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By Raja Razek and Michelle Krupa, CNN A fundraiser for a charity affiliated with the powerful National Rifle Association won’t be held as planned Saturday at a municipal facility in Texas after relatives of children slaughtered in May at an elementary school some 40 miles away lobbied city council members to deny the event its

By Faith Karimi, CNN An American dentist and big-game hunter was found guilty of murder in the shooting death of his wife on an African safari. Lawrence Rudolph, 67, killed his wife, Bianca Rudolph, with a shotgun and defrauded multiple insurance companies, a federal jury found Monday. Rudolph cashed in more than $4.8 million in

By Dakin Andone and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Alyssa Alhadeff would be in her second year of college if she hadn’t been murdered in a 2018 mass shooting at her Parkland, Florida, high school — and her father would be looking forward to watching her achieve her dreams. “Soon she’d go on to be a professional

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A glimmer of relief is emerging at the checkout aisle: the return of discounts. Major retailers — including Walmart, Best Buy and Target — stocked up on merchandise months ago to prepare for supply chain shortages. But now, with extra goods sitting on their shelves, many stores are increasing promotions and

By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN Two people were killed and six were injured while attending a birthday party at a Detroit home early Sunday after a man upset over a parking dispute allegedly opened fire on the group, police said. The shooting happened at 2:40 a.m. when a man who lived across the street from the

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As a massive wildfire continues to cut a path of destruction through a Northern California forest, residents are left to contend with lost homes and treasured family items. The McKinney Fire, the largest in California so far this year, broke out Friday afternoon in the Klamath National Forest near the California-Oregon

By Jennifer Henderson and Amanda Musa, CNN A married couple in Hawaii has been indicted for allegedly living under the identities of dead children from Texas for decades and conspiring against the government, according to unsealed federal court records. A federal grand jury in Honolulu indicted Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison on conspiracy,

By Amanda Musa, Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met privately Monday with some families in Uvalde, discussing school safety, a teacher who was also there told CNN. Robb Elementary School teacher Arnulfo Reyes expressed his skepticism of the governor’s visit to the town, where questions and frustrations remain over the

By Amanda Musa, CNN The Elmo 2 Fire in western Montana has burned 12,975 acres, according to Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 7. The fire grew just over 2,000 acres on Sunday and is still 0% contained, incident commander John Thompson said in a news release Monday. Thompson says winds are expected to reach 10-14

By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Nathan Day was up early Thursday morning helping his son get ready for work when he received a message from a neighbor asking him to save her grandchildren from the rising floodwaters. Day, a former coal miner who lives in Hindman, Knott County, said he was unaware of what was happening

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Extreme weather on both ends of the spectrum has thrashed parts of the US over the past week — one of the many signals that climate change is here now, scientists say. On the one hand, overwhelming rainfall triggered two ultra-rare floods last week, one in the St. Louis area and