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By Amanda Musa, CNN A 51-year-old woman from France is in critical condition after being bitten by a shark Saturday on the island of Maui, according to the Maui Police Department. The woman was reportedly seen swimming or snorkeling approximately 40 feet from the shore before the incident at Paia Bay, the police news release

By Amir Vera, CNN A Denver woman fell 900 feet to her death Saturday while climbing one of Colorado’s most treacherous mountains, according to a news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities received a call from a man just before 8 a.m. Saturday who said he and a hiking party saw the woman

By Michelle Watson and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help identifying a possible suspect in the death of veteran newspaper journalist Jeff German, found dead outside his home on Saturday. In two surveillance images released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the possible suspect is seen wearing a

By Ralph Ellis, Hannah Sarisohn and Holly Yan, CNN Water pressure has been restored in Jackson, Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves and the city government said. “Today, the tanks are full. Water pressure is solid,” Reeves said during a Monday news conference. The governor said while “there may be more bad days in the future, we

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN A community revitalization group has uncovered forgotten Black barbershop and murals in an alleyway in Sparta, Georgia. Dream Streets Sparta was removing plywood from the front and back entrances of an alley between two buildings on Broad Street when they discovered an old African American barbershop and hand-painted murals. “The area

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Air travel this summer has been challenging to say the least. About 55,000 flights have been canceled in the US since the Friday before Memorial Day, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware, and nearly a quarter of all flights have been delayed. But some industry experts are cautiously optimistic

By Isabel Rosales, CNN Scientists at the Florida Aquarium have made a breakthrough in the race to save Caribbean coral: For the first time, marine biologists have successfully reproduced elkhorn coral, a critical species, using aquarium technology. It’s a historic step forward, and one they hope could help revitalize Caribbean ecosystems and could pay humans

By Tina Burnside, CNN A man has been charged in connection with the disappearance of a Memphis teacher investigators believe was abducted while she was out for a jog Friday morning, police said. Cleotha Abston, 38, was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence, according to a tweet from the Memphis Police Department

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN From patient waiting rooms to the halls of Congress, the language being used to talk about reproduction is shifting. Across the US, mainstream institutions such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and CNN are increasingly opting for gender-neutral terms such as “pregnant people,” “people

By Tina Burnside and Holly Yan, CNN Seven people were struck by gunfire overnight in Norfolk, Virginia, including several university students, officials said Sunday. Officers responded to the 5000 block of Killam Avenue around 12 a.m. ET and found four women and three men who had been shot, Norfolk police said. All seven victims were

By Emma Tucker, CNN Just one week after the school year began in Mississippi’s capital city, university students were faced with a crisis canceling all in-person classes and forcing them online, but this time, it wasn’t Covid-19. Hundreds of students at Jackson State University, a historically Black university, moved into their dorms August 18 as

By Tina Burnside, CNN Five people were injured in a shooting in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, early Sunday, police said. Two people have been arrested. Officers responded to the area of King Street and Morris Street around 12:55 a.m. due to gunshots, the Charleston Police Department said in a news release. All five are being

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As a prolonged record-setting heat wave tightens its grip on the West, millions in California are for a fifth day being asked to reduce their energy consumption amid worries about a strained power grid. More than 45 million people throughout the Western US are currently under excessive heat warnings and advisories.

By Paradise Afshar, CNN A Canadian TikTok influencer died last week following a sky diving accident in Toronto, a friend who attended her funeral told CNN. Tanya Pardazi, 21, who went by the handle philosatea on TikTok, had more than 95,000 followers and two million likes on the app. Skydive Toronto said a sky diving

By Stephanie Elam and Jason Kravarik, CNN Bob’s Market in Angeleno Heights may look like a regular Los Angeles convenience store, but it’s an icon. In the Fast and Furious movie franchise, it was turned into Toretto’s, the shop owned by the family of the character portrayed by Vin Diesel. Throughout the day, fans from