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By Dakin Andone, CNN A Texas death row inmate who’d asked for his execution to be delayed so he can donate a kidney was granted a stay of execution Monday on an unrelated appeal over allegedly false testimony during the penalty phase of his trial. Ramiro Gonzales, 39, who was to be executed Wednesday, had

By Sonnet Swire, CNN Three churches located on the same road in Maryland, just outside Washington, DC, were vandalized over the weekend, and authorities are investigating fires set at two of the churches as arson. “These churches are within a few mile radius of each other,” said Pete Piringer, spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire

By Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN The Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting is planning to release hallway surveillance video of what police were doing, along with a fact-focused report to the families of those who were massacred, according to a source close to the committee. The intention of the committee and

By Emma Tucker A dog visiting the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan was rescued by park rangers after jumping over a railing and falling up to 30 feet down a cliff, according to the National Park Service. The 4-year-old cocker spaniel-poodle mix named Leo visiting the Miners Castle landmark with his Wisconsin family was

By Alaa Elassar, Chuck Johnston and Andy Rose, CNN A Missouri resident diagnosed this month with an infection from a brain-eating amoeba after visiting a beach in Iowa has died, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). The beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County was closed

By Isa Kaufman-Geballe, Samantha Beech and Alaa Elassar, CNN Five people were injured in a shooting on the boardwalk near the popular amusement area of New York City’s Coney Island early Sunday morning, authorities said. Police are still trying to identify a suspect in the shooting, which happened around 2 a.m. and resulted in two

By Stephanie Elam, CNN With a megadrought draining water reserves in the West, states are looking for alternatives to handle water rights, many of which were set more than 100 years ago when water supplies were far more abundant. Back then, just posting a sign next to a water diversion was enough to be considered

By Holly Yan, CNN The barstool on the far left at Norton’s Restaurant shouldn’t be empty. Every week, 88-year-old Stephen Straus filled the seat with his jovial personality, making fast friends with strangers at the fixture in Highland Park, Illinois. “Norton’s is our version of ‘Cheers‘ in Highland Park. Everyone knows your name and all

By Michelle Watson, CNN A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed during a fight inside a subway station on Saturday has died, according to the New York Police Department. Officers responding to a 911 call found the boy on a train platform in a north Harlem subway station with a stab wound to the abdomen, police

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Kerwin Webb said he knows the terror that young Black men experience when being pulled over by police. Webb said tensions are often high and adrenaline is rushing because in too many cases, Black people have lost their lives during police encounters. So he understands why Jayland Walker led Akron,

By Emma Tucker, CNN The decision by Ohio police officers to handcuff Jayland Walker after they fired dozens of shots, killing the unarmed 25-year-old at the end of a high-speed chase, has come under intense scrutiny by Walker’s family and the public, as they continue to demand answers and accountability from city officials. Walker, who

By Samantha Beech and Christina Maxouris, CNN Massachusetts firefighters battled a large blaze Saturday that was first reported at a hotel on Nantucket Island. Authorities received a report about a fire at the Veranda House hotel just after 6:45 a.m. Saturday, at which time an off-duty captain and several people ran to the scene to

By Hannah Sarisohn, Rosa Flores and Alaa Elassar, CNN The Jewish Federation of San Antonio says there is no longer a “known imminent threat” to the San Antonio, Texas, Jewish community after urging synagogues and Jewish organizations to cancel events. The Jewish Federation had said earlier Saturday they received a warning from the FBI about

By Kelly Murray, CNN Twin newborn Sumatran tiger cubs are bonding with their mother, having been born minutes apart early on July 2 at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Eleven-year-old Lola gave birth to the first cub at 4:31 a.m. and the second at 4:49 a.m. In a press release on Wednesday, the zoo said Lola

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., maker of the Macintosh computer, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Personal Birth date: February 24, 1955 Death date: October 5, 2011 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Steven Paul Jobs Father: Adoptive – Paul Jobs,

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Angela Gregg’s 4-year-old son, Mychal Moultry Jr., known to loved ones as MJ, was killed by a stray bullet while getting his hair braided last year during Labor Day weekend in Chicago’s South Side neighborhood Woodlawn. She remembers him as a genius who was set to skip ahead to kindergarten after

By Aya Elamroussi and Michelle Watson, CNN After a 4-year-old girl died following a shooting Friday night in Akron, Ohio, a 40-year-old man left critically injured has died at the hospital, according to an update from the Akron Police Department. Akron has been reeling from protests over the fatal police shooting of a Black man

By Michelle Watson, CNN Six people were injured Friday night when a car jumped a curb and crashed near businesses just north of downtown Chicago, authorities said. Most of the victims were sitting at an outdoor table on North Wells Street when the crash happened, officials said. Five were taken to hospitals for treatment, according

