About 500 residents were evacuated from a San Diego County campground over the weekend as officials work to contain a rapidly growing wildfire.The blaze -- dubbed the Southern Fire -- has scorched more than 6,500 acres and is about 25%…
The 23-month-old girl who fell out of a car and into a bay Sunday after a multi-vehicle crash on a bridge in Ocean City, Maryland, is expected to make a full recovery thanks to a "humble hero" who jumped into…
Authorities are searching for a New York college sophomore who disappeared over a week ago.Saniyya Dennis, 19, was last seen on the SUNY Buffalo State College campus on April 24, the University Police Department (UPD) told CNN."Our one and only…
The person believed to have been operating a suspected smuggling vessel that overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday, killing three people, is in custody.There were 32 people aboard the 40-foot cabin cruiser, including the captain, when the…
Destruction was reported across Mississippi after a round of tornadoes swept through the state late Sunday night, damaging buildings and littering roads with downed power lines.The National Weather Service in Memphis posted a series of tweets warning people to take…
Andrew Brown Jr.'s aunt said Sunday that not all of Brown's family members were allowed to see the body camera footage from the day he was fatally shot."I was overcome with shock and surprise because we were told to come…
Former stock car driver Eric McClure has died at age 42, NASCAR announced on Sunday.The Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff's Department confirmed McClure's death to CNN. Emergency personnel were called to McClure's home Sunday morning where they found his body.His body…
A lesbian couple at an Ohio high school said they never expected to be voted as prom king and queen, but that's what happened last month.Annie Wise and Riley Loudermilk, both 18, have been dating for six months. They were…
Three people are dead after a suspected smuggling vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning.San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson Monica Munoz told CNN they received reports of a vessel that overturned near the Cabrillo National Monument…
What was supposed to be a jubilant rite of passage was replaced by grief and tragedy in Indiana on Saturday.Two high school students died in a car crash on their way to the prom, Hamilton County sheriff's spokesperson Ryan McClain…
Kansas City Police on Saturday fatally shot an armed man who was suspected of killing two teenagers a day earlier, authorities said.The teenage brothers -- 14-year-old Abdirahman Abdulaziz and 16-year-old Abdulwahid Abdulaziz -- were fatally shot Friday after leaving Ramadan…
The United Cajun Navy, the nonprofit volunteer group that aids in search and rescue operations, is suspending its search efforts for the missing crew members of the commercial liftboat that capsized last month.Nineteen people were on board the Seacor Power,…
Two shootings in New Orleans overnight left two people dead and five others injured, police said Sunday.The first shooting happened in the city's Fifth District shortly before midnight. Officers found five victims with gunshot wounds, the New Orleans Police Department…
Four people were arrested at a Black Lives Matter march in Louisville, Kentucky, according to police, shortly after the Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs a few miles away.Two men and two women were arrested, according to the Louisville…
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of attacks on synagogues and Jewish centers in the Bronx, the New York Police Department said.Jordan Burnette is being charged with burglary as a hate crime and also faces…
Despite the strain that online learning has placed on students across the country, some have excelled -- and made history in the process.Nine students at a Houston-area high school were named valedictorians in mid-April.Yes, you read that right.The students at…
The families of soldiers lost while taking part in a secret US mission during the Vietnam War have long wanted their relatives' names included on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.Because of complexities surrounding Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 --…
Changes to the California correctional system's Good Conduct Credit (GCC) program took effect Saturday, increasing the rate at which "incarcerated individuals are able to receive credits for good behavior," a spokesperson for the corrections department said.Good conduct credits and educational…
When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that almost 8% of the millions who have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine hadn't returned to get the second shot they need, it raised concerns that…
Eleven people were taken to the hospital after a restaurant deck collapsed on Saturday afternoon, the Hamilton County, Tennessee, Office of Emergency Management said in a news release.Authorities responded to a 911 call around 4 p.m. reporting that more than…
