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By Andy Rose and Tina Burnside, CNN Music executive Chaka Zulu — the longtime manager of rapper Ludacris and co-founder of his record label — was charged with murder this week for a June shooting at an Atlanta restaurant that left one person dead, authorities said. Zulu, whose legal name is Ahmed Obafemi, was one

By Christina Zdanowicz and Holly Yan, CNN When it gets too hot in Denver and Baltimore classrooms, students are sent home because their schools don’t have air conditioning. In Massachusetts, checking for rusty water leaking from a ceiling has become a “morning ritual.” In California, a school’s cockroach infestation has gotten so bad that some

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN Some of your favorite childhood games may be honored at the 2022 Toy Hall of Fame. The Strong National Museum of Play announced 12 finalists for this year’s induction. They include popular favorites like Breyer Horses, NERF Toys and more. Each year, the museum receives thousands of nominations from people around

By Nicki Brown, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent taxpayers’ money on flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and some of those people are “still going to wind up in Florida anyway,” said Domingo Garcia, the president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). The roughly 50 migrants touched down on the

By Ray Sanchez, CNN After sharing hugs and teary goodbyes with roughly 50 migrants who had arrived unexpectedly by plane on this affluent vacation island, the volunteers who sheltered them at an Episcopal church carried out tables and chairs, packed food onto trucks and folded portable cots. A familiar quiet had descended by Friday afternoon

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN New York’s Yeshiva University announced Friday that it would put all undergraduate club activities on hold, days after losing a bid to have the US Supreme Court block a court order that requires the university to recognize an LGBTQ student club, an attorney for the club said. The university sent an

By Paradise Afshar and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least three people died after two planes collided midair Saturday in Boulder County, Colorado, officials say. A single-engine Cessna 172 and another aircraft “collided and crashed” near Vance Brand Airport in Longmon just before 9 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration reported. Longmont is located about a half

By Steve Almasy, Andy Rose and Rebekah Riess, CNN Two Chicago police officers have been charged with three felony offenses each in connection with an on-duty shooting of an unarmed man in July, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said Friday. The case against them turned on video surveillance that contradicted their statements to investigators

By John Blake, CNN The summer before his junior year in high school, Philip Yancey attended a Fourth of July rally that featured some of the most dangerous racists in America. It was 1964, and the event, billed as “Patriots Rally Against Tyranny,” was held at a racetrack in Yancey’s hometown of Atlanta. It featured

By Alaa Elassar, CNN It was a peaceful Friday morning for Murrisha Leon, who was asleep when she received a call from a fellow parent warning her of an active shooter at their children’s high school in Arkansas. Immediately, Leon’s heart sank as images of worst-case scenarios flooded her mind. She might lose one of

By Nicole Chavez, CNN A Black former executive of the transmission repair chain AAMCO who says he was featured in marketing materials showcasing “diversity” is suing the company over alleged racial discrimination, allegations the company denies. Jerome Staley, who was vice president of operations for the East region, claims in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A bomb squad was called to remove an “old war relic” that turned out to be a grenade in an Illinois home, police say. A house in Westchester, Illinois, was being renovated when the construction crew “came across what they believed was essentially a war-time grenade” on September 7, police Sgt.

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A small creature caused a blackout in Virginia Beach last week: a wandering squirrel that made its way into the substation. It happened around 8:45 a.m. on September 7, according to a tweet from Bonita Harris, spokesperson for Dominion Energy, which provides electricity in Virginia and other states. The power outage

By Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The first Latina to become postmaster for the US Postal Service in Manhattan was sworn in on Friday — 25 years after starting her career as a letter carrier, officials said. Wanda Diaz is the first Puerto Rican woman to hold the role and also the third woman

By Faith Karimi, CNN The console of Stacy Koester’s black Audi is stashed with items not found in most cars: Blue latex gloves. Allergy medicine. Bandages. Small utility knives. But she’s not a physician making house calls. She’s part of a team of women in Gillette, Wyoming, who are devoting much of their time looking