CNN Site Map for Section US (Galleries) for July - 2015
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- 2015-07-30Scientists have uncovered the remains of four leaders of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, which was the first permanent English settlement in the British New World. Excavators found the first Anglican minister of the settlement, an explorer and relat
- 2015-07-29Actor Mitchel Musso (left) poses with Rick Thomas and Chaos the tiger at the 2007 World Magic Awards held at the Barker hanger on October 13, 2007 in Santa Monica, California.
- 2015-07-28John Walker ran a father and son spy ring, passing classified material to the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1985. Walker was a Navy communication specialist with financial difficulties when he walked into the Soviet Embassy and sold a piece of cyphering equip
- 2015-07-28Two people were killed and nine wounded on July 23 when John Russell Houser opened fire in a theater before killing himself, according to police. This is the Church of the Assumption before the funeral of Mayci Breaux, on Monday, July 27, in Franklin, Lou
- 2015-07-26The mother of Sandra Bland, Geneva Reed-Veal, center, and sister Shavon Bland mourn at the gravesite during the funeral at Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens West cemetery, on Saturday, July 25, in Willow Springs, Illinois. Bland was arrested on July 10 for al
- 2015-07-26The carcass of a 17-foot whale washed up on Jones Beach in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Friday, July 24, 2015.
- 2015-07-24Law enforcement personnel stand near a police line at The Grand Theatre following a deadly shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday, July 23. The shooter in the Lafayette movie theater shooting died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to Loui
- 2015-07-24After a journey toward marriage equality, couples across the nation are now able to make their love and commitment legal and have just begun to celebrate. For many, the road that led to the Supreme Court ruling was long and hard fought, which makes the ce
- 2015-07-23An FBI investigator works outside a military recruiting center where a gunman opened fire Thursday, July 16, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Authorities say Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire first on the recruiting station and then moved to a U.S. N
- 2015-07-22This cannon that was on a Confederate ironclad in Savannah, Georgia, was above the surface for the first time in 150 years on Tuesday, July 21, 2015. It was being raised along with other artifacts as part of a channel deepening project.
- 2015-07-21Jada Pinkett Smith is on a mission to educate the public about human trafficking in the United States. In partnership with CNN, Pinkett Smith is getting to the root cause of this heinous crime. She's exposing a growing billion-dollar industry, throu
- 2015-07-21Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah border is known for its sandstone formations and vast desert views. Toby Dingle captured this lightning strike in September 2013. Click to see some amazing lightning photos from the past few years.
- 2015-07-17Billionaire's Beach in Malibu is home to the rich and famous. And unless you were one of its 70-plus homeowners, it also has been one of the most difficult beaches to reach in California -- until now. After years in court, conservationists finally op
- 2015-07-16Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, center, warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, December 9, in Los Angeles. The team wore "I Can't Breathe" shirts during warm-ups in support of the family of Eri
- 2015-07-11A family photo shows Darlie Routier; her husband, Darin; and their sons Damon and Devon. On June 6, 1996, both children were brutally stabbed to death in their Dallas-area home. Darlie Routier's throat was slashed that night; a necklace she had been
- 2015-07-11Zimm is a 3-year-old Sulawesi macaque. She escaped from her enclosure at the Memphis Zoo by crawling into the zoo's drain system on Thursday, July 9. The caper ended Saturday, July 11, with her capture.
- 2015-07-10The U.S. women's soccer team celebrates its World Cup victory with a ticker tape parade in New York on Friday, July 10. Midfielder Megan Rapinoe is holding the trophy.
- 2015-07-09Gen. Nathan Forrest, a former Confederate soldier, slave trader and plantation owner, became Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in 1867.
- 2015-07-09Dr. Hugo Eckener, a German pioneer of airships, and the crew of the Graf Zeppelin were honored with a ticker tape parade on October 16, 1928, for completing the first commercial flight across the Atlantic.
- 2015-07-08The Manson Family murders of Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski, and others in the summer of 1969 shocked and captivated America, setting the tone for one of the most violent decades in the country's history as covered in the
- 2015-07-08$3.2 million: The 20 highest-paid college football and basketball coaches in Division I athletics each make more than $3.2 million, according to The Best Schools. The highest paid is Duke Basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, who reportedly rakes in $7.2 mil
- 2015-07-07Shirley Reine, 51, was found shot to death in her home in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on May 10, 2005. Shirley's killer was careful to not leave behind any clues, and neighbors say they didn't hear a thing.
- 2015-07-06Shirley Reine was shot to death in May 2005. A suspect was arrested in her killing, was tried and acquitted in 2014.
- 2015-07-06Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet, slams into the catch fence during the final lap of the NASCAR Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, early on Monday, July 6. One spectator was sent to the hospital with inj
- 2015-07-05Fireworks illuminate the sky over the East River during the 39th annual Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show in New York City on Saturday, July 4.
- 2015-07-04The Enlightenment movement, which questioned traditional authority and embraced rationalism, heavily influenced The Declaration of Independence. In breaking away from Great Britain, Thomas Jefferson called on the "certain unalienable rights" of
- 2015-07-04Matt Stonie defeats Joey Chestnut after eating 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes at Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York.
- 2015-07-03This entry, of two male African lions fighting, won an award at the World Taxidermy Championship in Springfield, Missouri. It was made by Dakota Taxidermy.
- 2015-07-02Joey Chestnut celebrates Friday, July 4, after winning the 98th annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in New York. Chestnut ate 61 hot dogs to win the men's competition for the eighth straight year.
- 2015-07-02Soldiers guard the Navy Barracks in Washington on Thursday, July 2. Reports of a man with a gun put the Washington Navy Yard campus on lockdown, authorities said. The complex is the site of a deadly 2013 mass shooting. Federal law enforcement later gave t
- 2015-07-02Dianne Yudelson used a variety of methods to make her bird photos look like antique tintypes. Pictured here are mallards.
- 2015-07-01Richard Matt, left, and David Sweat were on the run after they escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, on Saturday, June 6. Matt was killed by police on Friday, June 26. Sweat was captured two days later and is now in police