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By Rebekah Riess and Omar Jimenez, CNN The 21-year-old accused of opening fire at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 117 criminal charges, including 21 counts of first-degree murder, court officials said. The gunman, Robert E. Crimo III, also was arraigned on 48 counts of attempted first-degree murder

By Dakin Andone, Sara Weisfeldt and Leyla Santiago, CNN It wasn’t until Anthony Montalto was sitting next to his wife testifying in a Florida courtroom Wednesday that he realized he was wearing the same clothes he wore the last time he took his daughter Gina to a father-daughter dance. “I was so happy to be

By Chuck Johnston and Tina Burnside, CNN A kidnapped girl’s escape in Alabama has led to the discovery of two decomposing bodies and the arrest of a man now facing murder and kidnapping charges, authorities said. Police got a call Monday morning from a driver about a 12-year-old girl walking alone along County Road 34

By Cheri Mossburg and Nouran Salahieh, CNN As firefighters battle the raging wildfire scorching a Northern California forest and swallowing homes in its path, some residents forced to flee are left to grapple with the losses and an uncertain future. Klamath River resident Kayla Dailey, pregnant with her third child, spent her due date not

By Michelle Watson, CNN A pharmacist in McGregor, Minnesota, refused to fill a woman’s morning-after pill prescription because it violated his “beliefs,” a lawsuit alleges. When Andrea Anderson’s first contraception method failed in January 2019, she turned to ella, otherwise known as the “morning after pill” or emergency contraception, to prevent a possible pregnancy, the

By Rob Frehse, CNN A Virginia police officer who pepper-sprayed an Army lieutenant and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop in 2020 should not face state charges, a special prosecutor says, though he formally referred the case to the US Attorney’s Office for a federal civil rights investigation. “Although I find the

By Wayne Sterling and Eric Levenson, CNN The NFL stripped the Miami Dolphins of two draft picks and suspended and fined owner Stephen Ross after a probe into allegations of tampering and tanking found that his team had impermissible contact with star quarterback Tom Brady and the agent of former Saints coach Sean Payton. The

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at nuclear power plants in the United States. There are 93 commercial nuclear power reactor units licensed to operate in the United States. The nuclear power reactor units provide the US with about 20% of its electricity. Other Facts The Nuclear Regulatory Commission or NRC maintains a threat assessment

By Rosa Flores and Eric Levenson, CNN Body camera footage released by the city of Uvalde last month shows a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was on the scene outside Robb Elementary School just 2 minutes and 28 seconds after the gunman entered, a timeline earlier than previously known. The department had only disclosed,

By Raja Razek and Michelle Krupa, CNN A fundraiser for a charity affiliated with the powerful National Rifle Association won’t be held as planned Saturday at a municipal facility in Texas after relatives of children slaughtered in May at an elementary school some 40 miles away lobbied city council members to deny the event its

By Faith Karimi, CNN An American dentist and big-game hunter was found guilty of murder in the shooting death of his wife on an African safari. Lawrence Rudolph, 67, killed his wife, Bianca Rudolph, with a shotgun and defrauded multiple insurance companies, a federal jury found Monday. Rudolph cashed in more than $4.8 million in

By Dakin Andone and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Alyssa Alhadeff would be in her second year of college if she hadn’t been murdered in a 2018 mass shooting at her Parkland, Florida, high school — and her father would be looking forward to watching her achieve her dreams. “Soon she’d go on to be a professional

By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN Two people were killed and six were injured while attending a birthday party at a Detroit home early Sunday after a man upset over a parking dispute allegedly opened fire on the group, police said. The shooting happened at 2:40 a.m. when a man who lived across the street from the

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As a massive wildfire continues to cut a path of destruction through a Northern California forest, residents are left to contend with lost homes and treasured family items. The McKinney Fire, the largest in California so far this year, broke out Friday afternoon in the Klamath National Forest near the California-Oregon

By Jennifer Henderson and Amanda Musa, CNN A married couple in Hawaii has been indicted for allegedly living under the identities of dead children from Texas for decades and conspiring against the government, according to unsealed federal court records. A federal grand jury in Honolulu indicted Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison on conspiracy,

