
Dashcam video from the Mount Pleasant Police Department shows a lightning strike near an intersection in South Carolina. Hundreds lost power, and no injuries were reported, according to officials.

Dashcam video from the Mount Pleasant Police Department shows a lightning strike near an intersection in South Carolina. Hundreds lost power, and no injuries were reported, according to officials.

Illinois Governor Pritzker told President Donald Trump, “Do not come to Chicago,” after Trump left the door open to deploying the military to other cities, such as Chicago, telling reporters they were “ready to go anywhere” with “less than 24 hours’ notice.”

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has served as a flashpoint in the debate over Trump’s deportation push, was taken into custody by ICE this morning shortly after turning himself in. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez reports on what's next for Abrego Garcia as the Department of Homeland Security says they are processing his deportation.

Protesters in Orlando argued with police officers after the rainbow crosswalk memorial, painted to honor the 49 victims killed in 2016 at a popular LGBTQ nightclub in the city, was painted over.

The CDC and HHS confirm the first travel-related human case of flesh-eating screwworms connected to an outbreak spreading amid Central and South America and the Caribbean. CNN’s Jacqueline Howard explains what the parasite is and why officials consider it a threat to US food supply.

Roger Federer has become a billionaire athlete, with $1.1B net worth from endorsements and Swiss shoe brand On.

President Donald Trump discusses his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office expressing interest in meeting the authoritarian leader at some point in the future.

Some evacuations are underway in Napa County, California, due to the Pickett Fire that has now burned 6,531 acres and is only 11% contained.

CNN's Victor Blackwell speaks to New York Times reporter Debra Kamin about her observations while visiting a growing development exclusive to White, straight people in Arkansas.

On Friday, President Donald Trump took a moment in the Oval Office to show off a photograph of him and President Vladimir Putin that he says the Russian president sent to him from their Alaska summit.

Amit Patel lost millions betting on daily fantasy sports and is now serving time in prison for stealing from his employer, the Jacksonville Jaguars, to fund his gambling addiction. CNN’s Nick Watt talks to Amit from a federal prison camp in Montgomery, Alabama. Watch “Sports Betting: America’s Big Gamble” on "The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper," Sunday August 24th for a special showing at 10pm.

A California parole board has denied parole for Lyle Menendez, who was convicted alongside his brother of murdering their parents in 1989. The parole board also denied Erik Menendez parole a day prior. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has the rare power to reverse parole decisions, and the brothers are separately seeking clemency and a new trial.

Early Saturday morning, the Texas Senate approved new congressional maps designed to help Republicans win up to five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections. This marked the final legislative hurdle for the redistricting plan endorsed by President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott.

The Trump Administration is deploying Navy ships and troops to the Caribbean in what it says is an effort to contain the threat from drug trafficking groups. CNN’s Patrick Oppmann on what this means for Nicolas Maduro, the embattled Venezuelan President.

CNN's Erin Burnett reacts to the release of the long-awaited transcripts of a weeks-old Department of Justice interview with convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

In newly released bodycam video, published by Law & Crime, the surviving roommates of the four murdered University of Idaho students emotionally describe to police what they saw and heard the night of the murders.

CNN Senior White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes explains why the Department of Justice is now releasing transcripts and audio from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s interview with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from criminal custody. The Maryland father was unlawfully deported to El Salvador in March and is facing human smuggling charges and allegations of being a part of MS-13.

John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, was fired in 2019 and has clashed with him since.

A tour bus carrying around 50 people east of Buffalo has overturned. Multiple fatalities, injuries, and entrapments have been reported, according to officials.

The FBI conducted a court-authorized search at John Bolton’s home as part of a national security investigation into whether he disclosed classified information in his 2020 book, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A federal judge has ordered the remote detention camp in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” to no longer take additional detainees and remove additional infrastructure added to the site. CNN's Isabel Rosales reports.

A California parole board has denied parole for Erik Menendez, who was convicted alongside his brother Lyle of murdering their parents in 1989, delivering a crippling blow to the brothers’ yearslong fight for release. CNN’s Brianna Keilar speaks to LA Times reporter James Queally, the only journalist at the 10-hour parole hearing, on what this means.