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By Chris Boyette, Michelle Watson and Amir Vera, CNN Teachers at Ohio’s largest school district voted Sunday to go on strike for better learning and teaching conditions, just days before school is scheduled to start, according to the teachers’ union. The Columbus Education Association union — which represents more than 4,000 teachers, nurses and other

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Andy Rose and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been removed from duty and are facing state and federal investigations, officials confirmed Monday, after bystander video captured at least two of them punching and kneeing a suspect during an arrest. At one point in the 34-second video recorded

By David Williams and Raja Razek, CNN About 160 people had to shelter in place for hours at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico due to flash flooding before they were evacuated Saturday, authorities said. Eddy County, where much of the park is located, was under a flash flood warning Saturday afternoon, and the

By Jacob Lev, CNN Tom Weiskopf, former professional golf player and winner of the 1973 British Open, has died at the age of 79, the PGA Tour announced Sunday. Weiskopf died at his home in Montana on Saturday from pancreatic cancer, the Tour said. Weiskopf won on the PGA Tour 16 times between 1968 and

By Andy Rose, CNN Three Indiana State University students died and two were seriously injured after their vehicle ran into a tree in western Indiana early Sunday, according to the school and local law enforcement. The Vigo County Sheriff’s Office identified the dead students as football players Christian Eubanks, 18, from Waukegan, Illinois, Caleb VanHooser,

By Isa Kaufman Geballe and Samantha Beech, CNN Buses with at least 140 asylum seekers arrived in New York Sunday in what officials are calling the largest single-day arrival of migrants from Texas. The asylum seekers arrived on three buses into Port Authority around 6:45 a.m., Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs spokesperson Shaina Coronel told

By Raja Razek, Zoe Sottile and Amanda Watts, CNN A man has been arrested in the death of five people — all younger than 25 — who were killed in a wrong-way car crash early Saturday morning in Miami-Dade County, Florida, officials say. Maiky Simeon, 30, was arrested on several counts of vehicular homicide, according

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A capuchin monkey named Route showed California police the true meaning of “monkey business” when she accidentally called 911. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call that disconnected last Saturday, according to a Facebook post. Dispatchers received no response when they tried to call back, so they

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Ten Chattanooga police officers have been reassigned to non-enforcement positions and will no longer be allowed to testify in court after they “misrepresented the truth or filed a false report,” according to a police department press release. Police Chief Celeste Murphy reassigned them after the US Attorney’s Office asked “for a

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Pedestrians accustomed to the hum of a passing Tesla will be in for a shock when a new electric vehicle hits the streets. Dodge, famous for its gas-powered muscle cars like the Charger and Challenger, says it plans to roll out the electric Charger Daytona in 2024 — featuring exhaust pipes

By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Shana Chappell sits on the grass in front of the tombstone, not sure where to look. It’s the grave for her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, killed almost a year ago in a terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, as American forces left the country. And next to

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Rescuers continue searching for a hiker in southwestern Utah after a flash flood struck in a national park. More than 20 people looked Saturday for Jetal Agnihotri of Tucson, Arizona, near the Virgin River in Zion National Park, according to park officials. Rangers received a report Friday afternoon of multiple hikers

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Maryland elementary school teacher left his family vacation with memories to last a lifetime — and also won $250,000 in the lottery. The anonymous Baltimore County man purchased the ticket while on vacation in Ocean City, Maryland, according to a news release from the Maryland Lottery. The 58-year-old teacher bought

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Louisiana’s State Bond Commission denied funding Thursday for a $39 million infrastructure project in Orleans Parish for the second time, at the behest of state Attorney General Jeff Landry, according to a statement on Landry’s official Facebook page and video posted from the bond commission meeting. Landry urged the commission to

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN A union representing about 2,000 School District of Philadelphia employees voted to authorize a strike on Saturday, just over one week before school starts, the union announced in a press release. 32BJ SEIU, the union, voted to strike if it does not have a new contract by August 31, the date

By Paradise Afshar and Christina Maxouris, CNN Washington state’s King County, which includes Seattle, declared monkeypox a public health emergency Friday, with more than 270 recorded cases, according to a proclamation from county executive Dow Constantine. The proclamation, which went into effect immediately, will help boost local health officials’ response efforts to the outbreak, including