopal priest in New York, told a friend she was nervous about a visa hearing last week, given the stream of headlines about the Trump administration’s aggressive pursuit
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — A South Korean student at Purdue University and the daughter of a beloved Episcopal priest was released from federal immigration detention late Monday, days after her arrest drew outcry and an outpouring of support from faith leaders. Yeonsoo Go, known as “Soo” to friends and family, spent
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Nine-year-old Cole Morris cowered in between his grandfather and seven of their family members, whispering prayers as rising floodwaters lapped furiously at the stairs of their attic. “Are we going to die?” Cole asked his grandpa, his brown eyes wide with panic. Barry Adelman thought they might. But he
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black on Tuesday for the 1988 murders of a woman and her two young daughters, despite concerns from his attorneys that a device implanted to restore his heartbeat could repeatedly shock him as he’s put to death. The device – an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, or
Continue ReadingBy Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Miami’s sailing community is “shattered by grief” after a third child died Sunday, six days after a sailboat and barge collision in Biscayne Bay, the Miami Yacht Club said. The collision happened between Monument and Hibiscus Islands around 11 a.m. July 28. Five girls between the ages of 7
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By Karina Tsui, Michelle Watson, Holly Yan, Taylor Galgano, Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Despite a grueling manhunt and a growing search zone, authorities say they might be getting closer to finding an Army veteran accused of gunning down four people for no obvious reason. Michael Paul Brown is still on the run Tuesday, four
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — During evening rush hour in New York City on Monday, a man calmly walked into a Park Avenue office building lobby and killed a police officer, then opened fire on other innocent strangers. Within a minute, the gunman had disappeared into a labyrinth of elevator banks and
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Melissa Mays said she may never trust the water from her Flint, Michigan, tap again. In the 11 years since the city’s historic water crisis, Mays said she has battled Legionnaires’ disease, autoimmune and seizure disorders, high blood pressure, and other illnesses. Her youngest son, now 21, experienced
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said Friday he was ordering two US Navy nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions,” in response to remarks by Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and current deputy chairman of its Security Council. In what he called an effort to be “prepared,” Trump said in a Truth
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — New York City’s deadliest shooting in 25 years – in a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation – is raising questions about how a gunman with a history of mental health issues was able to obtain multiple firearms and drive undetected across
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