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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A northeast Texas town is in mourning this Thanksgiving week after an officer on its police force died in the line of duty for the first time in over a century. Officer Cooper Dawson, 27, was running after a suspect following a traffic stop Monday night when that suspect

By Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — US Army Staff Sgt. Payton May and his military dog Yyacob spent their first Thanksgiving together in the throes of a mission in Iraq. Yyacob was experienced at explosives detection. And May, back in the fall of 2021, was a new K-9 handler deployed overseas for the first time.

By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — On a warm day in 2022, Hawaii native Hannah Kobayashi jumped into the Subaru Baja of her friend Allisa Peterson for an hourlong journey on Maui – from her home community of Haiku to a friend’s farm in Nahiku. The farm had an excess of flowers, and there the

By Maya Blackstone, CNN (CNN) — When most Americans think of turkeys, what likely comes to mind this time of year is a holiday centerpiece — a garnished bird on a platter, surrounded by all the trimmings. But at Farm Sanctuary, an organization that rescues animals from the food system, co-founder Gene Baur gives his

By Meghan Pryce, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Among the many travel hacks making the rounds on social media, one continues to pop up: How to get

By Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — After an extensive investigation, Florida officials recovered dozens of gold coins valued at more than $1 million that were stolen from a shipwreck recovery nine years ago. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced in a news release Tuesday it had recovered 37 gold coins that were

By Holly Yan and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Whoever duct-taped JonBenét Ramsey’s mouth shut, bludgeoned the 6-year-old Colorado girl and strangled the child beauty queen in her own home has evaded capture for almost 28 years. Now, a new Netflix documentary series reexamines the gruesome December 1996 killing and suggests modern technology might help

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Debra Freeman isn’t a big pie person. But if she had to pick between sweet potato and pumpkin — the two autumnal pies that have come to define the Thanksgiving season — the choice is a simple one: Sweet potato. “Being from the South,” Freeman, a food historian, told

By Andi Babineau and Andy Rose, CNN Denver (CNN) — A Colorado dentist accused of murdering his wife by poisoning her protein shake also allegedly plotted to kill an Aurora police detective who investigated the case, a department spokesman told CNN. James Craig, 45, faces two additional felony charges including solicitation to commit first-degree murder,

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The prosecution of an 86-year-old White man charged in the April 2023 shooting of a Black teenager in Kansas City, Missouri, is set to proceed, a judge said Tuesday. The decision comes after Clay County Circuit Court Judge David Chamberlain ordered a mental health evaluation of the defendant, Andrew

By Kelly Bowman and Martha Shade, CNN Asheville, North Carolina (CNN) — If you’re going to do some online holiday shopping this year, consider spending your dollars with small businesses in Asheville, North Carolina, where you’ll be directly impacting a community still struggling from the effects of Hurricane Helene. Almost every employer in Asheville was

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it with their audiences, according to a new

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it with their audiences, according to a

By Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — A volunteer pilot known for helping transport rescue animals to shelters died in a plane crash in New York on Sunday while transporting three dogs to a no-kill shelter. Seuk Kim, 49, and the three canines were flying from Maryland to Albany, New York, when the plane crashed

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors Monday, a victory for opponents of the practice in a continuing nationwide battle over transgender issues. The 2023 law known as Senate Bill 49 prohibits the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery in people under

By Lex Harvey, Kia Fatahi, Rashard Rose and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — An FBI special agent is facing charges of rape and assault involving two women in Maryland, according to police in Montgomery County, two years after a state jury acquitted him after he shot and wounded a passenger on a Washington, DC-area Metro

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For weeks, David Burke couldn’t shake the haunting images of small mountain communities in western North Carolina unexpectedly pummeled by a historic storm. He felt their suffering as if it were his own. Even though he was 300 miles away, he couldn’t bear the thought of watching his home

By Michelle Watson and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — It’s been two weeks since Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi went missing after she did not board a connecting flight to New York City during a layover at Los Angeles International Airport on November 8. Her father, Ryan Kobayashi, was found dead Sunday, after he had traveled

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