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By Nick Watt and Stephanie Becker, CNN In Alameda County, just across the bay from San Francisco, 45 sheriff’s deputies have had their guns taken away. They’re now confined to desk duties. They cannot arrest anyone. They cannot even issue traffic citations. The department’s admission comes after an internal audit found those 45 deputies had

By Bill Weir, Paul P. Murphy and Ray Sanchez, CNN An older couple who rode out Hurricane Ian in their home on Sanibel Island in Florida could not agree on evacuating after parts of the causeway to the mainland were destroyed. “We’re going. We’re going,” the unidentified man told his partner as she looked down

By Jay Croft, CNN Particularly hard hit by Hurricane Ian, the Fort Myers area in southwest Florida is in shambles. “It’s horrific,” Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson told CNN’s John Berman Friday morning at the city’s devastated marina, its boats strewn about and cement slabs ripped from the water and dropped onto land. “Look at

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A growing number of retailers stuck with excess inventory are implementing cost-saving measures that could affect the way you shop. Some companies are so desperate to get rid of merchandise that they’re telling customers to keep their returns. Others, including H&M, are gearing up to test return fees in some markets

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By Ashley Killough, CNN Two suspects were arrested and charged with manslaughter Thursday in connection with the shooting of two migrants in West Texas earlier this week, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement. A truck with two men inside pulled over and shot at a group of migrants getting water along

By Alaa Elassar and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Oakland police are still working to identify two people who opened fire on a school campus Wednesday in what police described as a “targeted” shooting resulting from gang related violence. Six people were injured in the shooting at the King Estate campus in East Oakland, which police say

By Jamiel Lynch, Jessica Flynn and Alaa Elassar, CNN Eliza Fletcher, the Memphis teacher who was abducted while on an early morning jog earlier this month, died from a gunshot wound to the back of her head and blunt force injury, according to an autopsy report obtained by CNN affiliate WHBQ. “Autopsy examination revealed a

By Stella Chan and Alaa Elassar, CNN Parents of survivors of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a federal lawsuit against multiple entities — including the gun manufacturer, school district and city — for a host of allegations, including negligence and recklessness. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Victims of a mass shooting that claimed the lives of seven people and injured dozens at a July 4 parade in Illinois have filed lawsuits against a gun manufacturer, the accused shooter and the shooter’s father, court documents show. The civil lawsuits, filed Tuesday in Illinois’ Lake County Circuit Court, include

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN African Americans have fought in every military conflict in US history, even as they were denied rights and benefits afforded to their White counterparts. A new monument now recognizes their contributions to the nation. Community leaders in Buffalo, New York, gathered last week to unveil the African American Veterans Monument. The

By Holly Yan, CNN Hurricane Ian shredded the roof of a Port Charlotte intensive care unit, flooding the hospital ward and turning a stairwell into a waterfall. In Fort Myers, a 10-foot storm surge tossed cars around like bath toys and left them “smashed up in the street.” The catastrophic hurricane turned cities into lakes