5 things to know for April 21: Starship, Biden, Gun violence, North Dakota, Theranos
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have shown they can be remarkably adept at everything from generating student…
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Transgender woman sues Maryland corrections system, alleging she was sexually assaulted and denied hormone treatment while jailed with men
By Kia Fatahi and Sara Smart, CNN A transgender woman has sued Maryland’s corrections department in federal court, alleging she was improperly…
Continue ReadingFederal lawsuit filed against members of Antioch, California, police alleges civil rights violations and other misconduct
By Veronica Miracle, Anna-Maja Rappard and Kevin Flower, CNN A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that members of a Bay Area police department in…
Continue ReadingGrandson of White homeowner who shot a Black teen who rang his doorbell said he ‘wasn’t shocked’ by the news. His brother has a different take
CNN, KSHB By Holly Yan, CNN When Klint Ludwig learned his grandfather, a White homeowner in Kansas City, had shot a Black teenager who rang his…
Continue ReadingGrandson of White homeowner who shot a Black teen who rang his doorbell said he ‘wasn’t shocked’ by the news. His brother has a different take
CNN By Holly Yan, CNN When Klint Ludwig learned his grandfather, a White homeowner in Kansas City, had shot a Black teenager who rang his doorbell,…
Continue ReadingGOP leader, who voted to expel ‘Tennessee Three,’ resigns following report of workplace harassment
By Rebekah Riess and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Tennessee House Representative Scotty Campbell resigned from his seat Thursday following a report that he…
Continue ReadingSuspect who allegedly shot 6-year-old neighbor and her parents in North Carolina has been apprehended in Florida
CNN, WSOC, WBTV By Dianne Gallagher, Eric Levenson and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Robert Louis Singletary, the suspect accused of shooting a 6-year-old…
Continue ReadingLouisville shooter left notes revealing part of his goal was to show how easily a mentally ill person can buy a gun in the US, sources say
By John Miller and Steve Almasy, CNN The shooter who killed five co-workers at a Louisville, Kentucky, bank this month left two very extensive notes…
Continue ReadingClimate activist killed in ‘Cop City’ protest sustained 57 gunshot wounds, official autopsy says, but questions about gunpowder residue remain
By Nick Valencia, Devon M. Sayers and Pamela Kirkland, CNN An environmental activist killed earlier this year while protesting a planned law…
Continue ReadingR. Kelly is appealing his 2021 sex trafficking and racketeering conviction in New York and wants a new trial
By Liam Reilly, CNN Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly is appealing one of his two federal convictions — his September 2021 guilty verdicts on…
Continue ReadingGrandson of White homeowner who shot a Black teen who rang his doorbell said he ‘wasn’t shocked’ by the news. His brother has a different take
By Holly Yan, CNN When Klint Ludwig learned his grandfather, a White homeowner in Kansas City, had shot a Black teenager who rang his doorbell,…
Continue ReadingGrandson of White homeowner who shot a Black teen who rang his doorbell said he ‘wasn’t shocked’ by the news. His brother has a different take
CNN By Holly Yan, CNN When Klint Ludwig learned his grandfather, a White homeowner in Kansas City, had shot a Black teenager who rang his doorbell,…
Continue ReadingDeath row inmate Richard Glossip is denied another bid to vacate murder conviction, execution set for May 18
By Brynn Gingras, Linh Tran and Emma Tucker, CNN Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip on Thursday was denied another appeal to vacate his murder…
Continue ReadingRoadway deaths level off after pandemic spike, but remain high
By Gregory Wallace Roadway deaths leveled off last year after spiking during the pandemic, according to federal estimates released Thursday. The…
Continue Reading‘Bullet holes everywhere’ at the scene of a quadruple murder in Maine, affidavit says
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Andi Babineau, CNN The woman who found the bodies of four people who were murdered at a home in Maine told police she saw…
Continue ReadingBilly Joel Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Billy Joel. Personal Birth date: May 9, 1949…
Continue ReadingFeds will release more water downstream into drought-stricken Lake Mead after wet winter
By Ella Nilsen, CNN After years of punishing drought, a historic winter snowpack is bringing a reprieve to the Colorado River Basin and the…
Continue ReadingRichard Riordan, former Los Angeles mayor, dies at 92
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, who served two terms in the 1990s and saw the city through the 1994 Northridge…
Continue ReadingAbout a third of book bans reported in fall 2022 were a result of new state laws, free speech group says
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Book bans in public schools kept rising during the first half of the 2022-23 school year, and nearly a third of them were the…
Continue ReadingNew York state education officials vote to prohibit public schools from using Indigenous team names, logos or mascots
By Gili Remen and Celina Tebor, CNN New York state education officials voted unanimously this week to prohibit public schools from using or…
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