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By Jay Croft and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A construction worker whose family says he pleaded for help on Facebook Live before he died in a construction site fire in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of two bodies authorities recovered Friday, officials said. Two construction workers had been unaccounted for following the deadly blaze

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Orono, Maine (CNN) — The first, full-sized floating offshore wind turbine in the United States will tower 850 feet above the waves in the Gulf of Maine – roughly as tall as New York City’s famed 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The gigantic machine, with 774-foot diameter blades and tethered to the seabed

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% before 2025. In a move to accelerate those efforts, federal officials this week launched a new initiative to swiftly house unsheltered people in some of the nation’s hardest-hit cities. Here’s what else you need to

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A judge soon could decide if the writings of a shooter who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults in March at a Christian school in Nashville become public as parties with competing interests in the case – and the broader battle over US firearms access – have sparred in

By Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — One person was fatally wounded and another hurt in a shooting at an Ohio automotive manufacturing plant Thursday, the same day two people were injured in a shooting at a Mississippi solar farm. Neither community appears to still be under threat, authorities said, with the suspect

By Melissa Alonso and Jackson Grigsby, CNN (CNN) — Less than a year after an attempt on his life, author Salman Rushdie made a rare public appearance at an awards ceremony Thursday to warn of the dangers of banning books and of related movements in the US to roll back freedoms of expression. “The attack

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — When Patrick Brown walked out of a New Orleans courthouse last week a free man after spending 29 years in prison for a rape that even the victim says he didn’t commit, he raised his hands toward the sky – it was a moment of triumph. But as he

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Aric Hutchinson is still trying to wrap his head around the idea that his wife is no longer here on Earth with him after the couple were involved in a car crash that proved fatal for her on their wedding night in South Carolina. Now, the

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Massachusetts man was arraigned Thursday on new charges in the death of a 5-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase near a highway in 2014, prosecutors announced. A grand jury indicted Alberto L. Sierra Jr., 32, on charges of murder and disinterring of a body

By Brad Parks and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has asked the state Supreme Court to review his murder conviction for the 2020 killing of George Floyd, a month after an appeals court denied his previous request for a new trial, court documents show. In the documents, filed Wednesday,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Jill Biden, wife of 46th US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1951 Birth place: Hammonton, New Jersey Birth name: Jill Tracy Jacobs Father: Donald Jacobs, banker Mother: Bonny Jean (Godfrey) Jacobs Marriages: Joe Biden (June 17, 1977-present); Bill Stevenson

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are getting some high heat after uninviting a prominent local LGBTQ charity group from their upcoming Pride Night at Dodger Stadium on June 16. The MLB team originally intended to honor the Los Angeles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a drag group that leads charity and

By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — Graduates at the New College of Florida held an alternative commencement ceremony Thursday evening in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ conservative takeover of the college earlier this year. The alternative ceremony was a private event held at an undisclosed location in Sarasota, where the school is based, students said.

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Dennis Kucinich, former Ohio congressman. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1946 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: Dennis John Kucinich Father: Frank Kucinich, truck driver Mother: Virginia (Norris) Kucinich Marriages: Elizabeth (Harper) Kucinich (2005-present); Sandra Kucinich (1977-1986, divorced); Helen Kucinich (divorced) Children: with Sandra

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A liquor store clerk schemed, stole and tried to cash out a winning $3 million lottery ticket, a Massachusetts county prosecutor said, before investigators – helped by technology – launched a hunt for the rightful winner. Now, the clerk, Carly Nunes, 23, of Lakeville, Massachusetts, has been indicted by

By Eric Levenson, Veronica Miracle and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of fatally stabbing tech executive Bob Lee last month pleaded not guilty to murder in a San Francisco court Thursday. Nima Momeni, 38, will be held in custody without bail, the judge said. Assistant District Attorney Omid Talai argued Momeni presents

