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By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If loving coffee is wrong, then I don’t want to be right. Many Americans have ingrained coffee in their everyday habits, with the average adult drinking over three cups daily, according to the National Coffee Association. But if you’re a hard-core coffee aficionado like myself, it may be wise

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If loving coffee is wrong, then I don’t want to be right. Many Americans have ingrained coffee in their everyday habits, with the average adult drinking over three cups daily, according to the National Coffee Association. But if you’re a hard-core coffee aficionado like myself, it may be

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — We’ve all seen those white streaks trailing behind jets, creating stripes against the blue sky. The lines are called contrails, short for condensation trails, and they appear when water vapor condenses and freezes around the exhaust from an aircraft, according to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. At least

By Carlos Suarez, Alta Spells and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Florida education officials and a group of LGBTQ advocates and families have reached a legal settlement that clarifies the scope of a statute referred to by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, spelling out that students and teachers are allowed to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in

By Shimon Prokupecz, Samantha Guff, Rachel Clarke and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Less than a week after the Uvalde City Council received an investigative report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre, the Texas city’s police chief abruptly announced Tuesday he is quitting. The resignation came hours before

By Steve Almasy and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — An Indiana man was sentenced to 57 years in prison Monday for the murder of his 17-year-old neighbor, who was found buried in his backyard last year after she had been missing for more than five months, according to court documents. As part of a plea agreement, Patrick

By Danny Freeman and Zoe Sottile, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Four people have been arrested in connection with a shooting earlier this month that left eight high school students wounded at a transit bus stop in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities say. The injured students, ages 15 to 17, were at the bus stop just before 3

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Black activists, political leaders and supporters of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are urging Black student athletes to boycott colleges and universities in states that have promoted or passed anti-DEI policies. Their calls come as 81 anti-DEI bills that target programs at colleges have been introduced in 28 states and in Congress since the

By Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — During a pivotal meeting with school employees hours before the mass shooting at a Michigan high school, James Crumbley told his son there were “people you can talk to,” a school counselor testified Monday in the father’s manslaughter trial. “(James) was talking to his son and

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Several major news agencies have withdrawn an image distributed by Britain’s royal family showing Catherine, Princess of Wales, saying they believe the photo has been manipulated. This comes after weeks of public speculation and rumors online about the future Queen’s health and whereabouts. Here’s what else you need to

By Monica Haider, CNN (CNN) — The month of Ramadan feels heavier this year for 33-year-old Palestinian American Nadia Duwaik, than it has in the past.  Duwaik told CNN she ordinarily approaches Ramadan excited about the chance to celebrate and reflect during her family’s rituals, such as gathering together every night for iftar. But this year,

By Michelle Watson, Sarah Dewberry, Yan Kaner and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A small plane crashed into a wooded area near Virginia’s western border on Sunday, bursting into flames and killing all five people on board, including a juvenile, authorities said. The twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 crashed near Ingalls Field Airport in Hot Springs,

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A California medical facility is trying to contact about 300 people who were possibly exposed to measles after a child was treated for the contagious viral illness at a hospital in Sacramento last week, officials said. The child had returned from international travel and was evaluated March 5

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A skier has died after she fell nearly 600 feet down an icy ravine on Mount Washington in New Hampshire over the weekend, officials say. The woman and two others were backcountry skiing on Saturday, US Forest Service public affairs specialist Colleen Mainville said. Authorities said 20-year-old Madison Saltsburg

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, according to law enforcement officials. The alleged shooter is dead, police say. Just before 5 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a neighborhood where they found multiple victims with gunshot wounds, the Jonesboro Police Department

By Sarah Dewberry, Amanda Jackson, Susannah Cullinane and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A sperm whale beached off the coast of Venice, Florida, has died following attempts to save it, officials said Monday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are planning to perform a necropsy Monday on the nearly 70,000-pound, 44-foot-long male whale. A multiagency

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The deadly school shooting in a tight-knit village. The recent high-profile trial that led to the conviction of the defendant’s spouse. The hot-button issue of gun ownership and the responsibilities that come with it. A pool of potential jurors faced weighty issues during jury selection last week, and

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Detectives probing the death of a 96-year-old California woman nearly two years ago have uncovered she was the victim of an elaborate murder-for-hire and reverse-mortgage scam that sought to gain control of her home, authorities said Thursday, announcing four people have now been arrested in the case. Violet Evelyn

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The TSA has unveiled a new self-service screening system at a security checkpoint at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. One question: Has the TSA actually seen the condition of most people departing Vegas on an early flight? Here’s what else you need to know