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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and will

By Rob Frehse, CNN A dispute between two groups in the New York City borough of the Bronx led to Monday’s fatal shooting of 61-year-old Juana Esperanza Soriano De-Perdomo, authorities said on Friday. Soriano De-Perdomo was shot in the back while walking out of a store, officials said. “She was totally innocent, and an unintended

By Steve Almasy, Dakin Andone and Stella Chan, CNN Police have arrested a third suspect in connection to a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, this weekend that left six people dead and a chaotic crime scene littered with more than 100 shell casings. The suspect was taken into custody for “being a prohibited person

By Rob Frehse, CNN A man who allegedly assaulted seven Asian women over about a three hour period in New York City in late February has been indicted on multiple hate crime charges, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Steven Zajonc, 28, is charged with six felony counts of third-degree assault as a hate

By Amir Vera, Amanda Musa and Christina Maxouris, CNN US Marshals in South Florida captured Dominic Taddeo on Monday, one week after the Rochester, New York, mob hitman escaped federal custody. Taddeo, 64, was apprehended without incident in Hialeah in Miami-Dade County around 11 a.m., according to a news release from the agency. In February,

By Dakin Andone and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 others injured in shootings across the country this weekend, including one in Sacramento, where the police chief called the scale of violence “unprecedented” in her 27-year career there. Six people died and 12 were injured in that incident

By Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN The Dallas concert that left one dead and 16 injured did not have a permit, according to Dallas Police Chief Edgardo “Eddie” Garcia. “This crime is a prime example that non-permitted and promoted events can lead to violence,” Garcia said. “This, of course, can happen at any event,

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Pooja Salhotra, CNN Nirmal Singh had only been visiting in New York City for two weeks when he was allegedly punched in the nose while walking, according to police. The 70-year-old Sikh man is visiting from Punjab, India, and is staying at the Sikh Cultural Society, a well-known religious and cultural

By Amy Simonson and Melissa Alonso, CNN The widow of Julian E. Lewis, a Black man who was fatally shot by a Georgia state trooper in August 2020, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the state, attorneys representing the family said. “While the record-making settlement does not bring back her husband for widow Betty

By Eric Levenson, CNN Kansas beat North Carolina 72-69 in the NCAA men’s basketball title game in New Orleans on Monday, the program’s 4th national championship and the second for longtime coach Bill Self. But this was far from a surefire win for the No. 1 seed against the No. 8 seed. Kansas jumped out

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN The US Mint has announced the next five women to appear on American quarters. After honoring such figures as Maya Angelou and Sally Ride in the first run of its American Women Quarters Program, the agency has selected a new group of pioneering women who will be celebrated on US currency:

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Following Sunday’s mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, that left six people dead and a dozen injured, the head coach of one of the NBA’s most-watched teams has renewed his call for stronger gun control laws. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr spoke about the Sacramento shooting during a news

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Books that tell the stories of Black and LGBTQ people or by authors in those communities were among the 10 most challenged titles in 2021, the American Library Association said. As the efforts to ban books in schools escalated across the United States last year, the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom

By Dakin Andone, CNN Potential jurors arrived Monday at a Florida courthouse where they could be chosen to help decide the fate of Nikolas Cruz more than four years after he killed 17 people in the deadliest high school shooting in US history. Cruz, now 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of murder

By Chris Boyette, CNN Three people are facing capital murder charges after an off-duty Harris County deputy was shot and killed while leaving a grocery store with his wife, officials said. Deputy Darren Almendarez, 51, and his wife were walking to their truck at a Houston-area store around 8:35 p.m. Thursday when they saw a

By Pooja Salhotra and Kelly McCleary, CNN Police were called to assist a wayward traveler in Southampton, New York, Sunday after a baby seal was spotted scooting through a traffic circle. “Some of our officers responded and found a baby harbor seal in the roadway,” a Facebook post from the Southampton Town Police Department said.

By Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Police on Monday said they have arrested one man who is a suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people and wounded 12 others. Dandrae Martin, 26, was identified as a “related suspect” and was booked on assault and illegal firearm

By Susannah Cullinane, Tina Burnside and Dakin Andone, CNN Police have discovered the body of missing Florida woman Cassie Carli in a “shallow grave” in Alabama, the Santa Rosa County, Florida, sheriff said Sunday. Carli, 37, was last seen on March 27 when she met Marcus Spanevelo — the father of her 4-year-old daughter —

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Close to 7 million records from the 1950 US census have been made public. The digital records were released on Friday and are available to the public free of charge at a dedicated website, allowing viewers to research their family histories and backgrounds. They include 6.57 million population schedules — many

By Alaa Elassar and Tina Burnside, CNN Police are searching for people involved in a shooting at a Virginia mall that left one person dead and two others injured Saturday. Officers responded to calls at the MacArthur Center in Norfolk around 6 p.m., the Norfolk Police Department said on Twitter. Roosevelt A. McKinney, 33, was

By Alaa Elassar, CNN California is calling upon Native American tribes to bring back the once-prohibited practice of lighting controlled burns to help prevent devastating wildfires that have wreaked havoc on the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force has launched a new plan — “Strategic Plan for Expanding the Use of

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN One person was killed and at least 10 others were wounded in a shooting at a Dallas concert Saturday night, the Dallas Police Department said. Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 5000 block of Cleveland Road shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday, a police statement said. When police

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an incident in which an unidentified individual was captured on video shouting anti-gay slurs and attacking a 22-year-old on the subway, the NYPD announced this week. The victim was riding the A-train near 190th street in Manhattan on the afternoon

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Someone won’t be getting past the bouncer this weekend. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted a shipment of counterfeit driver’s licenses coming through the Cincinnati Port of Entry, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday. “Counterfeit driver’s licenses are used by young adults who have not yet reached the

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s gone — or, in this case, thrown away. Mary Elliot of Buckingham County, Virginia, panicked after realizing she had won a state lottery game on February 24 but had already tossed the ticket in the trash. “When I saw I’d won, I

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Curious about cryptocurrencies but don’t know where to begin? Help is on the way. Some employers may soon offer you the option to invest in bitcoin and other digital currencies through your 401(k). Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • The

By Chuck Johnston and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Sacramento police are appealing for the public’s help to find multiple shooters who opened fire downtown early Sunday morning, killing six people and leaving the California city with “a broken heart,” according to the mayor. In addition to the six dead, another 12 people were wounded at the

By Giselle Rhoden, CNN Parents and teachers were shocked after an Indiana state senator introduced a bill requiring that teachers remain neutral when teaching about Nazism. And in less than two days, a coalition to defeat the bill was born. “Within 36 hours, we had organized over a dozen community members and partners to testify

By Tina Burnside, CNN Two people were rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning Saturday while leaving a New York Yankees spring training game in Florida, police said. A man in his 60s and a woman in her 20s were struck in the parking lot of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. They were

By Zoe Sottile, CNN An endangered black lion tamarin has been born at the Jersey Zoo. The zoo celebrated the rare monkey’s birth on Twitter, explaining that the youngster, named Grace, was too weak to hold onto her mother, so staff stepped in and hand-reared the infant. “Thanks to the incredible efforts of the keepers,

By Sharif Paget and Karol Suarez, CNN Hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country have arrived at the Mexican border city of Tijuana to seek US asylum and more are expected, a Tijuana city official and a volunteer told CNN on Saturday. “Approximately at this moment in Tijuana, there are about 1,500 Ukrainians,”

By Andy Rose, CNN Two Navy personnel were transported to a medical facility with non-life threatening injuries Saturday after a Navy nuclear submarine docked in a naval shipyard experienced an accident while conducting a routine test, according to a statement from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington state. The USS Louisiana ballistic missile submarine

By Theresa Waldrop and Tierney Sneed, CNN US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a 21-count superseding indictment against three US Army soldiers charged last year with gun trafficking, expanding it to include nine more people alleged to be gang members in Chicago. The new indictment stems from an investigation into a Chicago shooting last year

By Stephanie Elam, CNN In an open lot, Rose Brazdovic lay huddled behind a cement barrier, her only protection from the elements. “When she came out, she had a makeshift sling on her arm, and she just looked very rundown. We just looked at each other. We can’t just walk away from this one with

