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By CNN Staff (CNN) — Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp are back for the 40th annual Farm Aid festival. For the first time, Farm Aid, a nonprofit agricultural organization, will bring its annual music and food festival to Minneapolis. Board members Nelson, Young, Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds) and Margo Price are

By Danya Gainor, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Eleven-year-old Julián Guzman and his cousin had been hanging out at a family party late Saturday when they decided to branch out on their own. But what started as innocent fun would soon take a devastating turn. They took to the streets of their east Houston neighborhood

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The potential for a showdown over crime in Chicago – not just between law enforcement and crooks but between the federal government and city leaders – is escalating. With US troops patrolling Washington, DC, after a similar National Guard deployment in June to Los Angeles, President Donald Trump is

By Randi Kaye and Rachel Clarke, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — For many of the women victimized by Jeffrey Epstein, their lives are divided into two parts: before and after they were sexually abused by him. Change was obvious to Ashley Rubright’s friends after she met Epstein. But she didn’t recognize the stark

By Michelle Watson, Mark Morales, CNN New York (CNN) — At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that evidence was tested may now determine whether prosecutors can use it against their prime suspect, Long Island architect and family man

CNN, POOL, CBS, WBBM, TRUTH SOCIAL By Omar Jimenez, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Cedric Hawkins doesn’t take his age lightly. At 44, he’s had nine relatives killed by gun violence. “Only one of my family members made it to be in his 40s,” Hawkins said. After growing up around gangs in Chicago and having served

CNN By Omar Jimenez, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Cedric Hawkins doesn’t take his age lightly. At 44, he’s had nine relatives killed by gun violence. “Only one of my family members made it to be in his 40s,” Hawkins said. After growing up around gangs in Chicago and having served time in prison, Hawkins now

By Omar Jimenez, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Cedric Hawkins doesn’t take his age lightly. At 44, he’s had nine relatives killed by gun violence. “Only one of my family members made it to be in his 40s,” Hawkins said. After growing up around gangs in Chicago and having served time in prison, Hawkins now works

By Andy Rose, CNN Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) — Summer break is over, and Harvard Yard is waking up again. The nation’s oldest and wealthiest university – where red brick buildings went up before there even was a United States – buzzes with crisscrossing orientation groups. New students learn where to eat, where to study and

CNN, ONSCENE, KHOU By Karina Tsui, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old has died after he was shot while playing a doorbell ditch prank in Houston, police said, the latest tragic example of a TikTok trend authorities have been warning parents about in a case that could yield a murder charge. The boy and

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Weston Halsne knew immediately that something had hit him during the shocking mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis last week. “I think I got gunpowder on my neck,” Halsne told reporters minutes after the attack at Annunciation Catholic Church that killed two young students and injured more

KCNC By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and three others injured after two small planes collided in midair by the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport in northeast Colorado, authorities said. A Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 collided while both pilots were attempting to land on Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation

By Karina Tsui, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old has died after he was shot while playing a doorbell ditch prank in Houston, police said, the latest tragic example of a TikTok trend authorities have been warning parents about in a case that could yield a murder charge. The boy and his friends were