By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The visitors who trek to America’s national parks are already noticing the changes, just months after President Donald Trump took office. “I’ve been visiting national parks for 30 years and never has the presence of rangers been so absent,” one visitor to Zion National Park wrote in National Parks
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — You don’t have to sacrifice style for sustainability. Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright, called The Sorry Girls online, are proving you can go green without losing style cred with the content they create. MacDermaid envisioned her ideal wedding outfit and then sourced it preloved on Facebook Marketplace. Wright designed
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CNN By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — The soccer world is in mourning following the death of Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota in a car crash in Spain early on Thursday morning. He was 28. His brother, André Silva – who was also a professional footballer – also died in the accident at the
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — When Karandeep Anand’s 5-year-old daughter gets home from school, they fire up the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI so she can chat about her day with her favorite characters, such as “Libarian Linda.” Anand’s experience using the product as a parent might be helpful now that he’s
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By George Ramsay, CNN The All England Lawn Tennis Club, London (CNN) — Pauline Eyre still remembers the “extraordinary feeling” of making her first appearance at Wimbledon aged 21, taking in the noise and the crowds as she marched onto the pristine grass courts, neat and pillowy under her feet. Eyre, however, had no intentions
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By Dakin Andone, Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail on Friday after the jury in his federal sex trafficking trial returned its verdict, convicting him on two lesser charges of transportation to engage in prostitution but clearing the hip-hop mogul of the most serious charges. The verdict
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By Aaron Cooper, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a report of smoke in an airplane bathroom which led to an emergency landing in St. Louis, Missouri, and an evacuation on the runway Tuesday. United Express flight 4423, operated by GoJet Airlines, had just taken off from St. Louis Lambert
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By Bella Line Click here for updates on this story CAPE CORAL, Florida (WFTX) — A woman accused of stealing more than $500 worth of merchandise from a Cape Coral Target was arrested after jumping into a canal to evade police. Cape Coral Police officers were called to the Target off Pine Island Road on
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By Maddie Miller Click here for updates on this story ISLE OF WIGHT, Virginia (WTKR) — An Isle of Wight man is pleading guilty after a raid at his home back in December resulted in what investigators called possibly the largest supply of “finished explosive devices” ever seized in the history of the FBI. Court
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By Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story BETHANY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Court records show a father who shot and killed his 6-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself had a history of violence. On Sunday, Billy Feaster, 29, and his 6-year-old daughter, Elizibeth, were found dead in the backyard of a
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By Holly Tuggle Click here for updates on this story DARLINGTON COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — A deputy has died following an ambush during a call early Tuesday morning in Darlington County, South Carolina, according to the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office. Around 1:30 a.m., Darlington County deputies responded to a home on Old Timers Court
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By Zach Rainey Click here for updates on this story MONCKS CORNER, South Carolina (WYFF) — A grandmother has been charged after a 12-year-old was endangered during a jet ski incident in South Carolina. At 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol, along with the BCSO Dive Team, the South Carolina Department
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CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger appeared expressionless as a judge asked if he murdered four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, answering “yes” to each name called out in the courtroom Wednesday. At a change-of-plea hearing before state district Judge Steven Hippler in Boise, Idaho, the courtroom was packed with
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By Yazmin Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story MONESSEN, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Two people from Monessen are facing serious charges after dozens of videos of alleged animal abuse surfaced this week. The two are accused of beating, torturing, and even killing dogs at their home. Three of those dogs were found alive, but
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By Christopher Ulloa and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — A teenage pilot, who is attempting to fly all seven continents solo, hit a patch of rough air this weekend when Chilean authorities detained him for changing his flight plan without their permission and landing in Antarctica. Chilean prosecutors say American influencer Ethan Guo, 19, broke
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By John Miller, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Attacks perpetrated by lone actors are the biggest terrorism threat to July 4th festivities in New York City and elsewhere, federal authorities said in a threat assessment obtained by CNN. The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies issued a joint bulletin in
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By Molly Reinmann, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge grappled for over an hour on Wednesday with an effort to force the Trump administration to provide American Sign Language interpreters at White House press briefings. The case, brought by the National Association of the Deaf, alleges that, in failing to provide sufficient ASL interpretation, the
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CNN By Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — Summer temperatures have cranked up to ‘HI,’ and many Americans will be turning up the heat another notch as they light the fire on family cookouts. Unfortunately for some, more grilling means more over-cooked hamburgers, burnt bratwurst and scorched steaks. But chef Tyler Florence, whose latest cookbook is
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By Mikenzie Hammel Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (WTMJ) — On a beautiful day marked by a light breeze and plenty of sunshine, boating enthusiasts took to the waters, including Tim Vraa, who made the four-hour road trip to Sheboygan for a special experience. Tim, who broke his back at 17
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By Mike Beiermeister Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WTMJ) — A Milwaukee cyclist is searching for answers after a hit-and-run driver struck him at a Walker’s Point intersection and fled with his bicycle still attached to the vehicle’s grill. Zane Staubach was riding to work on June 16 at 11:11 a.m. when
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By Gideon Verdin Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WTMJ) — A fiery crash on the interstate could have turned deadly if not for the quick actions of strangers who pulled a man from a burning vehicle just moments before it was fully engulfed in flames. Marcus Grant was one of the first
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By Graham Cawthon Click here for updates on this story CHAPIN, South Carolina (WJCL) — Newly released footage shows two members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol chasing a pig on a busy interstate. The video was released by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. In it, you can see the two troopers running
Continue Reading SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY By Graham Cawthon Click here for updates on this story CHAPIN, South Carolina (WJCL) — Newly released footage shows two members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol chasing a pig on a busy interstate. The video was released by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. In it, you
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There is strong evidence that there is “no safe amount” of processed meat to eat, nutrition experts say in response to a new study on the connection between diet and the risk of major diseases, including cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The researchers also found elevated risks
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to permit the firing of three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, as the White House continues to attempt to assert more control over independent agencies. Trump dismissed the three Joe
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By Madison Zaleski Click here for updates on this story BOCA GRANDE, Florida (WBBH) — One of the construction workers who dove into the gulf to save a girl from a shark was arrested and could be deported. Luis Alvarez is now locked up in the Collier County Jail. Alvarez was arrested after being pulled
Continue Reading WBBH, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, COLLIER COUNTY JAIL, FAMILY PHOTOS, CNN By Madison Zaleski Click here for updates on this story BOCA GRANDE, Florida (WBBH) — One of the construction workers who dove into the gulf to save a girl from a shark was arrested and could be deported. Luis Alvarez is now locked up
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By Russ Reed Click here for updates on this story WESTBROOK, Maine (WMTW) — A police department in Maine has issued a public apology after the agency said it inadvertently shared an image of seized drugs that had been “substantially” altered by an artificial intelligence tool. The Westbrook Police Department initially shared the altered photograph
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of silence from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that’s leaving officials from across the country scrambling for answers. “We’ve been ghosted by FEMA,” Robert Wike Graham, deputy director of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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CNN By Brian Stelter and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — CBS News parent Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve an extraordinary lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” news report last fall. The long-gestating and highly controversial settlement payment was announced by Paramount late Tuesday night. Paramount said
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