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By August Phillips, CNN (CNN) — Drivers will race through the streets of the nation’s capital at speeds of over 180 mph in August as part of a wide-ranging slate of events to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix, part of the NTT IndyCar Series, was announced by

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 4:47 p.m. ET] Two promising young mariachi musicians and their parents, who were being held in ICE detention for nearly two weeks after they were detained by the Department of Homeland Security in Texas, are being processed for release, according to an X post

By Gloria Pazmino, Holly Yan, Karina Tsui, John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Two men face charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction after a pair of homemade bombs were tossed during protests near New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home Saturday, court documents show. Emir Balat,

CNN By Aaron Cooper, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Lines at security checkpoints continued to stretch for hours at airports across the country Monday morning, as the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues. The department, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration, posted photos of long lines on its social media pages,

By Aaron Cooper, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Lines at security checkpoints continued to stretch for hours at airports across the country Monday morning, as the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues. The department, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration, posted photos of long lines on its social media pages, blaming

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Over the last two weeks, jurors in Kouri Richins’ murder trial have heard wide-ranging testimony about troubles in her marriage, her secret affair and the millions of dollars she owed in debt – all factors prosecutors say led her to fatally poison her husband. Prosecutors say the Utah mother

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Oscar Freemond Fowler was a free man for only four days. The convicted felon, whose federal prison sentence was commuted during the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency, was released from custody on February 19, only to be rearrested for the same crime less than a week later

By Emma Tucker, Gloria Pazmino, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Tensions between opposing protest groups outside the New York City mayor’s residence boiled over Saturday, when a protester hurled an improvised explosive onto the crosswalk, leaving protesters and police officers scrambling. The device was capable of causing “serious injury or death,” the NYPD said Sunday,

By Elise Hammond, Caroll Alvarado, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez frequently reports on Immigration and Customs Enforcement action, becoming familiar with the sudden arrests that have become hallmarks of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. But when trucks surrounded her and her husband’s car Wednesday and agents approached the windows, she was

By Holly Yan, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Less than 24 hours after a mysterious triple homicide baffled investigators and devastated two idyllic Utah towns, a bevy of license plate readers, a trail of footprints and a victim’s own key fob helped lead authorities to a suspect more than 300 miles away. The gruesome saga

By Associated Press Nashville, Tennessee (AP) — Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died. Bernard LaFayette, III, said his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

By Chris Boyette, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — As Saturday night spilled into Sunday morning, the sidewalks and crowded patios of lively Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, were cloaked in terror and fear as the clinking of glasses and music gave way to frantic calls for help after a gunman opened fire. Panicked 911 calls

By Holly Yan, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Utah’s rugged canyons and picturesque national parks became the backdrop of a horrific tragedy when officials in the small town of Torrey responded to a pair of distraught men who had discovered the bodies of their wives — friends who hadn’t come back from a hike on

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Sophia Peyser, David Williams, CNN (CNN) — As Siobhan Kirchstein stepped up to the counter of the Kansas Division of Vehicles last Thursday, she was struck by how banal the moment felt, even though the circumstances that brought her there felt far from ordinary. “Why is everyone acting like this is a