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By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Two female hikers were found dead in Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park on Saturday afternoon, state police say. Several hikers saw the women enter the park Saturday morning and became concerned after they did not see them return, Nevada State Police said in a statement released Sunday. After

By Mitchell McCluskey and Cara-Lynn Clarkson, CNN (CNN) — A boat crashed into a home near the Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday night, injuring all eight people on board and extensively damaging the house, according to Missouri law enforcement. The boat’s occupants were thrown from the vessel when it crashed at the 1.5-mile mark

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were injured after a patio collapsed during an event at a southern Montana country club, authorities said. The collapse happened at the Briarwood Country Club in Billings on Saturday night, according to a Facebook post by the Billings Police Department. Police responded at around 7:50 p.m.

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — When customs officials encountered a pickup truck transporting four large wheels of cheese from Mexico into the Presidio Port of entry in Texas Thursday, they had a hunch something was off. An X-ray scan of the cheese revealed “anomalies,” which upon further inspection turned out to be 17.8 pounds

By Sarah Dewberry and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — An aircraft hit a power line and crashed in Houston on Saturday night, killing one person and knocking out power in the area, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The crash involved a crop-duster-style aircraft, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Facebook, a general

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Have any big plans for the upcoming week? If not, we suggest volunteering in your community. New research shows volunteering late in life may protect the brain, leading to better scores on tests of cognitive function in older adults. Here’s what else you need to know

By Maureen Chowdhury, CNN (CNN) — It’s been over a year since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion nationwide. The opinion was one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in decades and paved the way for states to pass laws to limit or ban

By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Extreme heat appears to be killing people in America’s national parks at an alarming pace this year, highlighting both its severity and the changing calculus of personal risk in the country’s natural places as climate change fuels more weather extremes. More people are suspected to have died since June

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The doubt surrounding the alleged kidnapping of Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, which Alabama police said they couldn’t verify, threatens to overshadow thousands of unsolved cases of missing Black people, advocates say Russell went missing shortly after calling 911 on July 13 to report a toddler in a diaper

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Texas A&M University president M. Katherine Banks resigned Thursday amid controversy over the school’s failed attempt to hire a new professor to lead its journalism program. Banks’ decision came after the Faculty Senate announced its own plans to investigate why the school announced the hiring of journalist and professor

By Andy Rose and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police in Oregon say a suspect is dead after opening fire in a hospital in downtown Portland Saturday, a shooting that left one person dead and another injured. Authorities say the suspect, who fled Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center after the shooting, was stopped in a

By Raja Razek and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A man stabbed four people Saturday morning in Montgomery County, Maryland, before a police officer fatally shot him. The four victims are expected to survive, according to local police. Authorities said they believed the stabbing incident was a “random” act. “We have total of four stabbing

By Macie Goldfarb and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The remains of four people aboard an Alaska Department of Natural Resources helicopter that crashed last week were recovered Sunday morning from the wreckage site in a tundra lake, officials said. The remains of employees Ronald Daanen, 51, Justin Germann, 27 and Tori Moore, 26, along

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Florida A&M University football coach Willie Simmons has suspended “all football related activities” after an unauthorized music video was shot inside the locker room, he said Friday on Twitter. Simmons said the video “contained graphic language that is not consistent with Florida A&M’s core values, principles and beliefs.” The

By Zenebou Sylla and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl has died after a boat crashed into a jetty in Sesuit Harbor on Cape Cod Friday night, according to Massachusetts State Police. The teenager’s body was recovered from the water around 11:30 p.m. by the regional dive team with assistance from Dennis Fire-Rescue,

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Local sheriffs are investigating after they discovered human remains inside luggage on a property in a rural area outside San Antonio. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office received a call Thursday morning for a suspicious package at the property. People feeding animals while the property’s owners were

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) and a Facebook post from the child’s mother. According to the DPBH release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that Naegleria fowleri, also known as

By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Authorities investigating the shootings of two Alabama firemen, one fatally, are offering a $45,000 reward for help finding a suspect. Jordan Melton and Jamal Jones were shot at their fire station July 12, according to the Birmingham Police Department. Melton died Monday. “Jordan (Melton) paid the ultimate price for

By Melissa Alonso and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studies curriculum that includes gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after initially rejecting it. “Fortunately, now students will receive the basic materials needed to learn,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom in a statement following