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By Byron Manley, Curt Merrill and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people across the Northeast, Midwest and mid-Atlantic are under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke originating from Canada wafts over major US cities. Over 400 fires were still burning across Canada Wednesday afternoon, according to Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair. More than 9

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of convicted spy Robert Hanssen. Personal Birth date: April 18, 1944 Death date: June 5, 2023 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Robert Philip Hanssen Father: Howard Hanssen, police officer Mother: Vivian Hanssen Marriage: Bernadette “Bonnie” (Wauck) Hanssen (August 10, 1968-present) Children: Lisa, Greg,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Edward Snowden, who admitted to leaking information about US surveillance programs to the press. Personal Birth date: June 21, 1983 Birth place: Elizabeth City, North Carolina Birth name: Edward Joseph Snowden Father: Lonnie Snowden, former Coast Guard officer Mother: Elizabeth Snowden, federal

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Billy Joel. Personal Birth date: May 9, 1949 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: William Martin Joel Father: Howard Joel, engineer and pianist Mother: Rosalind (Nyman) Joel, homemaker Marriages: Alexis Roderick (2015-present); Katie Lee (2004-2009, divorced); Christie

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — While administrators discussed the differences in opinion over the district’s LGBTQ+ policies inside a California school board meeting, a brawl broke out outside and at least three people were arrested, police said. A small group among the several hundred protesters outside the Glendale Unified School Board

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck with little to no savings to cushion the blow of a job loss, medical emergency, or an unexpected event. If you ever find yourself in this type of financial jam, these tips could help you minimize the negative fallout. Here’s what else

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in the trial of the former school resource officer who stayed outside a Parkland, Florida, high school while 17 people were massacred called their first witness Wednesday: a former student who testified she and her classmates rendered aid to wounded students as they waited for help for 20

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A federal district court judge on Tuesday granted a motion barring two New York counties from executing orders aimed at stopping New York City from sending migrants and asylum seekers to their communities for shelter. Orange and Rockland counties issued emergency declarations last month in response to New York

By Ray Sanchez and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — One of the children of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black woman who authorities say was fatally shot last week in central Florida after knocking on a neighbor’s door, is consumed with guilt over his mother’s death. The 9-year-old boy, who witnessed the shooting, blames himself because

By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old graduate, Shawn Jackson, and his 36-year-old stepfather, Renzo Smith, were killed in a shooting after a high school commencement ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday evening that left five others injured, police said Wednesday. A suspect, 19-year-old Amari Pollard, was arraigned Wednesday morning on two

By Isabel Rosales and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Three dozen migrants who were flown to Sacramento in recent days did so voluntarily, Florida officials said Tuesday, countering accusations from California authorities who said the asylum seekers were misled into taking trips. “Florida’s voluntary relocation is precisely that – voluntary,” Florida Division of Emergency Management

By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, Michelle Watson and Jeremy Grisham, CNN (CNN) — A rural Texas high school that had postponed graduation after only five of 33 seniors initially met requirements says a majority of seniors are now on track to graduate on June 22. Marlin Independent School District Superintendent Darryl J. Henson told

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — It’s been four days since 35-year-old Ajike “AJ” Owens was shot and killed in central Florida after knocking on a neighbor’s door. Owens family says the shooter, identified by police reports only as a 58-year-old White woman, harassed the Black mother and her children and had called them racial

By Sara Smart and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A gunman opened fire as hundreds of people stood outside after a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday evening in Richmond, Virginia, killing two people and wounding five others, the city’s interim police chief said. As merriment turned to terror around Richmond’s Monroe Park, other people were

By Holly Yan, Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A resident of the Iowa apartment building that partially collapsed – killing three residents and destroying dozens of homes – is suing the building’s owner and the city of Davenport for negligence, saying they knew about the dangers but failed to warn residents.

