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By Sara Sidner, CNN The first sign of trouble was brief. Just a couple of comments during the hustle and bustle of regular life. Karen Amsden was chatting to her son in the driveway while picking up her grandchildren when she mentioned something about a quote by Anne Frank, one of the most famous victims

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Firefighters in Morristown, Tennessee, staged an adorable rescue mission after a kitten was found trapped in a Pepsi vending machine inside a Walmart store. Lindsay Russell, a Walmart employee, was on her lunch break Wednesday when she heard meowing coming from one of the store’s vending machines, according to CNN affiliate

By Sharif Paget and Dakin Andone, CNN A jet-powered stunt truck spun out of control and crashed at an air show in Battle Creek, Michigan, killing the driver, according to police and footage of the incident. In a statement, Battle Creek police identified Chris Darnell, 40, as the driver of the SHOCKWAVE Jet Truck, a

By Andrew Torgan, CNN This Fourth of July weekend is shaping up to be quieter than most. Much of the US is likely to see the chance of rain through Monday, putting a damper on fireworks displays. It’ll be a different story in the West, where severe drought conditions have led many cities to cancel

By Michelle Watson and Holly Yan, CNN Houston police are asking for the public’s help in finding whoever opened fire on a car overnight, killing a 5-year-old child and injuring an 8-year-old. Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, officers received calls about a shooting in the 13300 block of Northborough Drive, Houston Police Asst. Chief Chandra

By John Blake, CNN A White judge tells an interracial couple that “Almighty God” placed the races on different continents because he “did not intend for the races to mix.” A US Senator writes a book about the dangers of interracial unions called, “Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization.” A White father is so disgusted

By Michelle Watson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A gunman in Texas killed two people and injured another person Saturday before fatally shooting himself, police in the Fort Worth area said. The shooting in Haltom City also left three officers with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, police Sgt. Rick Alexander said during a news conference. The officers were

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The heartfelt messages spread across social media within hours of the seismic Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade: If you need assistance getting an abortion in another state, I can help. “We have to support each other, (let) people know that they’re not alone,” said Stephany Bolivar, who lives in

By AJ Willingham, CNN In Willamette National Cemetery in Oregon, lines of marble rise row on row above acres of vivid green. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Linda Campbell knew the view well. She had chosen her nearby waterfront apartment so that she could see, from a distance, the place where her wife silently waited

By Jamiel Lynch, Jeremy Grisham and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The woman captured in Costa Rica after being accused of killing elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in Texas has been returned to the US to face murder charges, the US Marshals Service told CNN Saturday. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, is suspected of fatally shooting Wilson

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida county is under quarantine due to the discovery of a fast-growing population of invasive giant African land snails. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) confirmed there were giant African land snails in the New Port Richey area of Pasco County on June 23, according to FDACS’

By Liam Reilly, CNN A large group of people carrying flags and shields marched along downtown Boston’s Freedom Trail Saturday, according to the Boston Police Department — and video footage of the group obtained by CNN shows the flags bearing the symbol of the White nationalist Patriot Front group. Police received a call at 12:30

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Two people are dead after a vehicle crashed into a fireworks stand in Washington, DC on Saturday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The two victims, both adults, were killed when the vehicle struck multiple pedestrians and the fireworks stand, police said. Police believe the man driving the pickup truck had

By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN An Oklahoma appeals court has scheduled the execution date for death row inmate Richard Glossip while his defense rushes to mount a legal battle with newly uncovered evidence they say will prove his innocence in a 1997 murder case. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals scheduled Glossip’s execution for September 22

By Jamiel Lynch, Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN Four people died in a multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer on Interstate 95 South at the Florida-Georgia border on Friday. The driver of a tractor trailer lost control of the vehicle, which started to overturn and struck a car, before traveling though the center median