CNN  —  US military fighter jets shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Saturday. The operation ended a remarkable public drama that prompted a diplomatic fallout between Washington and Beijing, as the American public tracked the balloon from […]

CNN  —  Another Memphis police officer has been fired and two first responders had their licenses suspended following the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols last month, officials announced Friday. The former police officer, Preston Hemphill, was relieved of his duties for violating multiple departmental policies, including personal conduct and truthfulness, the Memphis Police […]

CNN  —  The US is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental United States, defense officials said on Thursday, a discovery that risks adding further strain to tense US-China relations. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the US government has been tracking the balloon for several days as it made its […]

CNN  —  The transformation of George Santos began in 2019, the year he went from Anthony Devolder, just another New Yorker sharing political musings on social media, to a Republican congressional candidate with a compelling fictional resume. His improbable rise to the House of Representatives started as he joined a group of pro-Donald Trump activists […]

Editor’s Note: Maya Wiley is the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She was a 2021 candidate for New York City mayor. The views in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion on CNN. CNN  —  Tyre Nichols, who will be laid to rest on Wednesday, was killed […]

CNN  —  Cindy Williams, the dynamic actress known best for playing the bubbly Shirley Feeney on the beloved sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died, according to a statement from her family, provided to CNN by a representative. She was 75. Williams died after a short illness, said the statement from her children Zak and Emily […]

CNN  —  Authorities in southwestern Oregon are warning that a man suspected of kidnapping a woman and beating her unconscious may now be using dating apps to evade capture or find potential new victims, according to police. The suspect, 36-year-old Benjamin Obadiah Foster, has so far evaded capture but he appears active on online dating […]

CNN  —  A Texas National Guard member shot a migrant in the shoulder during an encounter in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas last week, according to a recent joint Army Times and Texas Tribune report. A federal law enforcement source confirmed to CNN a migrant was shot and injured in the incident. This […]

Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence. CNN  —  Tyre Nichols screamed for his mother and Memphis police officers struck him multiple times – including in the face while his hands were restrained – toward the end of the Black man’s deadly encounter with the officers this month, video released by the city […]

Mounted Memphis Police Department officers are seennext to the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, January 26. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network) Police departments across the country told CNN they are either monitoring the events in Memphis, Tennessee, closely or already have plans in place in case of large-scale protests […]