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By Ashley R. Williams and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Debby left behind not only a trail of deadly destruction in the Southeast last week but also more than 100 pounds of narcotics, discovered along Florida’s shores, authorities said. On August 4, 25 packages of cocaine were found on a beach in Islamorada, a

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Around 100 people were treated for heat-related illness at an air show in Colorado Springs and 10 were taken to hospitals Saturday, officials said, on a day when temperatures reached into the 90s in the east-central Colorado city. “The Colorado Springs Fire Department and the onsite operations team worked

By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — One January evening in 1980, a 25-year-old nursing student began walking to a friend’s house. She never made it. Instead, a man got out of a car, grabbed her, and drove her away. Her body was found the next morning. She had been sexually assaulted, strangled and shot, police

By Nic F. Anderson and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Body camera footage was released Friday showing the fatal police shooting of Victoria Lee, a 25-year-old woman whose brother had called 911 for medical help during her mental health crisis in Fort Lee, New Jersey last month. At least five Fort Lee police officers responded to

By Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Two Alaska State Troopers have been charged with misdemeanor assault after using pepper spray, a taser and a canine while arresting a man on a warrant that had been issued for a different person, authorities announced Thursday. Sgt. Joseph Miller and canine handler Jason Woodruff have

By Andy Rose and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Deliberations have begun after attorneys presented their closing arguments Friday in the civil trial of the parents of a Texas high school shooter, more than six years after their son killed eight students and two teachers. Survivors and family members of those who were gunned down at Santa Fe

By Jillian Sykes and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Six years ago, a passing driver in Austin, Texas, found the body of a 28-year-old woman in a silver sedan. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. In June, a 911 caller reported finding a woman’s body in an abandoned home. The 34-year-old had also been

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Friday designating the site of a 1908 race massacre in Springfield, Illinois, a national monument. For two nights in August 1908, a White mob laid siege to Springfield, indiscriminately looting, burning and destroying Black-owned homes and businesses, in a race riot that would

By Ray Sanchez and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A Florida jury on Friday found a 60-year-old White woman guilty of manslaughter with a firearm for fatally shooting an unarmed Black mother during an ongoing dispute over children playing near her home. The panel had considered whether Susan Lorincz was justified under the state’s controversial self-defense

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By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — The city of Edmond, Oklahoma, has agreed to a $7.15 million settlement with a man who served 48 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, his attorney announced. Glynn Simmons, now 71, served 48 years, one month and 18 days following his murder conviction in a 1974

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Personal Birth date: August 29, 1967 Birth place: Denver, Colorado Birth name: Neil McGill Gorsuch Father: David Gorsuch, lawyer Mother: Anne Gorsuch Burford, lawyer and administrator of the EPA for nearly two years under President Ronald

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 20 years after Scott Peterson was convicted of murder in the deaths of his wife and their unborn son – and months after the Los Angeles Innocence Project took up his case – he is speaking out in a new documentary to again proclaim he didn’t do it.

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The family of an Illinois mother gunned down in her home by a sheriff’s deputy wants a nationwide database of officers’ violations and mandatory, comprehensive background checks for law enforcement applicants, the family’s attorneys said Wednesday. Sonya Massey was killed July 6 after two Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies responded

By Isabel Rosales and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama IVF clinic that kept providing in vitro fertilization treatments even while others suspended them during weeks of uncertainty following a state Supreme Court ruling says it will close January 1 – further narrowing IVF options in a state that already had few providers. “After

By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Equipped with only 19 pounds of gear, 89-year-old Bing Olbum set off on what he intended to be a five–day hiking trip. Instead, Olbum found himself stranded for nearly 10 days in over 4 million acres of Salmon-Challis National Forest. It’s home to some of the most rugged places in the country

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CNN 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! Shopping around for a car? You’re in luck. Shopping around for a new auto insurance policy? Better buckle

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the US Open Tennis Tournament. It is held annually at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York. It is the only Grand Slam tennis championship held in North America. August 18-September 7, 2025 – The US Open Tennis Tournament takes place.

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of George Mitchell, former US senator (D-Maine). Personal Birth date: August 20, 1933 Birth place: Waterville, Maine Birth name: George John Mitchell Father: George Mitchell, a janitor Mother: Mary (Saad) Mitchell Marriages: Heather MacLachlan (1994-present); Sally L. Heath (1959-1987, divorced) Children: with Heather