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By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Former big leaguers and current youth baseball players were on hand Monday in Kansas as officials unveiled a new statue memorializing Jackie Robinson to replace one stolen and damaged beyond repair this year. The League 42 youth baseball league revealed the statue of Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana officials unveiled posters of the Ten Commandments that could soon be placed in every public school classroom across the state. The designs are not final but instead represent potential ways for schools to follow the new state law requiring most K-12 schools to display posters with the religious

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana officials unveiled posters of the Ten Commandments that could soon be placed in every public school classroom across the state. The designs are not final but instead represent potential ways for schools to follow the new state law requiring most K-12 schools to display posters with the

By Sydney Bishop and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell has been reinstated to his position after being removed from duty amid inquiries into the botched response to the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde, according to a letter from Col. Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! If you’ve been watching the Olympics, you’ve probably found yourself in awe of how the athletes bend this way and that without even batting an eye. Flexibility is important for everyone, and the experts shared some tips for how you can improve yours. Here’s what

By Ella Nilsen and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — As the planet warms, hurricanes are changing – they are getting stronger faster, bringing more flooding rain, pushing farther inland after they make landfall and tracking farther north in general. Those changes are exposing more people and properties to hurricanes’ damaging winds, according to a new

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana officials unveiled several posters of the Ten Commandments on Monday that could soon be placed in state classrooms and which feature House Speaker Mike Johnson, the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. The posters shown at Monday’s news conference are not the

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Olympic organizers are facing questions after Belgian and Swiss athletes fell ill after participating in triathlon races in the River Seine. Details on their illnesses are not yet clear, but they come amid widespread concerns that the poor water quality may be exposing athletes to serious health risks. Here’s

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Emily Boevers is the only full-time OBGYN at a critical access hospital in a rural city in Iowa about 10 miles from the farm she grew up on. She’s the only full-time OBGYN in the county, in a state that just banned most abortions. Iowa enacted a law

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona said they recently made the single-largest bust of fentanyl in the agency’s history after seizing 4 million pills from a 20-year-old man. The historic bust occurred early last month after the man arrived at the Lukeville port of entry driving

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The lazy days of summer are winding down for kids across the US as a new school year is right around the corner. Back to school, however, also means back to viruses, with children often bringing home germs along with their homework. Here’s what families can

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A 5-year-old boy died and another child was injured when a bounce house they were inside went airborne during a baseball game in Maryland on Friday night, authorities said. The bounce house flew onto the playing field at Regency Furniture Stadium, in Waldorf, as the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The Illinois sheriff’s deputy who gunned down Sonya Massey in her home last month is now listed as suspended on a statewide registry of officers who have been fired, forced to resign or had their law enforcement licenses revoked due to misconduct. The suspension of former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy

By Raja Razek and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — The fourth-largest wildfire in California’s history has grown to 400,956 acres, destroying 564 structures and damaging 50 as of Saturday morning, according to an update from Cal Fire. “The Park Fire has been extremely active over the last 24 hours,” Cal Fire said. “Hot and dry weather has reduced moisture levels

By Paradise Afshar and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A central Florida deputy was killed and two others were injured when they were “ambushed” after responding to a disturbance Friday night, Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell said. The shooting happened at a home in Eustis about 40 miles north of Orlando around 8 p.m.

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — There were plenty of hugs to go around the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where three Americans formerly detained in Russia shared emotional reunions with their families. Late Thursday marked the first time they embraced their loved ones – in many months in two cases and

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA’s Space Shuttle Program which ended in 2011 after 135 missions. Facts The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and other cargo into orbit

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of entrepreneur, philanthropist and NBA Hall of Fame point guard Magic Johnson. Personal Birth date: August 14, 1959 Birth place: Lansing, Michigan Birth name: Earvin Johnson Jr. Father: Earvin Johnson Sr., an autoworker Mother: Christine Johnson, a school custodian Marriage: Earlitha “Cookie” (Kelly) Johnson

By Raja Razek and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — D’Vontaye Mitchell, the 43-year-old man who was pinned to the ground in June by security officers outside a Hyatt Regency hotel in Milwaukee, died from “restraint asphyxia and toxic effects of cocaine and methamphetamine,” according to an autopsy report released Friday by the Milwaukee County Medical

By Paradise Afshar and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — The body of a college student was recovered from the Grand Canyon after he fell 400 feet from the rim, the National Park Service said in a statement, as officials warned people to stay on trails – and the park separately urged visitors to limit outdoor activities because