Woman sentenced to prison for collecting $400,000 in viral GoFundMe scam
By Josh Campbell and Zoe Sottile, CNN A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for her role in scamming more than…
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A Tennessee police officer is on administrative leave as the violent arrest of a man is investigated
CNN By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Tennessee officials are investigating an officer’s violent arrest of a Black man accused of fleeing from police…
Continue ReadingFlorida school board rejects new sex ed textbooks
By Celeste Noraian and Alta Spells, CNN The board of Florida’s largest school district has rejected new sexual education textbooks that it…
Continue ReadingA Tennessee police officer is on administrative leave as the violent arrest of a man is investigated
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Tennessee officials are investigating an officer’s violent arrest of a Black man accused of fleeing from police trying…
Continue ReadingCustoms officers in Texas seize over $4.3 million in meth
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers in Laredo, Texas, confiscated methamphetamine — with a street value of a whopping $4.3 million —…
Continue Reading1 killed and several injured in shooting in downtown Renton, Washington, police say
By Tina Burnside and Claire Colbert, CNN At least one person was killed and six others injured in a shooting in the Seattle suburb of Renton early…
Continue ReadingHow to have fun this summer in spite of Covid-19 and extreme heat
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Illustration by Leah Abucayan, CNN It really is a cruel summer. This is not the summer of kissing strangers or gallivanting…
Continue ReadingSuspect charged with murder in killing of missing University of Mississippi student
By Justin Gamble, CNN A man was arrested and charged with the murder of 20-year-old University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee,…
Continue ReadingThe rising cost of energy and limited access to housing with A/C is creating a dangerous summer for low-income Texans
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Fearing the scorching Texas heat could only get worse, Lisa Vogt stopped buying meat and drove her pickup truck as little as…
Continue ReadingMega Millions jackpot swells to $790 million after no lottery ticket drew all 6 winning numbers
By Tina Burnside, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to a whopping $790 million after no ticket matched all six winning numbers in Friday…
Continue ReadingGeorgia’s Supreme Court overturned a prominent attorney’s murder conviction. Prosecutors now want to retry him
By Jamiel Lynch and Christina Maxouris, CNN A Georgia district attorney’s office is planning to retry Claud “Tex” McIver for murder…
Continue Reading3 men charged in connection to the investigation into a 911 dispatcher who refused to send an ambulance to woman
By Jalen Beckford and Christina Maxouris, CNN Officials in Greene County, Pennsylvania, filed charges against three men for allegedly concealing…
Continue ReadingIndiana mall gunman’s family say they are ‘unable to offer any explanation’ for his actions
By Samantha Beech and Isa Kaufman Geballe, CNN The family of the gunman who killed three people during a weekend mall shooting in the Indianapolis…
Continue ReadingUtah’s Black pioneers in the Mormon migration were honored with a monument
By Amanda Musa, CNN Utah officials, along with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, unveiled a monument Friday honoring…
Continue ReadingFeds accuse man of calling a Tops location in Buffalo, threatening to shoot Black people
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A Seattle-area man allegedly called a Buffalo Tops supermarket location twice this week, saying “he would make the news if…
Continue ReadingThousands of baby chickens die due to excessive heat at Miami airport, officials say
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Thousands of baby chickens died Tuesday from excessive heat, found in a cargo warehouse by a Miami-Dade airport employee,…
Continue ReadingTexas officials release Uvalde shooting report in Spanish days after backlash
By Nicole Chavez, CNN A Texas House of Representatives investigative committee released on Friday a Spanish version of its preliminary report on the…
Continue ReadingSpecial board meeting to consider firing Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo is canceled
By Andy Rose, CNN A special school board meeting scheduled for Saturday morning in Uvalde, Texas, to consider whether to terminate the employment of…
Continue ReadingNikolas Cruz walked into a McDonald’s and sat with the brother of one of his victims after the Parkland shooting, surveillance video shows
CNN By Alaa Elassar and Kevin Conlon, CNN After carrying out a massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 dead, gunman Nikolas Cruz…
Continue ReadingNikolas Cruz walked into a McDonald’s and sat with the brother of one of his victims after the Parkland shooting, surveillance video shows
By Alaa Elassar and Kevin Conlon, CNN After carrying out a massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 dead, gunman Nikolas Cruz sat…
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