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By Laura Ly, CNN Test scores for eighth-grade students in the US declined in both US history and civics in 2022, according to a new report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as “The Nation’s Report Card.” The announcement of the new lower scores come after the assessment reported last fall

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Thousands of people are planning to line the streets of London this weekend to witness the coronation of King Charles III. The festivities, however, may be dampened by “unsettled” weather, with numerous showers and thunderstorms in the forecast, officials said. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to

By Ryan Young, Gary Tuchman, Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Smart and Holly Yan, CNN An eight-hour manhunt that threw a major American city into fear and chaos ended when barking dogs at a suburban condo complex led to the arrest of a US Coast Guard veteran suspected of fatally shooting a woman and wounding four others

By Rosa Flores and Andy Rose, CNN Amid promises from Texas’ governor to pardon an Army sergeant convicted of murdering a protester at Black Lives Matter rally, a judge rejected a request from the defendant’s legal team for a new murder trial. Daniel Perry, a White man, shot and killed Garrett Foster, who was also

By Andy Rose, CNN Three suspects were each charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a 20-year-old woman on a Colorado highway last month, who died after a large rock was allegedly thrown at her car and smashed through her windshield, prosecutors said Wednesday. Nicholas Karol-Chik, Joseph Koenig and Zachary Kwak each face more

By Andi Babineau, CNN Oregon’s secretary of state is resigning her post effective next week amid a controversy over a consulting contract she signed with a cannabis company while in office. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s resignation takes effect Monday, she said in a news release this week. “While I am confident that the ethics

By Emma Tucker A convicted sex offender this week fatally shot his wife and her three children in their Oklahoma home — as well as two teenage girls who there were for a sleepover — before killing himself, police said Wednesday, accounting for the bodies’ discovery days earlier. Authorities found the bodies Monday at a

By Michelle Watson, CNN A man has been charged with aiding and abetting extortion threats and conspiracy after he placed fireworks disguised as a bomb on the campus of Harvard University, according to a federal criminal complaint. William Giordani told authorities he had responded to an April 11 Craigslist ad from the parent of a

By Eric Levenson, CNN Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced plans Tuesday to call a special legislative session this month to pass a new drug possession law that, if not passed, could lead to the legalization of all drug possession in the state. “My office and I have been meeting with legislators from all four caucuses

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Rebekah Riess, CNN A man accused of killing a Florida mom and her three children was shot and killed by officers at a motel early Wednesday after an hours-long standoff with police, according to authorities. A manhunt for 38-year-old Al Joseph Stenson was issued after police responding to a medical call

By Dakin Andone, CNN An inmate’s sister has been charged in federal court in North Carolina with helping her brother escape from a Virginia jail over the weekend by paying $2,500 to arrange for the getaway car, court documents show. Adriana Marin-Sotelo faces a charge of conspiracy to instigate or assist escape, according to a

By Ryan Young, Rebekah Riess, Christina Maxouris and Dakin Andone, CNN After a nearly eight-hour, chaotic manhunt, authorities captured the man accused of opening fire in a Midtown Atlanta medical building Wednesday and killing a 38-year-old woman and wounding four others. The suspected gunman, 24-year-old Deion Patterson, went inside Northside Medical Midtown just before noon

By Sara Smart and Rebekah Riess, CNN A 15-year-old equestrian was killed during a competition in Florida after her horse fell on her head, officials say. The accident happened as Hannah Serfass was riding her 12-year-old horse in a hunter/jumper event Sunday at Fox Lea Farm in Venice, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said in

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Robert Findlay Smith, who was accused of shooting and killing three senior citizens at an Alabama church group’s meeting in June 2022, entered a guilty plea Tuesday for the intentional murder of Jane Pounds, Walter Rainey and Sarah Yeager, according to a news release from the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office.

By Rachel Ramirez and Ella Nilsen, CNN New York is the first state in the country to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings — a major win for climate advocates, but a move that could spark pushback from fossil fuel interests. Facing mounting pressure from environmental advocates and climate-minded voters,

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN A Maryland appellate court has denied Adnan Syed’s motion to reconsider the reinstatement of his murder conviction Tuesday, according to a court order signed by Chief Judge Gregory Wells. The brief order states it denied the motion “based on an argument not previously raised.” Syed’s attorney, Erica Suter, says they will

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Amid Arizona’s worsening groundwater crisis, the state’s new attorney general is vowing to crack down on foreign-owned farms that lease land from the state with the benefit of unlimited water pumping. State officials recently revoked two new well-drilling permits for a Saudi Arabian agriculture company that uses Arizona groundwater to grow

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many airline employees have gone for years without pay raises, even after enduring difficult working conditions during the pandemic. Pilots for American Airlines voted to strike this week, and Southwest pilots plan to vote as well, but they won’t be walking off the job anytime soon — if at all —