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By Melissa Alonso, Keith Allen and David Williams, CNN A collision between a dump truck and a trailer carrying about 100 monkeys on Friday scattered crates of live animals across a road in Montour County, Pennsylvania, and prompted a search for a “small number of monkeys,” the state police said. On Saturday night, two Pennsylvania

By Drew F. Lawrence, CNN It was Tom Brady’s name that got his family out of Afghanistan, and it was a Buccaneers game that helped the former Afghan interpreter turned US Army soldier reunite with a veteran friend he hadn’t seen for a decade. The game on Sunday in Tampa was the first time Said

CNN By Randi Kaye, CNN Before taking his own life, Brian Laundrie wrote in a notebook he was responsible for Gabby Petito‘s death, according to the FBI. “A review of the notebook revealed written statements by Mr. Laundrie claiming responsibility for Ms. Petito’s death,” the FBI’s Denver Field Office said in a statement released Friday.

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Researchers have discovered a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and fewer instances of lightning reported during worldwide shutdowns in the spring of 2020. Global lightning activity decreased nearly 8% in 2020 amid lockdowns triggered by the pandemic, according to research presented in December at the annual meeting of the American

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was involved in a multi-vehicle crash Friday evening in Los Angeles with a representative telling People magazine that he wasn’t hurt. “He is fine, his only concern right now is for the woman who was injured,” the representative said. The crash happened around 4:35

By David Williams, CNN After years of caring for surgery patients at a Canadian hospital, a veteran nurse has left the profession to start a new, high-demand career as a long-haul truck driver. Leah Gorham, 42, said she loved being a nurse but frustrations over persistent staff shortages — which she said started before the

By Eric Levenson, CNN The judge overseeing a settled lawsuit against convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell now has to decide whether the identities of those mentioned in the suit will be revealed. The decision stems from a 2015 defamation lawsuit brought by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claimed Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her while she was

CNN, WTOP By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Police in Virginia said a woman has been charged after she claimed at a school board meeting she would show up with loaded guns if her children were required to wear masks at school. In the post on the department’s Facebook page, authorities said Amelia King, 42 of

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Police in Virginia said a woman has been charged after she claimed at a school board meeting she would show up with loaded guns if her children were required to wear masks at school. In the post on the department’s Facebook page, authorities said Amelia King, 42 of Luray, was

By Mirna Alsharif and Alaa Elassar, CNN A man was arrested for allegedly creating multiple disturbances and exposing himself to a flight attendant and passengers during a Delta Air Lines flight. On an eight-hour flight traveling from Dublin, Ireland to New York City on January 7, Shane McInerney, 29, allegedly refused to wear a face

By Stella Chan, CNN The man suspected of killing Brianna Kupfer while she was alone at work last week was charged Friday with murder, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. “Those who show no compassion for human life will face serious consequences,” District Attorney George Gascón said in a news release. “The

By Mark Morales, CNN One New York police officer is dead and another is in critical condition after a suspect in a domestic disturbance opened fire Friday evening inside a Harlem apartment, authorities said. Police identified the slain officer as Jason Rivera, and the New York Police Department (NYPD) said on Twitter it was mourning

GABSPETITO, INSTAGRAM, MOAB POLICE DEPT, CNN, gabspetito/Instagram By Randi Kaye, CNN Before taking his own life, Brian Laundrie wrote in a notebook he was responsible for Gabby Petito‘s death, according to the FBI. “A review of the notebook revealed written statements by Mr. Laundrie claiming responsibility for Ms. Petito’s death,” the FBI’s Denver Field Office

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Michigan judge who berated an elderly cancer patient for his untidy yard has apologized for her behavior, and said she “made a mistake, acted intemperately” and is “very embarrassed.” Burhan Chowdhury, 72, was given a citation in May of 2021 for not keeping up with the yard work at his

By Stella Chan, CNN Weeks before her lawsuit is set to go to trial, lawyers for Vanessa Bryant allege photos of the crash that killed her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, their daughter, and others were shared widely, according to court documents. “Discovery has shown that the close-up photos of Gianna and Kobe’s remains were

CNN By Nicole Chavez, CNN The New York City Police Department has arrested a woman accused of harassing and spitting on an 8-year-old Jewish boy outside a Brooklyn synagogue last week, authorities said. The woman, identified as 21-year-old Christina Darling, was charged with multiple counts including aggravated harassment as a hate crime, acting in a