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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The climate crisis rarely evokes feelings of joy, but a discovery this week had some scientists excited about what a drought has revealed. Dinosaur tracks from around 113 million years ago were uncovered in a riverbed in Texas due to severe drought conditions — and more prehistoric findings are likely as

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A prized manuscript in the University of Michigan library that was believed to have been written by the famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei is a forgery, the university said. The 1-page document known as the “Galileo manuscript” can’t be traced to any earlier than 1930 and was likely written by the

By Paradise Afshar and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The ACLU and multiple news organizations filed a lawsuit over an Arizona law that made it a crime to video record within eight feet of law enforcement activity after a warning is given from an officer. The law, which was signed by Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in

By Jason Hanna and Steve Almasy, CNN The Uvalde school board voted unanimously Wednesday evening to immediately terminate the contract of district police chief Pete Arredondo, three months after a teenaged gunman took the lives of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Lieutenant Mike Hernandez will remain interim police chief, the school district’s

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Rescue workers have recovered the body of a hiker reported missing when a flash flood struck Zion National Park in southwestern Utah last week, authorities said Tuesday. Jetal Agnihotri of Tucson, Arizona, was found dead Monday in the Virgin River near the Court of the Patriarchs at the park, National Park

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Raja Razek, CNN The 8-year-old boy who was severely injured in the Fourth of July parade mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, no longer requires IV pain medicine and antibiotics and can now eat without a feeding tube, his family said Tuesday. Cooper Roberts was left paralyzed by the shooting and

By Amanda Watts and Amy Simonson, CNN A 61-year old postal carrier died after being attacked by five dogs in rural northern Florida over the weekend, sheriff’s officials said. The postal worker, identified as Pamela Jane Rock of Melrose, was in the Interlachen Lake Estates area Sunday after her vehicle broke down, according to the

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN The New York City Police Department is searching for multiple suspects after two Jewish men were sprayed with fire extinguishers in separate incidents, police said Tuesday. The incidents are being investigated as part of a hate crime assault pattern, police said, and the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating. A

By Steve Almasy and Melissa Alonso, CNN Two Arkansas deputies — one of whom said he had been body-slammed — followed their training to get a suspect under control during a violent encounter outside a store in the town of Mulberry, an attorney for the law enforcement officers said Tuesday in a statement. Part of

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN The body found inside a submerged car in Northern California Sunday has been confirmed to be missing teen Kiely Rodni, who disappeared at a campground party in the area about three weeks ago, police said. Hundreds of law enforcement officers and volunteers have been searching for the 16-year-old since she was

By Natasha Chen, Jason Kravarik and Cheri Mossburg, CNN On what would have been Kobe Bryant’s 44th birthday, attorneys for his widow and a co-plaintiff urged a jury Tuesday to consider awarding millions of dollars for emotional distress and violation of constitutional rights caused by Los Angeles County deputies and firefighters taking and sharing of

By Amanda Musa and Michelle Watson, CNN A former Louisville detective pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to conspiring to falsify an affidavit for a warrant to search Breonna Taylor‘s home — which ultimately led to the woman’s death — and to cover up the false document by lying to investigators, the US Justice Department

By Rebekah Riess, Raja Razek and Andy Rose, CNN A school district board near Dallas, Texas, has passed a set of policies restricting how race and gender are addressed, including allowing teachers call students by pronouns that do not match their gender identity. The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School Board trustees passed the policies in a 4-3

By Eric Bradner, CNN The day before classes are scheduled to start, teachers in Ohio’s largest school system say they won’t end their strike without improvements to what they describe as dilapidated schools where a lack of heating and air conditioning has led to miserable classroom environments. Union members in Columbus hit the picket line

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of longtime fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger, who was found guilty of racketeering and involvement in 11 killings. Personal Birth date: September 3, 1929 Death date: October 30, 2018 Birth place: Dorchester, Massachusetts Birth name: James Joseph Bulger Jr. Father: James Joseph Bulger Sr., a laborer Mother:

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A 19-year-old has been arrested after allegedly posting what the FBI called a “credible threat” against attendees of the Student Action Summit, a conference hosted by the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA in Tampa, Florida, last month, court records show. Alejandro Richard Velasquez of San Antonio, Texas, faces a charge

Michelle Watson, CNN A Massachusetts student and her family are fighting for her religious identity after her school says her hijab represented a school uniform infraction. Aya Zeabi said her younger sister went to Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden last week for her first day of school and had officially taken a “a