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By Rashard Rose and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Nearly two decades after a serial sniper spree that terrorized the Washington, DC, area and left 10 people dead, a Maryland appeals court ruled that Lee Boyd Malvo, who was convicted for his role in the shootings, must be resentenced. Malvo was 17 years old when the crimes

By Amir Vera and Homero De la Fuente, CNN A player on the Duke University women’s volleyball team says Brigham Young University officials in Utah did not act quick enough to stop the racist harassment she and other Black players were subject to during a Friday game. Rachel Richardson, a sophomore outside hitter for Duke,

By Dakin Andone and Michelle Watson, CNN A wildfire burning in southwest Oregon has grown to 8,404 acres, according to a Sunday update by fire officials, nearly double the acreage the blaze had consumed a day prior. Approximately 740 personnel are now battling the Rum Creek fire after officials from the Northwest 13 Incident Management

By Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN Bystanders had an up-close and personal encounter with an alligator in Philadelphia’s Love Park. But the reptile isn’t a wild beast: It’s the emotional support animal of a Philadelphia man who runs several social media accounts documenting his loving relationship with Wally the alligator. Several visitors to the

By Tina Burnside, CNN Three people are hospitalized after a shooting at a Sikh temple in Stockton, California, police said. The shooting happened during an event at the temple around 6:42 p.m. (9:42 p.m. ET) Saturday, Stockton police spokesperson Joseph Silva said. The three male victims — ages 32, 28 and 27 — were taken

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN Police are searching for at least one gunman after a shooting at the Coney Island boardwalk in New York City killed one man and injured four others Saturday night. According to a news release by the New York Police Department, officers responded to a call of multiple people shot just before

By Andrew Torgan, CNN If you’ve been seeing the phrase “quiet quitting” lately and wondered what it means, you’re not alone. At first glance, you’d think it refers to an employee who leaves a little yellow “goodbye” note on their desk one day and never returns. What it really means is a bit more complicated

By John Blake, CNN “You are more powerful than you think.” That’s the title of one of Eric Liu’s most popular books, but it’s also a theme that runs throughout the work of the author and activist. He’s spent much of his life trying to persuade people that “democracy still works, and is worth believing

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN As Howard University students returned to campus on Monday for the start of the fall semester, the university received two bomb threats just months after the school and other historically Black colleges and universities had to lock down or postpone classes because of similar threats. Early Friday morning, two on-campus residence

By Liam Reilly, CNN Three Royal Netherlands Army soldiers were wounded in a shooting outside an Indianapolis hotel early Saturday, authorities said. The soldiers, members of the Dutch Commando Corps, were in Indiana as part of a training exercise, the Dutch Ministry of Defense said in a news release. Officers responded to a Hampton Inn

By Stephanie Elam, CNN The pretty, cloudless blue skies over perfectly manicured lawns represent an ugly reality for California’s Las Virgenes Municipal Water District as it grapples with the historic megadrought ravaging the American West. Despite a lack of any measurable rain in months, the carpet of lush, green grass likely means homeowners are either

By Nouran Salahieh and Paradise Afshar, CNN With Mississippi’s Pearl River now expected to crest earlier than originally forecast, threatening to flood streets and creep into homes within the next 48 hours, some Jackson residents are being told to flee. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba urged residents to “get out now,” during a news conference

By Zoe Sottile, CNN An adorable baby white rhino was born at the San Diego Zoo — and conservationists hope his birth might signal good news for his endangered cousins. The unnamed rhino calf was born on August 6th to first-time mother Livia and father J Gregory, according to a news release from the San

By Matt Foster, CNN Brigham Young University issued an apology on Saturday for racist comments made by a fan during a women’s volleyball match between BYU and Duke at the Utah university on Friday evening. The godmother of Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson said in a tweet that Richardson, who is Black, was called racial

By Homero De la Fuente, Nouran Salahieh and Stella Chan, CNN NFL rookie punter Matt Araiza has been released from the Buffalo Bills days after he and two other football players were accused in a lawsuit of gang raping a then-17-year-old girl during an off-campus party at San Diego State University last year. “This afternoon,

By Claire Colbert and Paradise Afshar, CNN Increased fire activity has caused evacuation orders to be implemented in parts of Idaho impacted by the Four Corners Fire, which was reported on August 13th. The fire, which was caused by lightning, is about 18% contained and has burned more than 10,100 acres, according to InciWeb, a

By Zoe Sottile, CNN It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… an oral rabies vaccine, dropped from the sky. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has initiated its annual oral rabies vaccine distribution, a project that will continue through October. The project is focused on preventing the spread of raccoon rabies from the eastern United States