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Melissa Alonso - National News Editor

Melissa Alonso

National News Editor

Melissa Alonso is a National News Editor based out out of CNN's headquarters in Atlanta.

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Washington state officials identify second body found at ex-officer’s home as girlfriend and mother of kidnapped child

Terry Anderson, who was the longest held American hostage in Lebanon, grins with his 6-year-old daughter Sulome, Dec. 4, 1991, as they leave the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Damascus, Syria, following Anderson's release.

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US journalist Terry Anderson, held in Lebanon hostage crisis for nearly 7 years, dead at 76

FILE - This combination of booking photos provided by the Muskogee County, Okla., Sheriff's Office shows Jon Hallford, left, and Carie Hallford, the owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home. Prosecutors were set to lay out their case Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, against Jon Hallford, a former co-owner of the Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 bodies, some of them stacked and partially covered, were found last year in a building infested with flies and maggots. (Muskogee County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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Colorado funeral home owners accused of mishandling 190 bodies charged with Covid-19 relief loan fraud, officials say

Emergency and urgency, dialing 911 on smartphone screen. Shallow depth of field.

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911 service provider Lumen blames 911 outage on installation of light pole

The University of Southern California cancels its Muslim valedictorian’s commencement speech, citing safety concerns

Gun reform activists gather in the Senate Gallery before Lt. Governor Randy McNally ordered the gallery cleared in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 9, 2024. The activists gathered to protest SB1325 which would authorize teachers, principals, and school personnel to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds, after the bill passed the Senate months after the Covenant School shooting and protests rocked the state capitol. REUTERS/Seth Herald

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Tennessee teachers would be allowed to carry concealed handguns at K-12 schools under a bill just passed by the state Senate

Florida law enforcement officials say a security guard is dead, a Doral police officer was injured, and several other people were hurt after a shooting happened early Saturday, April 6, in Doral, Florida.

Suspect and security guard dead, officer and 6 bystanders wounded in Miami-area bar shooting, police say

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: U.S. Rep. Karen Bass said that as mayor she would move 250 Los Angeles police officers out of desk jobs and into patrols, while ensuring that the department returns to its authorized strength of 9,700 officers. Photographed at the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Burglars steal $30 million in cash from a Los Angeles money storage facility – one of the city’s largest cash heists

A taxi passes in front of the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily halted flights into New York's LaGuardia Airport because of a shortage of air-traffic control staff, escalating the pressure on President Donald Trump and lawmakers to end the governmentÂ shutdown. Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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‘Go around!’ FAA investigates a close call between a plane and LaGuardia’s air traffic control tower

Hawthorne, CA - October 10: Most people paid cash for their Powerball plays, but debit cards are also accepted at Blue Bird Liquor in Hawthorne, CA, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The estimated jackpot for tonight's Powerball drawing is $1.73 Billion.(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Powerball jackpot ratchets up to $1.09 billion after no big winner Monday

Police respond to the scene of a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Easter Sunday.

Easter brunch shooting leaves 1 dead and 5 others wounded in Nashville, police say

From top left to right, Carlos Hernández, Miguel Luna and Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval. From bottom left to right, Jose Mynor Lopez and Dorlian Castillo Cabrera

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An international tragedy: A father of 3 and a budding entrepreneur are among 6 victims of the Baltimore bridge collapse

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MARCH 26: In an aerial view, cargo ship Dali is seen after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Rescuers are searching for at least seven people, authorities say, while two others have been pulled from the Patapsco River. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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2 bodies found in truck at site of Baltimore bridge collapse as investigators pause search for missing workers, police say

An aerial view shows the scene of a bridge collapse after a vessel struck the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore on March 26.

Cargo ship lost power before colliding with Baltimore bridge; 6 presumed dead

A missing poster for Riley Strain is seen.

No foul play suspected after college student Riley Strain’s body is found in a Nashville river, police say

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is now an estimated $750 million.

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Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $750 million after no top winners Wednesday

Melissa Alonso is a National News Editor based out of CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta. Before coming to CNN in 2019, Melissa was an assignment editor in Miami where she earned an Emmy Award for her role in team coverage of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas massacre. She also spent several years as a network producer for Spanish-language television.