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By Theresa Waldrop and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Hundreds of Haitian and Cuban migrants using 16 different vessels were taken into custody after making landfall or reaching the US coast off Florida from Friday to Saturday, US Customs and Border Patrol said. In one dramatic incident, more than 330 migrants from Haiti were rescued after the

By Zoe Sottile, CNN An alligator bit a man’s face while he was swimming in Lake Thonotosassa in Florida, according to officials. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call about the incident at around 3:45 p.m. Thursday, according to a statement shared with CNN. Lake Thonotosassa is in Hillsborough County, near Tampa.

By Eric Levenson, CNN US Customs and Border Protection has seized a shipment of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl hidden in pill bottles that was strong enough to potentially provide lethal doses to tens of thousands of people, the agency said. CBP officers in Louisville, Kentucky, detained a shipment Thursday that arrived from India and

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Georgia’s endangered sea turtles are being fruitful and multiplying in record numbers. This week, Georgia officially hit its record for sea turtle nests, with 3,966 nests recorded, according to a news release shared with CNN from the Jekyll Island Authority’s Georgia Sea Turtle Center. This surpassed 2019’s record of 3,956 nests.

By Dakin Andone and Michelle Watson, CNN A 27-year-old Muslim man killed last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is being remembered as a “brilliant public servant” committed to “improving conditions and inclusivity for disadvantaged minorities,” according to the mayor of the city he worked for. Police believe the death of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain on August

By Zenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN Authorities are searching for at least two gunmen after nine people were injured in a shooting in downtown Cincinnati early Sunday, police said. The shooting in the city’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood occurred shortly before 2 a.m., when more than a dozen shots were fired into a large crowd after

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Beneath the asphalt parking lot of America’s largest living history museum, gravesites linked to one of the nation’s oldest Black churches remained hidden for decades until last year. Archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia, are now excavating three burials at the original location of the historic 18th century First Baptist Church, launching a

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN James Winston was always immaculately dressed. Since he was 10 years old, he would carefully iron his clothes, right down to his socks and underwear. He would later do the same for his kids, making sure they were coordinated from head to toe. He would likely have done the same for

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Ali Jeylani knows you shouldn’t pick favorites when it comes to family members, but of his seven siblings, he’s always had a soft spot for his younger brother, Issa. Maybe it’s their shared love of soccer, their admiration for Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo, or maybe it’s simply that the pair

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The unexpected discovery of a 16th-century horse tooth in modern-day Haiti has provided credence for an age-old folk story about the origin of feral horses on an island off Maryland and Virginia. The famous wild Chincoteague ponies have lived for centuries on Assateague Island, a barrier island on the Atlantic coast.

By Nouran Salahieh and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN More human remains have been found in the receding waters of Lake Mead, authorities announced Saturday. This is the fourth time human remains have been found at Lake Mead National Recreation Area since May. In the latest incident, park rangers got a call Saturday morning about skeletal remains

By Tina Burnside, Kiely Westhoff and Amya Henry, CNN A suspect in the shooting deaths of four people at multiple sites outside of Dayton, Ohio, has been arrested, police said. Stephen Marlow was taken into custody Saturday night by police in Lawrence, Kansas, Butler Township Police Chief John Porter said at a news conference. Marlow

By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN Authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced Saturday a fourth Muslim man was killed overnight and there is “reason to believe” his death is related to three other recent killings of Muslim men. “These shootings are disturbing,” Albuquerque Police Department Chief Harold Medina said in a Saturday news conference.

By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN “Tens of thousands” of dead fish have washed up along the Klamath River in the area of Happy Camp in northern California this week — a phenomenon that’s tied to a dangerous combination of flash flooding and the McKinney Fire that’s burning in the area, according to Craig

Cassie Spodak, Channon Hodge and Margaret Dawson, CNN These are the surprising and personal stories, lost and hidden in America’s past, hosted by CNN’s Abby Phillip, Suzanne Malveaux, Omar Jimenez, Athena Jones, Ryan Young, John Avlon and more. Knowing these stories might reshape your understanding of the disparities the country faces today. July 11, 1868

By Sara Smart, CNN Deer, raccoons, possums and fox once flocked the area of the Everglades National Park in south Florida. Nowadays, you’re lucky if you spot one mammal in the area, according to wildlife experts. Who’s to blame for this decline in wildlife? The invasive species known as Burmese pythons. To help combat this

By Rebekah Riess and Kelly Murray, CNN A jury in Aitkin County, Minnesota, on Friday found that a pharmacy did not discriminate against a woman by refusing to fill her emergency contraception prescription, court records show. However, the jury found the pharmacist did cause the woman emotional harm in the amount of $25,000. According to