By Dakin Andone and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida commission that oversees the conduct of the state’s judges recommended a formal reprimand for the judge who oversaw the death penalty trial of the Parkland school shooter, writing her conduct at times made it appear she favored the prosecution. Judge Elizabeth Scherer did not

By Derek Van Dam and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — New York City topped the list of the world’s worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec. Smoke from Canada’s fires has periodically engulfed the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic for more than a

By Lauren del Valle and Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. and a woman who accused him of rape have “resolved the matter” in the federal civil case against him, according to a court docket entry. The trial was set to kick off Tuesday with jury selection, but is now “off the

By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A school board in Oklahoma has approved an application for a Catholic virtual charter school – a decision that would create the first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation – despite concerns over the plan’s constitutionality. The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted

By Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — The Atlanta City Council voted early Tuesday to approve $31 million in public money for construction of a police and fire training facility, dubbed “Cop City” by opponents, following a marathon 16-hour meeting that saw hundreds of people voice their opinion. The facility has been a point of contention

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in its four-decade history, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization has declared a national state of emergency for members of the LGBTQ+ community, the Human Rights Campaign said Tuesday. “LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency. The multiplying

By Florencia Trucco, Jimena de la Quintana and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The superior court in Lima, Peru, ordered Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, to be handed over to FBI agents on Thursday, according to a statement published on social media on Tuesday.

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic may seem like a distant memory to many Americans, but its impact is still strongly reverberating through the US economy. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows four major sectors haven’t bounced back since the widespread lockdowns, even as most industries have recovered all

By Sara Smart, Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in Boston have used DNA analysis to identify and charge a suspect in the sexual assaults of four women whose cases have gone unsolved for over a decade, according to prosecutors. Investigators identified Matthew Nilo, who now lives in New Jersey, as the

By Isabelle Chapman, Casey Tolan and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Coal plants that have powered America for generations are increasingly on the chopping block, as utilities around the country move to take advantage of new federal incentives and turn to often-cheaper alternatives like natural gas and renewables. But in some of the most coal-dependent

By Pete Muntean and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators examining the wreckage of a private plane that crashed Sunday in Virginia – killing all four people onboard after its pilot became unresponsive – say they will wrap up their work at the scene Wednesday and begin planning how to recover pieces of the plane.

By Jamiel Lynch and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Five suspects in the Memorial Day shooting that injured nine people near South Florida’s bustling Hollywood Beach Broadwalk are now in custody, police announced Monday. The shooting last week began as a fight between two groups that ended with gunfire, wounding innocent bystanders on the crowded

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A fire on a small cruise ship in Alaska forced 67 people aboard to evacuate Monday, according to the US Coast Guard. A total of 51 passengers and 16 crew members on the 178-foot expedition vessel Wilderness Discoverer were evacuated to another passenger ship after the blaze, according to

By Mitchell McCluskey and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A mother of four was shot and killed in Florida following a longtime feud with a neighbor who had complained about the victim’s children playing outside, authorities and a family attorney said. Deputies responded to a trespassing call Friday night and found one woman suffering from

By Isabel Rosales and Jacqueline Hurtado, CNN (CNN) — A private plane carrying 20 migrants from Texas arrived in California’s capital city of Sacramento Monday morning, officials said – the second such arrival of migrants in the city from a conservative state in several days. “Special Agents from the California Department of Justice are on

By Laura Ly, Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who brought a gun to school and shot his first-grade teacher in January in Newport News, Virginia, will plead guilty to new federal felony charges as part of a deal with prosecutors, her attorney said Monday. Deja Taylor,

By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The Peach State lost more than 90% of this year’s crop after abnormally warm weather this winter and a late-season freeze, Dario Chavez, an associate professor of Horticulture at the University of Georgia, told CNN. Georgia normally produces more than 130 million pounds of peaches annually, according to

By Caroll Alvarado and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A contractor discovered skeletal remains while working on a new home in Fishersville, Virginia, late last month. Forensic anthropology revealed they belong to a child who died over 100 years ago, local officials say. Found on May 23, the remains were excavated and sent to the

By Tina Burnside and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police are searching for suspects after a shooting left one person dead and a man and his three children injured in a shooting near an apartment complex in Sunnyvale, Texas, Sunday evening. Officers found one woman dead, a man injured by a gunshot wound, and the

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of White women gathered at the Colorado Capitol Monday morning, with more expected to show up throughout the day, to use their “privilege” in a silent sit-in to demand Gov. Jared Polis ban guns and create a gun buyback program. The sit-in also comes amid a national debate

