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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 14-year old girl in Massachusetts warded off a man who broke into her house — and police said she even helped them catch a suspect. The girl was sleeping in her home in Middleborough when she woke to the sound of an intruder, according to a news release from the

By Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN A mass shooting in Furman, South Carolina, left at least nine people injured Sunday morning, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). “SLED agents are leading an investigation into a shooting at Cara’s Lounge in Hampton County this morning where at least nine people were shot,”

By Tina Burnside, Zoe Sottile and Nicole Chavez, CNN The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next school year’s curriculum, citing references to critical race theory among reasons for the rejections. In a news release, the department stated 54 out of 132 of the textbook

By Maya Brown, CNN Mckayla Wilkes remembers repeatedly complaining of shortness of breath to her doctors during her entire pregnancy seven years ago. But she says no one listened. Her concerns were consistently dismissed or minimized while she was pregnant with her daughter, Madison, who is now 6. After being initially told it was asthma,

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 9-year-old boy’s love of cats inspired him to raise almost $2,000 for the Idaho Humane Society. Ben Miller has operated a lemonade stand for three years in a row, raising $1,950 for his favorite cause. For this year’s donation, he brought a plastic bag filled with a whopping $1,150 in

By Michelle Watson, CNN Two people were killed after their car crashed into an Amtrak train Saturday night in Houston as the vehicle was trying to beat the train at a crossing, officials said. The car, possibly a Chrysler 300, went around another vehicle stopped at the Van Hut Lane crossing and “tried to cut

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida man has won back a world record after watching “Spider-Man: No Way Home” 292 times. Ramiro Alanis previously broke the record for “most cinema productions attended of the same film” in 2019, after watching “Avengers: Endgame” 191 times. But in 2021, Arnaud Klein beat him out by watching “Kaamelott:

By John Blake, CNN The Rev. Fred Robinson was about to start Sunday morning worship with his church staff when he heard a stunning public confession. It came around the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in January of last year. His church had canceled in-person worship, but staffers had gathered inside the sanctuary to record

By Michelle Watson, Tina Burnside, Ramishah Maruf and Keith Allen, CNN A massive search effort for several suspects is underway in Pittsburgh after an early morning shooting on Sunday killed two young people and injured several others, officials said at a news conference. The shootings happened around 12:30 a.m. in the East Allegheny neighborhood and

By Aya Elamroussi and Paradise Afshar, CNN Police are asking witnesses for any information about a mass shooting at a South Carolina mall that left at least nine people with gunshot wounds and five others injured. One man has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Columbiana Centre mall on Saturday that left

By Claudia Dominguez and Christina Maxouris, CNN Authorities in Summit County, Utah, had been hearing about a young man wandering the area with a shopping cart for several weeks. When they encountered him last Saturday, they discovered he was reported missing nearly three years ago in northern California, more than 700 miles away. Sheriff’s deputies

By Laura Studley and Emma Tucker, CNN Hate crimes in New York City have increased 76% so far this year compared to the same period last year, according to data from the New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force (HCTF) released this week. There were 194 hate crimes between January 1 and April 10

By Christina Maxouris, CNN In a matter of hours, firefighters battling the deadly McBride Fire in southern New Mexico were able to get the flames 56% contained by Saturday evening, a massive jump from the 0% containment reported earlier in the day, authorities said. The blaze had grown to more than 6,100 acres, according to

By Emma Tucker, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers in California have discovered more than 400 pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin concealed in toolboxes that were being transported to the United States. Federal officers working at the Tecate Port of Entry on April 1 encountered a 56-year-old male driver of a 2006 Toyota

By Paradise Afshar and Emma Tucker, CNN Twelve people were injured and three people have been detained following a shooting at a Columbia, South Carolina, mall on Saturday afternoon, police said. The incident occurred on the premises of Columbiana Centre Mall, said Columbia Police Chief William H. “Skip” Holbrook. There were no fatalities reported from

By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Investigators are looking for two men who used hammers to steal jewelry in a “smash and grab style” theft Friday evening from a mall store in Southern California, police said. The men used hammers to break into glass cases at the Kay Jewelers store at a mall in Brea, roughly a