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By Meridith Edwards, Sara Sidner and Ray Sanchez, CNN The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to propose a long-term presence on the ground in Jackson, Mississippi, to help fix the decades-long problems with its drinking water, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN Tuesday. EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited Jackson Tuesday on

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN A top public safety official for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis worked in lockstep with Perla Huerta, the former Army counterintelligence agent who recruited migrants for a pair of September flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, new text messages obtained by CNN show. On September 12, for example, two days

By Amy Simonson and Chris Boyette, CNN A man was arrested Monday after allegedly shooting two people, killing one of them, in an unprovoked attack at an Arizona business before fleeing into the desert, officials said. The suspect entered a business in Whetstone, Arizona, twice Monday acting as a customer before returning and opening fire

By Steve Almasy, Chris Boyette, Hannah Sarisohn and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Police believe an “edged weapon” was used to kill four college students who were found in a house near the University of Idaho — deaths that sent shock waves through the campus of about 11,500 students. “Investigators are continuing to work diligently on

By Andi Babineau, CNN A middle school teacher in Pflugerville, Texas, has been fired, district officials said Monday, after video was posted to social media showing the White teacher tell his students his race “is the superior one.” “Last Friday, Nov. 11, Pflugerville ISD officials were made aware of an inappropriate conversation a teacher at

By Amir Vera and Holly Yan, CNN The suspected gunman in the University of Virginia shooting was on a class field trip with the victims before the shooting occurred, a UVA spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., was on the bus returning from a trip to Washington, DC, where the class had seen a

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN An attorney for a North Carolina man is calling for a criminal investigation into why his client, a 41-year-old Black man, was beaten while in custody at the Camden County, Georgia, Detention Center in September. In a news release, civil rights attorney Harry Daniels says his client Jarrett Hobbs was “mercilessly”

By Steve Almasy, Theresa Waldrop, Dakin Andone and Holly Yan, CNN The 22-year-old University of Virginia student suspected of killing three football players and wounding two other people was facing school disciplinary action after UVA officials learned he failed to disclose his conviction last year on a misdemeanor concealed weapons charge, a school spokesperson says.

By Christina Zdanowicz, Caroll Alvarado and Eric Levenson, CNN Devin Chandler was a gifted football player who was always smiling and trying to make sure those around him were happy, his former football coach Adam Sykes said in a statement. Chandler was one of three football players from the University of Virginia who were killed

By Kiely Westhoff and Theresa Waldrop, CNN All 18 students and a driver have “varying degrees of injuries” after their bus crashed in eastern Kentucky early Monday, a school official said. No fatalities have been reported, Magoffin County School District Superintendent Chris Meadows said in a statement. The students range from elementary to high school,

By Tina Burnside and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Human remains found in a remote California location are those of a mother reported missing Thursday after a “significant amount of blood” was seen in her home, authorities say. In a news release, the Simi Valley Police Department said the remains of Rachel Castillo, 25, were discovered in

By Chris Boyette and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Four University of Idaho students who were found dead Sunday night in a house near campus have been identified, the city of Moscow’s police department said Monday. The slain students were 20-year-old Ethan Chapin of Conway, Washington; 21-year-old Madison Mogen of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle of

By Amir Vera, Dakin Andone, Michelle Watson and Carolyn Sung, CNN Police have in custody a University of Virginia student and ex-UVA football player suspected of fatally shooting three current players and wounding two other people late Sunday at the school’s main campus in Charlottesville as a bus returned from a class field trip, school

By Hannah Sarisohn, Emma Tucker and Pete Muntean, CNN The Transportation Security Administration is admitting multiple failures and is instituting alerts to security officers at airports nationwide after a man got through a checkpoint with two box cutters. The move comes as passengers are expected to flood airports ahead of Thanksgiving. TSA security checkpoint agents

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Hundreds of Native American veterans gathered in Washington D.C. on Friday for the dedication ceremony of the National Museum of the American Indian’s National Native Americans Veterans Memorial. The dedication ceremony was part of a three-day event honoring Native American veterans, according to a news release from the Smithsonian. The ceremony

By Zenebou Sylla and Emma Tucker, CNN A memorial honoring the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting opened to the public on Sunday, nearly a month before the 10-year commemoration. The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial, designed by Dan Affleck and Ben Waldo, was unveiled publicly in Newtown,

By Michelle Watson and Chris Boyette, CNN Police are looking for the suspect who left one person dead and 7 others injured during an early Sunday morning shooting in Omaha, Nebraska. Officers responded to the shooting around 4 a.m. and “located two victims with apparent gunshot wounds,” the Omaha Police department said in a news

