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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — It might have been a preseason game, but it proved to be a historic one on Sunday night. During the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason game against the Phoenix Suns, LeBron and Bronny James became the first father/son duo to play together on an NBA team. The pair took the

By Sarah Dewberry and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A Frontier Airlines flight seemed to catch fire as it made what officials described as a “hard landing” at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on Saturday. Flight 1326 was arriving from San Diego, and the plane was “in the process of landing,” when smoke was reported

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The question for prosecutors reexamining the murder convictions of Lyle and Erik Menendez is not whether they killed their parents, but how culpable they really are. “There’s no question that they committed the killing,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Saturday. “The question

CNN By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Threats to Jews in the United States tripled in the one-year period since the deadly October 7 terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, preliminary data provided to CNN by the Anti-Defamation League shows. More than 10,000 antisemitic incidents occurred between October 7, 2023, and September 2024 – up

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Calvin Buari parked the black Volkswagen Jetta outside the maximum-security prison he’d called home for years. He gazed up at the hulking concrete wall of the Green Haven Correctional Facility and inhaled deeply. Only weeks before, he’d been on the other side of those walls. But on this June

By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Threats to Jews in the United States tripled in the one-year period since the deadly October 7 terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, preliminary data provided to CNN by the Anti-Defamation League shows. More than 10,000 antisemitic incidents occurred between October 7, 2023, and September 2024 – up from

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — In the week since Helene pummeled western North Carolina, many people have offered a glimpse of hope to displaced residents. They have deployed mules with supplies to places isolated by the damage. They have given shelter to dozens of stranded residents. And they have found alternative ways to distribute food

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — On the last Thursday of September, as Hurricane Helene was setting out on a path of destruction from Florida to the southern Appalachians, Kim and Rod Ashby stopped at the home they were building in Elk Park, North Carolina. A light rain was falling but the Ashbys “felt safe

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Carroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The families of the 11 Tennessee plastics plant workers swept away by Hurricane Helene’s deadly floodwaters are demanding answers from the company after its officials claimed no flood warnings or alerts were issued before the start of the workers’ shift, contradicting official weather reports. Only five

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The unprecedented number of airplanes, helicopters and drones swooping in to help with post-Helene recovery efforts over the past week are now posing a safety hazard, officials say. At various times, 30 planes nearly collided midair last Saturday, a federal source familiar with the matter told CNN. The surge

By Joe Sutton, Raja Razek, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan, Ashley R. Williams, Samantha Waldenberg and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from Helene has risen to at least 232 people across six states, according to CNN’s tally, after more deaths were announced over the weekend in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Helene

By Paradise Afshar and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked Friday night while walking near their home in New York City, according to a spokesperson for Paterson. When officers arrived at the scene at about 8:30 p.m. ET on Second Avenue near East 96th Street, they

By Raja Razek and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — The famed Blue Ridge Parkway – spanning more than 400 miles – remains closed with no reopening date, according to the National Park Service. “The entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia is closed as crews continue their assessment of the damage from Hurricane

By Graham Hurley and Dalia Faheid, CNN | Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — The Friday night football game at Apalachee High School began as it usually would with a cheering crowd and national anthem performance – but this game was punctured by a moment of silence that weighed heavy on the

By Michelle Krupa, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A week after a 14-year-old with a semi-automatic rifle killed two fellow students and two teachers at a high school in Winder, Georgia, cell phones started buzzing about 50 miles away. An automated call, then a text from Atlanta Public Schools pinged on the evening of Wednesday, September