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CNN By Michelle Watson, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — More than 30 million people are under winter weather alerts across the Midwest and Northeast early this week with another storm threatening to upend travelers’ plans on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days this holiday season. At least 2 million

By Gordon Ebanks, Toni Odejimi, CNN Two helicopters crashed midair in southern New Jersey on Sunday, leaving one person dead and injuring another, officials said. The aircraft, an Enstrom F-28A and an Enstrom 280C helicopter, “collided in mid-air” at about 11:25 a.m. near Hammonton Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Only the pilots were

By Michelle Watson, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — More than 30 million people are under winter weather alerts across the Midwest and Northeast early this week with another storm threatening to upend travelers’ plans on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days this holiday season. At least 2 million people

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Ogechi Irondi’s future teetered between two wildly different scenarios: one that would lead to dual degrees after nine years of college, and one that would leave the single mother and her young children homeless. Strangers helped seal her fate. The 31-year-old had suffered unfathomable challenges during her studies at

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A reform-minded mayor is taking charge of New York City at a time when the largest police department in the country is finding its stride in its stability, touting a drop in gun violence and homicides while its current leadership stays intact. New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma man who was doing target practice with a recently purchased handgun in his backyard on Christmas Day is accused of shooting and killing a woman seated on a front porch blocks away as she held a child in her arms, authorities said. The woman, identified as Sandra