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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — ‘Tis the season to indulge in mulled wine — or if you’re feeling especially festive, wassail. Like other words such as “yule” and “mistletoe,” wassail — from the Middle English salutation wæs hæil, meaning “be in good health,” derived in turn from Old Norse — evokes some kind of

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — When tragedy strikes a community – whether it’s a natural disaster, a large-scale accident or a horrific act of violence – all kinds of people might mobilize in response, such as law enforcement and investigators, relief workers and members of the news media. Now, they’re often joined by another

KEYT, CNN By Josh Campbell, Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The multi-state hunt for Melodee Buzzard, a missing 9-year-old California girl, came to a close when her remains were discovered in a rural area of southern Utah, authorities announced Tuesday. Members of the sheriff’s office and the FBI arrested Ashlee Buzzard, Melodee’s mother, Tuesday morning

By Daniel Wine, Jordan D. Brown, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Everyone watches “Miracle on 34th Street” and “Elf” over the holidays, but festive vibes come in unexpected forms. So what’s the ultimate non-traditional holiday movie? Fill out your bracket. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things

By Pete Muntean, Dugald McConnell, CNN (CNN) — An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer. Two people emerged unscathed from the Beechcraft Super King Air 200 after it stopped on the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver, according to video posted

By Danny Freeman, Taylor Romine, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead after a fire and explosion tore through a nursing home on the outskirts of Philadelphia on Tuesday, prompting local responders, bystanders and staff to rush the elderly residents to safety, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said. One of those killed was an

CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A sixth person has been found dead after a Mexican Navy plane carrying medical patients crashed into the waters of Galveston Bay in Texas on Monday afternoon, leaving only two survivors and killing a 2-year-old child, the Mexican Navy said. The body of a final unaccounted-for victim was

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — For Mahendra “Mick” Patel, 2025 will always be the year his life turned upside down. What began as an errand for his elderly mother in March devolved into an attempted kidnapping accusation, forcing the 57-year-old father to abandon his real estate business and leaving his family desperate to find

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A sixth person has been found dead after a Mexican Navy plane carrying medical patients crashed into the waters of Galveston Bay in Texas on Monday afternoon, leaving only two survivors and killing a 2-year-old child, the Mexican Navy said. The body of a final unaccounted-for victim was found

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Brown University announced on Monday it placed its police chief on administrative leave while an after-action review of a shooting earlier this month that left two students dead and nine others wounded takes place. Rodney Chatman, Brown’s vice president for public safety and emergency management, will be on leave

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! So … um … like … you should try to stop using so many filler words. Most of us are probably unaware of how often we’re doing it, you know? Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Wind

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — The chaotic apprehension of an undocumented man in St. Paul, Minnesota, ended violently Sunday after the man allegedly struck two federal officers with his vehicle during a stop – causing one officer to fire “defensive shots” – before the man was ultimately apprehended, according to the Department of Homeland

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For more than a month, a Virginia high school football coach accused of child pornography offenses has remained missing after vanishing from his home without a trace. His sudden flight and consequent disappearance has left behind a stunned community — including his wife, children and the team he once

By Karina Tsui, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A man is facing murder, weapons, and arson charges after authorities say he killed another man with an arrow, then barricaded himself in his home, where several fires were set. Police were notified around 6:45 p.m. Saturday about a man struck by an arrow in Kearny, New

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — His detailed tip helped lead investigators to the gunman behind the deadly Brown University shooting – but whether the tipster known only as “John” will ever receive the $50,000 reward offered by the FBI is still an open question. After two students were fatally shot and nine wounded at

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Every day, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT, Hasan Piker is live on Twitch. “What I do is basically AM radio, but for Zoomers,” he has said. The 34-year-old streamer, HasanAbi to his 3 million followers, flips between a dizzying number of tabs, offering political commentary on the

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Police lights flashed for hours as law enforcement officers surrounded a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, Thursday night, finally closing in on a suspect who unleashed deadly attacks on two communities and had managed to evade them for six days. Outside was an abandoned car linked to both