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By Faith Karimi, CNN It’s that time of the year — when pumpkin spice products are inescapable. Our connoisseurs tried out a random…
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Shooting at California city council member’s house leaves 1 dead and 3 injured, police say
Council member Armendariz confirmed to ABC7 News that 19-year-old Benjamin Calderon who was arrested in the fatal shooting is her second…
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By Andy Rose, CNN A shooting at the home of a City Council member in Gilroy, California, Saturday left one person dead and three others injured,…
Continue Reading Halloween food traditions go way back — and didn’t always involve candy
By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Halloween is a time for families to carve pumpkin lanterns. It’s a time for people of all ages to…
Continue Reading ‘His word is final.’ Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial is viewed as tough jurist
By Ray Sanchez, CNN The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, made headlines before a jury…
Continue Reading ‘His word is final.’ Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial is viewed as tough jurist
CNN’s Areva Martin says that the decision by the judge to prohibit referring to those who were shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during the Jacob Blake…
Continue Reading Discussions of critical race theory, Covid-19 rules whip up school board meetings to the dismay of students
CNN’s Kyung Lah reports on the ongoing debate around critical race theory being taught in schools as parents and politicians attend school board…
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By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Clutching a page of notes, Bob Russo sat in the middle of the boisterous audience in the school gymnasium,…
Continue Reading A woman died trying to swim across the US-Mexican border with a group of migrants, officials say
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A woman was pronounced dead early Saturday morning after trying to swim across the US-Mexican border with a group of migrants,…
Continue Reading Chicago mayor and police superintendent urge people to provide information to solve September shooting death of four-year-old
By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked residents in a news conference Saturday to “step up” and come forward with…
Continue Reading University of Florida bars professors from being expert witnesses against the state in voting rights case
By Carma Hassan, Melissa Alonso and Andy Rose, CNN The University of Florida told three professors hired to testify as expert witnesses in a voting…
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Philadelphia to become first major US city to ban police from stopping drivers for low-level traffic violations
By Maya Brown and Emma Tucker, CNN When Philadelphia’s mayor signs landmark legislation as soon as this week, the city will become the first…
Continue Reading Mister Rogers honored with larger-than-life bronze statue at the Florida college he attended
By David Williams, CNN It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, despite the steady rain, as Florida’s Rollins College unveiled an enormous…
Continue Reading Michael Johnson, son of Turner Sports broadcaster Ernie Johnson, dies at 33
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Michael Johnson, son of TNT sportscaster Ernie “E.J.” Johnson, has died, his father said on social media Friday…
Continue Reading 2 California condors reproduced asexually, scientists say — a first recorded for that species
By Jason Hanna and Alexandra Meeks, CNN Two captive female California condors each produced a chick asexually years ago — the only such…
Continue Reading Amtrak train strikes vehicle at South Carolina railroad crossing, killing three
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Three people were killed and another was injured early Saturday when an Amtrak train struck a vehicle at a South Carolina…
Continue Reading Northern Virginia police increase presence at malls and transit hubs amid warnings about possible terror plot
By Geneva Sands, Sonnet Swire and Christina Carrega, CNN Authorities in northern Virginia announced an increased police presence Friday amid warnings…
Continue Reading He just won a $2 million lottery — for the second time
By Alaa Elassar, CNN A Maryland man just claimed his second $2 million lottery prize, after winning the first one several years ago. The retired…
Continue Reading Gunshots rang out as St. Louis mayor was discussing gun violence prevention. She didn’t flinch
Gunshots rang out as St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was discussing gun violence prevention during a news conference — and she did not…
Continue Reading Gunshots rang out as St. Louis mayor was discussing gun violence prevention. She didn’t flinch
Mayor Tishaura Jones, of St. Louis, Missouri, joins CNN’s Kate Bolduan to discuss her reaction to gun shots ringing out during a press conference she…
Continue Reading Gunshots rang out as St. Louis mayor was discussing gun violence prevention. She didn’t flinch
By Raja Razek and Jennifer Feldman, CNN Gunshots rang out Friday as St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was discussing gun violence prevention during a…
Continue Reading FLDS church, its bishop and a contractor ordered to pay nearly $1 million for making children work without pay for years
By Amy Simonson, CNN A federal judge in Utah ordered the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) and two of its affiliates…
Continue Reading Pumpkin spice products are inescapable. We tested a few of them so you don’t have to
By Leah Asmelash and Scottie Andrew, CNN No other flavor wields quite as much power as the coveted pumpkin spice. For a few weeks every year, pumpkin…
Continue Reading New York state health care workers will no longer have religious exemption to Covid-19 vaccine mandate, court rules
By Rob Frehse, CNN New York State health care workers will no longer have a religious exemption to the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate after a…
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Mother of 3 abandoned siblings left in a home with their brother’s body says she checked on them ‘every two weeks’
By Raja Razek, CNN The mother of the three siblings who were found abandoned in a home along with the body of their brother told CNN affiliate KHOU…
Continue Reading Witness at trial over Unite the Right rally describes being terrified by marchers, badly injured when car struck her
Four years after the torchlight rally and brawl in Charlottesville exposed brazen racism and anti-semitism, a case against the organizers for…
Continue Reading Witness at trial over Unite the Right rally describes being terrified by marchers, badly injured when car struck her
By Mark Morales and Ralph Ellis, CNN The first witness in the civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally testified…
Continue Reading New Orleans man gets nearly $30,000 returned to him after it was seized by DEA agents at the airport
By Rebekah Riess A New Orleans man will have nearly $30,000 returned to him after it was seized by DEA agents at the Columbus International Airport…
Continue Reading How the Charleston church massacre victims settlement is a symbolic blow to White supremacists
By Nicole Chavez, CNN The $88 million settlement announced Thursday with survivors and the families of nine people fatally shot in 2015 at a…
Continue Reading Black leaders rally around Howard University students protesting poor living conditions on campus
By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Black leaders are rallying around Howard University students who have been protesting since…
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