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By Faith Karimi, CNN A criminal trial involving the boyfriend of a missing Wyoming woman has been postponed to next year, leaving her family frustrated over the second delay in the case in as many months. Irene Gakwa was last seen by her family during a video call on February 24 and reported missing in

By Stephanie Elam, CNN California’s climate crisis is quickly intensifying, impacting every resident and “increasingly taking a toll on the health and well-being of its people and on its unique and diverse ecosystems,” new state data reveals. The ominous findings are from the Indicators of Climate Change in California Report, which was published through California’s

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN With less than a week until Election Day, Democrats and Republicans are ramping up campaign efforts as the balance of power in both the House and the Senate is up for grabs. If you’d like to brush up on who is running for office — or if you need help navigating

By Drew Iden, HLN For nearly six years, Delphi, Indiana, a small town an hour north of Indianapolis, has been holding its breath. And Monday morning, when Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter stepped to the lectern to announce the arrest and charging of local resident Richard Allen with two counts of murder, it seemed

By Raja Razek, CNN A mother working at an emergency dispatch center in New Orleans was shocked when she answered a 911 call about an armed robbery at a McDonald’s and realized her 16-year-old daughter was the one pleading for help. Teri Clark, an assistant operations manager at Orleans Parish Communication District, was helping staff

By Shawn Nottingham, CNN CVS and Walgreens have tentatively agreed to pay a combined $10 billion to settle lawsuits brought by states and local governments alleging the retailers mishandled prescriptions of opioid painkillers. Walmart has also tentatively agreed to pay $3 billion to settle a similar lawsuits, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

By Taylor Romine, CNN Stanford University is reviewing its safety procedures after a man was reportedly found illegally living on campus, the university said in a statement Tuesday. The man was “reported to be on campus several times since December of last year” but was most recently caught on October 27, according to Dee Mostofi,

By Cheri Mossburg and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Los Angeles County officials reached an $8 million settlement with the family of 18-year-old Andrés Guardado, who was shot five times by a sheriff’s deputy in June 2020, attorneys for his family said Tuesday. “While the settlement reached with the County of Los Angeles brings closure to more

By Jalen Brown and Justin Gamble, CNN Dario Otero Jr., affectionately known as DJ, admires Jackie Robinson for making history as the first Black American to play Major League Baseball. DJ, 13, said Robinson proved that Black players too could excel in professional baseball. But 75 years after the league was desegregated, DJ said he

By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN One man is dead and five other people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in broad daylight Tuesday in Denver, police said. The victims were standing on a sidewalk at East Colfax Avenue and North Verbena Street when the suspects pulled up next to them and opened fire

By Michelle Watson and Christina Maxouris, CNN The family of a 20-year-old Black man who was experiencing a mental health crisis when he was fatally shot by police is suing the city of Detroit and five police officers, family attorney Geoffrey Fieger said. Fieger announced the $50 million wrongful death suit on Tuesday, the same

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN “I’m in classroom 112,” the little girl tells the police dispatcher. “Please hurry. There is a lot of dead bodies.” The clear plea comes in a 12:10 p.m. call from Khloie Torres, then 10 years old and trapped at Robb Elementary School with a gunman

By Amir Vera, John Miller and Brynn Gingras, CNN A suspect accused of shooting two police officers in Newark, New Jersey, Tuesday was still at large following an hours-long search of a building where he was last seen, officials said. An arrest warrant was issued for Kendall Howard, 30, charging him with two counts of

By Eric Levenson, CNN The University of Florida Board of Trustees unanimously approved Republican US Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska as the university’s new president Tuesday in the face of faculty and student criticism over the secretive search process, his limited relevant experience and his past criticisms of same-sex marriage. Ahead of the vote, Sasse