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By Paradise Afshar and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — At least one cougar stalked and then attacked a group of five mountain bikers on a trail in Washington Saturday, injuring one cyclist, wildlife officials say. The cyclists managed to pin down the cougar and call emergency services before a wildlife officer arrived and killed the

CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A community is in mourning Monday, a day after two police officers and a firefighter were fatally shot in Burnsville, Minnesota, while responding to a domestic incident. Officials identified the three men as officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both 27 years old, and 40-year-old firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth.

By Ashley R. Williams, Jeanne Bonner and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Services at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston resumed Sunday morning with a large security presence, one week after a woman accompanied by her 7-year-old son walked into the megachurch armed with a rifle. “Our God is still on the throne. Our God

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A person in police custody on unrelated charges is suspected of involvement in the case of an 11-year-old girl who went missing Thursday in Livingston, Texas, according to local authorities. Audrii Cunningham was last seen near her home, around 7 a.m. on February 15, and was supposed to catch a school

KTRK By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A person in police custody on unrelated charges is suspected of involvement in the case of an 11-year-old girl who went missing Thursday in Livingston, Texas, according to local authorities. Audrii Cunningham was last seen near her home, around 7 a.m. on February 15, and was supposed to catch a

By Chris Boyette and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Two police officers and a firefighter were fatally shot and another officer was injured after responding to a domestic incident early Sunday morning in Burnsville, Minnesota, according to local authorities. The incident began around 1:50 a.m. CT, when Burnsville police were called to a home where

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — A Beatles mystery that dates back more than 50 years has finally been solved. Paul McCartney’s left-handed bass guitar — purchased in Germany in 1961 and used on tracks such as “Twist and Shout” and “She Loves You” — was stolen in 1972. But thanks to

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Naimah Muhammad was first introduced to gymnastics at the age of nine when her parents signed her up for a community gym in Rochester, New York. Muhammad said she became passionate about the sport, competing locally and statewide with other gymnasts. But over the years, Muhammad said one thing consistently

KABB, KMGH, CNN By Raja Razek, Michael Williams, Camila DeChalus and Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced plans to build an 80-acre base to house up to 1,800 Texas National Guard members near Eagle Pass – the border city at the center of a contentious feud between the state

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) — Outside the limestone exterior of the century-old Union Station at the southern edge of downtown, a light snowfall washed away the dried blood from the pavement. The euphoria that swept this city after back-to-back Super Bowl wins by its beloved Chiefs now seemed a distant memory,