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By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard was found not guilty by a Colorado jury Monday on all charges related to the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died after he was wrestled to the ground by police and injected with ketamine by

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Chris Boyette and Virginia Langmaid, CNN (CNN) — The father of the man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more at a 2022 Fourth of July parade in Illinois pleaded guilty to seven counts of misdemeanor reckless conduct as part of a deal with prosecutors. Robert Crimo Jr. had been

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — As three pistol-holding Jewish women aligned their muzzles with the outdoor targets at the Magen Am gun range in Piru, California, one of the shooters-in-training – Dani, a granddaughter to Holocaust survivors on both sides of her family – fired a single shot. “Whoa,” Dani said as her

By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old boy was killed and four other children injured when someone in a car opened fire into a crowd Friday night in Cincinnati, officials said, in yet another example of “the reality these kids have to live through” as the nation’s gun violence epidemic roils on. An adult

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A Muslim student at Stanford University is advocating for “love, understanding and inclusivity” after he was recently struck by a car in what authorities are calling a hate crime. It is one of the latest instances of hate-based violence, as many communities in the US face increasingly tense rhetoric

By Camila Bernal and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Abdulwahab Omira, an Arab Muslim student at Stanford University, has released a statement after he was struck by a car Friday afternoon in what authorities are calling a hate crime. “As I lay in my hospital bed, grappling with a reality I had never imagined, I reflect on the importance of spreading

By Emma Tucker, CNN Lewiston, Maine (CNN) — The signs were there: hearing voices, expressing paranoid thoughts and making threats so violent, extra patrols were sent to guard a military installation. Documents and information shared by authorities and law enforcement sources show for months, those who knew the US Army reservist who would eventually go

By Dakin Andone, Paradise Afshar and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — At least two people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting early Sunday morning at a business in Tacoma, Washington, according to the Tacoma Police Department. Tacoma officers responded around 1:30 a.m. local time to a report of multiple shots fired inside

CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — A new series of photographs appears at first glance to depict Pacific Islanders in ordinary poses. Upon closer inspection, viewers realize that the subjects — all residents of Fiji — are in fact sitting on the ocean floor. The project by photographer Nick Brandt is

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — A new series of photographs appears at first glance to depict Pacific Islanders in ordinary poses. Upon closer inspection, viewers realize that the subjects — all residents of Fiji — are in fact sitting on the ocean floor. The project by photographer Nick Brandt is a

By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — If you don’t realize how powerful White Christian evangelicals have become, consider this: A White Christian evangelical, who has been described as “the embodiment of White Christian nationalism in a tailored suit,” is now second in line to the presidency. Rep. Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House,

By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — One person died and 12 others were injured when a Metro bus crashed into a Seattle building after colliding with a car Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The crash at an intersection pushed the King County Metro Bus off the road, where it struck a woman and then slammed into

By Paradise Afshar and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A 20-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting that injured six people during a motorcycle rally in Galveston, Texas, Saturday night, police said. Shots were fired as crowds were gathered for the Lone Star Rally in a historic district known as The Strand around 11

By Skylar Harris and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A student at a New Jersey high school is calling for federal legislation to address AI generated pornographic images after she says photos of her and other female classmates were manipulated and possibly shared online over the summer. Westfield High School student Francesca Mani, 14, and

By Raja Razek, Keith Allen and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least five possible hate crime incidents at Stanford University since the Israel-Hamas war’s onset are under investigation, including an apparent hit-and-run crash involving an Arab Muslim student, according to the university’s public safety department. The student was struck by a car Friday

By Zoe Sottile, and Abby Baggini, CNN (CNN) — As Israel continues its fourth week of intense bombardment of the besieged Gaza strip, huge crowds of protesters have gathered to call for a ceasefire in Washington, D.C. as well as in other capital cities around the globe. Saturday’s turnout is a continuation of protests that

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A San Jose, California, police officer is “no longer employed” with the police department after sending a series of racially biased, “disgusting” messages, according to a news release from San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata. “I hate Black people,” one of the messages read, which were discovered during an