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By Sarah Moon and Paul P. Murphy, CNN “Perla,” the woman who allegedly helped arrange migrant flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, has been identified by CNN as Perla Huerta, who served as a counterintelligence agent and combat medic specialist in the US Army until August. About 50 migrants were flown last month

By Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson, CNN Terry Bradshaw, a Hall of Fame football player and television analyst, shared that he’s privately battled cancer twice over the past year on the FOX NFL Sunday pregame show. The former Steelers quarterback said he is now cancer free after a bout with bladder cancer, which he was

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A California high school has canceled the remainder of its football season after members of the team were filmed enacting a prank in which they appeared to “auction” off Black teammates. The video showed members of River Valley High School’s football team seeming to act out a “slave auction” of their

By Hannah Sarisohn, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN A series of homicides in Stockton, California, are believed to be related, the city’s police department says, and officials are offering a $95,000 reward for information in the case. Five people were shot and killed in separate incidents beginning July 8 through September 27, according to

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Californians will soon be able to cross the street outside of a formal intersection without being ticketed — as long as it’s safe to do so. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Freedom to Walk Act into law on Friday, according to a news release from Assemblymember Phil Ting, who wrote the

By Andrew Torgan, CNN More people are buying electric vehicles than ever before, with monthly sales nearly triple what they were four years ago. But finding a place to charge your EV when you’re away from home can be a problem depending on where you live. So, before you head out on any long road

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The day after Buffalo experienced the largest mass shooting in its history, teams of emergency volunteers and mental health counselors arrived on the scene, offering emotional support and distributing food. The response was robust and swift, but there was one big problem. “The community didn’t feel comfortable coming up the stairs

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Anthony Grande moved away from Fort Myers three years ago in large part because of the hurricane risk. He has lived in southwest Florida for nearly 19 years, had experienced Hurricanes Charley in 2004 and Irma in 2017 and saw what stronger storms could do to the coast. Grande told CNN

By Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Newly homeless Floridians are struggling to restart their lives while rescuers scramble to find any remaining signs of life among the wreckage of Hurricane Ian. In some cases, emergency workers are juggling both unimaginable tasks. “Some of the guys on Pine Island, they lost everything, but they’re doing

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado’s state fish, was declared extinct over 50 years ago. But last week officials found the first confirmation that the trout are once again reproducing in the wild. Colorado Parks and Wildlife discovered that the trout are naturally reproducing in Herman Gulch in Summit County, according to

By Andy Rose, Paradise Afshar and Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Lee County officials acted appropriately when they issued their first mandatory evacuations on Tuesday, less than 24 hours before Hurricane Ian made landfall on the state, and a day after several neighboring counties issued their orders. “They were following the data,

By Tom Goldstone, Kristina Sgueglia and Zenebou Sylla, CNN A Russian Orthodox cathedral in New York appears to have been defaced with red paint, following a similar incident in which the Russian consulate was vandalized with red spray paint. The two vandalism incidents come after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning stages of annexation

By Claire Colbert and Amanda Musa, CNN A 12-year-old Texas girl accused of shooting her father and then herself as a part of a murder plot with another child died two days following the incident, the Parker County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post Wednesday. Authorities said the incident occurred at 11:30 p.m. on

By Amanda Musa, CNN Six bodies have been recovered one month after a float plane carrying 10 people, including a child, crashed into Mutiny Bay in Washington last month, according to Island County Emergency Management. The plane crashed shortly after 3 p.m. on September 4, the US Coast Guard’s Pacific Northwest district said in a