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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Houston’s police chief unexpectedly retired from the force Tuesday night amid questions about a department policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of cases to be suspended, including sexual abuse cases, according to the mayor’s office. Troy Finner had served as the chief of the Houston Police Department since 2021, capping off a 34-year career

By Devon M. Sayers and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley in February was indicted Wednesday on charges of murder and aggravated assault with intent to rape as well as for an earlier incident in which he allegedly peeped into the window of a student. Jose Antonio

By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — The US Capitol will soon officially welcome two new, iconic figures. A statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her role as a mentor to the Little Rock Nine – a group of Black students who were the first to

By Amy O’Kruk, Janie Boschma and Lou Robinson, CNN Police have arrested protesters on more than 50 college campuses in at least half of the states across the country. Many other schools have experienced protests without arrests. Pro-Palestinian protesters continue to face arrest on campus, nearly three weeks since the first arrests at Columbia University

By Julia Chan, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after mass shootings in California’s Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, Asian Americans are still coping with the aftermath. The alleged gunmen in both shootings were elder members of the community, the age group most vulnerable to anti-Asian violence during the Covid-19 pandemic. “The ‘sandwich population’ that are caring for

By Gabe Cohen, Aileen Graef, Eric Levenson, Avery Lotz and Alexandra Ross, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment on George Washington University’s campus early Wednesday and arrested 30 protesters there and three others in a separate altercation, Metro Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said. The

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — David Banks, the chancellor of New York City Public Schools, said at a congressional hearing Wednesday that his district has removed, disciplined or is in the process of disciplining at least a dozen staff and school leaders over alleged antisemitism, pushing back strongly against Republicans’ accusations that the school

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing an anti-abortion group and nearly a dozen pregnancy centers in the state for false and misleading statements promoting an unproven procedure they claim can reverse the effects of the abortion pill. James alleges in the civil suit filed Monday that Heartbeat

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Record global heat continues its unbroken streak. Last month, the world lived through the hottest April on record, driven by human-made climate change and boosted by El Niño. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Trump Adult film star

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Record global heat continues its unbroken streak. Last month, the world lived through the hottest April on record, driven by human-made climate change and boosted by El Niño. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Trump Adult film

By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — A US military veteran who admitted he faked being unable to walk for more than 20 years while claiming several hundred thousand dollars in disability benefits has been sentenced to prison time. Christopher Stultz, 49, of Antrim, New Hampshire, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after receiving more

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — In a surprise new song, rapper Macklemore praises college students across the US who are protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, vowing that he will not vote for President Joe Biden come November. The song, released Monday, is titled “Hind’s Hall” in reference to the new temporary name pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University gave to

By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Social media influencer Kai Cenat will not be prosecuted on charges of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly connected to a chaotic giveaway he promoted in New York City’s Union Square last year, which resulted in dozens of arrests, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. Cenat posted a public

By Christina Maxouris and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of Camay Mitchell De Silva, an 18-year-old woman who was fatally shot last month during a nearby argument at the dorms of Delaware State University, police in Dover said Monday. De Silva, who was not a

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! How’s your 401(k) doing? This is an election year, and if history holds true, the answer is … probably pretty well. A recent analysis by retirement planning firm TIAA found that the stock market tends to perform slightly better during presidential election years —

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! How’s your 401(k) doing? This is an election year, and if history holds true, the answer is … probably pretty well. A recent analysis by retirement planning firm TIAA found that the stock market tends to perform slightly better during presidential election years — unless

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Salvage teams have recovered the body of the sixth – and believed to be the final – victim killed in the March 26 Baltimore bridge collapse, authorities announced Tuesday, marking a grim milestone in the weekslong recovery operation that followed the disaster. The victim was identified as 37-year-old José

By Eric Levenson and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — A group of 95 people filed a lawsuit in Illinois on Monday alleging they were sexually abused as children in juvenile detention centers across the state for over two decades. The 186-page suit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, alleges state employees “sexually abused Claimants

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — No one thought much about the new face at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church on Sunday. The tight-knit congregation outside Pittsburgh often welcomed guests, and Pastor Glenn Germany assumed the young man was a friend of a parishioner. Germany was delivering a sermon about “walking in the ways of God”