The United States' largest reservoir is draining rapidly. Plagued by extreme, climate change-fueled drought and increasing demand for water, Lake Mead on Wednesday registered its lowest level on record since the reservoir was filled in the 1930s.Lake Mead, a Colorado…
The first tropical system of the season could be headed our way by the end of the week. If the storm materializes, it will be named Claudette and is expected to bring nearly a foot of rain to parts of…
Mike Lewis Jr. was on a call with the doctor last month when he heard the sudden and frantic beeping of machines.His father, also named Mike Lewis, was being treated for Covid-19 at a hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. The…
A 2-year-old boy from Florida is back in the hospital after suffering complications from swallowing part of a toy composed of small magnetic balls.Hannah Arrington told CNN that Konin, the youngest of her five children, found the pieces to the…
Three weeks after a gunman opened fire at a San Jose public transit rail yard and killed nine people, officials in the Northern California city passed a law requiring retailers to videotape all gun purchases.The San Jose City Council passed…
One Honolulu police officer has been charged with murder, and two others face attempted murder charges in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy that followed a high-speed chase, prosecutors said in a news release.Iremamber Sykap was shot eight times…
A brazen daytime shoplifting incident captured on video at a Walgreens in San Francisco on Monday has highlighted what local officials say has become a consistent problem, particularly for chain drug stores in the city.The video, captured by a reporter…
For much of US history, Juneteenth has been a date observed mostly by Black Americans commemorating the symbolic end of slavery.Since the reckoning reignited by the killing of George Floyd last year, though, the tide has changed enormously.All but one…
Survivors of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of a former University of Michigan athletics' doctor called for an investigation by the state's attorney general at a news conference Wednesday into school employees who may have known of the abuse…
Jessica Barber said that when she saw video of her 18-year-old son, Taizier Griffin, being tased by Ocean City, Maryland, police officers, her heart dropped."I always told my children you do what the police say -- put your hands up…
The Senate has unanimously passed a resolution establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US. It needs to pass the House and be signed by President Joe Biden to become…
Six people, including three children, were injured when a boat exploded Tuesday on the Lake of the Ozarks, officials said.It happened early afternoon as the 26-foot boat was docked in the Osage Arm of the lake, the Missouri State Highway…
The manner of death of Jamal Sutherland, who died earlier this year in a South Carolina jail while being forcibly removed from a cell, has been changed to homicide, the Charleston County coroner confirmed Wednesday.Coroner Bobbi Jo O'Neal told reporters…
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report into the May 29 plane crash that killed seven people, including Remnant Fellowship Church founder and Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara and her husband, "Tarzan: The Epic Adventures" actor William…
A New York judge on Tuesday approved Harvey Weinstein's extradition to Los Angeles County so that the imprisoned former movie producer can face further sexual assault charges.Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case denied Weinstein's attorney's motion to further delay the…
An 8-year-old boy is in a medically induced coma following a shooting in Cincinnati on Monday, according to police.The boy's mother, Marcella Thompson, told CNN affiliate WLWT, "He's fighting so hard. He's the strongest child I've ever seen. They told…
Three Arkansas police officers were injured Monday after being assaulted by a man wielding an iron pipe.An officer from the Hoxie Police Department encountered a man walking along an overpass on Highway 367 Monday morning wielding a pipe, according to…
Videos of police arresting people in Ocean City, Maryland, on Saturday while enforcing a smoking ordinance have highlighted the use-of-force techniques employed by the officers.The videos, obtained by CNN and confirmed by Ocean City Police to show parts of the…
The suspect in an overnight shooting that killed two employees at a Mueller Co. facility in Alabama was later found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Tuesday.Two other employees were injured in the shooting.The suspect, identified as…
More than 15 months after becoming the first state in the US to implement a stay-at-home order due to the Covid-19 pandemic, California fully reopened its economy on Tuesday.That happened after more than 70% of eligible residents received at least…
