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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — In times of stress or unease, many people channel their nerves through body-focused repetitive behaviors — like nail-biting, skin-picking or hair-pulling. Research shows a simple self-soothing technique may help suppress those bad habits. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — One lucky winner could nab a massive $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot that’s up for grabs in Tuesday night’s drawing. If won, the mammoth jackpot would equal the fourth-largest prize in Mega Millions’ history, the lottery said in a news release Saturday. A grand prize winner could choose to

By Eli Masket (CNN) — A mother is suing the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, the city’s police chief and four officers, alleging police stood by for 13 minutes as her 30-year-old son drowned in a river last year. Kimberly Williams-Clabo claims in the suit that police – who had responded to calls that her son,

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A small plane crashed into a California airport hangar as it was taking off Sunday, killing all three people on board, authorities say. The single-engine Beechcraft P35 crashed at Cable Airport in Upland at around 6:30 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. “Three occupants of aircraft located deceased.

By Cheri Mossburg and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police in Burbank, California, were called over an unexpected visitor having a bear-y good time taking a dip in a neighbor’s pool. Police responded to reports of a bear sighting around 3:30 p.m. PT Friday at the 1300 block of Paseo Redondo, the Burbank Police Department

By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — Five people were shot early Sunday morning in a shopping center parking lot in Lansing, Michigan, with two victims in critical condition, authorities said. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. Victims’ ages ranged from 16 to 26, and two were taken to a hospital, according to a statement from

By Matt Phillips, CNN (CNN) — Multiple dogs being driven to a police K-9 training facility died in Indiana on Thursday after the air conditioning in the truck transporting them failed in a “freak event,” police say. According to a Facebook post from the Lake Station Police Department, the dogs were traveling from Chicago O’Hare

By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruit died eight months after he was struck by a driver who hit around two dozen recruits on a training run in Whittier, California, according to authorities. Alejandro Martinez, 27, died Friday at the Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old woman was killed and eight other women were injured when gunfire erupted after a Jeep approached a group on the West Side of Chicago early Sunday, according to police. The shooting in the North Lawndale neighborhood happened shortly before 1 a.m., the Chicago Police Department said in

By Chris Boyette, Lauren Mascarenhas and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Four people are dead and two are injured after two aircraft collided in midair and another crashed into a lake Saturday shortly before an air show at a major aviation convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, authorities said. Two people died when a North American T-6,

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, except it’s no laughing matter: It’s so hot in Phoenix that cactuses are dying. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones,

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Christian leadership in the US has typically been seen as a male occupation. The right for women to be ordained and serve as faith leaders has been hard-won over decades, and in several major factions, like the Roman Catholic and Southern Baptist churches, women are barred from the highest