CNN – National

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN A Florida man’s dreams came true when he opened his own auto repair shop. But life got even sweeter when he won a $1 million lottery on his first day of business. “I love working on vehicles, and it has always been my dream to own my own repair shop,” Brian

By Randi Kaye, Dan Shepherd and Travis Caldwell, CNN A woman in a Florida hospital is struggling to breathe. Surrounded by medical equipment and personnel working to keep her alive, she is gasping for air as doctors and nurses prepare for a procedure that has become all too common in the last 18 months: intubation.

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Laura Studley, CNN New York City teachers who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and have documented medical or religious exemptions must be offered non-classroom assignments, the United Federation of Teachers said Friday, citing an independent arbitrator’s decision. Other staffers reluctant to get vaccinated must be offered unpaid leave that maintains

By Alta Spells and Melissa Alonso, CNN Authorities in Lee County, Florida, thwarted a plot by two students to commit a school shooting, after a teacher shared a tip alleging a student had a gun in his book bag, according to Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. An 8th grade student at Harns Marsh Middle School

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Dozens of birds have been submerged in oil from spills in Louisiana caused by Hurricane Ida, and wildlife officials expect more will be found. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) said in a news release that birds have been observed “within heavy pockets of crude oil” at the

By David Williams, CNN Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have called off the search for a nearly 134-year-old time capsule that was believed to be embedded in the huge pedestal base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed Wednesday. It was thought to contain about 60 artifacts, many of which were

By Jacob Lev, CNN Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave has been extended through the rest of the season, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. According to the source, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association recognized that based upon the number of games remaining on the team’s

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Florida’s 1st District Court on Friday reinstated a stay on mask mandates in schools, blocking local school requirements for now, court documents show. Lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis filed the emergency appeal after a judge ruled on Wednesday that the state must stop its enforcement of a mask ban. The latest court ruling

By Nicole Chavez, Dianne Gallagher and Jade Gordon, CNN Some clinics and groups helping fund abortion care in Texas are seeing an uptick in calls from people trying to “catch” them running afoul of the state’s restrictive new ban. “We have those people calling saying things like, ‘oh but can’t you slip me in’ because

By Amanda Watts, CNN Okefenokee Joe, an 11-and-a-half-foot alligator who is believed to have lived in a Georgia swamp since World War II, has died, officials said. The alligator passed away from old age, the Georgia’s Coastal Ecology Lab said, and had been part of a satellite tag program. The lab had been observing his

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Los Angeles Unified School District officials said they want to guarantee that children attend classes in person, not online — which is why they voted to require vaccinations against Covid-19 for all eligible students in a move that was praised by the teacher’s union and many parents. “Ultimately, we want our

By Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Louisiana officials are discussing new ways to safeguard areas outside the state’s flood protection system that suffered severe destruction from Hurricane Ida‘s brutal landfall. “We have got to fundamentally change the way in which we are thinking about protecting those areas, particularly Grand Isle,” said Chip Kline, Executive

By Rebekah Riess, Giovanna Van Leeuwen and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy in North Carolina who was killed when about 150 rounds of ammunition were fired into a residence late Tuesday night, according to a news release from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police. Police said Asiah

By Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Billy Couch didn’t think much about Covid-19 until he got it and it sent him to the hospital. The unvaccinated 42-year-old has been at Appalachian Regional Healthcare’s largest facility in Hazard, Kentucky, for 19 days now, struggling to breathe. “Don’t mess around ’cause this ain’t a joke. This

By Gregory Lemos and Amir Vera, CNN The ex-Marine accused of killing four people, including an infant, outside Lakeland, Florida, was looking for a little girl he believed was suicidal and being sex trafficked, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told reporters Thursday. Bryan Riley, 33, admitted to deputies that he shot several people Sunday morning

By Amir Vera and Christina Carrega, CNN Traffic stops for expired tags and broken tail lights will no longer be prosecuted in Ramsey County, Minnesota, as part of an initiative announced this week to honor Philando Castile, who was killed during a traffic stop in 2016. These type of stops — known as non-public safety

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Police are investigating after some American flags placed at a 9/11 memorial in Boston were knocked over or damaged overnight. The Boston Police Department (BPD) told CNN they were called to the Public Garden on Thursday for a report of vandalism at the memorial set up for