By Holly Yan, Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The search and rescue operation at a partially collapsed six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa officially ended Monday after the remains of three people were recovered, officials said. The decision to end the search and rescue followed crews determining that the building was

By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived on a little street in the west of Los Angeles. Jasmine Avenue is lined with low-rise apartment blocks, an imposing Catholic Church, a school and a handful of dilapidated recreational vehicles. That morning on

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The mother of one of the four University of Idaho students who were fatally stabbed in an off-campus home last year said she won’t attend the trial of her son’s accused killer. “It doesn’t change the outcome,” Stacy Chapin, whose 20-year-old son Ethan was killed in the attack, told

By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Nine zoo animals were rescued, and one is dead after a fire broke out at the Metro Richmond Zoo Sunday night, the zoo said in a statement. The fire started around 9:50 p.m. in the zoo’s workshop area and then spread to the animal hospital, feed storage room and

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The next time you see a postal employee making deliveries, perhaps share a smile or kindly convey your gratitude for their hard work. Not only do they deal with an extraordinary volume of mail, but new data shows they also face a high number of dog bites. In fact,

By Pete Muntean, Elizabeth Wolfe, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Brian Todd and Lauren Koenig, CNN (CNN) — The pilot of the unresponsive private jet that triggered an interception by supersonic military fighter jets protecting Washington, DC, was observed slumped over in his seat, a source familiar with the response told CNN. The lone pilot and

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — No survivors were found at the crash site of a plane whose pilot was unresponsive as it flew near the Washington, DC, area Sunday, prompting military fighter jets to attempt to intercept the aircraft before it ultimately crashed, authorities say. First responders reached the site Sunday

By Michelle Watson and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A scuba diver made an unexpected discovery while exploring the depths of a south-central Oklahoma lake: a tear gas grenade that turned out to be live, authorities said. The man who found the grenade in the Marietta Landing area of the 5,700-acre Lake Murray thought

By Michelle Watson and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two teenagers were fatally shot and four other teens were injured during a party at a vacant house in Boone County, Missouri, authorities said Sunday. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shots fired call shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday at the house in Columbia, about 35

By Michelle Watson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A woman is dead, and six others are injured after a memorial gathering in Chicago turned into a deadly shooting overnight, according to police. The seven people were shot after a large group gathered on the 4800 block of W. Iowa Street to celebrate the life

By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A Maryland resident has a confirmed case of measles, the state’s first case of the infectious disease since 2019, according to a news release from Montgomery County. The county advised anyone who visited the Cabin John Ice Rink in Bethesda on May 24 or a professional office in Gaithersburg

By Adrienne Broaddus, Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Branden Colvin Jr. walked the stage at his high school graduation Saturday to rounds of applause and shouts of “we love you.” But one person wasn’t there to join in the celebration. Authorities told Colvin Jr.’s family Saturday afternoon the body of his

By Celina Tebor and Jeremy Ryan, CNN (CNN) — Four construction workers remain hospitalized, including one in serious condition, after a building collapse in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday, according to a hospital official. Eight people – all construction workers – were injured in the collapse, with two initially in critical condition. Four have been

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Do you use payment apps like PayPal, Venmo or Apple Pay? Many people love the convenience of paying with a smartphone, but a federal watchdog is warning that such apps don’t have the same protections as a bank or credit union. Bottom line? Do not store

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Animal lovers can now witness three times the cuteness at the North Carolina Zoo. Three sand cat kittens were born on May 11 to first-time mother Sahara, 3, and father, Cosmo, 9, according to the North Carolina Zoo. The weeks-old kittens, who were tiny enough to fit in

By Melissa Alonso, Nouran Salahieh, Isabel Rosales and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — An investigation is underway after over a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, California, by private jet “with no prior arrangement or care in place,” Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Saturday. California officials on Saturday met with the group,

By Andy Rose and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Evacuation orders have been lifted and Interstate 75 has reopened near Grayling Township in Northern Michigan, state officials said, after a wildfire prompted the closure of the freeway Saturday and forced nearby residents to leave their homes. North and southbound lanes along I-75 in Crawford County

