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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an alert that various products purchased within the last year from Family Dollar Stores across six states may be contaminated and unsafe to use. Items ranging from dietary supplements and medication to cosmetics and pet foods may have been exposed to insanitary

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The photos look like a scene out of science fiction: Robot dogs patrolling the US-Mexico border, climbing over harsh terrain to search for threats and contraband. But these images are real. The Department of Homeland Security recently released them as it revealed details about how it’s testing the technology. Officials

By Emma Tucker and Rosa Flores, CNN Nine-year-old Arlene Alvarez, sitting in the backseat of her parents’ car, wore headphones to watch a movie on the way to a Houston restaurant for Valentine’s Day dinner. The girl’s father, Armando Alvarez, made a stop at a drive-thru ATM, where he witnessed a robbery underway. Gunfire suddenly

By Jenn Selva, CNN Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has vowed to end tenure for new hires at public universities and colleges in an attempt to stop the teaching of critical race theory. Patrick spoke at a press conference Friday where he responded to a resolution by the Faculty Council at the University of Texas

By Mallika Kallingal, Michelle Watson and Andy Rose, CNN A 7-year-old girl was fatally shot while in a vehicle with her mother and 5-year-old sister in Glendale, Arizona, on Thursday morning, and Terriance D. Armstrong Jr., 29, has been arrested in connection with the shooting, according to Glendale Police. Armstrong has been charged with first-degree

By Mallika Kallingal, Andy Rose and Danielle Sills, CNN A Las Vegas woman who admitted to pushing an elderly man off a public transit bus in 2019 was sentenced to prison Friday as part of a plea bargain. Cadesha Bishop, who was 25 years old at the time of the crime, received a sentence of

By Sara Smart, CNN A new neighbor has moved into a California town and is causing concern. For months now, a 500-pound black bear has been roaming the streets in the Tahoe Keys area of South Lake Tahoe, about 100 miles east of Sacramento. In the span of seven months, the animal caused extensive damage

By Maya Brown, CNN Robert Rabang Sr. has been a member of the Nooksack Tribe in Washington State for almost 40 years — but about six years ago he was told he would be evicted from his home on tribal-managed land. What hurt the 77-year-old the most was the attack on his family’s history. Six

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN While dismantling the pedestal that once held a Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond, Virginia, workers on Wednesday discovered a box encased in stone, the city said. “Until we see what’s inside, it’s just a box, but most historians believe it is a time capsule,” James Nolan, the mayor’s press secretary wrote to CNN on Friday. Protesters

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Family selfies, nature photos, an unanswered text and several calls that were never connected detail the final hours of a California couple and their child before they died on a hiking trail near Yosemite last August. Jonathan Gerrish, Ellen Chung and their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, died from hyperthermia, the condition of

By Amanda Musa, CNN Two students have sued a Missouri school district over its decision to remove eight books from school libraries, arguing the novels were banned because they discuss issues surrounding race, gender and sexual identity. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU) against the Wentzville School

Tina Burnside, CNN The family of a teenage Florida girl who was falsely accused and arrested for making threats against her former school via social media has filed a lawsuit against the school and Meta, the parent company of Instagram, in connection with the incident. In the 12-page lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Broward County

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Iditarod dogsled race. The event is named after the Iditarod Trail, an old mail and supply route, traveled by dogsleds from Seward and Knik to Nome, Alaska. March 14, 2023 – Ryan Redington wins his first Iditarod. March 15, 2022 – Brent Sass wins his first Iditarod.

By Paradise Afshar, Tanika Gray, Caroll Alvarado, CNN No one was injured after a fire erupted at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on Thursday Oakland County Executive ​David Coulter said. “I’m thankful that no one was hurt in the blaze and hope for a speedy recovery and rebuild for the club

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Let’s check in on your New Year’s resolutions. Behavioral scientists say most of these goals lose steam and fail by mid-March, so it may be time for a reboot! On Monday, we’re celebrating President’s Day — and resetting too — so we’ll see you again on Tuesday. Here’s what you need

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Authorities had been searching more than two years for Paislee Shultis, a 4-year-old reported missing from her legal guardian in Cayuga Heights in upstate New York, without any luck. But a new piece of information turned the entire investigation around, police said, leading them straight to a place they long suspected

By Dakin Andone, Brad Parks and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who mistakenly drew a gun instead of a Taser and fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison. The sentence comes nearly two months after Potter was convicted of first-

