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By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers. As states lower the certification standards to become a teacher, education experts worry these tactics could delay

CNN, BROSI FAMILY, FDNY, FOLEY FAMILY By Jason Carroll and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The number of first responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses now almost equals the number of firefighters who died during the terror attacks themselves. A total of 341 New York City Fire Department firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff

By Jason Carroll and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The number of first responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses now almost equals the number of firefighters who died during the terror attacks themselves. A total of 341 New York City Fire Department firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff who died from post-911 illnesses are

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee is fluctuating in intensity over the Atlantic and its effects may soon be felt at beaches up and down the East Coast. The storm’s pressure will weaken in the coming days, meteorologists say, but some states could still experience coastal flooding and dangerous rip currents. Here’s what

By Melissa Alonso, Raja Razek and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began erupting again after nearly three months of quiet, with glowing lava flows bursting within one of its craters Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey. The eruption started around 3:15 p.m. local time in Halemaʻumaʻu crater in Kilauea’s summit caldera at Hawai’i

By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania killer who escaped from prison nearly two weeks ago has been spotted again, this time with authorities warning he is “possibly armed with a weapon.” Danelo Cavalcante was sighted in Chester County’s South Coventry Township, about 20 miles north of the prison

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people in central Illinois were injured Sunday in an explosion at a processing plant, officials said. The explosion happened at an Archer Daniels Midland Company plant in Decatur just after 7 p.m., a spokesperson for the company said. It’s unclear what led to the blast. The

By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have closed portions of Custer Gallatin National Forest just outside of Big Sky, Montana, after a person was attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting. The US Forest Service announced the emergency closure in a Friday news release. The agency didn’t specify how long the

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey law enforcement and wildlife officials teamed up as alligator investigators to capture a reptile running rampant across two towns over the last two weeks. The Middlesex Borough Police Department chronicled the missing gator saga on its Facebook page. The alligator, described as a “non-indigenous reptile” between

CNN, WPVI By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The massive manhunt for the convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison stretched into a 12th day Monday after he slipped past a police perimeter over the weekend, stole a van, changed his appearance and tried to contact past acquaintances, authorities said. The search for Danelo

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — If there’s been any silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s that many people learned to do their jobs from just about anywhere. Some even seized the opportunity to live abroad — maybe moving into a dilapidated villa in Tuscany or an apartment overlooking the canals

By Athena Jones, CNN Nashville, Tennessee (CNN) — Harmony Fletcher likes to read and does so every night, but that was not enough to help her pass the English-Language Arts portion of Tennessee’s assessment exam (TCAP) last spring, her mother, Shaneta Fletcher, said. Now the nine-year-old is one of eight students repeating third grade at

By Dakin Andone, Celina Tebor, Emma Tucker and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — The convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison 11 days ago was sighted overnight more than 20 miles from the area where authorities had focused their search efforts, officials said Sunday, after he managed to slip through the police perimeter, steal

By Michelle Watson and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — About 81,000 undocumented immigrants in Minnesota can begin applying for a driver’s license next month, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Minnesota’s Driver’s License for All program launches October 1, the department announced at a news conference Thursday. “We’ll be able to start

By Zenebou Sylla and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A woman was charged in her newborn girl’s death nearly 40 years after the abandoned baby was found dead in a remote wooded area in New Jersey, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. On Christmas Eve 1984, officers discovered the baby’s body wrapped in

By Nicki Brown and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Police in the Columbus, Ohio, suburb of Blendon Township have released redacted surveillance footage showing the moments leading up to the fatal officer shooting of a 21-year-old pregnant woman. Ta’Kiya Young died after she was shot by an officer in the parking lot of a Kroger

By Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A lucky youngster got the birthday gift of a lifetime when she discovered a 2.95-carat golden brown diamond in Arkansas. The budding gemologist discovered the diamond while celebrating her seventh birthday at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, according to a news release

By Conor Powell and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared gun violence and drug abuse a public health emergency after a string of recent deadly shootings, some involving children. The emergency order includes the suspension of open and concealed carry laws in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, temporarily banning

By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Instead of calling your family to tell them how college is going, how about meeting up with them on campus after classes? These four women can do just that. Carthage College welcomed three generations of women on campus this fall semester, a grandmother, a mother and her two daughters.

By Aya Elamroussi, Brian Todd and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — As the manhunt for a convicted killer who slipped out of a Pennsylvania prison continues for the 10th day Saturday, authorities conducting an intense 24-hour operation now have nearly 400 officers on search efforts. Officials assigned additional law enforcement personnel to search for Danelo