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By Tina Burnside and Jamiel Lynch, CNN One person was killed after an Amtrak train collided with a passenger vehicle in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, according to officials. It is the nation’s third accident involving Amtrak trains in a two-day period. The accident happened around 6:22 p.m. CT (7:22 p.m. ET) at a train crossing

By Meron Moges-Gerbi and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A stretch of prime Southern California beachfront real estate was returned to the descendants of its Black owners Tuesday, nearly a century after the parcel was taken by the city of Manhattan Beach. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to give the land back to

By Tina Burnside, CNN A 1-year-old girl is dead and another child is recovering after an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot them while playing with his father’s gun, according to Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred on Sunday at the Lion’s Motel in Pensacola, Florida. During a news conference on Monday, Escambia County Sheriff Chip

By Jennifer Henderson, Brad Parks and Holly Yan, CNN A grandmother who was shot by her grandson before he killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school has been released from a hospital. University Health in San Antonio said a 66-year-old patient injured the day of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in

By Devon M. Sayers, CNN An employee at a Subway restaurant in Atlanta was shot and killed Sunday after a customer got upset about a condiment on his sandwich, Atlanta Police said. Police were called to the restaurant near Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta shortly after 6:30 p.m., a news release from the police department

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Krista Johnson gets anxious when she thinks about the rising cost of gas, food and housing as she prepares to give birth to her daughter, who is due in August. Johnson said she’s been trying to save money by cooking more at home and packing her husband’s lunches instead of

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Can you keep a secret? Not many people know that pilots and cabin crew have access to hidden capsule-like spaces on some planes — usually right above the main cabin — to rest and recharge. A passenger walking by would probably think it’s a closet, but behind the door is a

By Amy Simonson, Pete Muntean and Dakin Andone, CNN A team of National Transportation Safety Board investigators arrived in Missouri Tuesday to probe the derailment of an Amtrak train that left at least four people dead and sent surviving passengers scrambling from the wreckage. The derailment occurred as the train, traveling eastbound to Chicago, collided

By Amir Vera and Randi Kaye, CNN Jenny and Lisa had two very different experiences when they each decided to visit the Alabama Women’s Center in Huntsville, nearly two weeks apart. Lisa, 18, was able to undergo an abortion procedure on June 10, she told CNN Monday. Jenny, 18, came in Monday unaware that the

By Lauren del Valle, Mark Morales, Sonia Moghe and Eric Levenson, CNN Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Tuesday for carrying out a years-long scheme with her longtime confidante Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Maxwell, 60, did not testify in her defense during the trial late last