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By Aya Elamroussi and Michelle Watson, CNN An unidentified child who was found dead in a suitcase last month in southern Indiana died from electrolyte imbalance, officials said Friday. The autopsy of the boy, believed to be about 5 years old, shows that the electrolyte imbalance was likely caused by viral gastroenteritis, the Indiana State

By Jessica Sooknanan, CNN CNN’s Zahra Ullah says there are two moments from covering the war in Ukraine that she’ll never forget: when she and her team got caught in crossfire, and the night Russia began its invasion. Ullah is a senior field producer for CNN, based in Moscow. She has worked closely with CNN

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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Saint Louis Zoo has welcomed two adorable — and incredibly rare — bundles of joy: Anya and Irina, critically endangered Amur leopard cubs. Amur leopards are thought to be the world’s rarest big cat, with around 120 left in the wild in Russia and China, according to the World Wildlife

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Alfred Garza was outside Robb Elementary School on Tuesday as the massacre unfolded, trying to stay calm even as other parents were panicking so authorities could “do their job like they asked us to,” hoping they could quickly get his daughter out of harm’s way. Inside, an 18-year-old gunman shot and

By Daniel A. Medina, Isabelle Chapman, Jeff Winter and Casey Tolan, CNN Salvador Ramos told girls he would rape them, showed off a rifle he bought, and threatened to shoot up schools in livestreams on the social media app Yubo, according to several users who witnessed the threats in recent weeks. But those users —

By Curt Devine, CNN The law enforcement official who made the decision not to breach the Uvalde elementary school classroom where a gunman was shooting children and teachers was the school district police chief, officials said Friday. Col. Steven McCraw, Texas Department of Public Safety director, didn’t mention the official’s name at a news conference

By Steve Contorno and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Allegations the Florida Department of Health fired an employee because she objected to manipulating coronavirus data were “unsubstantiated,” according to a state inspector general report. The former state data scientist, Rebekah Jones, claimed she was pressured by health department officials to falsify Covid-19 data to hide the extent

By Adrienne Broaddus, Bill Kirkos and Amanda Musa, CNN Like many children across America, Jayden Perez had practiced what to do in a mass shooting at his school. But the 10-year-old never thought it would happen. On Tuesday, it did. Just 90 minutes after he and his family celebrated his making the honor roll at

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Photographs by Matthew Busch for CNN The four large mirrors on the wall at Town House usually capture the smiles and laughter of families as they gather for a warm meal among neighbors. Tonight, they reflect all angles of heartbreak. The tan booths and dark wooden tables at this family-style restaurant

By Nora Neus, Melissa Alonso and Claire Colbert, CNN An 11-year-old survivor of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, feared the gunman would come back for her so she smeared herself in her friend’s blood and played dead. Miah Cerrillo spoke exclusively to CNN about her horrific experience that day inside the classroom

By Melissa Alonso, CNN At least four people were killed and two others were injured Thursday night after a house exploded in a borough near Philadelphia, officials said. Two other people were unaccounted for following the home explosion, Pottstown borough manager Justin Keller said during a news conference. First-responders were called to the house just

By Priscilla Alvarez, Eric Levenson, Virginia Langmaid, Shimon Prokupecz and Nora Neus, CNN The teenage gunman in a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school came out of a classroom closet and began firing when US Border Patrol agents entered the room more than an hour after the shooter began his rampage, a source familiar with the situation

By Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A parole board in California recommended that Patricia Krenwinkel, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer in the notorious 1969 killing spree, should be released, officials said Thursday. The decision will head to the Board of Parole Hearings Legal Division for review, a spokesperson for the California

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By Gabriel Kinder, CNN It is nearly impossible for a parent to watch the horrific news of the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre unfold without thinking of their own children. This tragedy left many parents heartbroken and struggling to figure out how to discuss it with their kids. “A caring adult support is really needed to

By Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN Fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia chose a few short lines to include on her school biography page, highlighting what she loved most: her husband, her four children and teaching. “I love to BBQ with my husband,” she wrote on the Robb Elementary School website, among other details about her