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For many Black women, the reversal of Roe v. Wade last month not only stripped them of bodily autonomy, but created another barrier to economic security and choosing the course of their future. For 49 years, women have had the right to terminate a pregnancy without needing to justify it,

By Stephanie Elam, CNN Just one rogue drone is all it takes to bring the aerial assault on a wildfire to a standstill. So in a fresh alliance, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Los Angeles field office are working together in a first-of-its-kind drone deterrent program to get

By Sharif Paget, CNN More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine were seized this week after authorities in San Diego County tracked and intercepted a truck that crossed the US border from Mexico, officials said Friday. Four men from Tijuana, Mexico, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute the highly addictive drug in what officials

By Polo Sandoval, CNN The Akron, Ohio, police chief said the handcuffing of Jayland Walker after he was shot dozens of times by city police officers was in accordance with department policy, but added the city will review its policy. In an interview with CNN affiliate WEWS, Akron Police Chief Stephen Mylett said his officers

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Detroit police officer was shot and killed on Wednesday after allegedly being “ambushed” by a 19-year-old gunman while responding to a 911 call of gunshots being fired, authorities said. Detroit Police Chief James E. White said that four responding officers engaged and killed the gunman, Ehmani Mack Davis, as he

By Amanda Musa, CNN A simulation released by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) shows the impact of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on the Seattle Fault. “Tsunami waves could be as high as 42 feet at the Seattle Great Wheel and will reach inland as far as Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park,” Washington State DNR

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell have appealed her conviction and 20-year federal prison sentence for carrying out a yearslong scheme with her longtime confidante Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Maxwell’s defense argument was not immediately available, but her attorneys have maintained her innocence since her 2020 arrest,

By Casey Tolan and Daniel A. Medina, CNN When Bob’s Pantry and Deli opened for business in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2008, loyal customers lined up in the snow at 4 a.m. to support Bob Crimo, who was striking out on his own after years running a convenience store franchise. Photos from

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Attorneys representing a Connecticut man who suffered a serious injury to his neck and spine while in police custody last month say the family wants a federal civil rights investigation into the incident. Family Attorney Ben Crump said he is meeting with the Department of Justice Friday to

By Raja Razek, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced in a video message Thursday that he is calling for a special audit of Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) for potential mishandling of public funds and said he is “also ​concerned that TPS may have violated state law, specifically HB 1775, which bans public schools from teaching

By Rebekah Riess and Ray Sanchez, CNN The mayor of the Texas city of Uvalde is refuting a new assessment of the law enforcement response to the massacre at Robb Elementary School, saying the report “does not give a complete and accurate account of what happened.” Mayor Don McLaughlin on Thursday took issue with the

By Camila Moreno-Lizarazo, CNN A Black man who spent six days in jail after police misidentified him for a 49-year-old White man with an outstanding felony charge, has won a $90,000 settlement from Las Vegas-area law enforcement agencies. Shane Lee Brown filed a federal lawsuit in January 2022 for at least $500,000 in damages but

By Holly Yan, CNN Anytime there was a major life event at her synagogue, Jacki Sundheim was on top of it. The 63-year-old meticulously planned virtually every bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, wedding and funeral at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois. “I learned a lot from her,” said fellow congregant Jamie Greenebaum. “She was

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN California will begin making its own low-cost insulin in an effort to make it more financially accessible amid soaring prices for the life-saving medication, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. The move is possible through an allocation of $100 million in the state budget for the manufacture of the medication at a

By Taylor Romine A wildfire is threatening a famed giant sequoia tree grove in California’s Yosemite National Park, officials said Thursday. The Washburn Fire is estimated at 60 to 70 acres and burning near the lower portion of Mariposa Grove, Yosemite park officials said. Firefighters are working from the ground and air to suppress the

By Raja Razek, CNN The woman who fled to Costa Rica after allegedly killing an elite cyclist in Texas used several aliases and a passport that belongs to someone “closely associated with her,” a spokesperson for the US Marshals Service said Thursday. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, is suspected of fatally shooting Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson

By Samantha Beech and Zenebou Sylla, CNN After Randy Cox suffered an injury in the back of a New Haven police van that left him partially paralyzed, officials in the Connecticut city have announced a series of reforms and police training requirements that include mandating the use of seatbelts in prisoner transport. The announcement Thursday

By Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN An 8-year-old boy who was attending the Highland Park Fourth of July parade with his parents and twin brother was shot and is now paralyzed from the waist down, family spokesperson Anthony Loizzi told CNN on Thursday. Cooper Roberts was shot in the chest and suffered several significant

By Paradise Afshar and Alaa Elassar, CNN Seattle police officers were justified in the fatal shooting of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother of four who was shot and killed in her home by police in 2017, an inquest jury concluded Wednesday. Officers Steven McNew and Jason Anderson responded to Lyles’ apartment on June 18, 2017,