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Three Black former employees of the homebuilding company PulteGroup are suing the company for allegedly violating their civil rights, citing several incidents that include a White executive bringing a noose to a meeting with employees. The suit was filed in Michigan’s Ingham County Circuit Court earlier this month by

By Sara Smart, Andy Rose, Jamiel Lynch and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Police in Farmington, New Mexico, on Thursday released chilling video of the fatal shooting spree in which an 18-year-old gunman shot nine people, including people driving on the street in front of his home. Police Chief Steve Hebbe described a chaotic scene

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Legal notices have been sent to several popular athletic wear brands after testing showed their clothing could expose wearers to up to 40 times the safe limit of BPA — a toxic chemical compound used to make plastic. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to

By Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — An 8-year-old girl died while in US Customs and Border Protection custody in Harlingen, Texas, the agency said Wednesday. The girl and her family were in custody at a CBP facility when she “experienced a medical emergency,” the agency said in a news release Wednesday night, without providing details.

By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A limousine company worker who authorities say hired the driver involved in a 2018 limo wreck that killed 20 people in upstate New York was found guilty Wednesday of 20 counts of manslaughter. Nauman Hussain, who is the son of the limo company’s owner, was convicted in a jury

By Jean Casarez, Laura Dolan and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The woman accused of abducting her daughter from an Illinois suburb six years ago has turned herself in, days after the girl was found safe in North Carolina and then reunited with her custodial father, local authorities said. Heather Unbehaun, the mother of now

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Book publisher Penguin Random House, along with several parents, authors and the literary and free speech advocacy group PEN America, are suing a Florida school district to challenge the removal of several books on race and LGBTQ issues from school libraries. The suit was filed Wednesday in the Northern

By Andi Babineau and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a house party in southwestern Arizona last weekend that left two people dead and five teenagers injured, police said. Officers responded shortly before 11 p.m. local time Saturday night to a private residence in Yuma

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Peabody Awards. The Peabody Awards are presented every spring in recognition of achievements in broadcasting across multiple platforms including radio, television, streaming network programs and websites. Facts May 9, 2023 – Winners of the 83rd Annual Peabody Awards are announced. The ceremony, scheduled to take

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Three Western states and the federal government are nearing a deal to leave millions of gallons of water in the Colorado River’s Lake Mead – water that would have otherwise been used to irrigate fields or generate hydropower – in exchange for at least $1 billion in federal funding

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981, but was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Personal Birth date: May 29, 1955 Birth place: Ardmore, Oklahoma Birth name: John Warnock Hinckley Jr. Father: John W. Hinckley Sr., an

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of retired NASCAR driver and race track owner Tony Stewart. Personal Birth date: May 20, 1971 Birth place: Columbus, Indiana Birth name: Anthony Wayne Stewart Father: Nelson Stewart Mother: Pam Stewart (now Boas) Marriage: Leah Pruett (November 21, 2021-present) Other Facts Three-time NASCAR Cup

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at investigations into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. For details about computer hacking during the campaign, visit 2016 Presidential Campaign Hacking Fast Facts. Special counsel Robert Mueller and multiple congressional committees launched Russia-related investigations in 2017. Select congressional and

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Personal Birth date: May 27, 1923 Birth place: Furth, Germany Birth name: Heinz Alfred Kissinger Father: Louis Kissinger, teacher Mother: Paula (Stern) Kissinger Marriages: Nancy (Maginnes) Kissinger (March 30, 1974-present); Ann Fleischer (1949-1964, divorced) Children:

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The National Rifle Association sued Maryland Gov. Wes Moore after he signed the Gun Safety Act of 2023 along with other gun safety measures into law Tuesday, court documents show. The Gun Safety Act of 2023, or Senate Bill 1, prohibits “a person from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting

By Dakin Andone and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the fatal stabbing last year of four University of Idaho students has been indicted by a grand jury on murder and burglary charges, a court official told CNN. Bryan Kohberger was indicted on all five original charges – four counts of murder and

