National-World

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Texas Hill Country had over a month until its young students were scheduled to go back to school. But after devastating floods swept through the region on July 4, Kerr County schools opened their doors early to welcome emergency responders and muddy volunteers pouring into rural Texas. In the

By Devon M. Sayers, CNN Miami (CNN) — A federal judge heard arguments Monday but declined to make an immediate ruling about the legal conditions of detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz.” US District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz II heard arguments over detainee access to attorneys, if a clear immigration court was assigned for those held at the

CNN, POOL, GETTY IMAGES, WSVN By Devon M. Sayers, CNN Miami (CNN) — A federal judge heard arguments Monday but declined to make an immediate ruling about the legal conditions of detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz.” US District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz II heard arguments over detainee access to attorneys, if a clear immigration court was assigned

By Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Soon after the convicted murderer and rapist known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was recaptured after evading police for more than 10 days in the rocky terrain and dense vegetation of rural northwest Arkansas, officials say they interviewed him at least five times about how he

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — The vehicle belonging to a Sacramento woman who went missing with her baby last month has been found submerged in a central California canal, and authorities say two bodies discovered inside likely belong to the mother and child. Whisper Owen, 36, and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, were last

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job. The New Mexico National Guard is in Albuquerque to help counter what officials have called a

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN New York (CNN) — Police are searching for multiple shooters who killed three people and wounded nine others in a shooting authorities say stemmed from a gang-related dispute at a crowded Brooklyn lounge overnight. Police have identified 12 victims from the shooting that took place just before 3:30 a.m. at Taste

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Fear in the streets. Buildings burning. Law enforcement struggling to tamp down violence and control chaos. It’s the kind of scene that has brought a federal military response to US cities in the past. And it’s a vision of Washington, DC, that President Donald Trump is invoking to bring

By Gordon Ebanks, CNN (CNN) — Two Minnesota fishermen made an unexpected discovery beneath the Mississippi River this week when sonar technology led them to what authorities say could be a break in a decades-old cold case. Brody Loch, one of the fishermen, told CNN affiliate WCCO he spotted a car in the river using

By Taylor Romine, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — After serving several decades in prison, Erik and Lyle Menendez are facing the possibility of freedom as the California Board of Parole Hearings this week considers whether they’ve adequately atoned for the 1989 murder of their parents. While this may seem like the final moment in the

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — At parks, coffee shops, churches and government buildings around the country, hundreds of groups are gathering today with a simple message: “Stop the Trump takeover.” The rallies are a bid to combat Republican-led plans to redraw congressional maps. The main event will take place in Texas, where a new