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing sharp criticism for citing gun violence in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles when pressed about gun control legislation after an 18-year-old gunman killed 21 people at an elementary school in his state. Abbott, a Republican, suggested that tightening gun laws would not prevent

By Faith Karimi, CNN Unlike the antagonists in her steamy romance thrillers, author Nancy Crampton-Brophy did not get away with murder. A jury found her guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder in the 2018 death of her husband, chef Daniel Brophy, who was gunned down at the culinary school where he taught cooking classes. Crampton-Brophy, who

By Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Federal officials have a sobering forecast for the Colorado River Basin: Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir which serves millions of people in the Southwest, will likely drop another 12 feet by this fall. It’s far below what the outlooks were predicting as of last year. The latest

By Peter Nickeas, CNN The Uvalde school district where 19 children and two teachers were killed by a gunman this week had a safety plan that included its own police force, social media monitoring and a threat reporting system to “provide a safe and secure environment” for students. The two-page document on the Uvalde Consolidated

CNN Editorial Research Physician-assisted suicide is legal in ten US states and the District of Columbia. It is an option given to individuals by law in Colorado, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. It is an option given to individuals in Montana and California via court decision.

By Eric Levenson, Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN The 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 people at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not confronted by police before he entered the school, a Texas law enforcement official said Thursday, contradicting earlier comments from authorities and raising further questions about the police response to the

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By Leah Asmelash, CNN The Onion is infamous for this headline, posted after almost every mass shooting: “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says the Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.” After the school shooting in Texas, it covered its homepage. On Wednesday, the satirical news website posted that story 21 times, filling most of its

By Eric Levenson, Isabelle Chapman, Andy Rose, Shimon Prokupecz and Claire Colbert, CNN The gunman who killed 19 kids and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was a local high school student with few if any friends who officials said legally purchased two assault rifles and scores of ammo last week

By Jennifer Henderson and Karen Smith, CNN Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman suspected of fatally shooting elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in Texas, is believed to have traveled to New York City after the killing, authorities said Wednesday. Armstrong, 34, is accused in the May 11 shooting of Wilson — who had previously dated

By David Williams, CNN The class president at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay student in his graduation speech or how the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect students like him, so he talked about something else that makes him a little different from

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN George Floyd. For the last two years, his name has been echoed across the nation from the streets of Minneapolis where protesters marched, to the halls of corporate America where major brands publicly denounced racism. His name is a symbol for the racial equality fight, and a rallying cry for

By Aya Elamroussi, Holly Yan and Dakin Andone, CNN We may never know why a shooter gunned down 19 children and two teachers in a massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, two days before summer break. But as the nation mourns 21 lives lost, disturbing details have emerged about the shooter’s behavior

By Isabelle Chapman, Daniel A. Medina, Nicole Chavez, Dakin Andone and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school Tuesday was on the premises for up to an hour before law enforcement forcibly entered a classroom and killed him, officials said Wednesday. “It’s going to be

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By Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN A new law in New York State gives sexual assault survivors a one-year window to bring claims against abusers, setting aside the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits. Advocates praised the Adult Survivors Act (ASA), which was signed into law Tuesday by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a

By Amanda Watts, CNN A woman is dead after she fell to her death during her first solo training skydive in northwest Georgia. The 26-year-old woman was jumping at Skydive Spaceland Atlanta, located in Polk County roughly 55 miles north of Atlanta, on Sunday when the accident happened, Christy West from Skydive Spaceland said in

By Jon Passantino and Eric Levenson, CNN The number of “active shooter” incidents across the US increased more than 50% in 2021 compared to 2020, and those incidents resulted in the highest number of deaths since 2017, the FBI said in a report Monday. The FBI report defines an active shooting incident as when “one

By Rachel Ramirez The water level in Lake Mead — the nation’s largest reservoir — dropped below 1,050 feet elevation for the first time last week, a critical milestone that signals more stringent water cuts are around the corner for the Southwest. If the US Bureau of Reclamation determines in its August report that the

