By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Quickly spreading wildfires in New Mexico drove new evacuations Monday as much of the state is expected to be under a critical fire threat Tuesday. Shifting winds expanded the Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires that are burning in the northeast part of the state, according to InciWeb, a centralized source
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Watts, CNN An Alabama Department of Public Health employee, who was following up on a dog attack, was attacked and killed by the same pack, officials said. Jacqueline Summer Beard “was following up on an incident that had been reported to Franklin County Animal Control where a lady was attacked by a pack
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By Melissa Gray and Rosa Flores, CNN US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday it’s working to address processing delays at its Orlando, Florida, office, days after a US lawmaker said hundreds of migrants are being forced to wait in long lines and even sleep in tents and cars as they wait for appointments. US
Continue Reading By Melissa Gray and Rosa Flores, CNN US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday it’s working to address processing delays at its Orlando, Florida, office, days after a US lawmaker said hundreds of migrants are being forced to wait in long lines and even sleep in tents and cars as they wait for appointments. US
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By Jenn Selva, Rachel Ramirez and Gregory Lemos, CNN The plunging water level in Lake Mead — the country’s largest reservoir, besieged by drought — unveiled another disturbing discovery over the weekend, police say: a body in a barrel. A person who was spending time at the lake Sunday afternoon found the barrel, according to
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN Latinos in the United States with darker skin are experiencing discrimination from fellow Latinos and from non-Latinos at nearly the same rate, a new poll from the Pew Research Center says. The report, published Monday, is based on a survey conducted in March 2021 among a randomly selected sample of 3,375
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Kathy Boudin, a 1960s radical who was a member of the militant leftist group Weather Underground and who was imprisoned for her involvement in a fatal robbery, has died at the age of 78, according to her son, Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s District Attorney. Boudin died on Sunday with Chesa and
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By Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN A former Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy in the back in March has been charged with first-degree murder, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced Monday, saying the boy was unarmed and on the ground when the officer fired. Edsaul Mendoza, 26, was one of four
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN A former Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy in the back in March has been charged with first-degree murder, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced Monday, saying the boy was unarmed and on the ground when the officer fired. Edsaul Mendoza, 26, was one of four
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By Sara Smart, CNN When a Massachusetts woman ordered a pizza on a routine Friday evening, she had no idea the quick thinking and kindness of her delivery driver would change her life that night. Caryn Hebert Sullivan put in the call for a late dinner on February 11, and DoorDash driver Sophia Furtado brought
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff and Laura Studley, CNN A Rochester, New York, teacher has been placed on leave, according to a statement from the Rochester City School District Board of Education, after parents alleged he made his students pick seeds out of cotton during a lesson one parent said was about slavery. Rochester School of the
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By Amir Vera, Omar Jimenez, Ashley Killough and Leonel Mendez, CNN The plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre celebrated a judge’s ruling on Monday when she allowed their case to move forward after defendants sought a motion to dismiss the case. Judge Caroline Wall said the motion to dismiss
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By Dakin Andone and Tina Burnside, CNN Tennessee’s governor has announced a pause of executions in the state amid plans for an independent review into the lethal injection process after finding that testing procedures for a set execution last month weren’t followed. The announcement Monday by Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, follows a last-minute reprieve
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN After two years of social distancing, parents are eager to get their kids outdoors and off their mobile devices. As a result, interest in summer camps is booming, with about 26 million children nationwide expected to join camps in the coming weeks. But amid surging demand, some experts say the cost
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN After two years of social distancing, parents are eager to get their kids outdoors and off their mobile devices. As a result, interest in summer camps is booming, with about 26 million children nationwide expected to join camps in the coming weeks. But amid surging demand, some experts say the cost
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN After two years of social distancing, parents are eager to get their kids outdoors and off their mobile devices. As a result, interest in summer camps is booming, with about 26 million children nationwide expected to join camps in the coming weeks. But amid surging demand, some experts say the cost
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Nadia Romero, Maria Cartaya and Theresa Waldrop, CNN An Alabama corrections official who was last seen with a man held on murder charges now has a warrant out for her arrest. A warrant was issued for Vicky White, an assistant director of corrections for Lauderdale County, on charges of permitting or facilitating
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By Megan Thomas and Chris Boyette, CNN Actor and comedian Bill Murray addressed the production shutdown of his latest film, “Being Mortal,” in the wake of reports of a complaint against him. Fox Searchlight told the film crew in an email last month that the film was being shut down due to an unspecified complaint
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By Tina Burnside and Alaa Elassar, CNN A driver of a multi-person party bike has been charged with DUI in connection with an accident that injured 15 passengers in Atlanta on Saturday. Officers responded to a report of a traffic crash at West Peachtree Street and 14th Street in the evening and discovered a party
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas and Chris Boyette, CNN Actor and comedian Bill Murray addressed the production shutdown of his latest film, “Being Mortal,” in the wake of reports of a complaint against him. Fox Searchlight told the film crew in an email last month that the film was being shut down due to an unspecified complaint
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