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By Zoe Sottile and Amanda Watts, CNN A new bill in Florida might mean no more joyrides for Fido. A bill moving through the Florida legislature would forbid dogs from sticking their head out of car windows, in addition to a host of other measures. The proposed measure is part of Senate Bill 932, a

By Mallika Kallingal and Raja Razek, CNN Eight people were injured, including two critically, after a stabbing incident in Oklahoma City, according to the Oklahoma City Police Department. Police say a “large fight” broke out at a nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning in the city’s Bricktown district. “Several police officers were posted

By Gabe Cohen, CNN A failing, flaming wheel bearing doomed the rail car that derailed and created a catastrophe in East Palestine earlier this month, but researchers have offered a solution to the faulty detectors that experts say could have averted the disaster unfolding in the small Ohio town. These wayside hot box detectors, stationed

By Andy Rose and Rebekah Riess, CNN An 81-year-old man died after being attacked by two dogs in San Antonio, Texas, and a suspect has been arrested in the incident, police say. The man and a female companion, 74, were attacked Friday afternoon when they got out of their car in front of a relative’s

By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN Dozens of gang members were arrested and illegal guns and drugs seized during a four-day operation in Central California, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday. The arrests were part of an ongoing investigation into the “Goshen Massacre,” for a “cartel-style” shooting that left six people dead, including

By Rebekah Riess, Tina Burnside and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The five people who were killed Friday after a medical services airplane crashed in Western Nevada have been identified, according to GoFundMe fundraisers that the company verified to CNN. The plane, which was bound for Salt Lake City, Utah, left Reno around 9:45 p.m. and was

By Faith Karimi, CNN The family of a missing Wyoming woman, last seen a year ago, is imploring the state’s governor to help them find answers after months without apparent new leads in the case. Irene Gakwa was last seen by her family during a video call on February 24, 2022, and reported missing in

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Tucked among the thousands of iconic Yoshino cherry trees at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, is the “indicator tree,” which erupts into full bloom as much as 10 days earlier than its neighbors and gives officials at the National Park Service a good idea when the rest of them might

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for more than a million candles sold at Walmart after the agency received reports of the candles’ glass cracking, causing burns and cuts. The agency issued the recall on Thursday for over 1.2 million “Mainstays Three-Wicked Candles” with autumnal and Halloween-themed

By Nicki Brown, Sara Smart and Ralph Ellis, CNN The federal Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern to stop its shipments of hazardous waste from the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, so that it can review the company’s plans for disposal. Officials in Texas and Michigan are complaining they didn’t

By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN Alabama will resume the executions of death row inmates, the governor said Friday, three months after multiple failed lethal injections prompted an internal review of the state’s capital punishment system. In a letter to state Attorney General Steve Marshall, Gov. Kay Ivey called for the state’s execution proceedings

By Mallika Kallingal and Veronica Miracle, CNN The Idaho house where four college students were killed in November will be demolished as a “healing step,” the University of Idaho said in a statement Friday. Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, were each stabbed multiple times in

By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN An Andean bear at the Saint Louis Zoo is back in his enclosure after escaping his habitat for a second time this month. The bear, named Ben, broke out of his outdoor habitat Thursday afternoon, according to a statement from the zoo. But he was not outside for

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’ve looked at flights lately, you may have been taken aback by current ticket prices. The busy travel season is heating up, which means heightened demand and more expensive airfares. But if you time things right and target the “Goldilocks Window,” there’s a good chance you’ll snag a deal —