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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A New Jersey family plans to distribute free books along the East Coast this summer from a custom-renovated “bookmobile” in an effort to promote childhood literacy. Kaila Boulware Sykes and her husband, Raymond, met while they were students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. “Throughout our entire relationship we

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Labradors, poodles and terriers — oh, my. Those dog breeds and more will be on showcase starting Saturday as part of the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Here’s everything you need to know about it. What is the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show? The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is

By Jason Hanna and Rebekah Riess, CNN A Philadelphia firefighter died early Saturday, when a building collapsed soon after a fire there was extinguished. Four of his comrades and a city worker were pulled alive from the rubble, a fire official said. The collapse of 300 W. Indiana Ave. in the city’s Fairhill neighborhood came

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Despite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans until recent years. The momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Juneteenth into the national spotlight, building on a decades-long push by activists and leaders to get recognition for the landmark occasion. Last year, Juneteenth became the latest

By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Among those who love to chase trout with flies made of feathers, just the mention of a certain seven-mile stretch of Utah’s Green River can turn a hardened man rhapsodic. “I’ve guided in New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Alaska,” said Gordon Tharrett, describing his 30-year career guiding elite fly

By Taylor Romine, CNN Three people suffered injuries Friday evening at San Francisco International Airport’s departure terminal after a man attacked them with an “edged weapon,” authorities said. The suspect drove to the airport around 6 p.m. local time and walked around the departure terminal before pulling out the weapon and assaulting three men, San

By Rob Frehse and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A woman who allegedly made anti-Asian remarks and pepper-sprayed four people in New York City last weekend was arrested, police said Friday. Madeline Barker, 47, faces two counts of assault as a hate crime, two counts of attempted assault as a hate crime and four counts of harassment

By Celeste Noraian and Alta Spells, CNN Inmates at a county jail in Florida are being commended for helping save a deputy who was attacked by another inmate last week, police said. Deputy Lillian Jimenez was attacked on June 7 at Hillsborough County Jail after she was lured to a restroom where the inmate said

By Rosa Flores, CNN Zavala County Sheriff Eusevio Salinas told CNN on Friday when he responded to the deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, he didn’t hear anyone at the scene say they were in charge. Salinas said when he and Chief Deputy Ricardo Rios arrived at Robb Elementary School on May

By Jalen Beckford, CNN With the nationwide average price of gasoline hitting $5 a gallon, and prices expected to continue to rise, thefts of gasoline are being reported across the country, and according to police, it’s not just a few gallons being siphoned from vehicles. Now, thieves are pumping thousands of dollars’ worth of fuel

By Caroll Alvarado and Sara Smart, CNN A New York man who was caught on camera claiming to be an “off-duty trooper” while going on a racist road rage tirade has been charged with a hate crime, Sergeant Daniela Portillo with Newburgh police confirmed to CNN. Cellphone video of the incident taken on June 11

By Taylor Romine, CNN A man who killed one person and injured five others during a shooting at a church in Orange County, California, has had hate crime enhancements added to his charges, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. David Wenwei Chou, 68, had hate crime enhancements added for each of the five

By Steve Almasy, Andy Rose and Jarrod Wardwell, CNN The city council in Texas’ capital approved a resolution to explore raising the age for purchasing AR-15-style rifles and other semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21 during a meeting Thursday. The resolution directs Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk to “explore every option” to would allow the

By Ashley Killough, CNN A Dallas County judge granted a motion Friday to strike the Texas Attorney General’s intervention in a case where a doctor is fighting to continue providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth at Children’s Medical Center, a decision which essentially removes Ken Paxton’s office from the case. The decision was another victory

By Nicole Chavez, CNN There are hundreds of heat-related deaths in New York City each summer but the rate at which Black people die is twice as high compared to other racial and ethnic groups, the city’s health department says. As millions of people in over a dozen states are under some of type of

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN You might see another red, white and blue flag flying this weekend over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States. The flag is

By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN When the Covid-19 pandemic laid bare racial, health and economic disparities in cities across the United States, city officials in Oakland, California, knew they had to do something. More than two years into the pandemic, they’ve passed a resolution that racism is a public health crisis. “It reminds us that centuries

