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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Maribel Gardea spent years trying to convince Texas’ San Antonio Public Schools that her 14-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy and is non-verbal, needed an eye gaze device in the classroom. She sat in many meetings with staff members, including the district’s technology expert, pleading for the device

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — One of two US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees who escaped during a power outage at a Colorado detention facility earlier this week was captured Friday, authorities said. Joel Gonzalez-Gonzalez was taken into custody by Adams County Sheriff’s personnel early Friday morning, ICE’s Denver office said in a statement,

By Polo Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — When Dora Camarena was on her deathbed in 2021, her family recalls she wished to have lived long enough to see the Mexican cartel that killed her son pay for what it did. Forty years after his killing, the widow and sons of DEA special agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena

By Emma Tucker and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University has announced a series of new policies, including restrictions on demonstrations, new disciplinary procedures and immediately reviewing its Middle East curriculum, making apparent concessions following President Donald Trump’s revocation of $400 million in federal funding over campus protests. The Trump administration demanded several changes,

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Cornell graduate student who has been a prominent voice at pro-Palestinian protests – and who faced intense criticism for declaring “glory to the resistance!” after the Hamas attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 dead – is being told to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The University of California system and Princeton this week joined more than a dozen top schools – including Harvard, Duke and Stanford – in announcing hiring freezes following Trump administration spending cuts. Johns Hopkins University said it was laying off more than 2,000 employees after it lost more than

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — An Olympic swimming champion from Zimbabwe made history this week when the International Olympic Committee elected her as its new leader. Kirsty Coventry will be the IOC’s first female and first African president. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and on With

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — An Olympic swimming champion from Zimbabwe made history this week when the International Olympic Committee elected her as its new leader. Kirsty Coventry will be the IOC’s first female and first African president. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and on With Your

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Trump administration officials accuse Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri of being a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda and having close ties to a suspected or known terrorist. But to his defenders, Khan Suri is an accomplished scholar whose research focuses on peacebuilding in the Middle East. Khan Suri’s attorney

By Aaron Cooper and Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The pilots of a Boeing 737 started to mistakenly take off from a taxiway at a Florida airport on Thursday before an air traffic controller told them to stop, the Federal Aviation Administration said, announcing it was investigating the incident. Taxiways are used by planes to

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s attempt this month to deport a Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian campus activist due to his alleged “activities aligned to Hamas” was the first case of its kind to grab headlines. Since then, two foreign–born academics with visas to work at other prominent US universities –

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CNN By Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A flurry of court filings in the quadruple murder case against Bryan Kohberger reveal the suspect bought a knife on Amazon months before the killings and the victims’ surviving roommates texted family and were active on social media before calling 911. The

By Gabe Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments. The four urgent safety recommendations are part of the National Transportation Safety

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A landing gear support broke as a Delta Air Lines regional jet was landing before it flipped upside down, leaving passengers “hanging like bats” at Toronto Pearson International in February, according to a preliminary report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board. Less than three seconds before touchdown, investigators

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki have asked for Dominican authorities to declare their daughter dead. Their request highlights the heartbreaking realities of losing a child and handling the legalities of a missing person case. Investigators believe Konanki drowned “and no evidence of foul play

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The world’s happiest country has been announced and for the eighth year in a row … it’s Finland! Researchers credited the country’s strong social support systems, high trust levels and a less materialistic mindset. The US, on the other hand, received its lowest ranking ever. Here’s what else you

By Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A flurry of court filings in the quadruple murder case against Bryan Kohberger reveal the suspect bought a knife on Amazon months before the killings and the victims’ surviving roommates texted family and were active on social media before calling 911. The newly

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The regional airline flight in Alaska that crashed, killing all 10 people onboard, was overweight before it took off, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. The Cessna Grand Caravan operated by Bering Air as flight 445 crashed about 34 miles southeast of

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Our data and graphics team borrowed a page from college basketball and put a fun political spin on March