By Brad Parks and Amir Vera, CNN A 30-mile stretch of highway in Illinois was closed Thursday after over 100 cars were involved in multiple crashes. Interstate 39 southbound from Normal to Minonk will be closed for about 12 hours due to the pileup, Illinois State Police tweeted Thursday. Normal Illinois is part of the

By Bill Kirkos and Amir Vera, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng laughed at a joke made by Derek Chauvin while restraining George Floyd, according to testimony Thursday. Citing body camera video transcripts, Assistant US Attorney Manda Sertich asked Kueng during cross-examination what he was laughing at on video. Kueng told the jury

By Peter Nickeas and Mark Morales, CNN A 6-year-old girl who had been reported missing in 2019 was found alive with her non-custodial parents living in a home police had visited several times during the two-plus-year search for the girl. The circumstances surrounding the discovery of Paislee Shultis cast a spotlight on the murky issues

By Scottie Andrew, CNN More adults in the US say they identify as LGBTQ than they did a decade ago, according to a new Gallup poll, a trend largely propelled by Gen Z adults. The percentage of adults who told Gallup they identify as LGBTQ has doubled since 2012, per the polling firm, from 3.5%

By Mark Morales and Dakin Andone, CNN Police had gone up and down the basement stairs several times while searching a home in the Saugerties, New York, area Monday for any trace of 6-year-old Paislee Shultis, who had been missing for more than two years. Roughly an hour and a half into the search, one

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Joseph Lieberman, former United States senator from Connecticut. Personal Birth date: February 24, 1942 Birth place: Stamford, Connecticut Birth name: Joseph Isadore Lieberman Father: Henry Lieberman, package-store owner Mother: Marcia (Manger) Lieberman Marriages: Hadassah (Freilich) Lieberman (1983-present); Elizabeth Haas (1965-1981, divorced) Children: with Hadassah Lieberman:

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Personal Birth date: May 21, 1959 Birth place: Greensboro, North Carolina Birth name: Loretta Elizabeth Lynch Father: Lorenzo Lynch, Baptist minister Mother: Lorine (Harris) Lynch, school librarian Marriage: Stephen Hargrove (2007-present) Education: Harvard College, A.B., 1981; Harvard

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Members of the Minneapolis community gathered Thursday to honor the life of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man whose killing at the hands of police during the execution of a no-knock warrant has reignited debate around the controversial practice. Locke’s mother, Karen Wells, reiterated her family’s request to pass a law

By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN More than 27 years after a woman and her son were killed in a Seattle suburb, authorities have charged a man in their deaths. Jerome Frank Jones, 51, has been charged with aggravated murder in the 1994 deaths of Stacy Falcon-Dewey, 23, and her 3-year-old son, Jacob Dewey,

By Amanda Musa, CNN A South Florida appeals court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a former North Miami Police Department officer who was found guilty of negligence for shooting an autistic man’s caretaker in 2016, court documents show. Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal overturned a “conviction for misdemeanor culpable negligence” for Jonathan Aledda after

By Amy Simonson, CNN The pilot was killed after a small plane collided with a tractor-trailer on an interstate in North Carolina, authorities said Wednesday. “The plane was departing and taking off from the Lexington airport when it descended due to possible mechanical issues,” said Master Trooper Ned Moultrie of the North Carolina State Highway

By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Paislee Joann Shultis, the young girl who was reported missing two years ago, was found hidden with her mother under the staircase of a New York home. Throughout their yearslong investigation and search for the child, detectives had visited the house several times, but it wasn’t until a

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Florida’s manatees — which are dying at an alarming rate, largely from starvation — are being treated to tons of lettuce a week as part of a new feeding program that state wildlife officials say is showing signs of success. An average of 350 manatees a day are now coming to

By Rob Frehse and Laura Studley, CNN A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between a Black teenager and a White teenager at a New Jersey mall has prompted outrage over the police response. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that the “appearance of what is racially disparate treatment is deeply, deeply

By Bill Kirkos and Amir Vera, CNN Cross-examination of Tou Thao got tense Wednesday as the ex-officer snapped at the prosecutor for asking why he didn’t tell Derek Chauvin to get off George Floyd’s neck and back during the 9 minutes and 29 seconds. “I think I would trust a 19-year veteran to figure it

By Jason Hanna, Pamela Kirkland and Alta Spells, CNN Texts and social media messages from two of the White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery included racist insults about African Americans, an FBI intelligence analyst testified Wednesday in their federal hate crime trial in Georgia. FBI analyst Amy Vaughan testified about several text messages between

