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By Pete Muntean, Theresa Waldrop and Sharif Paget, CNN A worker at an airport who stole a twin-engine plane Saturday morning and threatened to crash it into a Mississippi Walmart was arrested after he eventually landed in a field, police said. In a news conference Saturday, Tupelo Police Chief John Quaka identified the arrested pilot

By Andi Babineau, Jennifer Feldman and Kelly Murray, CNN An Ohio father faces charges in the death of his 1-year-old son after he intentionally left the baby in a hot car, police said. In a Facebook post, New Philadelphia Police Chief Michael Goodwin says the child was initially brought unresponsive into the emergency room by

By Amanda Musa, CNN Twenty-three years later, Frank DeAngelis vividly recalls the day his life changed forever. On April 20, 1999, he was the principal at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, when two students — carrying guns and bombs — entered the school and opened fire. Thirteen people died that day — 12 students

By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Brandon Tensley, CNN Photos by Austin Steele, CNN James Taylor lugged two 24-count cases of bottled water to his pickup truck as the sun beamed its rays onto the parking lot of Grocery Depot in west Jackson, Mississippi. It was already a scalding 88 degrees around 10 a.m. Taylor was

By Ella Nilsen, CNN A city in New Mexico has about 20 days of fresh water left, and officials there are scrambling to find another source to prevent cancer-causing particles from flowing out of faucets. The hillsides around Las Vegas, New Mexico, were scorched by the state’s largest wildfire on record this spring, which burned

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Virginia man’s quip about winning the lottery turned out to be a lot more than just a joke. Charles Smith, a resident of Newport News, was saying goodbye to his wife before a trip when he joked, “I’ll call you when I win the lottery,” according to a news release

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The situation remains dire for many Jackson, Mississippi, residents as the city enters the sixth day since a major water plant failed, leaving thousands of people unable to access clean tap water. Efforts to restore the supply suffered a setback Friday when a chemical imbalance and reduced water pressure were detected.

By Andy Rose, CNN The autopsy report for Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man who died after a struggle with police in Colorado, was changed in response to new evidence from a grand jury investigation, Adams County Chief Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan confirmed on Friday. However, she said she cannot release the amended report because of

CNN By Paul P. Murphy, CNN During a March 2022 site visit, US Environmental Protection Agency staff found that the City of Jackson, Mississippi, did not have adequate staffing for its water system and that as a result of that, routine and preventative maintenance on parts of the system were not being performed. The findings

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN During a March 2022 site visit, US Environmental Protection Agency staff found that the City of Jackson, Mississippi, did not have adequate staffing for its water system and that as a result of that, routine and preventative maintenance on parts of the system were not being performed. The findings of

By Nicki Brown, Sharif Paget and Kelly Murray, CNN A student at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School in Baltimore, Maryland, has died after being shot Friday in the schoolyard, according to Baltimore Police. School had just started for the year on Monday. A suspect approached the victim, 17, during dismissal. The encounter became heated, and

By Cheri Mossburg and Alaa Elassar, CNN A federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed an indictment on Thursday that charged a dive boat captain with manslaughter for the deaths of 34 people after a fire broke out on his vessel on Labor Day 2019. The Conception, a 75-foot dive boat, caught fire and sunk in

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Memphis police are searching for a schoolteacher they say was abducted while she was out on a jog Friday morning. Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4:30 a.m. when an unidentified person approached her, police said. She was forced into a mid-sized dark SUV and taken from the scene, police

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of activist and award-winning actress Jane Fonda. Personal Birth date: December 21, 1937 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda Father: Henry Fonda, actor Mother: Frances Ford Seymour (Brokaw) Fonda, socialite Marriages: Ted Turner (December 21, 1991-May 22, 2001, divorced); Tom