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Buffalo shooting victims: ‘Hero’ guard and a teacher who was a ‘pillar of the community’ are among 10 killed

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Dakin Andone and Amir Vera, CNN A retired police lieutenant. A substitute teacher who was a “pillar of the community.” A beloved grandmother of six. A dedicated community activist. They were among the 10 people killed in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket Saturday — a massacre authorities believe was

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Authorities now believe 18-year-old Payton Gendron allegedly wrote a White supremacist manifesto before traveling from hours away to a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo

Radio transmission shows what first responders knew as gunman opened fire at Buffalo supermarket

By Emma Tucker and Sabrina Shulman, CNN Recorded emergency radio transmissions of first responders in Buffalo on Saturday afternoon reveal what they were dealing with in the chaotic first moments of reports of an active shooter at the Tops Friendly Markets store. Authorities now believe 18-year-old Payton Gendron allegedly wrote a White supremacist manifesto before

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Domestic (Intimate Partner) Violence Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at information and statistics concerning domestic (intimate partner) violence. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, intimate partner violence includes victimization by current and former spouses or current and former dating partners. Violence can include physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse, according to the Department of Justice’s

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Buffalo shooting victims: ‘Hero’ guard and a teacher who was a ‘pillar of the community’ are among 10 killed

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Dakin Andone and Amir Vera, CNN A retired police lieutenant. A substitute teacher who was a “pillar of the community.” A beloved grandmother of six. A dedicated community activist. They were among the 10 people killed in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket Saturday — a massacre authorities believe was

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An alligator was relocated after showing up outside a South Carolina school.

‘Not your everyday arrest:’ Police relocate alligator after it turns up outside South Carolina school

By Zoe Sottile, CNN An apparently studious alligator had to be relocated after it was found wandering around an elementary school in Charleston, South Carolina. Concerned passersby called police after observing the alligator on Tuesday, according to Charleston’s Animal Control Supervisor, Courtney Bayles. The 6-foot reptile was spotted walking in roadways and through residents’ yards

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California is facing a crisis as reservoirs already at critically low levels due to unrelenting drought

California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN California is facing a crisis. Not only are its reservoirs already at critically low levels due to unrelenting drought, residents and businesses across the state are also using more water now than they have in seven years, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to encourage just the opposite. Newsom has pleaded with

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