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By Mitchell McCluskey and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — As drought-stricken Arizona bakes in searing heat, the Scottsdale City Council unanimously agreed this week to ban natural grass in front of future single-family homes in an effort to conserve water. The new ordinance will apply to new houses constructed or permitted after August 15. “By

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced Thursday a civil rights investigation into dilapidated and unsanitary conditions at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, as well as violence against detainees. The department will look into the conditions in which inmates are held, their access to mental and physical health

By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man pleaded guilty in connection with sending a manifesto via social media that threatened to attack a synagogue and Jewish people – an act that prompted a statewide alert. Omar Alkattoul, 19, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday “to an information charging him

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter Robert Bowers found Thursday he is eligible for the death penalty, shifting the focus of the proceeding to whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. They deliberated for approximately two hours. Bowers, 50, was found

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Dangerous weather could bring more flash floods to Vermont – just as the state begins its long recovery from devastating rainfall that deluged the region earlier this week. At least one person died in the recent storms and flooding, the Vermont Department of Health said in a news release.

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Estela Martinez usually dons a light shirt and a thin jacket to protect her body from the scorching sun when she’s out in the fields. As a farmworker, she makes a living by spending her days in Florida’s punishing heat. She takes multiple bottles of water with her and

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A bear severely injured a 35-year-old herder who was working for a sheep grazing allotment on the San Juan National Forest in Colorado, officials said Wednesday. The man suffered bite wounds to his head as well as other injuries to his body in the Tuesday attack near a camp

By Michelle Watson and Travis Caldwell, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball grand prize is growing once again after no winning jackpot tickets were sold for Wednesday’s drawing. The big prize for the next drawing on Saturday is now an estimated $875 million, according to the lottery’s website, with an estimated $441.9 million lump-sum cash value

By Kevin Conlon (CNN) — Family and loved ones of Derek Diaz, who was fatally shot last week by police in Orlando, Florida, say viewing officers’ body-worn camera footage of the encounter has only left them with more questions. Diaz, 26, was shot in the early morning hours of July 3 after he was approached

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Arizonans have endured scorching temperatures for more than two weeks and that hot streak is about to get even hotter, with a brutal heat wave starting to take shape ahead of the weekend. Temperatures in Phoenix have reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit every single day this month. On Wednesday, the

By Veronica Miracle and Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — The planned demolition of the house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death last year will be delayed until October, officials at the university said Wednesday. The university in Moscow was given the three-story home on King Road earlier this year by its

Sabrina Clay, CNN (CNN) — Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is facing a civil rights investigation into how Black women giving birth are treated in its hospital. “Maternal health is a priority for the Biden-Harris Administration and one in which the HHS Office for Civil Rights is working on around the country to ensure

By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A former Catholic priest in Louisiana has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to drugging and molesting 17 men he had met in New Orleans’ French Quarter, according to prosecutors. Stephen Sauer, 61, admitted to targeting men who appeared to be “intoxicated,

By Steve Almasy and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Surveillance cameras caught inmate Michael Burham’s escape from a jail in northwestern Pennsylvania last week, Warren County Commissioner Jeff Eggleston said in a news conference Wednesday. Burham was in the recreation yard – a 40 feet by 40 feet space on the top floor – of

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Four people on a Florida-bound Allegiant Air flight were being examined for injuries after the flight encountered severe turbulence Wednesday afternoon, the airline said. Allegiant Air Flight 227, which had taken off from Asheville, North Carolina, “experienced severe turbulence before landing” at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, airline spokesperson Andrew

By Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are working to identify three bodies found decomposing in a remote Colorado campsite, Gunnison County Undersheriff Josh Ashe told CNN. A hiker found the first body Sunday in a remote area of the Gunnison National Forest, near Gold Creek Campground, Ashe said. The forest is roughly 100 miles

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter began deliberating Wednesday about whether he is eligible for the death penalty. If the jury finds he is eligible, they will move to a final phase of the trial, called sentencing selection, to consider whether to recommend the