By Claire Colbert, CNN Earlier this week, TJ and Victoria Britton watched their home in Gardiner, Montana — along with its 16 years of memories — fall into the Yellowstone River after historic rainfall and flooding inundated waterways in the area. “It’s something I never in a million years thought was even possible. … It’s

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Michigan’s highest court has denied disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s request to hear his appeal for a lower state prison sentence. Nassar, 58, is serving a 60-year federal sentence, which he would have to finish serving before serving his 40- to 175-year state prison sentence, the opinion said. Nassar’s

By Jason Hanna, CNN A 70-year-old man who shot dead three senior citizens at an Alabama church group’s meeting Thursday evening was subdued by someone else at the event until police arrived, authorities said Friday. The suspect, who is in custody, shot dead Walter Rainey, 84, and Sarah Yeager, 75, during a small group’s potluck

By Ryan Bergeron, CNN Sandi Salas never had a formal coming out as a woman. She just simply began transitioning after college. “I never said anything,” Salas told CNN. “I just kept on with my transition because I was an adult, and I didn’t feel that I had to explain it to anybody.” But Salas’

By Michelle Watson, CNN About 20 juveniles housed at a youth correctional center in Bridge City, Louisiana, attempted to take control of areas within the facility Thursday evening, police said. The incident at Bridge City Correctional Center for Youth, located just outside of New Orleans, was reported to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office around 9:48

By Chris Boyette, Michelle Watson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN An investigation into how 12 elementary school students in Juneau, Alaska, were served floor sealant instead of milk at a child care program has revealed the chemical was mistakenly stored in a food warehouse, school district officials said. In the spring of 2021, one pallet of

By Paradise Afshar, CNN A community college in Salt Lake City, Utah, is being required to revise its practices after a pregnant student was encouraged to drop a class after asking for accommodations as she was dealing with morning sickness, education officials said. The student filed a complaint with the federal entity, which determined that

By Benjamin Schiller and Rob Frehse, CNN A Massachusetts middle school can no longer be called Catholic after flying Gay Pride and Black Lives Matter flags at the school, the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester of the Catholic Church says. The Nativity School of Worcester, which says the governance and control of school operations

By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Two people were killed and one injured Thursday when shooting erupted at a small church meeting in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, police said — the latest gun attack to unfold as Americans tried to go about their daily lives. A suspect, who was not identified publicly, is

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Considered the nation’s most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Following that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil rights bills

By Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN The West saw an aspect of the climate crisis play out this month that scientists have warned of for years. In the middle of a prolonged, water shortage-inducing megadrought, one area, Yellowstone, was overwhelmed in mid-June by drenching rainfall and rapid snowmelt that — instead of replenishing the

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell have asked a judge to sentence her to a significantly lower sentence than recommended by the government, saying her difficult childhood made her vulnerable to Jeffrey Epstein and that she shouldn’t face a harsh sentence because of his actions. Maxwell, 60, was convicted by a jury in

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Books that feature LGBTQ characters can be mirrors for young readers in which they can see themselves reflected. But, for the same reason, they’re also frequently banned in schools or libraries. Getting these books into young readers’ hands can be challenging if they’re banned, but these works can build self-awareness and

By Rebekah Riess, CNN At least 2,000 cattle deaths occurred in the southwestern part of Kansas as high temperatures, humidity, and low winds made it difficult for the cows to stay cool, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Communications Director, Matt Lara, told CNN. Lara said the number of deaths is representative of the facilities that

By Brandon Miller and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Extreme rainfall rates and rapid snowmelt prompted the flash flooding in Yellowstone National Park early this week, washing out roads and bridges in the park and causing “significant” damage to the town of Gardiner, Montana, at the park’s entrance. Abnormally warm temperatures and torrential rain triggered a wave

Stella Chan, CNN A Death Valley National Park tourist was found dead Tuesday after his car ran out of gas, the National Park Service (NPS) reports. A park ranger noticed a lone car in the parking lot on June 8 at Zabriskie Point, a popular spot to view sunrise and sunset, according to an NPS

