A photographer shooting fireworks accidentally captured a proposal. Now, he wants to find the couple

(CNN) — As fireworks lit up the night sky over Carmel, Indiana, on Thursday, a photographer got busy snapping pictures of the colorful explosions overhead.Read More

Police find juvenile they say licked a tub of ice cream and put it back on the shelf

(CNN) — Police say they have found the person who opened a carton of ice cream at a Texas Walmart, licked the creamy goodness, andRead More

Aftershocks rattle California after region’s strongest earthquake in 2 decades

(CNN) — An earthquake that jolted a large swath of Southern California has produced more than 1,400 aftershocks and left what looks like a “scarRead More

Utah police say body of slain college student recovered

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The body of a slain college student has been recovered in a Utah canyon about 85 miles away from aRead More

A 73-year-old letter written by a World War II soldier was returned to his son

(CNN) — After his mother died in late June, Johnie Watkins III couldn’t bring himself to read the hundreds of love letters she had exchangedRead More

3 police officers pay for accused shoplifter’s groceries

NEW YORK (AP) — A trio of police officers paid for an accused shoplifter’s groceries rather than arresting her at a New York City WholeRead More

Anchorage was 90 degrees on July 4. That’s not a typo

(CNN) — Alaska’s heat wave continued through Independence Day, and in Anchorage, the temperatures shattered an all-time record. The temperature at the airport was 90 degreesRead More

Bahamas police: 7 Americans killed in helicopter crash

(CNN) — West Virginia coal billionaire and philanthropist Chris Cline died in a helicopter crash near the Bahamas on Thursday, that state’s governor said. “TodayRead More

City of New York pays $610,000 to a woman who was forced to give birth in handcuffs

(CNN) — The city of New York agreed to pay $610,000 to a woman whom police kept in shackles while she was in labor. JaneRead More

Paralyzed man regains use of hands thanks to innovative nerve surgery

(CNN) — Australian Paul Robinson, now 34, broke a vertebrae when he landed on his head in a dirt bike accident in 2015. It leftRead More