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A destructive tornado crosses I-80 near Lincoln, Nebraska, on Friday, April 26.

Powerful tornado tears across Nebraska, weather service warns of ‘catastrophic’ damage

(CNN) — Devastating tornadoes tore across parts of eastern Nebraska and northeast Texas Friday as a multi-day severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States. Storms began firing...

The scene of a shooting in Philadelphia on April 10, 2024.

5 people arrested after shooting in West Philadelphia

Philadelphia CNN — Five people have been arrested and multiple firearms have been recovered after a Wednesday afternoon shooting in West Philadelphia, police say. The shooting unfolded at roughly...

Two or three times a week, Elmira takes a bus into Kharkiv city center to her school, nestled in a tunnel of a subway station

‘We won’t hear the bangs’: Ukrainian city moves schools into metro stations

CNN —  It was a special day for Elmira Dergousova when Russian tanks rolled across the border into Ukraine: her fifth birthday. A plastic crown perched on her head, she blew the candles out on...

James Crumbley has pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter

What the conviction of the Michigan school shooter’s mother means for the father’s upcoming trial

By Eric Levenson, CNN February 12, 2024

CNN- The conviction of Jennifer Crumbley has potential implications for gun-owning parents everywhere. None more so than for her husband, James Crumbley. Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty Tuesday of...

The shooting occurred on the platform at the Mt. Eden station, the law enforcement source said.

1 dead, 5 injured in New York subway shooting after fight breaks out on platform, law enforcement source says

By John Miller and Celina Tebor, CNN February 12, 2024

CNN- One person is dead and five others were injured in a shooting at a subway station in the Bronx borough of New York after a fight broke out late Monday afternoon, a law enforcement source told CNN. The...

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter taxies in 2023 at Inyokern Airfield, California.

5 Marines confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed in Southern California

CNN- Five US Marines have been confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed in a remote area of Southern California during a training flight Tuesday night, according to a news release from their Marine...

Kevin Kangethe, a suspect in the killing of a nurse in Boston, appeared before a judge last week in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, where he was arrested.

A fugitive suspected of killing a nurse in Boston was captured last month in Kenya. Now he’s escaped from police

CNN- A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Boston before fleeing to Kenya has escaped from a Nairobi jail, where he was awaiting extradition after his capture last week. Kevin Kangethe, 42, was...

he Blount County Sheriff's Office is looking for Kenneth Dehart, who is a suspect in a fatal officer-involved shooting, officials said

Manhunt underway for Tennessee man suspected of fatally shooting sheriff’s deputy and injuring another, officials say

CNN- A search is underway in east Tennessee for a man suspected of shooting and killing a sheriff’s deputy and injuring another during a traffic stop on Thursday, authorities said. The suspect, 42-year-old...

The unique preservation of the Sanfordiacaulis densifolia tree, where the trunk is surrounded by more than 250 spirally arranged leaves, was the result of earthquakes in a 352-million-year-old rift-lake system, now exposed in New Brunswick, Canada

Rare ancient tree discovery has scientists ‘gobsmacked’

By Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN February 2, 2024

(CNN)- Trees are believed to have originated hundreds of millions of years ago. Ever since, evidence of these ancient plant sentinels has been in short supply. Now, a new discovery of uniquely 3D tree...

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter predictions are in

CNN- Punxsutawney Phil – the famous groundhog weather watcher – woke up and did not see his shadow Friday morning, calling for an early spring. Each February 2, on Groundhog Day, the members of...

Smoke rises from a fire after a plane crash in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday

3 killed in fiery small-plane crash at mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, officials say

CNN — A preliminary FAA report published Friday morning shows three people were killed Thursday evening in a fiery crash when a small plane smashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida. The...

University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks to her coach after winning the 500 meter freestyle during an NCAA college swimming meet with Harvard on January 22, 2022.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas begins legal case against swimming’s world governing body

By David Close and Emma Tucker, January 26, 2024

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has begun legal proceedings against World Aquatics, swimming’s governing body, after it voted to restrict transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics...

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