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A California man is dead and three others are hurt after falling from a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, authorities say. A woman lost her footing Monday and slipped over the cliff, 200 to 300 feet high, and when the others tried to save her from falling, they, too, plummeted down

By Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN San Francisco Mayor London Breed will not march in the city’s Pride parade next month if participating police officers are not allowed to wear uniforms, the mayor said in a statement Monday. The event’s board of directors decided May 11 that off-duty police officers who march in the

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The father of Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman suspected of killing 25-year-old elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, said he does not believe his daughter is capable of such violence. “I know her. I know how she thinks, and I know what she believes. And I know that

By Jamiel Lynch and Laura James, CNN Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he was fatally struck by a dump truck on a South Florida highway in April, according to a report from the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office obtained by affiliate WSVN and shared

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN An independent investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention found its leaders mishandled allegations of sexual abuse, intimidated victims and resisted attempts at reform over the course of two decades. Abuse survivors and others “made phone calls, mailed letters, sent emails, appeared at SBC and EC (executive committee) meetings, held rallies, and

By Amir Vera and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A prosecutor found that six Atlanta police officers — who were scrutinized over the violent arrest of two college students — were justified in their actions, according to a news release. The investigation looked into the night of May 30, 2020, when officers were filmed breaking windows of

By Eric Levenson, Hannah Sarisohn and Dakin Andone, CNN Fresh off a series of racing wins in the spring, elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson was set to compete in a 157-mile race in Texas on May 14. But days before the contest, the 25-year-old was shot and killed at a friend’s home in Austin.

By Stephanie Elam, CNN As California stretches into its third year of drought, Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning local officials that more needs to be done to save water, and to make sure all residents realize how urgent the crisis is. If not, Newsom said, Californians could face mandatory statewide water restrictions this summer. Newsom

By Amir Vera, CNN Photographs by Malik Rainey for CNN Julie Harwell and Lamont Thomas were treated like celebrities as they weaved through the makeshift marketplace in Buffalo, New York. Their East Side neighbors greeted them with hugs and words of support. Perfect strangers handed them bags of groceries. Vendors passed them crates full of

By Hannah Sarisohn and Dakin Andone, CNN Authorities are searching for a Texas woman whom they accuse of murder in the death of an elite cyclist who at one time dated her boyfriend. The US Marshals Service is conducting a fugitive investigation into the whereabouts of Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, who is wanted on a

By Joe Sutton, Keith Allen and Emma Tucker, CNN Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) mishandled allegations of sexual abuse, intimidated victims and their advocates, and resisted attempts at reform over the course of two decades, according to an explosive report released Sunday by a third-party firm. “Survivors and others who reported abuse were

By Joseph Bonheim, CNN A couple was attacked by a bear inside their northern Wisconsin home Friday night after the animal broke through their window, authorities said. The husband and wife were both injured, but their children — who were asleep in their bedrooms at the time of the attack — were unharmed, the Taylor

By Samantha Beech, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency over the nationwide shortage of infant formula. The mayor signed the emergency executive order which will empower the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to prevent price gouging for formula, a Sunday statement from his office announced. “The

By Kiely Westhoff, Mark Morales, Laura Ly, Eric Levenson and Amir Vera, CNN The suspect in the fatal shooting on a New York City subway over the weekend is in custody, according to a tweet from the New York Police Department. Andrew Abdullah is being charged with murder in the second degree and criminal possession

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN There are Sundays, and then there are SUN-days. Record heat hit several drought-stricken regions across the US this weekend. And meteorologists say brace yourselves — it’s going to be a long, hot summer. Nearly the entire contiguous US is expected to have above-normal temperatures from June through August, according to the

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN As Roe v. Wade looks likely to be overturned, tribal lands have come up in conversations on social media and elsewhere as potential safe havens for those seeking abortions. In Oklahoma, which has enacted some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt recently warned Indigenous tribes against

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For Tito Anchondo, the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, reopens wounds that never completely healed. Anchondo lost his brother and sister-in-law to the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. The Latino couple was victimized by the same racist-fueled gun violence that left 10 people