National-World

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jarrod Wardwell, CNN US Border Patrol agents arrested a man allegedly attempting to smuggle approximately 250 pounds of fentanyl in his truck’s spare tire and gas tank near the Mexican-California border Monday, the agency said. Agents who searched the man’s vehicle found several bundles of pills that tested positive for fentanyl,

By Stephanie Elam and Kacey Cherry, CNN Gems and jewelry worth millions of dollars were stolen from an armored truck parked at a rest stop near Los Angeles, officials said, setting off a multi-agency investigation. The heist unfolded between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. July 11 at a Flying J rest stop and gas station

By Paradise Afshar and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A 19-year-old man entered a guilty plea Tuesday in connection with the murders of his mother and three siblings in 2020 at their home in Grantsville, Utah, his attorney says. Colin Jeffery Haynie, who goes by Jeffery, “did accept responsibility today and entered guilty pleas to all of

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to $630 million after there were no winners to match Tuesday’s winning six numbers. The numbers were 2, 31, 32, 37, 70 plus the gold Mega Ball 25, according to the lottery’s website. The night’s $555 million jackpot was the fifth largest in the lottery’s

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Emmett Till grew up in a two-story, red brick house on the South Side of Chicago before leaving the city in 1955 to visit family in Mississippi, where the 14-year-old Black teen was lynched after being accused of whistling at a White woman. An African American cultural preservation organization on Tuesday

By Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers and Ray Sanchez, CNN Police departments from Atlanta to Kansas City to Portland are coping with critical staffing shortages and struggling to fill their ranks from patrol officers to 911 operators, as the warm weather historically portends bursts of violence in many parts of the United States. “The people

CNN By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A fire broke out at the Hoover Dam on Tuesday at about 10 a.m. local time when a transformer caught fire, sending plumes of black smoke into the air, according to the Bureau of Reclamation. The fire was extinguished about 30 minutes later by the Reclamation/Hoover fire brigade, the bureau’s

By Emily Chang and Laura Ly, CNN A Bronx man was indicted on 23 charges on Monday after allegedly sexually assaulting three people in one week, including a woman who allegedly used the Grubhub food delivery service to escape, according to the Bronx District Attorney’s office. Kemoy Royal, 32, allegedly attacked three women over the

CNN By Shimon Prokupecz and Eric Levenson, CNN Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officials have informed district police chief Pete Arredondo that the school board intends to meet Saturday to decide on his fate, according to a source close to the discussions. The source told CNN Tuesday the board is expected to vote to terminate

By Shimon Prokupecz and Eric Levenson, CNN Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officials have informed district police chief Pete Arredondo that the school board intends to meet Saturday to decide on his fate, according to a source close to the discussions. The source told CNN Tuesday the board is expected to vote to terminate Arredondo,

CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Before she was gunned down with her classmates, 10-year-old Alithia Haven Ramirez, of Uvalde, Texas, wanted to be an artist who shared her creations with the world. Google is obliging. Earlier this year, the search giant asked students to submit entries for its Doodle for Google contest. The winner