By Hannah Sarisohn and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least 16 junior varsity hockey players from Illinois were injured Saturday night in Warsaw, Indiana after an allegedly intoxicated semi-truck driver swerved into the team’s bus, knocking it onto its side. Three of the injured high school students, who attend St. Ignatius College Prep, underwent surgery and

By Christina Maxouris, CNN. Photographs by Erica Lee, CNN Miguel Romero proudly calls himself a “Florida boy.” He loves the Sunshine State’s warm weather. He’s lived in the same neighborhood in Lee County, along Florida’s southwestern coast, for most of his life. It’s where he got his first job, at a Wendy’s, when he was

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Throughout its history, the US has adopted policies that threatened to wipe out Native American tribes and their cultures — or as one Army officer put it, “kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” A lawsuit now before the Supreme Court, tribal nations argue, has the potential to do

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is World Kindness Day. Do with that information what you will. Sure, it’s just another made-up day, but unlike candy corn or cilantro, kindness is a far less divisive subject. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • Democrats will keep

By Susannah Cullinane, Emma Tucker, Alaa Elassar and Andi Babineau, CNN Six people are dead after two World War II-era military planes collided midair and crashed at Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow Saturday afternoon, killing all on board, the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office said Sunday. “We can confirm that there are six (fatalities),”

By Jalen Brown and Justin Gamble, CNN Two models in Los Angeles are urging other curvy women to speak out on size discrimination after saying they were denied entry to a popular lounge because of their bodies. Alexa Jay and Ella Halikas, who first shared their story on TikTok, said they went to The Highlight

By Sharif Paget, Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN Authorities in California are searching for a 25-year-old woman believed to be “at risk” after a “significant amount of blood” was found in her home, according to police. Officers with the Simi Valley Police Department responded to a call of suspicious circumstances at the residence of

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, has welcomed not one, but two new bundles of joy. The Asian elephant twins were born on October 24 to parents Mali and Doc, according to a news release from the zoo. The birth of twins was a shock for zoo staff, according

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Fresno police in California arrested two people this week for the September killings of 18-year-old Yanelly Solorio-Rivera and her three-week-old daughter, Celine — and Yanelly’s sister is one of the suspects, according to authorities. The Fresno Police Department arrested 22-year-old Yarelly Solorio-Rivera and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Martin Arroyo-Morales, on Wednesday for

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Wheelchair users will now be able to explore Georgia’s state parks with free all-terrain wheelchairs. The new fleet of wheelchairs are part of a collaboration between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Aimee Copeland Foundation, launched by Aimee Copeland, a social worker who in 2012 lost her both of

By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities responded to the incident at Dallas Executive Airport, Jason Evans with Dallas Fire-Rescue told CNN on Saturday.

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A Georgia man has been arrested for animal cruelty and dog fighting after detectives found 106 dogs in poor conditions at his property, officials said. Vincent Lemark Burrell, 55, was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Paulding County without incident, according to a news release posted on Facebook by the

By Kelly Murray, CNN A man made a run to Walmart in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and came home $100,000 richer. Michael Buck told North Carolina Education Lottery officials that a store employee convinced him to buy a ticket for the record $2.04 billion Powerball drawing. “The girl at the pharmacy told me they sold

By Emma Tucker and Sara Smart, CNN Trip Valigorsky’s beachfront home in a tight-knit community in Volusia County, Florida had been in his family for nearly 15 years before it was washed away this week, as the dangerous storm surge and powerful winds caused by Hurricane Nicole swept across Florida. “This home was my grandma’s

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A bouncing baby gorilla has been born at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas. The unnamed infant is just the second-ever western lowland gorilla born at the facility, according to a Facebook post. The baby was born early on November 6 to parents Gracie and Elmo, the zoo says. He likely

By Raja Razek, CNN Amid efforts to find unidentified victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, a forensic anthropologist discovered that one of three sets of remains exhumed last week included a victim with a gunshot wound, authorities said. The remains were uncovered at an excavation site in the Oaklawn Cemetery this year

By Chloe Melas, CNN Actor Alec Baldwin on Friday filed a lawsuit in California against several individuals associated with the “Rust” film, according to a cross-complaint obtained by CNN. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by the actor last October during a rehearsal for a scene for the movie, which was being filmed near Santa

By Paradise Afshar, CNN More than 100 new plaintiffs affected by water contamination at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii have been included in a lawsuit against the United States government. The lawsuit was originally filed earlier this year with the US District Court for the District of Hawaii, and included the names

