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CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The US government wants 52 million airbags recalled over concerns that they could potentially explode in a crash. However, the companies that put them in cars argue a broad recall would be “simply unprecedented” considering just seven “isolated incidents” have occurred. Here’s what else you need to know

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The US government wants 52 million airbags recalled over concerns that they could potentially explode in a crash. However, the companies that put them in cars argue a broad recall would be “simply unprecedented” considering just seven “isolated incidents” have occurred. Here’s what else you need to know

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The US government wants 52 million airbags recalled over concerns that they could potentially explode in a crash. However, the companies that put them in cars argue a broad recall would be “simply unprecedented” considering just seven “isolated incidents” have occurred. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — King Javier Black is never far away. The 9-year-old’s prized collection of miniature grocery store items are scattered throughout the Michigan home where his mother, Joy Black, now lives. “Right now, I’m looking at his little strawberry Hershey’s syrup,” Black said. “And he’s got little candy bars. Mr. Goodbars.

By Annette Choi and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Since reaching historic highs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, use of the death penalty in America has steadily declined, with a dwindling number of jurisdictions responsible for a growing portion of executions. While capital punishment remains legal in 27 states and for the federal

CNN By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Central Florida (CNN) — Now that books are being banned and disappearing from school libraries, students and parents are showing up to school board meetings in Florida to argue for access to books that take on difficult subjects. But they are losing out to a new state

By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Central Florida (CNN) — Now that books are being banned and disappearing from school libraries, students and parents are showing up to school board meetings in Florida to argue for access to books that take on difficult subjects. But they are losing out to a new state law

By Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A man who showed up twice to the Wisconsin Capitol with a gun demanding to talk to the governor this week made a “concerning statement” during at least one of the visits and was twice detained by authorities, state officials said. The man first showed up

By Rob Frehse, Jason Hanna and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A Bronx day care provider, her husband and his cousin have been indicted on murder and other charges on suspicion of exposing four children – including a 1-year-old who died – to fentanyl at the day care center last month, the Bronx district attorney’s

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury decided not to indict anyone on criminal charges related to the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel construction collapse in 2019 that left three people dead and 30 others injured, prosecutors said Thursday. The investigation into the fatal collapse began in 2021, and the case was presented

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school and its president for at least $130 million, arguing in part that he was wrongfully terminated in July after allegations of hazing within the Wildcats football program. “We are claiming various charges against Northwestern and (University President Michael)

By Mark Morales, Caroll Alvarado and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old man has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of a well-known community activist returning home from a wedding with his girlfriend early Monday. Ryan Carson, 32, was at a Brooklyn bus stop just before 4 a.m. when he was confronted by a

By Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — Former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall, who was accused of sexually abusing his patients, was found dead Wednesday in his home, according to his attorney. A friend of Tyndall’s went to check on him after he wasn’t picking up his phone, Tyndall’s attorney, Leonard Levine, told CNN

By Rachel Ramirez and Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — The saltwater wedge threatening New Orleans drinking water has been delayed by several weeks in its upstream trek on the Mississippi River thanks to better-than-forecast river flows last month, officials in Louisiana said Thursday. Because of this delay, the large water treatment intakes around New Orleans

By Sara Smart, Aya Elamroussi and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Two men are set to be charged with murder after a stray bullet from a gunfight in western Massachusetts struck a pregnant woman and killed her baby, the Hampden district attorney’s office said Thursday. The shooting stemmed from an altercation that broke out between

By Amy Simonson, Brad Parks, Dakin Andone and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A man who was arrested Wednesday after bringing a handgun to the Wisconsin Capitol and saying he wanted to see Gov. Tony Evers returned with an assault rifle that night after posting bail and again asked to see Evers, according to state

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — The man who set off a smoke bomb and opened fire on a crowded New York City subway train last year, injuring 29 people but miraculously killing none, was sentenced Thursday to 10 concurrent life terms plus a 10-year consecutive term in prison. Frank James pleaded

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — We’re nearly two weeks into fall, but many US cities won’t be able to bask in the beauty of colder “sweater weather” for a while. New data shows that 2023 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history after an unseasonably warm September shattered heat records.

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — We’re nearly two weeks into fall, but many US cities won’t be able to bask in the beauty of colder “sweater weather” for a while. New data shows that 2023 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history after an unseasonably warm September shattered heat

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — We’re nearly two weeks into fall, but many US cities won’t be able to bask in the beauty of colder “sweater weather” for a while. New data shows that 2023 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history after an unseasonably warm September shattered heat