By Danny Freeman (CNN) — The second of the two men who escaped from a Philadelphia jail last week was captured Wednesday, and at least three people have now been charged with their escape, according to authorities. Ameen Hurst, 18, was taken into custody without incident in southwest Philadelphia, the city’s police commissioner, Danielle Outlaw,

By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — Florida education officials want to speak with students who were shown a Disney movie in their fifth-grade class, sparking an investigation of their teacher over the state’s law against the teaching of sexual orientation or gender identity. A letter was sent to “sent to several students’ parents” indicating investigators

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Five of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in America over the past eight years have been in Texas, the latest occurring in Allen in early May when a gunman fired an AR-15-style rifle at a crowded outlet mall, killing eight people and injuring at least seven others. The number

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The Islamic extremist who drove a rented truck into pedestrians and cyclists on a New York City bike path in 2017 was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences on Wednesday after he spoke for nearly an hour to defend his actions. Sayfullo Saipov was sentenced to life in

By Meron Moges-Gerbi (CNN) — Excess deaths among Black people jumped in 2020, reversing years of progress in reducing the gap in mortality compared with White people, a new study found. Over two decades, the Black population in the U.S. suffered 1.63 million excess deaths and more than 80 million excess years of life lost

By Holly Yan, Artemis Moshtaghian, Mark Morales, Gloria Pazmino, Isabel Rosales and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — In New York City, hundreds of migrants are staying in current or former school gymnasiums. In Chicago, dozens of migrants have been sleeping in a police station. And in Florida, where the Republican governor has sent migrants to

By Michelle Watson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Two adults have been charged after a 7-year-old brought a gun to a Grand Rapids, Michigan, elementary school, authorities said Tuesday. The charges stem from a May 3 incident in which a second-grade student brought an unloaded gun in a backpack to Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

By Steve Almasy, Cheri Mossburg and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The 18-year-old gunman who killed three elderly women out on morning drives in a northwestern New Mexico neighborhood this week fired more than 100 rounds from his yard before leaving the property with two pistols and wearing a bulletproof vest, Farmington Police Chief Steve

By Taylor Romine, Paradise Afshar and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a drug possession bill into law Tuesday following a special legislative session that was held to prevent the possible legalization of all drug possession in the state. The state had been on the brink of decriminalizing possession of drugs

By Andy Rose and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A controversial emergency rule to ban gender-affirming care for minors and most adults in the state of Missouri was withdrawn Tuesday by the attorney general who first proposed it, days after state lawmakers passed their own ban. “The legislature has now passed a ban that exceeds

By Steve Almasy and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A 98-year-old woman and her 73-year-old daughter were among the three people killed by an 18-year-old high school student who roamed through his neighborhood Monday firing indiscriminately at homes and passersby in their vehicles, according to authorities in the northwestern New Mexico town of Farmington. In

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Criminal charges in Minnesota against R&B singer R. Kelly were dropped Tuesday, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Kelly was charged in 2019 by Hennepin County prosecutors with two counts of engaging in prostitution with a person under the age of 18. “We believed then and continue to believe the victim survivor

By Faith Karimi and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Mona Faiz Montrage portrays a lavish lifestyle of designer outfits, shopping trips and overseas travel on social media. To her 4.2 million Instagram followers, she’s a musician and a mogul who jet sets between the Ghanaian capital of Accra and London. But a federal indictment unsealed

By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — State supreme court justices are disproportionately White and don’t reflect the diverse populations they serve, a new report has found. According to statistics released by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, only 20% of justices are people of color despite Black, Latino,

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A teacher in Missouri who was initially placed on administrative leave after a video circulating on social media showed them using the n-word at least twice in class “is no longer employed,” the Springfield Public Schools district said in a statement to CNN on Tuesday. On May 9, the

By Rebekah Riess and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — After spending 29 years in prison for the rape of his stepdaughter, a New Orleans man is free thanks to the help of the local district attorney’s office and testimony from the victim herself, who has insisted for 20 years that he is not the man

