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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Fifties’ child star Gayla Peevy’s plea for a “hippopotamus for Christmas” came true for one Virginia zoo.…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Kentucky woman brought home the best present at her office gift exchange. Lori Janes, from Louisville, won $175,000 after…

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN A fire on board a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York’s…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN An “unhappy” 16-foot albino reticulated python was rescued by an animal shelter in Austin, Texas on Monday —…

By Camila Bernal, Sarah Moon, and Paradise Afshar, CNN More than 300 people stayed overnight at the El Paso Convention Center in Texas, as the…

By Amanda Musa and Harmeet Kaur, CNN Two Indianapolis police officers had spent the day searching in vain for a missing baby in a stolen vehicle when…

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN There’s still time to win big at the lottery before the year is up. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated…

By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Marzena Stasieluk needed a new kidney. She’d been diagnosed with kidney disease in 2015, and ultimately needed…

By Eric Levenson, Rebekah Riess and Wayne Sterling, CNN The NFL’s Tennessee Titans delayed its scheduled noon CT game by an hour due to…

By Tina Burnside and Harmeet Kaur, CNN Three people, including two minors, have been charged in connection with the Friday shooting at…

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By Rob Frehse and Melissa Gray, CNN A Vietnam-era veteran in Massachusetts can call himself lucky for life after winning six lottery prizes of…

By Rob Frehse, CNN Adnan Syed, recently exonerated after spending over two decades behind bars, is now working as a program associate for Georgetown…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used without her consent in crucial medical research, will replace a monument to…

By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN The Purdue Board of Trustees has issued a formal reprimand to Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas…

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s the most wonderful time of the year, yes — but if your family is anything like mine, there might be some…

By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN As freezing temperatures from a coast-to-coast winter storm arrive in El Paso, Texas, some migrants who…

By Aya Elamroussi, Derrick Hinds, Travis Caldwell, Aditi Sangal, Leinz Vales, Adrienne Vogt, Matt Meyer and Tori B. Powell CNN The-CNN-Wire™…