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By Veronica Miracle and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — The driver who crashed a blue Honda sedan into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco last week was armed with a knife and had a loaded crossbow in his car before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said Thursday. Zhanyuan Yang, 31, rammed into

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has overturned a decades-old California law banning assault weapons, calling the restriction “extreme” and unconstitutional. US District Judge Roger T. Benitez ruled Thursday the ban impedes on residents’ Second Amendment rights and has no historical precedent, as is required by a landmark Supreme Court decision last

By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Private colleges and universities in Florida must now comply with a rule requiring students and faculty to use bathroom and changing facilities aligned with their sex assigned at birth. The Florida Board of Education voted Wednesday to expand the rule – already in effect at the

By Andy Rose, Amy Simonson and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A St. Louis youth football team had the rest of its season canceled after a player’s parent allegedly shot the coach multiple times for not putting his son as a starter for the team, according to city and police statements. Authorities responded to the

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Richard Allen, the man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, no longer has legal representation, Judge Frances C. Gull said during a Thursday hearing. Allen, who is accused of killing Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, was being represented by

By Jamiel Lynch and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The City of Orlando announced plans to buy Pulse, the nightclub where 49 people were killed in a mass shooting, pending final approval from city council on Monday. At least 53 others were injured on June 12, 2016, when a 29-year-old shooter opened fire at

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of singer, songwriter and painter Joni Mitchell. Personal Birth date: November 7, 1943 Birth place: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada Birth name: Roberta Joan Anderson Father: William “Bill” Anderson, Air Force officer and grocer Mother: Myrtle (McKee) Anderson, teacher Marriages: Larry Klein, (1982-1994, divorced);

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Laura Bush, wife of former US President George W. Bush. Personal Birth date: November 4, 1946 Birth place: Midland, Texas Birth name: Laura Lane Welch Father: Harold Welch, real estate developer Mother: Jenna (Hawkins) Welch Marriage: George W. Bush (November 5, 1977-present)

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Scott Walker, former Republican governor of Wisconsin. Personal Birth date: November 2, 1967 Birth place: Colorado Springs, Colorado Birth name: Scott Kevin Walker Father: Llewellyn Walker, Baptist preacher Mother: Patricia (Fitch) Walker, bookkeeper Marriage: Tonette (Tarantino) Walker Children: Matt; Alex Education: Attended

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death. The finding comes just days after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the snow crab harvest

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — El Niño will drive what could be a warmer or wetter winter in parts of the US this year, according to an outlook released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday. But don’t worry, snow lovers. El Niño – a natural ocean and weather pattern in

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As the Biden administration kicks off a years-long negotiation process to divvy up the shrinking water supply of the Colorado River, there are finally some signs of optimism after several bleak years. A record-breaking winter snowpack last year halted a precipitous downward spiral on the river and raised water

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The decision by US prosecutors to offer Joran van der Sloot a plea agreement on charges of extortion and wire fraud led to his confession in the 2005 killing of Natalee Holloway in Aruba – and although he might not be prosecuted for the Alabama teen’s death, legal experts

By John Miller and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — With a war ongoing between Israel and Hamas, law enforcement agencies across the US remain on high alert, with a joint bulletin Wednesday warning of the threat of “lone offenders” as sources say officials are using an array of sophisticated tools and techniques to monitor for

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An artificial intelligence innovation recently deciphered one word from the famously indiscernible 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls. The documents, which were burned in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, would crumble if anyone attempted to unroll them and were considered to be nearly illegible — until now. Here’s what

By Athena Jones, CNN New York (CNN) — On a hot, sticky day in early October, 25-year-old Alesmar stood on a street corner in Manhattan holding her son’s hand. Wearing a tank top, her dark hair bound up in a pink scrunchie, she did not want to share her last name. She said she arrived

CNN, WCBS By Athena Jones, CNN New York (CNN) — On a hot, sticky day in early October, 25-year-old Alesmar stood on a street corner in Manhattan holding her son’s hand. Wearing a tank top, her dark hair bound up in a pink scrunchie, she did not want to share her last name. She said

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Six-year-old Kingston Campbell was scared of the dark, so he often crawled into a bed with his older sisters, who were, by their mother’s account, overly protective of their baby brother. But they could not protect him the night of May 1, when Lynchburg, Virginia, police say several shooters

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — College campuses across the United States have been at a fever pitch in the past week over statements from students, professors and administrators related to Hamas’ attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza. Students have protested and issued calls to action. Wealthy donors have pledged to pull