By Holly Yan, Tina Burnside, Caroll Alvarado, Chris Boyette, Justin Lear and LJ Spaet, CNN (CNN) — A breathless hunt for a killer amid famed American retail stores can be heard in emergency dispatches recorded during the outlet mall massacre in Allen, Texas. “We got shots fired at the outlet mall,” an officer tells a

By Holly Yan, Steve Almasy, Josh Campbell, Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Allen, Texas (CNN) — The weapons brought to the attack on random shoppers at the outlet mall in Allen, Texas, were all legally obtained, Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Hank Sibley told reporters at a Tuesday news conference. He said

By Nouran Salahieh and Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — Panicked 911 calls from an Allen, Texas, outlet mall captured moments of chaos and terror as the nation’s second-deadliest mass shooting so far this year unfolded, with eight killed and others wounded within minutes. As gunfire erupted on May 6, calls poured in from distraught shoppers,

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — For six years, loved ones – with the public’s help – searched for Kayla Unbehaun after she allegedly was abducted by her non-custodial mother in Illinois. Now 15 years old, she has been found safe – over 600 miles away in North Carolina – and is now reunited with

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 12-year-old boy is accused of shooting and killing an employee at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant in Texas after an argument in the parking lot, authorities said. Matthew Davis, 32, was working at the Sonic Drive-In on Saturday night and confronted Angel Gomez, 20, because he was “being disorderly

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The US Postal Service is honoring Chief Standing Bear, the celebrated Ponca leader who successfully argued for Native Americans to be recognized as people in the eyes of the law, on a Forever stamp. The stamp, which features a portrait of Chief Standing Bear by illustrator Thomas Blackshear II,

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Caden Cox made history in 2021 during his time as a student athlete at Hocking College as the first known player with Down syndrome to play in and score during a college football game. Two years later, the 23-year-old is suing his alma mater for alleged discrimination, assault and

By Veronica Miracle, Cheri Mossburg, Taylor Romine and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The security guard who shot and killed a suspected shoplifter at a Walgreens in downtown San Francisco last month will not face criminal charges, the district attorney’s office announced Monday, saying the shooter acted in self-defense. The district attorney’s office under Brooke

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Face masks have largely disappeared from places like grocery stores and schools in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic — but they remain quite popular in medical offices. A study published this week says masking in health care settings might still be a good idea, even after the

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A driver in Colorado tried to avoid a DUI arrest by swapping seats with his dog after being pulled over, police said. The man was stopped by police around 11:30 p.m. Saturday for allegedly driving 52 mph in a 30-mph zone, the Springfield Police Department said in a post

By Nouran Salahieh, Polo Sandoval, Rosa Flores, Andrea Cambron and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Despite warnings of a potential crush of migrants that sent thousands of federal personnel to the southern border and US cities scrambling to prepare, the days after the expiration of Title 42 saw a much narrower influx of migrants than

By Steve Almasy and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A 98-year-old woman and her 73-year-old daughter were among the three people killed by an 18-year-old high school student who roamed through his neighborhood Monday firing indiscriminately at homes and passersby in their vehicles, according to authorities in the northwestern New Mexico town of Farmington. In

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Florida teacher under a state investigation for showing a Disney movie featuring a gay character said she wasn’t aware the state’s controversial law banning instruction about certain LGBTQ topics had been recently expanded to apply to her grade level. The legislation was first passed in March 2022 and

By Steve Almasy and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — The 18-year-old gunman who shot and killed three people and wounded six others, including two law enforcement officers, in Farmington, New Mexico, used three guns, the city’s police chief said Monday in a video news statement. Police Chief Steve Hebbe said the assailant, who was killed

By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN A mother in Dallas, Texas, was going to pick up a prom dress with her daughter when she was fatally shot by a stray bullet — just a day before Mother’s Day. Ana Moreno, 39, was driving with her teenage daughter when she was struck by the bullet