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN State Farm Arena was transformed into a church Friday as family and fans gathered to celebrate the earthly departure of Takeoff from Migos. The three-hour sendoff was a superstar affair, featuring performances from Justin Bieber, Chloe Bailey and Yolanda Adams, as well as a poem by Drake, and words of

By Zenebou Sylla and Kiely Westhoff, CNN Three former Pennsylvania police officers each pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 counts of reckless endangerment for their involvement in the death of an 8-year-old girl who was shot after she was leaving a high school football game with her family, according to a spokesperson from the Delaware County

By Tavleen Tarrant, CNN Eleven students from Temple University in Philadelphia were held hostage and robbed by two masked men with handguns early Friday, authorities said. Police said officers responded to a report at an off-campus property about 6 a.m. The students had been sleeping when the two suspects broke in, rounded them up, and

By Sharif Paget, CNN No charges will be filed against a woman seen on video on Election Day hanging stuffed toys in nooses above a political sign belonging to Tim Alexander, a Black candidate for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District seat. The woman was identified as a 36-year-old resident of Rio Grande, the section of

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Floridians are once again picking up the pieces after Nicole slammed into the state Thursday, killing at least four people, ripping buildings apart and leaving some homes unlivable as it bore down with dangerous storm surge and powerful winds. Nicole hit Florida’s eastern coast, just south of Vero Beach, as a

By Mike Valerio, CNN On a remote Pacific sandbar, replete with the ravages of war, a small group of veterans, volunteers and archeologists are doing their best to keep the enduring promise of “no man left behind.” According to the Department of Defense, nearly half of the known American casualties from the Battle of Tarawa

By Aya Elamroussi and Amy Simonson, CNN Kentucky state officials on Thursday unveiled a sculpture of public education trailblazer Nettie Depp, the first woman from the state to have a large-scale monument dedicated to her inside the state Capitol. “Nettie Depp was a pioneer in the field of public education in Kentucky, serving as an

By Amir Vera and Joe Sutton, CNN A noose was discovered at the Obama Presidential Center construction site in Chicago Thursday, prompting the group overseeing the project to suspend work at the site. Lakeside Alliance, a joint venture of multiple construction companies working on the center, issued a statement saying they reported the incident to

By Steve Almasy and Rebekah Riess, CNN The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday denied a petition for a hearing on new evidence in the case of death row inmate Richard Glossip, convicted of a 1997 murder committed by someone else. At trial, prosecutors said Glossip, a motel manager, ordered another employee to kill

By Rebekah Riess and Paradise Afshar, CNN After an independent report found an elementary school outside St. Louis had “unacceptable” levels of radioactive contamination, preliminary results of testing for radioactive materials by the US Army Corps of Engineers showed “no presence of radioactive material above the expected range of background levels,” the U.S. Army Corps

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A Texas woman convicted of killing a pregnant woman and then taking her unborn baby, who also died, has been sentenced to death, court records show. A Bowie County jury last month after about an hour of deliberations found Taylor Rene Parker guilty of capital murder in the deaths of Reagan

By Ray Sanchez and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN An 18-year-old New Jersey man was arrested Thursday after sending a manifesto online with threats to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, federal prosecutors say. Omar Alkattoul, a Sayreville resident, is charged with a count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce earlier this month, according

By Raja Razek, Jennifer Henderson and Joe Sutton, CNN A man was arrested in connection with a series of arsons, including fires at two historically African American churches, early Tuesday in Jackson, Mississippi, authorities said. The suspect was identified as Devin McLaurin, 23, according to Capt. Crystal Houston of the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office. CNN

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Homes and buildings are collapsing into the ocean and authorities have issued warnings to evacuate some areas as Tropical Storm Nicole pushes a huge volume of ocean water onshore in southeast Florida. Video from Volusia County shows homes crumbling, reduced to wreckage, as Nicole’s waves erode the coastline. Separate video shows

By Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN The brother of two Black teenagers killed in Philadelphia’s 1985 MOVE bombings is suing the city and the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, claiming his sisters’ remains were mistreated and hidden away for more than three decades, court documents show. The civil complaint, filed Friday by attorneys

By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Justin Gamble, CNN As lottery players across the nation accept that they didn’t win the historic $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot this week, experts are pointing to the flaws of a lottery system they say unfairly targets poor Black and brown communities. Lottery officials say the lone winning ticket holder of

By Liam Reilly, CNN The student facing assault charges after she repeatedly hurled a racial slur at a Black student on campus early Sunday morning has been permanently banned from campus and could face additional charges, the University of Kentucky president said. Sophia Rosing — who is no longer a student — was initially suspended

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By Dakin Andone, CNN Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teen and sex trafficking victim who killed a man she said raped her multiple times, is back in custody following her escape from the residential corrections facility where she was serving probation, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Lewis, 18, was arrested just days after she