By Sarah Boxer, Dakin Andone and Laura Ly, CNN The 18-year-old accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last month apologized to his family for carrying out the mass shooting, writing in a note he “had to commit this attack” because he cared “for the future of the White race,”

By Chris Boyette, CNN Twelve elementary school children drank floor sealant believing it was milk after it was served to students at a childcare program in Juneau, Alaska, on Tuesday, according to the school district. Students in a summer care program at Sitʼ Eeti Shaanáx̱-Glacier Valley Elementary School began complaining that the milk they were

By Devon M. Sayers and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Four people were arrested and charged in connection to last month’s shooting that claimed the life of an 80-year-old woman at a high school graduation ceremony in New Orleans, police said Wednesday. Augustine Greenwood was killed on May 31 at Xavier University of Louisiana, which was hosting

By Mark Morales, CNN The alleged armed gunman who shot and killed a Goldman Sachs employee while riding the subway in May has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, according to a Wednesday statement from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Andrew

By Andy Rose, CNN Findings from an independent investigation into the conviction of an Oklahoma death row inmate have at least one Republican legislator calling for the end of the state’s use of capital punishment if the man is put to death. The inquiry into the conviction of Richard Glossip showed his case was marred

By Sara Sidner and Jack Hannah, CNN Karen Amsden hoped that being arrested and accused of criminal conspiracy to riot would change her son’s heart. When he stood by his hateful views, she says she told him to get out of her house. Jared Boyce was one of 31 men arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,

By Preston Fore and Alta Spells, CNN Three weeks after the Horry County, South Carolina Council voted to designate June as Pride Month, the council voted unanimously to rescind the resolution that proclaimed support and acceptance of the LGTBQ+ community. The resolution passed unanimously as part of the county’s consensus agenda on May 17. Councilman

By Amir Vera and Melissa Alonso, CNN A Massachusetts woman has been arrested in connection with the 1985 death of a newborn baby in Frenchville, Maine. A dog found the abandoned newborn in a gravel pit on December 7, 1985, and carried her less than 700 feet to its owner’s home, according to a news

By Rachel Ramirez When Aaron Bernstein became a pediatrician 15 years ago, it didn’t occur to him that the climate crisis would grow into a critical health problem for his young patients. But over the years he started to notice more children visiting emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses, and some even suffered from climate-induced mental

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Cherlisa Starks-Richardson was disappointed when she learned that the beloved children’s museum in her community was selling a “watermelon salad” in celebration of Juneteenth. Starks-Richardson, who often took her daughter to the Indianapolis Children’s Museum growing up, said she expected the museum would be more focused on educating the public

By Rob Frehse and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer has been fired less than a week after being charged with second-degree murder in the death of Patrick Lyoya, City Manager Mark Washington announced Wednesday. The former officer, Christopher Schurr, waived his right to a hearing after the city’s police chief and

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Andrea Yates, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of her five children. Personal Birth date: July 2, 1964 Birth place: Houston, Texas Birth name: Andrea Pia Kennedy Father: Andrew Kennedy Mother: Jutta Karin (Koehler) Kennedy Marriage: Russell “Rusty” Yates

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of singer and actress Lindsay Lohan. Personal Birth date: July 2, 1986 Birthplace: New York, New York Birth name: Lindsay Dee Lohan Father: Michael Lohan, an ex-Wall Street trader Mother: Dina (Sullivan) Lohan, a television personality, actress and manager Marriage: Bader Shammas (2022-present) Other Facts Lohan

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about active United States aircraft carriers. Ten of the active air carriers are in the Nimitz class and are the largest warships in the world. There is one active air carrier in the new Gerald R. Ford class; the USS Gerald R. Ford CVN-78, commissioned on July 22,

By Sonia Moghe and Ray Sanchez, CNN Alleged mass shooter Payton S. Gendron faces multiple federal hate crime charges carrying the potential of the death penalty in the killing of 10 Black people last month at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. The charges against the White suspect came as

By Brandon Tensley and Nicole Chavez, CNN The recent arrests of 31 people accused of planning to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho might be perplexing to some, but White supremacy goes beyond just intolerance for certain racial groups. White supremacy has long been bound up with rigid views about gender, masculinity and sexuality.

