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By Kiely Westhoff, CNN The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an incident in which an unidentified individual was captured on video shouting anti-gay slurs and attacking a 22-year-old on the subway, the NYPD announced this week. The victim was riding the A-train near 190th street in Manhattan on the afternoon

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Someone won’t be getting past the bouncer this weekend. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted a shipment of counterfeit driver’s licenses coming through the Cincinnati Port of Entry, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday. “Counterfeit driver’s licenses are used by young adults who have not yet reached the

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s gone — or, in this case, thrown away. Mary Elliot of Buckingham County, Virginia, panicked after realizing she had won a state lottery game on February 24 but had already tossed the ticket in the trash. “When I saw I’d won, I

By Chuck Johnston and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Sacramento police are appealing for the public’s help to find multiple shooters who opened fire downtown early Sunday morning, killing six people and leaving the California city with “a broken heart,” according to the mayor. In addition to the six dead, another 12 people were wounded at the

By Tina Burnside, CNN At least ten people were injured during celebrations in downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina, following the University of North Carolina’s Final Four win over Duke, officials said. An estimated 35,000 and 40,000 people took to the streets to celebrate UNC’s victory Saturday, Chapel Hill officials said in news release. Four people

By Giselle Rhoden, CNN Parents and teachers were shocked after an Indiana state senator introduced a bill requiring that teachers remain neutral when teaching about Nazism. And in less than two days, a coalition to defeat the bill was born. “Within 36 hours, we had organized over a dozen community members and partners to testify

By Sharif Paget and Karol Suarez, CNN Hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country have arrived at the Mexican border city of Tijuana to seek US asylum and more are expected, a Tijuana city official and a volunteer told CNN on Saturday. “Approximately at this moment in Tijuana, there are about 1,500 Ukrainians,”

By Andy Rose, CNN Two Navy personnel were transported to a medical facility with non-life threatening injuries Saturday after a Navy nuclear submarine docked in a naval shipyard experienced an accident while conducting a routine test, according to a statement from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington state. The USS Louisiana ballistic missile submarine

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Two lots of Disney-branded hand sanitizer featuring Mickey Mouse and baby Yoda from The Mandalorian have been voluntarily recalled by Best Brands Consumer Products, according to a company statement shared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA testing detected the presence of benzene in The Mandalorian branded product and methanol

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Rappahannock Tribe, a Native Tribe in Virginia, has reacquired 465 acres of sacred land at Fones Cliff. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and US Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams celebrated the tribe’s reacquisiton of the land Friday, according to a press release from the Department of the

By Theresa Waldrop and Tierney Sneed, CNN US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a 21-count superseding indictment against three US Army soldiers charged last year with gun trafficking, expanding it to include nine more people alleged to be gang members in Chicago. The new indictment stems from an investigation into a Chicago shooting last year

By Stephanie Elam, CNN In an open lot, Rose Brazdovic lay huddled behind a cement barrier, her only protection from the elements. “When she came out, she had a makeshift sling on her arm, and she just looked very rundown. We just looked at each other. We can’t just walk away from this one with

By Kiely Westhoff and Jason Hanna, CNN A fourth teenager has been arrested in the death of a good Samaritan who was struck by a train while trying to help an assault victim on New Year’s Day in New York City, police said. Noel Rosado, 19, was arrested Friday afternoon on recommended charges of murder,