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By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Ogechi Irondi’s future teetered between two wildly different scenarios: one that would lead to dual degrees after nine years of college, and one that would leave the single mother and her young children homeless. Strangers helped seal her fate. The 31-year-old had suffered unfathomable challenges during her studies at

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A reform-minded mayor is taking charge of New York City at a time when the largest police department in the country is finding its stride in its stability, touting a drop in gun violence and homicides while its current leadership stays intact. New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma man who was doing target practice with a recently purchased handgun in his backyard on Christmas Day is accused of shooting and killing a woman seated on a front porch blocks away as she held a child in her arms, authorities said. The woman, identified as Sandra

By Alaa Elassar, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A shooter armed with several guns opened fire in the lobby of an Idaho sheriff’s office and the street outside Friday, injuring three people before being killed in a standoff with law enforcement, the local sheriff said. But Friday’s scene was starkly out of place for a

KSBY, CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — As the December sun set over central Utah’s sandstone peaks, a couple ventured down a nondescript dirt road to snap photos against the backdrop of a red rock vista. Instead, they stumbled across a grisly discovery among smattered shrubs and parched soil: the decomposed remains of a

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — As the December sun set over central Utah’s sandstone peaks, a couple ventured down a nondescript dirt road to snap photos against the backdrop of a red rock vista. Instead, they stumbled across a grisly discovery among smattered shrubs and parched soil: the decomposed remains of a little girl.

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A traffic stop outside of Baltimore Wednesday ended with an undocumented man shot and another injured after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents allege the driver of a van drove directly at officers, prompting them to open fire. It is the second incident publicized this week where ICE agents

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — ‘Tis the season to indulge in mulled wine — or if you’re feeling especially festive, wassail. Like other words such as “yule” and “mistletoe,” wassail — from the Middle English salutation wæs hæil, meaning “be in good health,” derived in turn from Old Norse — evokes some kind of

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — When tragedy strikes a community – whether it’s a natural disaster, a large-scale accident or a horrific act of violence – all kinds of people might mobilize in response, such as law enforcement and investigators, relief workers and members of the news media. Now, they’re often joined by another

KEYT, CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — As the December sun set over central Utah’s sandstone peaks, a couple ventured down a nondescript dirt road to snap photos against the backdrop of a red rock vista. Instead, they stumbled across a grisly discovery among smattered shrubs and parched soil: the decomposed remains of a

By Pete Muntean, Dugald McConnell, CNN (CNN) — An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer. Two people emerged unscathed from the Beechcraft Super King Air 200 after it stopped on the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver, according to video posted

By Danny Freeman, Taylor Romine, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead after a fire and explosion tore through a nursing home on the outskirts of Philadelphia on Tuesday, prompting local responders, bystanders and staff to rush the elderly residents to safety, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said. One of those killed was an

By Josh Campbell, Michelle Watson, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The multi-state hunt for Melodee Buzzard, a missing 9-year-old California girl, came to a close when her remains were discovered in a rural area of southern Utah, authorities announced Tuesday. Members of the sheriff’s office and the FBI arrested Ashlee Buzzard, Melodee’s mother, Tuesday morning

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — With questions swirling about Brown University’s security after this month’s fatal shooting on the Providence, Rhode Island, campus, the Department of Education on Monday announced it would probe whether the school violated federal law. The department said in a news release it would investigate potential violations of the Clery

CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A sixth person has been found dead after a Mexican Navy plane carrying medical patients crashed into the waters of Galveston Bay in Texas on Monday afternoon, leaving only two survivors and killing a 2-year-old child, the Mexican Navy said. The body of a final unaccounted-for victim was

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — For Mahendra “Mick” Patel, 2025 will always be the year his life turned upside down. What began as an errand for his elderly mother in March devolved into an attempted kidnapping accusation, forcing the 57-year-old father to abandon his real estate business and leaving his family desperate to find