By Devon M. Sayers and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A mysterious Georgia monument was damaged Wednesday when an explosive device was detonated near the attraction, prompting authorities to then demolish it for safety reasons, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Investigators are now searching for whoever set off the explosive at the nearly 20-foot monument known

By Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton and Rebekah Riess, CNN Days after a gunman killed seven and wounded dozens more in a rampage at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, the shooter’s father told the New York Post he wants his son to serve a long prison sentence. Yellow barricade tape stretched down

By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN A former Colorado funeral home operator has pleaded guilty to stealing and then selling hundreds of human bodies or body parts to people who were buying the remains for scientific, medical or educational purposes, according to prosecutors. Megan Hess, 45, admitted Tuesday to one count of mail fraud and aiding and

By Kiely Westhoff and Aya Elamroussi, CNN One of the two police officers injured in a shooting during a July Fourth celebration in Philadelphia didn’t realize he had been shot until he arrived at a hospital and found a bullet lodged in his hat, he told CNN. Officer Sergio Diggs and deputy John Foster were

By Amir Vera, Amy Simonson and Taylor Ward, CNN An unconfirmed tornado in Ohio caused significant structural damage to the Goshen Township Police and Fire Departments as well as numerous homes and schools, displacing several hundred people, county officials said Wednesday. A severe storm ripped through the downtown area of Goshen around 2:30 p.m. ET

By Amir Vera and Rob Frehse, CNN One phone call saved countless lives and prevented a potential mass shooting during July 4 celebrations in Richmond, Virginia, the police chief and mayor said Wednesday. The “hero” tipster overheard a conversation that a mass shooting was being planned for the celebration at the Dogwood Dell amphitheater and

By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Nicole Chavez, CNN Twenty-two migrants found dead in a sweltering semi-truck in San Antonio, or who died in the days after, have been named for the first time on Wednesday by the Bexar County medical examiner, now that most of the 53 migrants have been identified by authorities. More than

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN By his father’s final act of heroism, Aiden McCarthy survived Monday’s carnage at a July Fourth parade in suburban Chicago. But the 2-year-old now is left to grow up without either of his parents — an orphan of America’s bane of mass shootings. Kevin McCarthy, 37, and his wife, Irina, 35,

By Amy Simonson, CNN Bradford Clark Freeman, believed to be the last surviving original member of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army known as Easy Company, died Sunday in Columbus, Mississippi. He was 97. Freeman died at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, according to an obituary posted by Lowndes Funeral

By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Dakin Andone, CNN The gunman in Monday’s massacre at a Fourth of July parade in the Illinois city of Highland Park admitted he carried out the attack, killing seven and wounding dozens of others, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. Robert E. Crimo III, 21, told authorities in a voluntary

By Amy Simonson, CNN Three men pleaded guilty to defrauding 14 Rhode Island seniors out of more than $350,000 in what authorities described Tuesday as a “Grandparent Scam.” “Few things are more frightening than thinking a family member is in trouble,” U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha said in a news release. “These defendants exploited that

By Polo Sandoval and John Couwels, CNN Jayland Walker was handcuffed behind his back when his body arrived at the coroner’s office to be processed as part of the investigation into the officers who shot and killed him in Akron last week, according to a medical examiner’s report that was reviewed by CNN. The preliminary

By Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told CNN he’s lost faith in Texas leaders investigating how law enforcement responded to the shooting at his town’s elementary school that killed 19 children and two adults. “I’m not confident, 100%, in DPS because I think it’s a cover-up,” he said of

By David Close, CNN Mike Grier has been named the San Jose Sharks new general manager. Grier’s hire is historic as he becomes the National Hockey League’s (NHL) first Black general manager, according to the team. The Sharks say Grier, who has spent nearly a lifetime around the game as a player and later as

By Jason Hanna, CNN Dr. David Baum waited a minute after the shooting stopped at the northern Illinois Fourth of July parade he attended Monday, and then ran toward the victims. And what he saw, he said, was horrifying. Some of those who would survive their injuries were on the ground, screaming. But some of

By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy and Curt Devine, CNN Hours after gunfire interrupted the Highland Park, Illinois, July Fourth parade, killing seven people and wounding dozens more, police apprehended the man they believe was responsible. Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, 21, faces seven charges of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting, which authorities said

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Sara Smart, Sharif Paget and Caroll Alvarado, CNN What was supposed to be a patriotic celebration turned into a day of tragedy and fear when a gunman killed seven people and injured dozens more at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Now, yet another community in America is grieving the

By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna, Adrienne Broaddus and Helen Regan, CNN The suspect in Monday’s mass shooting at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, that left seven dead and injured more than two dozen has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart announced during a news