By Amanda Musa, Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met privately Monday with some families in Uvalde, discussing school safety, a teacher who was also there told CNN. Robb Elementary School teacher Arnulfo Reyes expressed his skepticism of the governor’s visit to the town, where questions and frustrations remain over the

By Amanda Musa, CNN The Elmo 2 Fire in western Montana has burned 12,975 acres, according to Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 7. The fire grew just over 2,000 acres on Sunday and is still 0% contained, incident commander John Thompson said in a news release Monday. Thompson says winds are expected to reach 10-14

By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Nathan Day was up early Thursday morning helping his son get ready for work when he received a message from a neighbor asking him to save her grandchildren from the rising floodwaters. Day, a former coal miner who lives in Hindman, Knott County, said he was unaware of what was happening

By Josh Campbell and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad on Monday told the Iranian regime, “Go to hell,” just days after authorities informed her a man armed with an AK-47-style rifle was arrested in the Brooklyn neighborhood where she lives with her family, including her stepchildren. Authorities are investigating whether

By Emily Chang and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A federal judge in New York City has thrown out a lawsuit that accused Bob Dylan of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in 1965. The plaintiff voluntarily dropped the case on Thursday, according to court documents. Manhattan Federal Judge Katherine Polk Failla officially dismissed the filing “with prejudice,”

By Chuck Johnston, CNN The University of West Georgia is grieving the death of an 18-year-old freshman and grappling with the notion that a former professor is charged in her death. Richard Sigman, 47, has been arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime for

By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN A 17-year-old boy died Saturday, and four others were wounded when they were stabbed while riding inner tubes down a river in western Wisconsin, according to the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Scott Knudson told CNN multiple witnesses called law enforcement when the stabbing occurred on the

By Michelle Watson, CNN At least seven people are dead, including five children, after a head-on car crash on I-90 in northern Illinois, state police said. The crash involved a wrong-way driver, according to state troopers who responded to the scene just after 2 a.m. Sunday. A van and a car hit one another head

By Holly Yan, Michelle Watson and Paradise Afshar, CNN The searing heat that has baked the Northwest is suspected to have led to at least 14 deaths in Oregon and eight in Washington state, officials said. The most recent death in Oregon was reported Saturday. An “elderly male who died was in his home that

By Sharif Paget and Zoe Sottile, CNN Amid disastrous flooding in eastern Kentucky, one anonymous man’s good deed helped rescue a grandmother and her family trapped inside a water-filled home. Randy Polly was driving to get gas on Thursday morning when he encountered floodwaters that left him stranded on a patch of dry land in

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN Indeed, Kevin Miller of Montague, Massachusetts, is lucky for life. He recently won $25,000 a year for life in the multistate lottery game Lucky for Life. The win comes six years after winning a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “Cadillac Riches” game, state lottery officials said. He purchased

By Tina Burnside and Holly Yan, CNN At least seven shooting victims were hospitalized Sunday after a melee in downtown Orlando, Florida. The violence erupted around 2 a.m. ET Sunday after a large fight broke out, Orlando Police Chief Eric D. Smith said. An unidentified assailant pulled out a handgun and fired into the crowd,

By Andrew Torgan, CNN We’ve endured much as a nation this year: rampant inflation, fierce political discord, extreme weather conditions and an ongoing pandemic. Nothing, however, may be as troubling as the coming candy apocalypse. Hershey warned last week that due to capacity constraints and ongoing supply chain issues, it may not be able to

By Faith Karimi, CNN Lawrence and Bianca Rudolph shared a passion for big game hunting. In late September 2016, the couple traveled from their Phoenix home to the southern African nation of Zambia, where Bianca Rudolph was determined to add a leopard to her collection of animal trophies. They carried two guns for the hunt:

By Paradise Afshar and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Samuel Sandoval, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers who served during World War II, died Friday, according to a release from the Navajo Nation. During the war, Sandoval was one of hundreds of young Navajo men recruited to use an 813-word code based on the native

By Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN Two cyclists were killed and three were injured Saturday morning when an SUV crossed over the center line while trying to pass another vehicle, Michigan authorities said. The five cyclists were all participating in the Make-A-Wish bicycle tour, a three-day fundraising event and endurance ride that spans most

