National-World

By Melissa Alonso, Nouran Salahieh, Isabel Rosales and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — An investigation is underway after over a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, California, by private jet “with no prior arrangement or care in place,” Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Saturday. California officials on Saturday met with the group,

By Andy Rose and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Evacuation orders have been lifted and Interstate 75 has reopened near Grayling Township in Northern Michigan, state officials said, after a wildfire prompted the closure of the freeway Saturday and forced nearby residents to leave their homes. North and southbound lanes along I-75 in Crawford County

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Connecticut bakery suffered some property damage after a bear-y unexpected guest made a surprise visit. Taste by Spellbound, a bakery in Avon, encountered the furry guest on May 24, according to a Facebook post. The bakery explained that a staff member was placing items in the shop’s loading

By Zenebou Sylla and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The son and 8-year-old grandson of a former Boston Red Sox player were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their Massachusetts home Friday as authorities searched for clues about the boy’s mother – who was reported missing more than four years ago, according to local

By Rebekah Riess and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Authorities discovered the burning body of an Alabama woman who went missing while reportedly heading to make a Facebook Marketplace purchase, according to Birmingham police. The woman, identified as Jermiera Ivory Fowler, 31, had not been seen since the afternoon of May 31, police said

By Jillian Sykes (CNN) — School bus driver Imunek Williams was just two blocks away from dropping a group of students off at the Milwaukee Academy of Science on Wednesday morning when she suddenly smelled something burning. Minutes later, the bus was engulfed in flames. Williams, 24, has been a bus driver for a little

By Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A 4-year-old girl, who wandered away from the Florida rental home her family had been staying in, has been found dead in a canal along the water’s edge, the sheriff’s office announced Friday. Deputies had been searching extensively for Evelyn K. Geer for several hours using

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Two humpback whales were found dead off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, according to local officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the presence of the two whales in a Wednesday Facebook post. One whale was off Wainscott, New York, and the other in Raritan

By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A climber died this week on Mount Rainier in Washington state, the National Park Service said Friday in a news release. Brian Harper, 41, of Bremerton, Washington, was in a climbing group led by Alpine Ascents International, a licensed guide service, when he collapsed near the summit Wednesday morning.

By Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman has been arrested and charged after her car caught fire with her unattended children inside while she shoplifted inside a mall in Oviedo, police said. The woman, identified as Alicia Moore, 24, parked in a Dillard’s parking lot around noon May 26, leaving

By Jay Croft and Taylor Romine, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Keenan Anderson, who was repeatedly tased by Los Angeles police officers in January, died from cardiomyopathy, also known as an enlarged heart, and cocaine use, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner said. Anderson, 31, was the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors.  The medical examiner’s

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina man was arrested after authorities said he robbed a convenience store with a fake gun designed to play a Nintendo video game. David Joseph Dalesandro, 25, held up a Kwik Stop in Sharon, a small town in northwestern South Carolina, using a black spray-painted “Duck

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A West Virginia State Police trooper was killed and another person was injured in a shooting Friday in the southern part of the state, and a suspect has been arrested, state and federal officials said. State police Sgt. Cory Maynard was fatally shot in the line of duty in

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in California seized $38 million worth of crank – a street name for methamphetamine – concealed inside a kale shipment along the US-Mexico border, the agency announced. Otay Mesa Cargo Facility officers in San Diego found the drugs in a 34-year-old man’s

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The US Marshals Service announced 95 people were arrested – including more than a dozen wanted for homicide – during an operation in Maryland that targeted areas impacted by gang-related violence. The agency led more than 30 law enforcement entities in a large-scale sweep, dubbed Operation Washout, last

By Laura Ly, CNN (CNN) — Government officials failed on multiple accounts during the 2022 Buffalo blizzard that left 31 people dead, according to a watchdog report published Friday that detailed a plethora of problems from poor communication to residents to outdated and inoperable equipment. The storm inundated Buffalo with more than 50 inches of

By Cheri Mossburg, Andi Babineau and Christal Hayes, CNN (CNN) — Tony Peralta told authorities his secret had been eating at him for more than a decade. He had been considered a suspect in what was believed to be the murder of his landlord, William “Bill” Blodgett, after his sudden disappearance in December 2008, authorities

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — While he was imprisoned, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sent a letter to Larry Nassar, the former Olympic doctor who sexually abused girls for decades, new documents reveal. The Associated Press first reported the discovery, which was found in the midst of over 4,000 pages of documents the news agency

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — The 28-year-old man charged in the death of New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was denied bond and is expected to be extradited following a court appearance in Virginia Friday, the Chesapeake Commonwealth Attorney’s Office said. Rashid Ali Bynum was charged earlier this week with several counts including first-degree murder,