National-World

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of gallons of diesel were released into the Tennessee River after a tugboat sank in northwest Alabama, prompting calls for swimmers to get out of the water after the fuel began washing up on nearby shores, authorities said Sunday. The tugboat sank near O’Neal Bridge and began to

CNN, WANF By Claudia Dominguez, Joe Sutton and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Andre Longmore, the man accused of fatally shooting four people in Hampton, Georgia, on Saturday morning, was killed in a shootout with police, according to Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett. At a Sunday news conference, Scandrett announced authorities tracked the suspect and

By Polo Sandoval and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A top investigator on the Gilgo Beach serial killings task force described the suspect, Rex Heuermann, as a “demon” and said authorities are still working full-time on the case that has terrorized the Long Island community for more than a decade. Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — At least one person was killed and four others injured in a shooting early Sunday in Chicago, authorities say. Police responded to the West Garfield Park neighborhood in Chicago’s West Side around 2:07 a.m. local time and found “multiple victims were struck by gunfire,” according to an incident report

By Rebekah Riess, Michelle Watson, Raja Razek and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Four wildfires broke out in southern California’s Riverside County over the weekend amid sweltering temperatures, with much of the state under excessive heat warnings Sunday. The largest of the blazes – the Rabbit Fire – had burned 7,600 acres by Sunday

By Michelle Watson and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Monica De Leon Barba, a United States citizen who was kidnapped last November while walking home in Mexico, is being transported to the US after her captors set her free, according to FBI authorities in San Francisco. “The FBI is pleased to announce that Monica De

By Michelle Watson, Melissa Alonso and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III is expected to become the president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Sunday, taking the helm from outgoing civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The official transfer of leadership is set to take place Sunday, with Vice

Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A sudden marine heat wave off the coast of Florida has surprised scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs, threatening one of the most severe coral bleaching events the state has ever seen. Sea surface temperatures around Florida have reached the highest levels on record since satellites began

CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — An urgent rescue operation is underway to save Florida coral species from extinction as a mass bleaching event and die-off from unprecedented water temperatures spreads across reefs in the the Florida Keys. Multiple reefs around the Florida Keys are now completely bleached or dead in a grim escalation

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Summer is a great time to take a vacation and experience some of nature’s wonders. But far too often, travelers take a toll on local habitats or wildlife. Check out these suggestions for how to be an environmentally friendly tourist. Here’s what else you need to know to Start

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann left his office near the Empire State Building and strolled down a still-bustling Fifth Avenue as the sun set on a hot Thursday evening in Manhattan. The 59-year-old architect, whose customers included Catholic Charities, American Airlines and other tenants at John F. Kennedy International Airport, is seen

By Melissa Alonso and Jeremy Grisham, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama woman who went missing after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of an interstate has returned home, authorities said. Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, 25, had been missing since Thursday night, when she called 911 and told