CNN's Hanako Montgomery is outside Japan's Kyoto station where the missing 20-year-old Auburn university student James "Weston" Higginbotham was last spotted as his family plead for him to be found.
June 04, 2026
Mass shooting after California high school graduation kills teen, wounds 3
June 04, 2026
Fossil reveals bizarre gliding creature that hunted birds 120 million years ago
June 04, 2026
The Literary Arts Fund has announced $7.7 million in grants across 40 organizations in 19 states
June 04, 2026
Minneapolis mulls closing Minnehaha Off-Leash Dog Park after discovering it sits on sacred tribal land
June 04, 2026
Researchers say this new Trump rule could destroy American science as we know it. They’re fighting back
June 04, 2026
The constitutional prohibition of ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but courts have not stopped states from attempting to execute the same man again.
June 04, 2026
Some of what happens during youth can’t be reversed. It’s another reason to rethink kids’ screen time
June 04, 2026
Brunei's ruler announced a major cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, creating new key portfolios and appointing two of his younger sons as ministers, in a sign of
June 04, 2026
A team of researchers worked grueling, hot hours in the desert to understand the history of life in Earth’s oceans after a major extinction event.
June 04, 2026
Ben Franklin led an effort to print paper bills in the American colonies, after a coin shortage constrained the economy.
June 04, 2026
Patience is a virtue that researchers have linked to many parts of well-being. But it’s also something that needs a bit of practice and training – and can be undermined by instant, easy gratification.
June 04, 2026
About a third of Americans report using high-interest credit cards for everyday expenses as costs continue to rise.
June 04, 2026
Approximately 400,000 bison roam the North American landscape today, of which nearly 90% are considered livestock.
June 04, 2026
Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at 56
June 04, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda
June 04, 2026
Amazon on Thursday unveiled an upgraded AI-powered mobile robot for its warehouses that can respond to conversational prompts, as part of a €10
June 04, 2026
A first look inside the $850 million Obama Presidential Center
June 04, 2026
João Victor Gonçalves, from one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest favelas, has achieved a dream by playing soccer internationally
June 04, 2026
Thursday marks 37 years since China bloodily suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own
June 04, 2026
Eight days before Mexico City kicks off the World Cup, mass protests by teachers and retired judges, road closures and last-minute
June 04, 2026
The U.S.
June 04, 2026
Ohio State University has reached a $100 million settlement with nearly 300 former students who had accused the school's campus doctor of sexually assaulting them
June 04, 2026
Ohio State University has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle hundreds of legal claims from former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a doctor at the university
June 04, 2026
Police say a man held 10 people hostage inside a California office building before the FBI shot and killed him, bringing a more than 15-hour standoff to an end
June 03, 2026
Dozens of anti-immigration enforcement protesters who face federal criminal charges after they interrupted a Minnesota church service in January, accompanied by former CNN journalist Don Lemon, will not additionally face state charges
June 04, 2026
The Canadian government has endorsed a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park and zoo in Ontario to aquariums in the U.S. and Spain
June 04, 2026
The House for the first time has approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran
June 04, 2026
Couple vows to restore beloved 'little library' destroyed by vandals
June 04, 2026
Utah bus driver sentenced to 5 years in prison for setting bus on fire with children inside
June 04, 2026
Swastika flag raised at NYU leads to hate crime charges for Connecticut man
June 04, 2026
Warrant: 'I did it' Teen accused of killing his sister admits to friend over FaceTime
June 04, 2026
42 dogs improperly euthanized at animal shelter, state says
June 04, 2026
Woman takes on a 40-mile high-altitude Andes trek to raise money for prostate cancer research
June 04, 2026
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday elected Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe to the 15-member U.N.
June 03, 2026
It’s a fight for two lives: a mother is trying to survive for her unborn daughter
June 04, 2026
Daycare teacher arrested, accused of hitting kids with stapler, police say
June 04, 2026
Community reels after police say driver with revoked license hits three pedestrians, killing one
June 04, 2026
Community helps victims rebuild lives after apartment explosion
June 04, 2026
Woman arrested after alleged DUI crash kills toll booth worker on beach, sheriff says
June 04, 2026
Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban has testified in support of a bipartisan bill to overhaul college athletics
June 03, 2026
Gun threat cancels Clintondale High School prom an hour before event
June 04, 2026
Teen girl, man indicted in killings of her parents, grandmother in western North Carolina
June 04, 2026
Georgia's oldest city is welcoming a truckload of historical treasures from the earlier period of U.S. history
June 03, 2026
5-year-old cancer survivor receives dream room makeover
June 04, 2026
Students connect with horses to boost reading skills
June 04, 2026
The U.S.
June 03, 2026
Alabama community prays for missing Auburn student as search continues in Japan
June 03, 2026
Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen’s home within the hive
June 03, 2026
US says it is ramping up emergency assistance in Bolivia amid protests
Boeing weighs 737 ramp-up to approach Airbus production targets, Air Current reports
SpaceX tells banks it won't move its $135-a-share IPO price
Trump plans to attend Game 3 of NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden
New York City is in a Knicks frenzy for its beloved team's 1st NBA Finals in 27 years
Kennedy Center moves to erase Trump references after judge said they were illegally added