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By Zoe Sottile, CNN For only the second time in more than 60 years, the elusive Eastern indigo snake has slithered into Alabama. The discovery of a wild-born Eastern indigo snake marks the success of an intensive program to reintroduce the reptiles to the state. “The snake found yesterday indicates the project is resulting in

By Eric Levenson, Neelam Bohra and Radhika Marya, CNN An all-Black Women’s Army Corps unit that sorted millions of pieces of mail in unheated warehouses during World War II will finally be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal decades after the fact. President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on March 14 that awards a

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Three people were killed and three others injured in a shooting at a Fayetteville, North Carolina, hotel Saturday. The incident took place at the Baymont Ramada, the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) said in a tweet. The hotel is located about 10 miles south of Fort Bragg. Investigators said Sunday three men

By Michelle Watson, Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least ten people were wounded in an overnight shooting in Dallas early Sunday, according to Dallas Police Department spokesperson Brian Martinez. The Dallas Police Department initially said one person died in the shooting — which occurred in the 5200 block of Botham Jean Boulevard —

By Emmy Abbassi, CNN A Michigan man is making plans to take his family somewhere warm after winning a $4 million lottery jackpot. The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, bought two EXTREME CA$H scratch-off tickets from a Marathon gas station, Michigan Lottery said Wednesday. One of those tickets revealed he had won the top

By Andy Rose, CNN South Carolina prosecutors decided not to file charges in a case where a man who fell off a recreational watercraft was fatally shot by his rescuer, according to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. Prosecutors ruled the shooting self-defense, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon, when

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Denver Zoo has welcomed a rare and adorable addition to its herd: a baby bongo. The calf named Winston was born to proud parents Fern and Howard on March 5. He and mom have been “snug as a bongo bug in their cozy stall” ever since, the zoo said on

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The American Kennel Club has unleashed its annual list of the most popular dog breeds — and, for the 31st year in a row, the Labrador retriever has placed “first in show.” Each year, the AKC, a nonprofit purebred dog registry in the US, uses its registration data to compile a

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Two Harvard University students have created a website connecting thousands of Ukrainian refugees with hosts around the world offering them a safe haven. The idea was born when Avi Schiffmann attended a pro-Ukraine demonstration while visiting San Diego, where he came face to face with hundreds of Ukrainian Americans sharing distressing

By Laura Studley, CNN Virginian-Pilot newspaper reporter and former CNN news assistant Sierra Jenkins was among the individuals shot and killed in an early Saturday morning shooting that left one more person dead and three others injured, Norfolk, Virginia, police said. She was 25. Jenkins was leaving a downtown Norfolk restaurant, Chicho’s Pizza Backstage, when