Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison.Chauvin, in a light gray suit and tie and white shirt, spoke briefly before the…
The fire chief helping to lead search and rescue efforts at the South Florida building collapse that killed at least four people had a message Friday for the families of the 159 others unaccounted for.Have hope."There's always hope," Miami-Dade Fire…
A school board in Southern California unanimously approved a resolution Thursday denouncing racism and racial discrimination after some community members flung tortillas at a predominately Latino high school basketball team."I think this is a good start," said Escondido Union High…
After a video was shared on social media showing the arrests Wednesday of two siblings by police in Rock Hill, South Carolina, state law enforcement officials are looking into the circumstances which have sparked two nights of protests.Rock Hill Police…
A statue of George Floyd that was unveiled in New York on Juneteenth by Floyd's brother was vandalized early Thursday morning and police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, a law enforcement official told CNN.Black spray paint was…
In June, Louie Michael and his wife, Patti, were admitted as Covid-19 patients at Springfield's Mercy Hospital, one of two major hospitals in southwest Missouri.Pattie was hospitalized first. She has asthma and is immunocompromised. Michael followed the next day, arriving…
One man happened to be walking his dog. Another awoke to "an incredible bang" only to discover dust and debris outside his third-floor condominium.When part of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed early Thursday, it…
When Britney Spears asked a court this week to end her years-long conservatorship, she renewed attention on a little-understood section of US law.A convervatorship is a legal arrangement that gives a court-appointed individual, known as the conservator, the power to…
The parents of a student who died during the Parkland school shooting tricked a former president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to give a speech in front of thousands of empty chairs representing victims of school gun violence.Video posted online shows…
A Virginia school district is under fire after chaos erupted during public comment at a school board meeting earlier this week over a proposed transgender policy and claims that critical race theory is being taught in the classroom.The turmoil ended…
The dead and unaccounted for residents of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, reflect the area's rich cultural diversity. The international tragedy has touched members of a tight-knit Jewish community and families from as far away as Argentina, Paraguay and…
A controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt will finally be moved from its current location after years of debate -- and one year after a formal request for its removal.The statue debuted in 1940 and stands in front of the American…
As New York Mets pitcher Tylor Megill walked off the mound after his Major League Baseball debut Wednesday night, the home faithful got to their feet and heartily applauded the 25-year-old.But those cheers soured when Megill was forced to make…
Dozens of condominiums in a Surfside, Florida, residential tower were destroyed when part of the building collapsed early Thursday.At least four people were killed and 159 people are unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County officials said Friday morning.A search and rescue operation…
Out walking his dog after midnight, Nicholas Balboa felt the ground shake.Plumes of dust and debris soon billowed all around as a massive section of a condo complex in Surfside, Florida, crashed to the ground Thursday.No one could have survived,…
An extraordinary heat wave could hit the northwestern US this weekend, with triple-digit temperatures all the way up to Oregon. To make matters worse, people in some of these places may not have AC, since such record-breaking temps are almost…
A manhunt continued Thursday after a police officer was shot in Daytona Beach, Florida, authorities said."A $100,000 reward is now available for anyone who can help authorities locate the man who shot one of our officers in the head earlier…
An intense search and rescue effort will continue through the night after part of a 12-story residential building collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida town of Surfside, killing at least one and leaving almost 100 people unaccounted for.About 55…
Officials in Manatee County, Florida, were able to identify the patient zero in a recent outbreak of the coronavirus that swept through a government building and left two employees dead and several hospitalized, all of whom were unvaccinated.Officials learned through…
An ultrasound technologist who says she was fired by a Houston hospital because she wouldn't get vaccinated against the coronavirus told CNN on Wednesday, "I don't want to work for people like that. Don't take away my choice."LaTricia Blank worked…