By Kara Scannell A woman who was a victim of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has agreed to drop allegations against attorney Alan Dershowitz saying she “may have made a mistake” when she also accused him of sexual abuse. The accuser, Virginia Giuffre, said in a statement that she was young at the time she was

By Faith Karimi and Larry Madowo, CNN A Nigerian social media influencer who flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets and luxury cars has been sentenced to 11 years in prison over charges related to a multimillion dollar scam that targeted companies in the United States and overseas. Ramon Abbas, known to his millions of

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Southwest Florida looks a lot different than it did before Hurricane Ian ripped through the area six weeks ago. The verdant Sanibel Island has browned, its trees felled by the storm or drowning in salt water. And Cape Coral, a meticulously neat planned community cut by rows of canals, is still

By Laura Ly, CNN Cornell University has suspended all fraternity parties and social events after campus police issued alerts about an alleged sexual assault and at least four alleged incidents of drug-laced drinks at an off-campus location, university officials said. The university said in a letter Monday to students that the incidents “reportedly occurred at

By Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN A lone winning ticket for the record $2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot was sold in Altadena, California, lottery officials said Tuesday, making the lucky ticket holder the winner of the largest lottery prize ever. The ticket was sold at a Joe’s Service Center, the California Lottery said on

By Taylor Romine, CNN. Photographs by Rachel Woolf and video by Lacey Russell, CNN Dr. Jill Gibson is jogging from patient to patient through the complicated maze of exam rooms, wearing navy scrubs, protective booties and a magenta shirt reading “I Stand with Planned Parenthood.” Gibson, Planned Parenthood Arizona’s Medical Director, saw nine patients the

By Liam Reilly and Nicole Chavez, CNN Less than 48 hours after video of a Black University of Kentucky student enduring racial slurs from a White student went viral, she addressed a crowd of supporters. “My name is Kylah Spring.” With tears in her eyes, the college freshman had a message during a rally Monday

By Shimon Prokupecz and Michelle Watson, CNN A Texas district court judge in Uvalde has sealed autopsy reports of those killed during the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in May. Judge Camile Dubose of the 38th District Court on Friday ordered the records be sealed and provided to the local district attorney “for the purpose

By Eric Levenson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Lottery officials announced late Monday night that the record-breaking $1.9 billion Powerball drawing is delayed because officials in one state need more time to complete security protocols. The delay is caused by one participating lottery that needs more time to process its sales, the Multi-State Lottery Commission told

By Dakin Andone, CNN Nearly two months after receiving a deferred judgment for killing a man she said had raped her, Iowa teenager and sex trafficking victim Pieper Lewis walked away from the residential corrections facility where she was serving probation, prompting authorities to issue a warrant for her arrest. The teen, who garnered national

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Emmanuelle Chiche remembers the first time she stumbled upon Elizabeth Street Garden, a charming green space hidden between rows of concrete buildings in lower Manhattan. It wasn’t like any other garden in the city, she remembers thinking. It transported her back to France, her home country, with its dozens of beautifully

By Tina Burnside, CNN One person is dead and five others were wounded in three separate shootings reported within an hour across Boston neighborhoods Sunday night, prompting authorities to investigate whether the incidents are connected, police said. Boston police responded to the first shooting in the Mattapan neighborhood at 9:10 p.m. after receiving a radio

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN The Oklahoma City Zoo is asking the public to help choose names for its new litter of African lion cubs. Lioness Dunia, Swahili for the Earth, gave birth to three female and one male on September 26 at the zoo’s Lion Overlook habitat. “Mom and her cubs are in good health

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The newest addition to the Ocala Police Department in Florida is just two feet tall, has four legs, and is absolutely adorable. Magic the miniature horse is officially an “honorary police officer” in the department, according to a Facebook post from the Ocala police. Magic is the first mini horse to

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Did you wake up somewhat confused this morning? You’re not alone. While you were sleeping, Daylight Saving Time in the US came to an end, which explains why your smartphone and microwave can’t seem to agree on what time it is. Earlier this year, the Senate voted unanimously to put a

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The only thing better than winning the lottery is claiming two lottery prizes in one day. A Delaware woman was in for a once-in-a-lifetime surprise after she claimed two six-figure lottery prizes in one day on October 20, according to a news release from the Delaware Lottery. The anonymous 70-year-old winner

By Jessica Jordan, CNN When you think of roses, you may not think of them as rare. You can easily find commercially grown roses at your local florist or even at the grocery store. But when it comes to unique heritage roses, there is a world of collectors and preservationists working hard to keep them