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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A “mob of criminals” stole more than $300,000 worth of merchandise from the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center in Los Angeles Saturday afternoon, police said. More than 30 people entered a Nordstrom store at once and grabbed merchandise from displays near the entrance shortly after 4 p.m. before fleeing, Los

By Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officers in Kansas raided the home and office of a newspaper owner, prompting a sharp rebuke from a press freedom group and raising constitutional questions far beyond the small city in the state. The paper’s co-owner and publisher, Eric Meyer, said he believes Friday’s raid in Marion

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — On the evening of January 24, three sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi, received a group text message from another deputy on the same shift: “Are y’all available for a mission?” The deputy, Christian Dedmon, informed his colleagues Hunter Elward, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke they were going to

By Mike Valerio, Nouran Salahieh and Andy Rose, CNN MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii (CNN) — The long recovery process from the Maui wildfires that killed at least 93 people was underway Sunday as some residents returned to Lahaina and many struggled to find a place to stay. “We’re short on housing here,” Mike Cicchino told CNN.

By Samantha Beech and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — An explosion in a residential suburb outside Pittsburgh on Saturday morning left six people dead – including a father and son – and injured several others. The explosion and large fire in Plum, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh, marked at least the third time in

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lahaina resident Cole Millington, his dog and a go bag at his side, was already behind the wheel of his truck late Tuesday afternoon when an emergency alert appeared on his phone. “There wasn’t really an evacuation notice for us,” Millington said. The real warning, he said, came from

By Rebekah Riess and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A US Marine who was questioned last month about a once-missing teenage girl found in his barracks has now been charged in an earlier, unrelated case, according to an update from the 1st Marine Logistics Group. The new charges are sexual assault of a minor and

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Ka’anapali, Hawaii (CNN) — On a typical day, the Ocean Spirit would be operating eco-tours across Maui as part of the non-profit Pacific Whale Foundation’s marine conservation and education program. The ship survived the Maui wildfires earlier this week that leveled entire communities and killed at least 80 people because

By Conor Powell, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California judge has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffery Ferguson, 72, is accused of killing his wife Sheryl Ferguson, 65, at their Anaheim Hills home on August 3 after an argument at a nearby restaurant. Prosecutors

CNN, KHON, KGMB, KHNL By Isabelle Chapman, Scott Bronstein, Casey Tolan and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — When Hawaii officials released a report last year ranking the natural disasters most likely to threaten state residents, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic hazards featured prominently. Near the bottom of a color-coded chart, the state emergency management agency described

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A rare walrus calf that was under 24/7 cuddle care after being found wandering alone in northern Alaska has died, according to the Alaska SeaLife Center. “We are heartbroken to share that the walrus calf admitted to the ASLC Wildlife Response Program on August 1, 2023, passed away this

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A California woman died after falling off a mountain in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, the National Park Service said. Before dawn on Friday, hiker Joy Cho of Simi Valley, California, fell off the west side of Teewinot Mountain, part of the Teton Range, the park service

By Alta Spells, Ryan Young and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A fifth person involved in the brawl along the Montgomery, Alabama, riverfront last weekend has turned himself in, police said Friday. Reggie Ray, 42, was being held in the city jail, according to a news release from the Montgomery Police Department. Police have

By Isabelle Chapman, Scott Bronstein, Casey Tolan and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — When Hawaii officials released a report last year ranking the natural disasters most likely to threaten state residents, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic hazards featured prominently. Near the bottom of a color-coded chart, the state emergency management agency described the risk of wildfires

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Wailuku, Hawaii (CNN) — Hundreds of displaced residents are taking shelter at a gymnasium in north-central Maui, as devastating wildfires have swept through the island and killed at least 80 people near its western shore. A grassroots effort to reconnect families has launched in front of the War Memorial Gymnasium in

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — The death toll in the Maui wildfire keeps mounting as search teams and their cadaver dogs continue the grim work of sifting through the ruins of burned buildings that once made up vibrant communities on island – including the picturesque town of Lahaina. At least 89 people have died

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — He’s my boss; her dog is cute; they have an exam today — pronouns are a part of speech we use to refer to ourselves and others. They’re an essential component of language — and, as of the last few years, among its most hotly contested, too.  Some of the most common words in the English language have

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Geoff Butler jumped into his truck in the dark hours of July 11 as heavy rain battered the rural Vermont town of Johnson. Just moments earlier, at roughly 2 a.m., he and his wife, Caroline, received a starting phone call from a friend who urged them to check on

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — The day began windier than usual in Lahaina, a Hawaiian sunrise painting the sky enchanting colors, a powerful breeze carrying the salty scent of the North Pacific Ocean inland. The fire that had started on the mountain early that morning had crept a little closer to their storied Maui