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Justin Gamble, CNN Georgia authorities released body camera footage Friday of an incident from earlier this month where a mother experiencing what her family called a mental health crisis died due to a fatal injury while in police custody. Brianna Grier, 28, was experiencing a mental health episode on July 15

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Christina Maxouris, CNN New York City officials declared monkeypox a public health emergency Saturday, saying the city is the epicenter of the state’s outbreak and the move will boost measures to help slow the spread of the disease. “We estimate that approximately 150,000 New Yorkers may currently be at risk for

By Zoe Sottile, CNN On Wednesday, Hawaii received its last shipment of coal before closing its last functioning coal plant. Gov. David Ige called the final shipment “a huge step forward in Hawaiʻi’s transition to clean energy” on Twitter. “In its time, coal was an important resource for Hawai’i and I’d like to thank the

By Emma Tucker, CNN Twenty-eight incarcerated women in Indiana have alleged in two separate federal lawsuits that they were ​threatened or sexually assaulted, including two who said they were raped, last year by ​men incarcerated at the same facility who, according to one of the lawsuits, bribed a corrections officer with $1,000 to obtain the

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Boaters in Massachusetts had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a real-life whale tail. A humpback breached and landed on the bow of a fishing boat near Plymouth on July 24, CNN affiliate WBZ-TV reported. The whale broke the water’s surface around 10 a.m. a few hundred yards off of Manomet Point. No

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Officials found more than $2 million in methamphetamine hidden in a vehicle at the Rio Grande City Port of Entry in Texas, US Customs and Border Protection say. CBP officers from the Rio Grande City International Bridge discovered it Sunday in a 2012 Dodge that arrived from Mexico, Port Director Andres

By Jason Hanna and Keith Allen, CNN The chase for the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot has ended — with a single ticket sold in the Chicago area for the whole $1.337 billion. One ticket bought in Des Plaines hit the top prize in Friday night’s drawing, according to the Illinois Lottery, securing the third-largest jackpot

By Nouran Salahieh, Zoe Sottile and Renée Rigdon, CNN When it comes to shark attacks, Florida typically tops global charts. But recently, New York has been making headlines for a spate of dangerous encounters that have rattled New Yorkers and triggered beach closures. Before 2022, there were only 12 recorded unprovoked bites in New York’s

By Tina Burnside and Paradise Afshar, CNN The body of a man who got off an aircraft mid-flight during an emergency landing Friday near Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recovered, authorities said. Around 2:40 p.m. ET, a twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar landed in the grass at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN

By Emma Tucker, CNN Several high-profile mass shootings and a sustained rise in gun violence across the United States in 2022 have spurred law enforcement officials and lawmakers to push for more gun control measures. President Joe Biden in June signed into law the first major gun safety legislation passed in decades. The measure failed

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Dartmouth College, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States, is set to welcome its first-ever female president: Sian Leah Beilock, the current president of Barnard College. Beilock will serve as the Ivy League school’s 19th president, and the first female president in its more than 250-year

By Nick Valencia, CNN The local Louisiana district attorney with jurisdiction over the town where Ronald Greene died following an interaction with state troopers said he has now received the federal case file and has begun reviewing their investigative reports. Third Judicial District Attorney John Belton told CNN that he met with federal investigators, including

By Alta Spells, Preston Fore and Celeste Noraian, CNN Just days after 22 states filed a lawsuit fighting the new US Department of Agriculture policy seeking to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Florida’s top education official is advising schools in his state to ignore the guidance. In a letter, Florida

By Caroll Alvarado, Sharif Paget and Christina Maxouris, CNN Early Thursday morning, 17-year-old Chloe Adams woke up to a nightmare. Rushing waters were coming out of the bathroom drains, bubbling up through the kitchen tiles and quickly surrounding her home. Chloe, who lives with her grandfather in Whitesburg, Kentucky, was alone, with no one but

By Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday declared a state of emergency for the northeastern New Mexico city of Las Vegas due to flooding of a wildfire burn scar that is threatening the area’s drinking water supply. The scar from a fire that burned more than 340,000 acres has