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of consumer advocate and former candidate for president Ralph Nader. Personal Birth date: February 27, 1934 Birth place: Winsted, Connecticut Birth name: Ralph Nader Father: Nathra Nader Mother: Rose (Bouziane) Nader Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1955, Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1958 Military: US Army, 1959 Other

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Quecreek Mine Rescue. From July 24 through 28, 2002, nine coal miners were trapped for 77 hours in the Pennsylvania mine. All survived. Facts Nine coal miners from Quecreek Mining Inc. in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were trapped in a four-foot-high chamber 240 feet below the surface

By Rosa Flores, CNN Two neighborhoods in northeast Harris County were littered with hundreds of racist and anti-Semitic flyers over the weekend, resident Stacie Brady told CNN. “It was just so disgusting,” Brady said. Brady said she and her family found the flyers on the driveway of her Houston-area home around midnight on Saturday after

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN On a 1,000-foot cargo ship in the middle of the ocean, the 19-year-old student felt trapped. Trapped by the crew member she said sexually harassed and groped her, and trapped by the academy that sent her there. She still had at least 40 more days at sea. If

By Amy Simonson, CNN A convicted murderer who escaped from a Mississippi prison was captured Tuesday after he ran out of gas, according to prison officials. Michael Wilson was captured by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department after escaping Saturday from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County, Burl Cain, commissioner of the Mississippi Department

By Chris Boyette, CNN Two Harris County, Texas, deputies are recovering after being shot while exchanging gunfire with a suspect at a Houston-area home, officials said. The suspect was killed, said Edison Toquica, chief deputy for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, at a news conference Tuesday night. Both deputies were shot in a leg and

By Mark Morales, Mirna Alsharif, Christina Maxouris and Ray Sanchez, CNN A child who was reported missing in 2019 when she was 4 years old was found hidden under a wooden staircase with her noncustodial mother, in a home officials had visited several times while investigating her disappearance, authorities said. The child, Paislee Joann Shultis,

By Sara Smart, CNN A miniboat built by fifth graders took to the seas on October 25, 2020, charging off into the Gulf Stream for its maiden voyage. That voyage would take 5.5-foot-long Rye Riptides over 8,000 miles from home — all the way to the coast of Norway after 462 days at sea. It

By Brad Parks, CNN Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter to more than seven years in prison for Daunte Wright’s death. Potter was convicted in December of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Wright, 20, when she mistook her firearm for a Taser during a traffic

By Rosa Flores, CNN A 9-year-old girl has died after she was shot while in a car with her family in the Houston area, police say. “Sadly, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences advised late (Tuesday) afternoon that the nine-year-old girl has been pronounced deceased,” the Houston Police Department tweeted. Mayor Sylvester Turner identified

By Amy Simonson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for passengers who were on board an airplane that apparently crashed Sunday off the coast of North Carolina, officials said Tuesday. Four of the eight people on board were teenagers, according to the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office.The group was scheduled

By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly followed a woman to her New York apartment and stabbed her dozens of times with a knife early Sunday, prosecutors say. Surveillance video from the entrance of the Chrystie Street apartment in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood shows Christina

By Rachel Ramirez A new report provides an alarming forecast for the US: Sea level will rise as much in the next 30 years as it did in the past 100 — increasing the frequency of high-tide flooding, pushing storm surge to the extreme and inundating vulnerable coastal infrastructure with saltwater. The interagency report, led

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The San Francisco Police Department immediately will start reviewing its DNA collection practices and policies after the city’s top prosecutor accused it of using a law enforcement database with the DNA of rape and sexual assault victims to search for and identify possible suspects in unrelated investigations, its chief said Monday.

By Amir Vera and Bill Kirkos, CNN Former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao was called to testify in his own defense Tuesday after the prosecution rested in the federal civil rights trial of the three ex-police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Thao testified that an officer using their knee to restrain a

By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre have reached an out-of-court settlement in her sexual abuse lawsuit against him, according to a court document filed by her attorneys Tuesday. The parties anticipate filing a stipulation of dismissal of the case within 30 days, according to the letter addressed to

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s snow joke in Beijing. Olympic athletes are competing in frigid temperatures of minus 13 degrees. They’re also dealing with artificial snow, marking the first year the Winter Games are virtually 100% reliant on fake snow due to climate variability. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the NBA All-Star Game. The All-Star Game closes out All-Star Weekend, which also includes the Slam Dunk contest, the Three Point Shootout and the Rookie Challenge. February 20, 2022 – The 71st NBA All-Star Game takes place at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. Team LeBron defeats Team Durant,

