National-World

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, named after a Confederate general and long plagued by a series of suicides, homicides and fatal accidents, was renamed on Tuesday after the Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. The base was redesignated Fort Cavazos in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a veteran of the Korean

By Eric Levenson, Lucy Kafanov and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Attorneys for a US Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally asked a judge to sentence him to 10 years in prison in court Tuesday — even as Texas’ governor has expressed plans to pardon him. Daniel Perry,

By Jeremy Harlan, CNN A woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson after he was reported missing from his Colorado Springs home in 2020 has been found guilty of murder in the case. Letecia Stauch, 39, sat motionless in court Monday as a judge read the jury’s verdict finding her guilty of two counts of

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Seven people remain hospitalized in Brownsville, Texas, as a candlelight vigil is planned Tuesday in another Texas border town for the eight others who were killed when a vehicle plowed into a group of people at a bus stop over the weekend. While the victims have not yet been publicly identified,

By Rosa Flores, Dakin Andone and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Federal agents moved through the quiet streets outside Sacred Heart Church in El Paso, Texas, early Tuesday morning, handing out flyers to more than 1,000 migrants who have been sleeping on the sidewalks, encouraging them to turn themselves in to immigration authorities ahead of the looming

By Holly Yan, Steve Almasy, Josh Campbell, Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The weapons brought to the attack on random shoppers at the outlet mall in Allen, Texas, were all legally obtained, Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Hank Sibley told reporters at a Tuesday news conference. He said the gunman had eight

By Rob Frehse and Zoe Sottile, CNN A man accused of driving a rental truck into people in New York City this year — killing one and injuring others — was arraigned in court Monday on a 25-count indictment that includes a murder charge, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said. Weng Sor, 62, is charged

By Jean Casarez and Zoe Sottile, CNN Gabby Petito’s parents are continuing to ask a Florida judge to order Brian Laundrie’s mother to turn over an undated letter she wrote to her son that was in his backpack when his body was found, alleging it references “baking a cake with a shiv in it should

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Thousands of dogs have descended upon New York City for what may be the most eventful week of their lives — or, at least, their humans’ lives. The dogs, among the most beautiful and well-behaved in the country, have trained for this day for months or years. They’ve come to compete

By Jason Carroll, Omar Jimenez, Nicole Grether and Eric Levenson, CNN The family of Jordan Neely, the man who was held in a chokehold and died on the subway in New York last week, issued a statement criticizing the “indifference” of the man who restrained Neely and calling for his imprisonment, while prosecutors continued investigating

By Casey Tolan, Paul P. Murphy, Curt Devine, Josh Campbell and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A gunman who killed eight people at a Texas shopping mall purportedly wrote online of his support for Nazi ideology, authorities said. Mauricio Garcia, 33, also wounded at least seven others Saturday in Allen, about 25 miles north of Dallas, authorities

By Nicole Chavez, CNN An estimated 1 in 5 Asian Americans in the US have hidden details about their heritage from people who are not Asian, a new report shows. Some of the details that Asian Americans choose not to share include ethnic food or clothing as well as cultural and religious practices, the Pew

By Gabe Cohen, CNN The young widow watched as the helpers wended through the Zone at sunrise, offering what they could: water, a bus ticket or a shelter bed — if one was open. Standing beside her tent, Rayann Denny sized up the sprawling camp of 900 or so people improvised along sidewalks in downtown

By Kevin Flower, Michelle Watson and Nicole Chavez, CNN A panel in California created to consider reparations for Black residents voted over the weekend to approve recommendations for the payments of reparations to Black Californians for injustices and discrimination stemming from slavery. Saturday’s meeting in Oakland was the 15th public meeting of the Task Force

By Christina Zdanowicz, Caroll Alvarado and Kelly McCleary, CNN A family of four has become a family of one after a 6-year-old’s parents and brother were fatally shot by a gunman at a Texas outlet mall Saturday, a GoFundMe post by the family’s friends said. The Houston office of the South Korean Consulate confirmed Monday

By Dakin Andone, CNN The United States is bracing for the expiration of a pandemic-era border restriction this week, with officials fearing it will spur a surge of migrants and exacerbate an already challenging humanitarian crisis at the southern border. “No matter how much we are prepared, I don’t think we are going to be

By Josh Campbell, Ed Lavandera, Holly Yan, Sara Smart and Michelle Watson, CNN The gunman behind the second-deadliest US mass shooting of the year was terminated from the Army due to health concerns and may have been driven by right-wing extremism, sources told CNN. Eight people — including two elementary school students — were killed

By Nick Valencia, Eric Levenson, Rosa Flores and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The man who drove a vehicle into a group of people near a migrant shelter in Brownsville, Texas, on Sunday, killing eight and injuring 10 more, has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter, Brownsville Police chief Felix Sauceda said Monday. The driver was