5 things to know for September 2: Biden, Hurricanes, January 6, Abortion, Ukraine
President Joe Biden delivered a sober assessment of American democracy during a rare prime-time address, warning that Donald Trump and “MAGA…
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22-year-old man charged with murder and other charges in the shooting of 3 Dutch soldiers in Indianapolis
By Amanda Musa and Andi Babineau, CNN The 22-year-old man accused of shooting three Dutch soldiers outside an Indianapolis hotel on Saturday has been…
Continue Reading 22-year-old man charged with murder and other charges in the shooting of 3 Dutch soldiers in Indianapolis
One of three Dutch soldiers shot in downtown Indianapolis has…
Continue Reading Texas’ family services are ‘on the brink of collapse’ after requiring child abuse investigations of gender-affirming care for minors, employees say in court filing
By Andy Rose, CNN A court filing from 16 current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, along with the Texas…
Continue Reading Deaf dog rescued after falling down California ravine, family calls it a ‘miracle’
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A California family says they’re thrilled after their deaf dog was rescued by emergency responders after falling 100 feet…
Continue Reading Jackson, Mississippi, residents told to shower with mouths closed as water treatment plant repairs continue on Day 4 of water shortage
The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi appears far from over, despite a temporary pump being installed now at the city’s main water treatment…
Continue Reading Teacher gets $95,000 to settle lawsuit over refusal to use student’s preferred name
By Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN A Kansas teacher who argued she had a religious belief that prevented her from calling transgender or…
Continue Reading 8-year-old boy paralyzed in Highland Park shooting may have ‘some cognitive loss,’ family says
By Rebekah Riess, Adrienne Broaddus and Zoe Sottile, CNN Cooper Roberts, the 8-year old boy severely injured in the Fourth of July parade mass…
Continue Reading Black town manager’s contract has been terminated weeks after entire police force resigned
By Melissa Alonso, CNN The North Carolina town of Kenly voted 3-2 to terminate the contract of its Black town manager who was at the center of an…
Continue Reading Detroit teen who allegedly killed three people pleads not guilty to murder charges
By Kiely Westhoff, Rob Frehse and Alaa Elassar, CNN A Detroit teen who is suspected of shooting four people, killing three, in a “shooting…
Continue Reading One student was killed and two injured following a stabbing at a North Carolina high school
By Alaa Elassar, CNN One student is dead and two others were injured after an apparent stabbing attack Thursday at a high school in Jacksonville,…
Continue Reading Missouri prosecutors seek to vacate murder conviction of man in prison for over 27 years
By Andy Rose and Ray Sanchez, CNN Prosecutors in St. Louis County, Missouri, have filed a request to vacate the murder conviction of Lamar Johnson,…
Continue Reading Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds
By Carma Hassan, Deidre McPhillips and Eric Levenson, CNN Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not…
Continue Reading Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds
Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not seen in decades, a foreboding sign of the state of…
Continue Reading A 4-year-old took a loaded gun to his South Texas school. Now his father faces charges, police say
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A 4-year-old took a loaded handgun Wednesday to his South Texas elementary school, and his father has been arrested after the…
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5 things to know for September 1: Ukraine, Mar-a-Lago, Covid-19, Air travel, China
Hot temperatures will remain in the West into Labor Day Weekend. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 1: Ukraine, Mar-a-Lago, Covid-19, Air travel, China
Ukraine’s second largest nuclear power station is under Russian missile threat as warnings of a nuclear disaster are already causing international…
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At the end of her tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet talks about challenges the world faces in China, Myanmar and…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 1: Ukraine, Mar-a-Lago, Covid-19, Air travel, China
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Few of us want summer to end, but there’s some good news coming this winter: holiday discounts. Major retailers…
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What do the markings on the classified documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago mean about what they might…
Continue Reading The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say
By Travis Caldwell, Andy Rose and Omar Jimenez, CNN The state of Texas, which for several months has bussed thousands of newly arrived migrants at…
Continue Reading The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he sent the first bus of migrants who have crossed the southern border to Chicago, as he’s previously done to…
Continue Reading Body camera video shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed 20-year-old Black man in bed
By Amanda Musa, Dakin Andone and Michelle Watson, CNN Police in Columbus, Ohio, have released body camera video that shows a police officer serving a…
Continue Reading Body camera video shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed 20-year-old Black man in bed
Donovan Lewis, 20, died after being shot by Columbus Police Officer Ricky Anderson, a 30-year veteran with the Columbus Division of Police assigned…
Continue Reading Body camera video shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed 20-year-old Black man in bed
Police in Columbus, Ohio have released documents providing more details on the fatal officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man on…
Continue Reading Jackson, Mississippi, residents told to shower with mouths closed as water treatment plant repairs continue on Day 4 of water shortage
By Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna and Amir Vera, CNN As Mississippi’s capital city entered a fourth day on Thursday with little or no water…
Continue Reading A Louisville corrections officer is terminated after mocking the city police department’s 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor
By Nicki Brown, CNN A Louisville, Kentucky, corrections officer has been terminated after “disparaging” the Louisville Metro Police…
Continue Reading University of North Dakota to return more than 250 boxes of Native American remains and artifacts, school president says
By Andy Rose, CNN The University of North Dakota is working to repatriate human remains and sacred artifacts taken from Indigenous communities, UND…
Continue Reading ‘Why didn’t they give him the respect?’ Black teen feels he has to leave school after refusing to cut his hair, parents say
By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN A Black South Dakota teen feels he has no choice but to switch schools after refusing to cut his hair, his mother said.…
Continue Reading Why teachers are burning out and leaving districts scrambling to fill jobs
By Gabe Cohen, CNN When the bell rings at Casa Grande Union High School, more than seventy sophomores pile into Stacy Brady’s biology class.…
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