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN Vincent Simmons, a Louisiana man who fought for 44 years to overturn his conviction on attempted aggravated rape charges, has had the judgment vacated and the charges have been dismissed, according to his attorneys Justin Bonus and Malcolm Larvadain. “He’s a free man. He was released a couple of hours ago

By Caroline Kucera and Amanda Musa, CNN A man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a dinosaur claw valued at $25,000 from a vendor at a gem show in Arizona, police said. Christopher Thomas, 39, is accused of swiping the claw from the showroom of vendor Eric Miller, who was in Tucson selling fossils at

By Chuck Johnston and Steve Almasy, CNN A Catholic priest has resigned after a church investigation found he performed invalid baptisms throughout most of his more than 20-year career, according to Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix. Father Andres Arango, who performed thousands of baptisms, would say, “We baptize you in the name

By Sara Smart, CNN A Colorado skier survived an avalanche that threw him off a 50-foot cliff and sent him sliding hundreds of feet. Anna DeBattiste, public information officer for the Summit County Rescue Group (SCRG), told CNN on Monday that the skier sustained no injuries aside from some slight bruising. DeBattiste said the incident

By Amir Vera and Bill Kirkos, CNN Former officers J. Alexander Kueng, Tou Thao and Thomas Lane said they will testify after the prosecution rested Monday in the federal civil rights trial of the three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Kueng and Thao told US District Judge Paul Magnuson

By Sarah Moon, CNN Just one day before California is set to relax a statewide mask mandate for vaccinated people in indoor public spaces, the state’s top health official announced that masks will still be required in schools. There will be no change to the school requirement, Health & Human Services Agency Secretary Dr. Mark

By Amir Vera and Tina Burnside, CNN The cause of death of Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito whose disappearance caused a firestorm late last summer, was revealed Monday. An autopsy report by the Sarasota, Florida, Medical Examiner stated Laundrie died from a gunshot wound to the head. Laundrie’s skeletal remains were found in

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Daytona 500, the first race of the racing season for NASCAR. February 19, 2023 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins the 65th Annual Daytona 500 in double overtime. It is the longest Daytona 500 ever with a record of 212 laps raced. February 20, 2022 – Austin Cindric

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of George Ryan, the former governor of Illinois who served time in prison after being convicted on racketeering, conspiracy and fraud charges. Personal Birth date: February 24, 1934 Birth place: Maquoketa, Iowa Birth name: George Homer Ryan Father: Thomas Ryan, pharmacist Mother: Jeannette Ryan Marriage:

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the February 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was acquitted in the case. Facts Trayvon Benjamin Martin, born February 5, 1995, was an African American high school student who lived in Miami Gardens, Florida, with his mother, Sybrina Fulton. In February

By Stephanie Elam, CNN The West is in its worst drought in centuries, scientists reported Monday. A study published in Nature Climate Change found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest in 1,200 years. Last year’s drought severity was “exceptional,” researchers said, and all indications are the extreme conditions will continue through 2022.

By Holly Yan and Aileen Graef, CNN Once again, a bomb threat has derailed classes at Howard University — one of more than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities targeted with bomb threats during Black History Month. “A shelter-in-place order has been issued following a bomb threat against the main campus,” the university’s Department

By Pamela Kirkland, Kevin Conlon and Eric Levenson, CNN The three White men who chased down and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, had previously used racist language and followed Arbery because of their perceptions of Black people, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements of their federal hate crimes trial. “At the end of

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Some students’ rights were violated during a revival assembly led by an evangelical preacher at a high school, a West Virginia school district investigating the gathering said in a statement. Students involved in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a nonprofit Christian sports ministry, conducted the assembly during a noninstructional homeroom period

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Bieber. Personal Birth date: March 1, 1994 Birth place: London, Ontario, Canada Birth name: Justin Drew Bieber Father: Jeremy Bieber Mother: Patricia Mallette Marriage: Hailey Baldwin (2018-present) Other Facts Pattie Mallette was a teenage single mother who worked low paying jobs

By Joe Sutton and Amir Vera, CNN At least 11 people were stabbed Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico — and police believe the same suspect was responsible for each attack. “Officers are investigating 7 possible scenes — stretching from Downtown to Central and Wyoming — with reports of 11 stabbing victims,” the Albuquerque Police Department

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Canadian authorities made headway over the weekend against protesting truck drivers and others who have been blocking US border crossings and occupying parts of the country’s capital in opposition to Covid-19 rules. The “Freedom Convoy” protests began in late January over Canada’s new vaccine mandate for truckers entering the country from