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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,

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Jamica Love, the first chief diversity officer at the Virginia Military Institute, has resigned, the college’s superintendent announced on Thursday. “She has been singularly focused on preparing our cadets for the world which they will enter after graduation and making VMI an inclusive institution for any interested and qualified

By Meron Moges-Gerbi (CNN) — About 9% of adults across 30 countries around the world identify as LGBTQ, according to a new Ipsos poll. The survey released Thursday indicates Millennials and Gen Zers are more likely to identify as queer, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, or asexual than older generations. Respondents included more than 22,514 adults under

By Jeremy Ryan, Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people were injured when a building they were working on partially collapsed in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday, according to officials. The people injured were working at a seven-story residential building that was under construction when a portion of the second

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A trio of rare wolverine sightings in California has been verified by scientists, marking just the second time in a century the animal has been spotted in the Golden State. All three sightings were reported by different people last month in various parts of the Eastern Sierra Mountains. One

By Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — In the 10 minutes before a Davenport, Iowa, apartment building collapsed Sunday, new surveillance video obtained by CNN shows a support brace bending, with portions of the brick façade crumbling around it. The video, taken from the roof of a nearby building, shows what was

By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A Texas cheerleader who was shot and critically injured after another girl mistakenly opened the wrong car door says she was scared during the shooting but tried to stay calm for her even more frightened friends. Payton Washington, 18, was injured in April outside a supermarket in Elgin, about