By Kiely Westhoff and Jason Hanna, CNN A fourth teenager has been arrested in the death of a good Samaritan who was struck by a train while trying to help an assault victim on New Year’s Day in New York City, police said. Noel Rosado, 19, was arrested Friday afternoon on recommended charges of murder,

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A 2-year-old boy in North Carolina died after being run over by construction equipment Friday, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said. Emergency crews went to the scene about 5 p.m. after a family acquaintance operating a skid-steer loader ran over the child, Terry Wright, chief of staff for the sheriff’s office,

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida zoo welcomed the birth of one of the world’s most endangered primates: a blue-eyed black lemur. The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens announced the birth on Thursday in a Facebook post. The zoo said the primate, born to parents Hendricks and Hemsworth, is the second blue-eyed black lemur born at

By Mirna Alsharif, CNN An MS-13 gang leader whose brutality a federal prosecutor described as “almost unfathomable” has been sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to commit murder in the aid of racketeering and other charges. Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, 41, also known as “Reaper,” was once the highest ranking MS-13 member on the

By Jay Croft, CNN New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy pointedly played a practical joke Friday with a fake April Fools’ Day proclamation of a new state bird: the Middle Finger. Murphy wrote a mock executive order, complete with multiple fancy-pants uses of “whereas,” that stated, “It is important for State symbols to reflect New Jersey’s

By Holly Yan, CNN After Fred Woods and two accomplices kidnapped dozens of California children from a school bus in 1976 and trapped them underground, they were sentenced to up to 27 life sentences without the possibility of parole. Fast forward 46 years, and Woods is now on the brink of getting paroled. Depending on

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Annie Rose, a therapy dog from Ohio, has been named the 2022 Cadbury Bunny. The winning canine is an English Doodle — a cross between a poodle and an English cream golden retriever — from Cincinnati, according to a statement from Cadbury. And she loves “doing therapy work to make nursing

By Liam Reilly and Christina Maxouris, CNN Dominic Taddeo — a Rochester, New York, mobster who fatally shot three people and attempted to kill two others — escaped federal custody this week, less than a year before he was set to be released. Taddeo, 64, was transferred in February from a medium-security prison in Sumter

By Maya Brown, CNN The NAACP is representing a majority-Black town in Tennessee and helped it file a lawsuit on Friday alleging that the state comptroller exceeded his authority and racially discriminated against the town in its financial dealings. Mason Mayor Emmit Gooden, the Board of Aldermen and the town are accusing Jason Mumpower, Tennessee’s

By Amy Simonson and Emma Tucker, CNN Former US women’s soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested in North Carolina on Friday on charges of misdemeanor child abuse, resisting arrest and impaired driving, police said. The Winston-Salem Police Department said in a statement that officers arrested Hope Amelia Stevens, or Hope Solo, on Thursday in the

Giselle Rhoden, CNN Kristina Hayashi was a teacher’s assistant in a US history class when she saw a picture of her great uncle for the first time in 2013. During a lesson on WWII, she noticed a LA Times article about Henry Kondo in a textbook. Throughout the years, she’d heard stories about her relative

By Eric Levenson, CNN A federal judge upheld Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction on sex trafficking charges Friday, ruling that a juror’s misstatements on a pretrial questionnaire should not cause a mistrial. Judge Alison Nathan issued the ruling nearly a month after the juror testified in court he made an “inadvertent” mistake when he indicated in the

By Tiffany Anthony, CNN A gay Ohio substitute teacher was fired last week after handing out Pride bracelets to high school students, the latest example of LGBTQ discussion in schools sparking controversy amid heated debates in school boards and states around the country. Jay Bowman said in a Facebook post he was fired for handing

By Stephanie Elam, CNN Snowpack in the California Sierra this winter is just 38% of normal, California water officials said Friday, in the latest sign the state’s drought is growing more devastating by the month. South of Lake Tahoe at Phillips Station, where officials set out Friday to conduct the annual end-of-winter snowpack measurement, the

