National-World

By Jeff Winter, Karina Tsui, Tina Burnside and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A 43-year-old father was shot and killed in his home by a Las Vegas police officer last week, authorities said, after he called 911 for help and struggled with a woman he knew over a knife. Brandon Durham’s family has asked for

By Gloria Pazmino, Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — “Someone’s attacking here. F train,” Morielyn Sanchez told the 911 operator. “He’s trying to attack everybody.” “They’re holding him down right now,” she said, the panic in the 18-year-old’s voice apparent. Sanchez’s 911 call was one of several that prosecutors aired during their

By Nic F. Anderson, Melissa Alonso, John Miller, Sabrina Shulman and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Three unprovoked stabbings across Manhattan Monday morning that left two men and one woman dead show how the criminal justice and mental health systems fail New Yorkers, the city’s mayor said. The suspect is 51-year-old Ramon Rivera – who

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and 10 others were injured in two shootings during a popular New Orleans second-line parade on Sunday, according to the New Orleans Police Department. “There are two different scenes here. There are two different shooting events. They are 45 minutes apart from each other,” Superintendent

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A former Missouri police officer and a former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper have been indicted separately on federal charges accusing them of taking nude images from women’s phones during traffic stops while on duty. Julian Alcala, a 29-year-old former police officer in Florissant, was indicted Wednesday in federal

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — California is stripping the word “squaw” – a derogatory term for Indigenous women – from dozens of place names across 15 counties, state agencies recently announced. For decades, the names of more than 100 of the state’s parks, buildings, streets, bridges and other geographic features and locations have

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — CL Daniel was serving in the US Army at Camp Gordon in Georgia during World War I when he suffered a serious leg injury and was honorably discharged in 1919. As a new veteran, Daniel made his way to Ogden, Utah, to help build railroad tracks, his family

By Brian Todd, CNN Washington (CNN) — It’s almost unimaginable today. A police car slowly moving down your street, its loudspeaker blaring: “Do not take Tylenol until further notice.” But that was indeed the scene in Chicago’s suburbs in the fall of 1982. The events that led to those warnings sent chills down the spines

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — When an overwhelmed man came to a New Hampshire animal shelter last week hoping to surrender 150 mice, shelter employees were ready to assist. But now, the shelter is facing an “enormous” breeding problem, the director said – because the man didn’t have just 150 mice. He had 150

By Alaa Elassar and Leigh Waldman, CNN Greenwood Lake, New York (CNN) — John Towsen and his wife, Riley Kellogg, watched in horror last Sunday as the flames in nearby trees inched closer and closer to their home of nearly five years. Suddenly, they realized they had no choice but to evacuate. “We didn’t know

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of screenshots. A growing list of unopened texts and emails. Yet another notification that your phone’s storage is almost full. That’s the reality for many of us in the digital age. But be warned: If your device is filled with too much digital clutter, it