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By Alaa Elassar, CNN Emmanuelle Chiche remembers the first time she stumbled upon Elizabeth Street Garden, a charming green space hidden between rows…

By Tina Burnside, CNN One person is dead and five others were wounded in three separate shootings reported within an hour across Boston neighborhoods…

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN The Oklahoma City Zoo is asking the public to help choose names for its new litter of African lion cubs. Lioness Dunia, Swahili…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The newest addition to the Ocala Police Department in Florida is just two feet tall, has four legs, and is absolutely adorable.…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Taking the SATs is a stressful, anxiety-inspiring rite of passage for many high school students. But over 50 students at an El…

By Michelle Watson and Dakin Andone, CNN Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teenager who killed a man she said raped her and was sentenced to probation and…

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Did you wake up somewhat confused this morning? You’re not alone. While you were sleeping, Daylight Saving Time in the US…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The only thing better than winning the lottery is claiming two lottery prizes in one day. A Delaware woman was in for a…

By Jessica Jordan, CNN When you think of roses, you may not think of them as rare. You can easily find commercially grown roses at your local florist…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN As tasty as it might look, you should refrain from licking the Sonoran desert toad, the National Park Service has warned. On…

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Ray Sanchez, CNN On the day of the Uvalde massacre, fourth graders Khloie Torres and Miah…

By Tina Burnside and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Authorities are seeking multiple people suspected of firing into a crowd outside a Philadelphia bar…

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Photographs by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Redux for CNN Before she became one of America’s most-decorated Special Olympics…

By Tina Burnside and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Powerball jackpot has now grown to an estimated $1.9 billion after no winning tickets were sold in…

By Liam Reilly, Samantha Beech and Zenebou Sylla, CNN The mother of two boys who died following a house fire in Michigan earlier this year is pushing…

By Emma Tucker, CNN Planned Parenthood is preparing to open its first mobile abortion clinic in Southern Illinois, which will bring services closer…

By Samantha Beech, Sheryl Lawrence and Christina Maxouris, CNN At least 38 people were injured in a Manhattan apartment building fire Saturday…

By Jason Hanna and Rob Frehse, CNN A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime on suspicion of assaulting an Asian-American college…

By Mallika Kallingal and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Two teens were arrested this week in connection with an attempted armed robbery in August where NFL…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Maine is on a mission to clean up its streets, one expletive-filled license plate at a time. The Maine Secretary of State’s…

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN Officials are searching a section of the Missouri River for a paraglider who has been missing for over a week.…

By Jason Hanna, Mallika Kallingal and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Five people were found dead in a southern Maryland home Friday in a murder-suicide…

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN On its face, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ apology to Sacheen Littlefeather earlier this year appeared…

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Annie Korzen begins auditions with a statement most people wouldn’t expect from an 83-year-old: “Hi,…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A savvy photographer captured an unexpected, last-minute entry into a surf contest: a great white shark, terrifyingly close to a…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN; Photography by Rebecca Noble for CNN Workers with the water district in Wenden, Arizona, saw something remarkable last year as…