By Holly Yan, Bill Kirkos, Topher Gauk-Roger and Stella Chan, CNN Two beloved El Monte police officers were killed Tuesday while responding to a possible stabbing at a motel, officials in the Southern California city said. “They were essentially ambushed while trying to keep a family safe,” El Monte Mayor Jessica Ancona said. The officers

By Rebekah Riess and Dakin Andone, CNN A suspect who allegedly made a mass shooting threat that prompted the cancellation of summer school events in at least eight Missouri school districts Wednesday is in police custody, according to the Blue Springs Police Department. “There is no threat to the public and as in all threats

By Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette, CNN Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted Tuesday to pass two reform measures to address how it deals with sexual abuse allegations within its churches, a statement on its communications website said. The move comes after an independent investigation commissioned by the SBC found that it mishandled

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at soldier on soldier attacks in the US military. 2009 Fort Hood Shooting November 5, 2009 – Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 people and an unborn child and injures 32 more during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood military base in Texas. November 12, 2009

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of George Pataki, former governor of New York. Personal Birth date: June 24, 1945 Birth place: Peekskill, New York Birth name: George Elmer Pataki Father: Louis Pataki, postman Mother: Margaret (Lagana) Pataki Marriage: Elizabeth “Libby” Rowland (1973-present) Children: Emily, Teddy, Allison and George Owen Education: Yale

By Sharif Paget, CNN Students at Seattle Pacific University handed their interim president rainbow pride flags during a commencement ceremony Sunday instead of shaking his hand in protest of a school policy that bars the hiring of LGBTQ+ people. About 50 students were given pride flags before arriving at the ceremony, Seattle Pacific University student

By Liam Reilly, CNN A woman allegedly made anti-Asian remarks and pepper-sprayed four people in New York City over the weekend, authorities said. The New York Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force, which is investigating the incident, released several photos and a video of the woman they believe carried out the assaults Saturday in Manhattan’s

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN The people believed to be affiliated with White nationalist group Patriot Front arrested in Idaho over the weekend appear to have been well-prepared with detailed plans and protective gear to “antagonize and cause disorder” at the Coeur d’Alene Pride event on Saturday, according to a new court filing. Among the items

By Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, CNN The last of three inmates who escaped from a Missouri jail after cutting through the ceiling was taken into custody Tuesday, authorities said. Lance Justin Stephens was recaptured near San Antonio, Texas, the Barry County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Stephens, along with Matthew Allen Crawford and

By Sonia Moghe, CNN New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo is not a “person” and that the civil rights group fighting for her release to a sanctuary is not entitled to do so on her behalf. The elephant, named Happy, has been in captivity since she was one year old and has

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Most Americans learn something about the Vietnam War at school. Fewer learn about the shadow war that was being fought alongside it. From 1964 to 1973, the US dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on Laos — about as many as there were people in the tiny Southeast Asian

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Texans are cranking on the air conditioning this week amid an unusually early heat wave, setting new records for electricity demand in the state, which surpassed 75 gigawatts on Sunday and smashed the 2019 record. Texas grid operator ERCOT projects it could approach that peak again on Tuesday. But unlike previous

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN With Pride celebrations scheduled throughout the month in cities big and small across the country, organizers and police departments are taking a close look at their safety plans. Pride Month is a time when the LGBTQ community and its allies come together to celebrate the freedom to be their most authentic

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the US Open Golf Tournament. June 12-18, 2023 – The US Open will be played at The Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles. June 19, 2022 – English golfer Matt Fitzpatrick wins the 122nd US Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Fitzpatrick clinches his first

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Brian Wilson, musician, producer, composer and co-founder of the Beach Boys. Personal Birth date: June 20, 1942 Birth place: Inglewood, California Birth name: Brian Douglas Wilson Father: Murry Gage Wilson, machinist Mother: Audree Neva (Korthof), pianist Marriages: Melinda Ledbetter (1995-present); Marilyn Rovell (1964-1979, divorced)