By Carlos Suarez, CNN The Miami-Dade County School Board has reversed course on its July 20 decision to reject new sexual education textbooks that they approved just three months ago over concerns that rejecting the curriculum would leave schools out of compliance with state requirements. On Thursday, the board voted 5-4 to bring back middle

By Raja Razek, CNN Former NFL player Kevin Ware has been indicted on charges of murder and tampering with evidence, specifically a corpse, in the death of his girlfriend, Taylor Pomaski, who disappeared in 2021, according to a news release from the Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. “Prosecutors presented the evidence to a Harris

By Jennifer Henderson and Danielle Sills, CNN Seattle Pacific University is under investigation for alleged hiring discrimination, the state attorney general confirmed Friday. “Seattle Pacific University admits that it refuses to hire gay faculty and staff,” Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in a statement obtained Friday by CNN affiliate KIRO. Lori Windham, senior

By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents. Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina,

By Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN Mandy Gutierrez, the Robb Elementary School principal who was suspended with pay earlier this week has been informed that she may return to work, according to her attorney Ricardo Cedillo. Gutierrez was placed on administrative leave Monday during a Uvalde School Board meeting. The principal has faced criticism

By Josh Campbell, CNN A former US Marine planned to attack a New York synagogue and engage in “widespread homicide and sexual assault” targeting minorities, federal prosecutors argue in court documents obtained by CNN. Matthew Belanger, a former Marine who was discharged from the service in May 2021 due to alleged “dissident/extremist activity,” according to

By Amir Vera and Andy Rose, CNN While flash flooding in St. Louis, Missouri, had tapered out in the last two days, a new round of storms Thursday afternoon left emergency responders scrambling to rescue residents. The St. Louis Police Department tweeted Thursday one section of the city was submerged in 7 feet of water,

By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent On a ridge overlooking the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it would have been possible to see the first flickering flames of the Oak Fire and then how it engulfed its surroundings. It took just 24 hours to mushroom to 10,000 acres and become California’s biggest wildfire

By Stella Chan and Zoe Sottile, CNN Authorities have been forced to intermittently close Los Angeles’ iconic 6th street bridge four times in five days for various illegal activity, including street takeovers, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The viaduct, built in 1932, was closed in 2016 for upgrades to the seismically deficient structure.

By Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN Alabama inmate Joe Nathan James Jr. was executed Thursday night for the 1994 murder of Faith Hall Smith, the state’s top attorney said, despite pleas from the victim’s family not to do so. “Justice has been served. Joe James was put to death for the heinous act he

By Dakin Andone and Kevin Conlon, CNN For months leading up to the Parkland massacre, Nikolas Cruz searched the internet for information and videos about mass shootings, leaving behind YouTube comments expressing his desire to “kill people,” according to testimony in the penalty phase of his trial. Broward County Sheriff’s Office Detective Nick Masters, an

By Judson Jones, Monica Garrett and Payton Major, CNN Flash drought conditions intensified in the Northeast and across the southern Plains, causing agriculture concerns across the regions, according to the latest US Drought Monitor released Thursday morning. “Temperatures across the region were generally 2-8 degrees warmer than normal, with the warmest readings occurring in Oklahoma,

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN A 7-year-old girl from Georgia camping with her family in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was killed Wednesday when a tree fell on their campsite, park officials said. Rangers responded to an emergency call at the Elkmont Campground in Tennessee at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, the park said in a news release.

By Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN It’s a hot July day and a horse rolls around in a patch of dust on Wade Maierhofer’s farm in central Texas. A year ago, that same sandy spot was buried under 8 feet of water — a drinking pond for the rancher’s cattle in normal times. But

By Michelle Watson, CNN A New Jersey family says the wrong body was in their mother’s casket, which had to be lifted out of the ground during the funeral service, according to a lawsuit that was filed Monday in Bergen County. Kummi Kim, Yoonsung Kim, Jungmi Kim Walder and Kummi’s husband, Taichul Kim, are suing

By Amir Vera and Mark Morales, CNN The man accused of killing a young mother as she pushed their baby in a stroller was indicted for murder Wednesday, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Isaac Argro, 23, appeared in the New York Supreme Court on Monday and was charged with second-degree murder and two