By Joe Sutton, CNN The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has filed a motion asking a Missouri court to set aside the conviction of a man who prosecutors say has served more than 30 years of a life sentence for a murder he didn’t commit. Christopher Dunn, now 52, was convicted in 1991 and sentenced

By Jamiel Lynch and Zoe Sottile, CNN The US Department of Justice has reached an agreement with a Georgia sheriff’s office, resolving a racial discrimination complaint after police allegedly stopped a bus of Black female lacrosse players from Delaware State University last year. In April of 2022, the university’s women’s lacrosse team was on a

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN The gunman who on Monday shot and killed three people and wounded multiple others, including two law enforcement officers, in Farmington, New Mexico, was 18 years old, the deputy police chief told reporters. Police didn’t say what kind of weapon the gunman used before he was killed by responding officers. Farmington

By Cheri Mossburg, Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN More than a week after educators first hit the picket line, the Oakland Education Association, which represents public school teachers in Oakland, California, announced Monday morning it has reached a tentative agreement with the Oakland Unified School District, ending the strike and sending some 35,000 students

By Melissa Alonso and Isabel Rosales, CNN A fifth-grade teacher said she is being investigated by the Florida Department of Education after she showed her students “Strange World,” a 2022 animated Disney movie featuring a character who is biracial and gay. Jenna Barbee, a teacher in Hernando County’s Winding Waters K-8 school, told her story

By Jack Guy, CNN A Florida scientist who calls himself Dr. Deep Sea has broken the record for the longest time lived underwater. In an Instagram post on Sunday, US Navy veteran Joe Dituri announced that he had spent 73 days in a habitat under the sea, and he plans to spend a total of

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A Michigan teen used a slingshot to successfully ward off a kidnapper who had grabbed his younger sister while she was playing in their backyard on Wednesday, according to Michigan State Police. The 8-year-old girl was “mushroom hunting” in the backyard of her Alpena Township home when a man emerged from

By Gloria Pazmino and Norma Galeana, CNN “Welcome to the United States.” This was the greeting Enderson Amaya Blanco dreamed of hearing after trekking thousands of miles through dangerous and deadly terrain to take his chances at freedom in the US. The young father is one of thousands of migrants who turned themselves in to

By Nouran Salahieh, Polo Sandoval, Rosa Flores, Andrea Cambron and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Despite warnings of a potential crush of migrants that sent thousands of federal personnel to the southern border and US cities scrambling to prepare, the days after the expiration of Title 42 saw a much narrower influx of migrants than expected. Officials

By Tina Burnside, CNN Rescue crews in St. Louis, Missouri, responded to numerous reports of drivers trapped in flood waters Sunday as thousands in the area were under flash flood warnings. The St. Louis Fire Department responded to at least 15 different calls involving vehicles stranded and motorists trapped due to flood waters, St. Louis

By Tina Burnside and Zoe Sottile, CNN More than a week after public school educators in Oakland, California, hit the picket lines, the teachers’ union announced it has reached an agreement with the school district on four “common good” demands on Saturday night. The Oakland Education Association, which represents the teachers, announced the agreement in

By Paradise Afshar and Ashley R. Williams, CNN Police in southwestern Arizona are investigating a fatal weekend shooting that left two people dead and five others injured, including teenagers, authorities said Sunday. Victims ranged from 15 to 20 years old in the shooting that happened Saturday night at a gathering in a residential area of

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN How can a losing lottery ticket earn a big prize? It happened for a Michigan man who played a multimillion-dollar lottery game several times and lost — but still won $100,000. The Wayne County man, who chose to remain anonymous, cashed in using his previously unsuccessful tickets as part of

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN The expiration of a Covid-related border restriction policy known as Title 42 has so far brought fewer migrant arrivals than expected, but southern border communities still worry about overcrowded migrant processing and detention facilities. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday the number of migrants at the US southern border “are