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By Michelle Krupa and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — With the holiday weekend ahead of them, some 750 girls bunked in last Thursday night at Camp Mystic. Just a few miles away in Central Texas, boys did the same at Camp La Junta. The 18 or so youth summer camps along the Guadalupe River long

By Alaa Elassar, Nicquel Terry Ellis, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home were simply, “I love you.” He had made a split-second decision to thrust his arm through a window to help his fiancée, two young kids and mom escape the catastrophic

By Jennifer Johnson, CNN (CNN) — In the early morning hours of July 4, torrential rains triggered flash flooding in central Texas. At least 130 people were killed, including dozens of children who were at summer camps along the Guadalupe River. The river rose more than 20 feet in less than two hours. As recovery

By Zoe Sottile, Sarah Dewberry and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — As first responders continue to rescue people stranded by the torrential flooding that descended on central Texas Friday, dozens of people are facing a parent’s worst nightmare: Their children are missing. At least 28 children died in Kerr County, where 10 girls and one

CNN, KSAT, MARILYN MULLER, MIKE DEEGAN, LORENA GUILLÉN, THE CITY OF KERRVILLE, KENS, GETTY IMAGES By Zoe Sottile, Sarah Dewberry and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — As first responders continue to rescue people stranded by the torrential flooding that descended on central Texas Friday, dozens of people are facing a parent’s worst nightmare: Their children

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — On the day Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, Jason Swain’s mind raced back more than three decades to the Manhattan gymnasium where his brother and eight other young people were crushed to death. He recalled being shown a Polaroid of his

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — An Iowa law removing gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code took effect Tuesday, the first action of its kind in the United States. The new rollback of protections is the latest attack on trans people in the US and part of a broader

By Mark Morales, CNN New York (CNN) — Thousands of spectators are expected to flock to Manhattan and Brooklyn to watch fireworks burst through the air from the East River at the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show, one of the country’s largest fireworks displays. Law enforcement in New York is staying vigilant and the

By Alaa Elassar, Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — In a few short years, Riley Gaines has channeled a fifth-place tie with Lia Thomas – the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title – into a career as a vocal, conservative activist at the forefront of a movement to bar trans women from

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Isabel Rosales, Devon M. Sayers, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Florida lawmakers worried about “humanitarian concerns” were denied entry into the new detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” Thursday, just hours after the arrival of its first group of detainees. “They stopped us pretty immediately,” said Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani, one of

By Holly Yan, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — “This is Sean Combs,” Assistant US Attorney Emily Johnson told jurors in May, during opening statements of the hip-hop mogul’s racketeering and sex-trafficking trial. “To the public, he was Puff Daddy or Diddy, a cultural icon, a businessman, larger than life. “But there was another side to

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger appeared expressionless as a judge asked if he murdered four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, answering “yes” to each name called out in the courtroom Wednesday. At a change-of-plea hearing before state district Judge Steven Hippler in Boise, Idaho, the courtroom was packed with family

By Alexandra Skores, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A skydiving plane with 15 people onboard went off the end of a runway at a New Jersey airport Wednesday evening, resulting in multiple injuries, authorities said. The pilot reported engine trouble as the Cessna 208B ascended before crashing into the woods at Cross Keys Airport, southeast