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Connecticut bakery suffered some property damage after a bear-y unexpected guest made a surprise visit. Taste by Spellbound, a bakery in Avon, encountered the furry guest on May 24, according to a Facebook post. The bakery explained that a staff member was placing items in the shop’s loading

By Zoe Sottile and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A Utah school district that recently pulled the King James Bible from elementary and middle school libraries has now received a request to review the Book of Mormon for removal, according to school officials. Christopher Williams, director of communications and operations at the Davis School District,

By Zenebou Sylla and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The son and 8-year-old grandson of a former Boston Red Sox player were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their Massachusetts home Friday as authorities searched for clues about the boy’s mother – who was reported missing more than four years ago, according to local

By Rebekah Riess and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Authorities discovered the burning body of an Alabama woman who went missing while reportedly heading to make a Facebook Marketplace purchase, according to Birmingham police. The woman, identified as Jermiera Ivory Fowler, 31, had not been seen since the afternoon of May 31, police said

By Jillian Sykes (CNN) — School bus driver Imunek Williams was just two blocks away from dropping a group of students off at the Milwaukee Academy of Science on Wednesday morning when she suddenly smelled something burning. Minutes later, the bus was engulfed in flames. Williams, 24, has been a bus driver for a little

By Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A 4-year-old girl, who wandered away from the Florida rental home her family had been staying in, has been found dead in a canal along the water’s edge, the sheriff’s office announced Friday. Deputies had been searching extensively for Evelyn K. Geer for several hours using

By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A climber died this week on Mount Rainier in Washington state, the National Park Service said Friday in a news release. Brian Harper, 41, of Bremerton, Washington, was in a climbing group led by Alpine Ascents International, a licensed guide service, when he collapsed near the summit Wednesday morning.

By Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman has been arrested and charged after her car caught fire with her unattended children inside while she shoplifted inside a mall in Oviedo, police said. The woman, identified as Alicia Moore, 24, parked in a Dillard’s parking lot around noon May 26, leaving

By Jay Croft and Taylor Romine, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Keenan Anderson, who was repeatedly tased by Los Angeles police officers in January, died from cardiomyopathy, also known as an enlarged heart, and cocaine use, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner said. Anderson, 31, was the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors.  The medical examiner’s

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina man was arrested after authorities said he robbed a convenience store with a fake gun designed to play a Nintendo video game. David Joseph Dalesandro, 25, held up a Kwik Stop in Sharon, a small town in northwestern South Carolina, using a black spray-painted “Duck

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A West Virginia State Police trooper was killed and another person was injured in a shooting Friday in the southern part of the state, and a suspect has been arrested, state and federal officials said. State police Sgt. Cory Maynard was fatally shot in the line of duty in

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in California seized $38 million worth of crank – a street name for methamphetamine – concealed inside a kale shipment along the US-Mexico border, the agency announced. Otay Mesa Cargo Facility officers in San Diego found the drugs in a 34-year-old man’s

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The US Marshals Service announced 95 people were arrested – including more than a dozen wanted for homicide – during an operation in Maryland that targeted areas impacted by gang-related violence. The agency led more than 30 law enforcement entities in a large-scale sweep, dubbed Operation Washout, last

By Laura Ly, CNN (CNN) — Government officials failed on multiple accounts during the 2022 Buffalo blizzard that left 31 people dead, according to a watchdog report published Friday that detailed a plethora of problems from poor communication to residents to outdated and inoperable equipment. The storm inundated Buffalo with more than 50 inches of

By Cheri Mossburg, Andi Babineau and Christal Hayes, CNN (CNN) — Tony Peralta told authorities his secret had been eating at him for more than a decade. He had been considered a suspect in what was believed to be the murder of his landlord, William “Bill” Blodgett, after his sudden disappearance in December 2008, authorities

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — The 28-year-old man charged in the death of New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was denied bond and is expected to be extradited following a court appearance in Virginia Friday, the Chesapeake Commonwealth Attorney’s Office said. Rashid Ali Bynum was charged earlier this week with several counts including first-degree murder,

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Jamica Love, the first chief diversity officer at the Virginia Military Institute, has resigned, the college’s superintendent announced on Thursday. “She has been singularly focused on preparing our cadets for the world which they will enter after graduation and making VMI an inclusive institution for any interested and qualified