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By Sydney Bishop and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — An outage that shut down the 911 system in Massachusetts for two hours on Tuesday was caused by a computer firewall and not due to a cyberattack or hack, a preliminary investigation has revealed. But the exact reason the firewall “stopped calls from reaching dispatch centers

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Despite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans until recent years. The momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Juneteenth into the national spotlight, building on a decades-long push by activists and leaders to get recognition for the landmark occasion. In 2021, Juneteenth became the latest federal

CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Despite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans until recent years. The momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Juneteenth into the national spotlight, building on a decades-long push by activists and leaders to get recognition for the landmark occasion. In 2021, Juneteenth became the latest

CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — On this holiday you might see another red, white and blue flag flying over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — On this holiday you might see another red, white and blue flag flying over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States.

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans are observing Juneteenth today, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Major retailers and grocery stores will remain open, but post offices and most banks will be closed. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On

By Victor Blackwell and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A new sculpture park that memorializes African Americans’ centuries-long fight for freedom – from slavery to modern day – has opened in Montgomery, Alabama, the original capital of the Confederacy. The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the millions of people who were enslaved in the United States and

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — In love, married and pregnant, Ashley DeAzevedo faced an impossible choice she never expected. If her husband, an undocumented immigrant from Brazil, wanted to become a US citizen, he’d have to leave the country for a decade. It’s been more than 11 years since an immigration attorney delivered

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Older Americans have plenty to worry about, and the lack of affordable health care is at the top of the list. New research captures their anxiety about the cost of treatment and prescription drugs, along with their ability to pay for them. Here’s what else you might

KITV, CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Older Americans have plenty to worry about, and the lack of affordable health care is at the top of the list. New research captures their anxiety about the cost of treatment and prescription drugs, along with their ability to pay for them. Here’s what else

By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A Dallas-area megachurch accepted the resignation of senior pastor Robert Morris on Tuesday after allegations of a past inappropriate relationship with a 12-year-old surfaced last week. The Board of Elders of Gateway Church said in a statement Tuesday that prior to June 14, they didn’t have all the facts of the

By Amy Simonson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A former high-level swimmer accused her Hall of Fame coach of sexually abusing her about 15 years ago when she was a minor and alleged USA Swimming and other organizations and individuals knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it, according to a federal

By Emma Tucker and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — The man who fatally stabbed a 35-year-old woman inside her New York apartment after following her home in 2022 has pleaded guilty to murder and burglary charges, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Assamad Nash, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and

By Rebekah Riess and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Riley Strain, a Missouri college student who went missing after leaving a downtown Nashville bar and whose body was later found in a river, died of accidental drowning and alcohol poisoning, the medical examiner’s office said Tuesday. Strain’s body was found in the Cumberland River in

By Michelle Watson, Emma Tucker, Nic Anderson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A statewide 911 outage in Massachusetts has been resolved after the system was down for over an hour on Tuesday, the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security announced. “The Massachusetts 911 system has been restored,” the agency said on X.

By Holly Yan and Debra Goldschmidt, CNN (CNN) — Students in the nation’s second-largest school district will no longer be able to use cell phones during the school day after the Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted 5-2 in favor of the ban Tuesday. The move highlights a frustration shared by educators across the

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge blocked an Iowa law that would have allowed the arrest of some undocumented migrants in the state after both the federal government and a migrant advocacy group sued. In the Monday ruling, District Court Judge Stephen H. Locher said only the federal government has the constitutional

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — If I were to design a family crest, it would feature a rusted lawnmower in an overgrown field of weeds above the motto, “If it’s broke, don’t bother” — in Latin, of course. My father was an Army surgeon who operated on wounded soldiers, and yet anything mechanical, automotive

By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of June 2, 1863, Union army gunboats idled along the banks of South Carolina’s Combahee River, waiting to give the signal to the enslaved people hiding ashore. When the boats sounded their steam whistles, more than 700 men, women and children fled the plantations along the river to race