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By Jay Croft, CNN As the fight over abortion pills heats up nationally, Wyoming on Friday prohibited the medication in what NARAL Pro-Choice America called a “first of its kind” law, and also enacted a near-total ban on abortion. Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill making it a felony to prescribe, sell, or use

By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN A five-year-old was killed and two other juveniles were hurt after a drive-by shooting in Tempe, Arizona, late Friday night, according to Tempe police. “The death of that five-year-old is a tragedy and our deepest condolences go out to that family,” said Byron Thomas, spokesperson for the Tempe

By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Saturday that the state will cut insulin costs by 90% and that it will start manufacturing naloxone, a nasal spray used to reverse opioid overdoses. The lower insulin cost results from a collaboration between CalRx, a California Department of Health Care Services

By Sara Smart and Rebekah Riess, CNN A suspect is facing charges of attempted murder and felony assault after authorities say he shot and injured an Olivet College baseball player after a Friday night game at Muskingum University in Ohio. The player was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been

By John Blake, CNN Few scholars have experienced the fickle nature of fame as dramatically as Ibram X. Kendi in the past three years. Kendi, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, “How to Be an Antiracist,” became an intellectual celebrity in the summer of 2020 after his books became a go-to source for

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Chilling details of the chaotic and bloody aftermath of the Uvalde school massacre show how emergency medics desperately treated multiple victims wherever they could and with whatever equipment they had, according to never-before-heard interviews. Some came from off-duty or far away to back up their

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Two people on board a single-engine plane were injured Friday after a collision with another plane during an aerial demonstration in Mesa, Arizona, officials said. The collision, which happened at Falcon Field Airport before 1 p.m. local time, left the two injured people trapped after returning to the runway in a

By Zoe Sottile, CNN No, this isn’t a sequel to “Cocaine Bear” — it’s the real-life story of a wild cat rescued in Cincinnati that had been exposed to cocaine. The exotic cat — known as a serval — tested positive for cocaine after being rescued in Cincinnati, according to animal control officials. Servals are

By Nick Valencia, CNN A lieutenant in the Memphis Police Department has now been identified as being at the scene after the arrest of Tyre Nichols, and according to police files obtained by CNN, chose to retire earlier this month prior to a disciplinary hearing on the case where he would have been fired. In

By Chris Boyette, CNN Police body camera footage shows an Oklahoma City police captain who was pulled over for suspected drunk driving asking the arresting officer to turn off his body camera. Sgt. Christopher Skinner pulled over Capt. James Matthew French, 55, a little after 1:30 a.m. on March 12 after allegedly seeing his SUV

By Jay Croft, CNN Jared Bridegan was driving home with his 2-year-old daughter in the back seat when he came upon a tire in the road, police in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, said. Bridegan, 33, a Microsoft senior design manager, stopped the car and got out to move the obstruction, police said, when he was fatally

By Camila Bernal and Stephanie Becker, CNN Military investigators at Fort Hood said there was no foul play in the death of Pvt. Ana Basaldua Ruiz, who was stationed at the Texas Army post, as her family raises accusations that she was being sexually harassed. Basaldua Ruiz, a 20-year-old combat engineer with the 1st Cavalry

By Andy Rose, Jennifer Feldman and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Missouri sheriff and two of his deputies were arrested Thursday and charged in connection with an alleged plot to help a father kidnap his daughter from her mother after an argument last month, charging documents show. The father, Rick Gaston, 62, was also arrested and

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The world will look a bit greener today as many people wear the color to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. In the US and other countries, the holiday is mainly thought of as a celebration of Irish pride — but, interestingly, St. Patrick wasn’t actually Irish. Here’s what else you need to know

By Holly Yan, Theresa Waldrop and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The fate of nearly 200,000 American students’ education will soon be controlled not by locally elected leaders but by state-appointed managers yet to be named. The Texas Education Agency said it plans to appoint a board of managers to take over the Houston Independent School