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Claudia Dominguez and Ray Sanchez, CNN Yellowstone National Park will remain closed to visitors through at least Wednesday due to dangerous flooding conditions, which have prompted park evacuations and left some in surrounding communities trapped without safe drinking water, officials say. A Montana helicopter company transported about 40 people on Monday and

By Jamiel Lynch and Tina Burnside, CNN Another member of Haiti’s delegation to the Special Olympics USA Games has gone missing in Florida, according to a spokesperson for the games, marking the seventh Haitian member to not be seen in the past week. Louis Jacques Wilguens, 25, went missing Saturday, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office

By Raja Razek and Faith Karimi, CNN Nancy Crampton-Brophy, author of the essay “How to Murder Your Husband,” was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder of her husband. Crampton-Brophy, 71, was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the June 2018 death of her husband, chef Daniel Brophy, who was gunned down

By Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN A 47-year-old woman died Saturday after she fell in to the Colorado River, according a news release from the National Park Service. Sheetal Patel, of Chicago, had hiked into the canyon to meet the river trip at Phantom Ranch and was beginning a multi-day boating trip Saturday. She

By Joe Sutton, CNN A man who fired his weapon into a room where children were attending a summer camp just outside Dallas was shot and killed by police on Monday, according to authorities. The Duncanville Police Department identified the gunman Tuesday as Brandon Keith Ned, 42, of Dallas. Further information about the suspect will

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Watergate, the 1970s political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Timeline June 17, 1972 – Five men are arrested after breaking into Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. White House press secretary Ron Ziegler describes the incident as

By Holly Yan, CNN When “a little army” of men with shields and other riot gear was spotted near a Pride parade in Idaho on Saturday, authorities soon linked the men to a relatively new White nationalist group and charged them with conspiracy to riot. “It is clear to us based on the gear that

By Amir Vera, Michelle Watson and Michelle Krupa, CNN A Maryland sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Sunday night while chasing a fugitive, according to authorities. Deputy 1st Class Glenn Hilliard was fatally shot around 8:25 p.m. outside an apartment complex in Pittsville, according to a news release from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. Pittsville

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Yellowstone National Park has renamed one of its mountains to honor Native Americans instead of the US Army captain who massacred them. Once named after Gustavus Doane, Mount Doane has been renamed First Peoples Mountain, the National Park Service (NPS) announced on Thursday. The 10,551-foot peak stands east of Yellowstone Lake

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN After an alarmed 911 caller reported a group dressed like a “little army” getting into a moving truck, police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, arrested 31 men believed to be linked to a White nationalist group, who had plans to riot at a weekend Pride event, authorities said. The large group —

By Raja Razek, CNN Two people are dead and four are injured, with one in critical condition, after a shooting at a nightclub early Sunday morning in Gary, Indiana, according to police. A 34-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were the fatal victims, Gary police said in release. The other three wounded victims appear to

By Amir Vera, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted about $339,300 worth of suspected fentanyl at the Hidalgo International Bridge in Texas this week, according to a CBP news release. A vehicle attempted to make entry into the United States from Mexico Wednesday, but was selected for inspection, the release said. Through the

By Claudia Dominguez, CNN A man fatally shot his infant daughter before killing himself in Georgia on Sunday morning after kidnapping the baby from her mother, according to police. Darian Bennett also shot and killed the baby’s mother and injured the baby’s grandmother by gunfire at their home in Covington on Saturday night, Sergeant Jack

By Emma Tucker A New Jersey mother and her son with severe autism, who were vacationing with their family in Aruba, were stuck in the country for two weeks after the boy had a meltdown before takeoff on their return trip, the family says. The family’s ordeal ended with a return home by sea rather

By Chuck Johnston and Alaa Elassar, CNN Former Dodgers player Steve Sax’s son was among the five Marines killed when their aircraft crashed during a training mission in California on Wednesday. Capt. John J. Sax, 33, was among the crew that crashed in the desert near Glamis, California. “It is with complete devastation that I