By Mirna Alsharif, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated April as Arab American Heritage Month and thanked the Arab American community “for representing the best of who we are.” “The history and story of the Arab American community is deeply woven into the diverse tapestry of America,” he said in a tweet. “This National

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the annual income tax filing deadline in the United States. April 18, 2022, is the deadline to file 2022 income tax returns. Filing Statistics The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30. Fiscal Year 2021The IRS amassed almost $4.1 trillion in gross

CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the deaths of 13 people at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. Facts Twelve students and one teacher were killed by students Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18. The pair made home videos prior to the attack making references to what

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Xcel Energy Inc. in Colorado, alleging its power lines and equipment “were a substantial factor in the cause, origin, and continuation of the deadly Marshall Fire,” according to a court filing. The origin of the blaze is still under investigation, said Boulder County Sheriff

By Ray Sanchez and Jennifer Henderson, CNN The parents of a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot by Pennsylvania state troopers have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, accusing troopers and two local prosecutors of attempting to “coverup” evidence the young man was pointing a pellet gun in the air when he was killed. Citing police

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Todd and Jeff Delmay know how to fight for the things they cherish most: the right to marry one another and the ability to grow their family. Now the couple, who were one of the first same sex couples to be legally married in 2015 in

By Jason Hanna and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A 12-year-old boy eating in a parked car in New York City was shot dead, and a relative seated with him was seriously injured, as people from two other vehicles exchanged gunfire Thursday night, police said Friday. It appears the boy and his relative, a 20-year-old woman who

By Eric Levenson, CNN The brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo were kept in Chicago Police detention for nearly two days after they were accused of attacking the “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in a homophobic and racist hate crime. In the 47th hour of that detention, in a small fluorescently lit room painted a bland white,

By Tina Burnside, CNN A high-speed police chase of a kidnapping suspect ended in the death of a 5-year-old child, the Jacksonville, Florida, Sheriff’s Office said early Friday morning. Officers received a call about a kidnapping in progress Thursday night, spokesperson Christian Hancock said at a press conference. An officer spotted the vehicle and attempted

By AJ Willingham, CNN Last month saw the most tornadoes ever recorded in March in the US, and it was the second record-breaking March in a row. In general, scientists are seeing more severe weather earlier in the year, and yes, climate change is likely a factor. Here’s what you need to know to Get

By Mary Kay Mallonee and Rashard Rose, CNN Police say they found five fetuses in a home in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, days after the indictment of several anti-abortion activists — including a woman believed to live in the home where the fetuses were discovered — on charges of blocking access to a reproductive health

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A 12-year-old student was fatally shot by a classmate at a South Carolina middle school, officials said on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson. His family said they were “devastated” by the tragedy, according to a statement from a family spokesperson. The suspected shooter, also 12,

By Rob Frehse and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A police officer was killed and two others were injured by gunfire after responding to a burglary call in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on Thursday. Lebanon city police Lt. William Lebo, 63, was killed in the line of duty, Pier Hess Graf, district attorney of Lebanon County, said at a

By Omar Jimenez, CNN An independent report commissioned by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety detailed multiple breakdowns in procedure and “inadequate coordination” at times during the protests and violence that followed the death of George Floyd in May 2020. The report also found that state law enforcement used tactics that were often perceived as

By Christina Maxouris, CNN He was a gentle giant who always supported others. A teammate often turned mentor. A kind and funny friend, always soft-spoken. That’s how friends and family in a Missouri vigil remembered 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who died last Thursday when he fell off an amusement park thrill ride while on a spring

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last year after a contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a splash pad in Arlington, Texas, have reached a $250,000 settlement with the city. Bakari Williams died last September after spending five days in the hospital with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state signed a bill Thursday that creates the nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people. The bill, which was passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate, highlights that “indigenous people experience disproportionate rates of violence in Washington state,” and calls for the

CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, before taking his own life. Facts Cho was a senior at

By Peter Nickeas, CNN Billions of dollars to address America’s exploding gun trafficking problem, to catch dangerous fugitives, and to fund initiatives at local law enforcement agencies. The increased funding for those items are at the heart of President Joe Biden’s expanded police spending plan in the federal budget as Democrats, many facing tough midterm