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By Sara Smart, CNN What started out as a promise of hot chocolate turned into a viral video for a Washington, DC, teacher. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, otherwise known as Ms. Fitz, decided to make a deal with her third-grade class at Holy Trinity School in Georgetown, a few blocks from the Potomac River. The deal was

By Amir Vera and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A second time capsule was found where the Robert E. Lee statue once stood in Richmond, Virginia, a Virginia Department of Historic Resources spokesperson said Monday. A copper box was found beneath the pedestal, “below grade in a very wet area,” said department director Julie Langan, adding

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN An American teacher detained in Libya for more than six weeks has returned to the United States after the Libyan foreign minister personally intervened to expedite his release. Fernando Espinoza, 29, landed Monday afternoon at New York’s JFK International Airport to a welcoming party that included his mother, Sara Espinoza, and

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN An 8-year-old sobs every night after her aunt puts her to bed. A 17-year-old wakes up clutching his pillow and calling out his little brother’s name. And hundreds of children who remain in US government custody keep asking questions no one knows how to answer. They’re among the roughly 1,450

By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN After taking a long weekend for the Christmas holiday, jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s federal sex trafficking trial resumed deliberations Monday in New York but still have not reached a verdict. Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has pleaded not

By Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Covid-19 numbers keep soaring as travelers scatter back across the country after Christmas and Americans prepare for another holiday weekend. The US is now averaging 198,404 new Covid-19 cases each day, according to Sunday data from Johns Hopkins University. That’s 47% higher than a week ago and the

By Andy Rose, Raja Razek and Amir Vera, CNN A 14-year-old was arrested Monday in connection with a convenience store shooting in Garland, Texas, that left three people dead and one in critical condition, Garland Police Chief Jeff Bryan said during a news conference. The three victims from the Sunday shooting were all teenage boys

By Cheri Mossburg, Sarah Moon and Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN Valentina Orellana-Peralta and her mother were holding one another and praying in the dressing room of a Los Angeles clothing store when a police officer’s bullet ripped through a wall and fatally wounded the 14-year-old, according to relatives. “The girl’s American dream has been taken from

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Two baby bald eagles have hatched in Florida, and the heartwarming moments were caught on camera for everyone to see. The parents, Harriet and her mate, M15, have spent more than a month patiently taking turns guarding and incubating the eggs and hunting around their nest, located on the Dick Pritchett

By Wayne Sterling and Amir Vera, CNN A fifth college football bowl game was canceled Tuesday due to Covid-19 protocols, while at least two other bowl games will feature different teams. The Holiday Bowl featuring UCLA and North Carolina State was set to take place Tuesday night at Petco Park in San Diego, but UCLA