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By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The Fourth of July is nearly upon us and Americans are eager to get away. According to AAA, more than 61 million are expected to hit the road this week and another 5.8 million will be heading to the airports. Speaking of getaways, the 5 Things team is going

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The Fourth of July is nearly upon us and Americans are eager to get away. According to AAA, more than 61 million are expected to hit the road this week and another 5.8 million will be heading to the airports. Speaking of getaways, the 5 Things team is

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger appeared expressionless as a judge asked if he murdered four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, answering “yes” to each name called out in the courtroom Wednesday. At a change-of-plea hearing before state district Judge Steven Hippler in Boise, Idaho, the courtroom was packed with family

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — After two and a half years of desperately searching for answers in the deaths of four Idaho college students, the case reached a bitter resolution as Bryan Kohberger admitted guilt for the first time. Kohberger, seated behind a table in an off-white button-up shirt and patterned tie, responded to

By Alexandra Skores, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A skydiving plane with 15 people onboard went off the end of a runway at a New Jersey airport Wednesday evening, resulting in multiple injuries, authorities said. The pilot reported engine trouble as the Cessna 208B ascended before crashing into the woods at Cross Keys Airport, southeast

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A missing part of a wing from a Delta Air Lines 737 that landed Tuesday night at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, may have fallen on a nearby home’s driveway. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether the several-feet-long piece of metal discovered blocking the drive may be a flap

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A member of a chat-based White supremacy group has been charged in an alleged plot to solicit the murder of federal officials – including a senator and federal judge – through an online “kill list” he allegedly helped create. Noah Lamb, 24, was charged in federal court in Northern

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! An American influencer was detained in Antarctica while attempting to fly solo to all seven continents. Authorities said 19-year-old Ethan Guo broke “multiple national and international regulations” by changing his flight plan without permission. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.

By Aaron Cooper, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a report of smoke in an airplane bathroom which led to an emergency landing in St. Louis, Missouri, and an evacuation on the runway Tuesday. United Express flight 4423, operated by GoJet Airlines, had just taken off from St. Louis Lambert

CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger appeared expressionless as a judge asked if he murdered four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, answering “yes” to each name called out in the courtroom Wednesday. At a change-of-plea hearing before state district Judge Steven Hippler in Boise, Idaho, the courtroom was packed with

By John Miller, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Attacks perpetrated by lone actors are the biggest terrorism threat to July 4th festivities in New York City and elsewhere, federal authorities said in a threat assessment obtained by CNN. The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies issued a joint bulletin in

By Jean Casarez, Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess, CNN Boise, Idaho (CNN) — For 30 months, Bryan Kohberger and his defense attorneys insisted on his innocence in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home. But in a matter of minutes Wednesday, in a packed courtroom roughly 300 miles from the

CNN, POOL, KING, MONROE CO. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY By Jean Casarez, Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess, CNN Boise, Idaho (CNN) — For 30 months, Bryan Kohberger and his defense attorneys insisted on his innocence in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home. But in a matter of minutes Wednesday, in a

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on Tuesday to take control of the property. Since the pope’s election, the small, two-story house on E. 142nd Place in Dolton, Illinois – around 20 miles south of

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A new Tennessee law aims to combat bullying by targeting teenagers where it may hurt the most: revoking their ability to drive. The legislation, which took effect Tuesday, allows courts to suspend for up to a year the driver’s licenses of minors found guilty of bullying or cyberbullying. “Bullying

By Kristen Holmes, Lex Harvey and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is pausing some weapons shipments to Ukraine, including air defense missiles, following a review of military spending and American support to foreign countries, a senior White House official told CNN. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed off on the review, which the

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Romine, Julia Vargas Jones, Veronica Miracle, CNN (CNN) — Steve Goncalves was stunned over the weekend when he heard that prosecutors in Moscow, Idaho, had reached a plea deal with Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of his daughter, Kaylee, and three other University of Idaho students.

CNN By Hanna Park, Josh Campbell and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The grieving family of 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves spent weeks waiting for an arrest in her killing. Since then, they and relatives of the three other University of Idaho students fatally stabbed on a late 2022 night in their off-campus home have endured a

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! San Marino sits high on a hill in northeastern Italy, and it’s one of Europe’s smallest and most unusual countries. There are no checkpoints marking the border, just a sign along the highway welcoming arrivals to the “Ancient Land of Freedom.” Here’s what else you