Taylor Romine

(CNN) — A mammoth military plane on a routine test mission crashed shortly after takeoff Monday in Southern California, killing all eight crew members on board and leaving charred wreckage so mangled it was barely recognizable.

The crash of the B-52 bomber sent a towering black plume of smoke into the sky at Edwards Air Force Base, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, and left a colossal, blackened scar on the runway and the desert terrain beside it.

(CNN) — A mammoth military plane on a routine test mission crashed shortly after takeoff Monday in Southern California, killing all eight crew members on board and leaving charred wreckage so mangled it was barely recognizable.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story includes graphic details of animal cruelty. Although Miko was just a little over a year old, the shepherd mix had already grown into his adult frame.

(CNN) — Some of the ransom notes sent to news outlets in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, were not legitimate, but other notes might be and are still under investigation, the FBI Phoenix office said Wednesday.

(CNN) — Some of the ransom notes sent to news outlets in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, were not legitimate, but

(CNN) — Some of the ransom notes sent to news outlets in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC “Today” show anchor Savannah

New York (CNN) — Officials identified the suspect who threw an incendiary device and set a fire Monday morning outside a federal building in New York City as a 43-year-old Army veteran.

New York (CNN) — People were slowly trickling into the Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building in Lower Manhattan on Monday, the New York streets still relatively quiet on a warm morning.

New York (CNN) — The Army veteran accused of attacking a federal building in lower Manhattan using a combination of fireworks, accelerant and a pellet gun was charged with arson Tuesday.