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By Dan Simon, CNN Mark Dietrich and his neighbors didn’t know what to do with the luggage and purses they found dumped in the street. “At first, I thought it was a joke,” Dietrich said. But then, he checked the video captured by his home security camera. A car door opens, the footage shows. With

Nick Guthe said his wife Heidi Ferrer, a well-known Hollywood screenwriter, had been battling debilitating symptoms for more than a year before she died by suicide. Guthe tells CNN’s Alisyn Camerota about his late wife’s struggle as a Covid-19 “long hauler.” If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Filmmaker Nick Guthe says in the months before his wife, Heidi Ferrer, died by suicide, she suffered debilitating long-haul Covid symptoms. It started last summer, with “excruciating, unexplained” pain in her feet, Guthe told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Wednesday. Digestive problems followed. She suffered body aches and her heart would race

By Sonia Moghe, CNN The mother of a 35-year-old Black man who died last year after being pepper sprayed in a federal prison in Brooklyn is suing the government and unnamed correctional officers for wrongful death, according to court documents. The suit was filed Wednesday morning by Jamel Floyd’s mother, Donna Mays, who is the

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The Instagram video in which Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib shared he is gay is just under a minute long. Its impact has been massive. The athlete became the first active NFL player in the league’s history to announce that he’s gay — an important first in a field

By Leah Asmelash, CNN There are four teams left in the NBA Playoffs. And no matter who wins the title, a city’s long-suffering fans will finally get a trophy. In the Western Conference Finals, the Los Angeles Clippers are facing off against the Phoenix Suns, while the Milwaukee Bucks battle the Atlanta Hawks in the

By Leah Asmelash, CNN There are more than 1 million nonbinary adults in the US, a new first-of-its-kind study found. Approximately 1.2 million people living in the US identify as nonbinary, according to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Of those 1.2 million people, the majority are under 29

By Anna Sturla, CNN The remains of 10 children and young adults who died at a Pennsylvania boarding school for Native Americans more than a century ago are expected to be exhumed and returned to their families, according to the Office of Army Cemeteries. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was the first off-reservation boarding school

CNN’s John Berman speaks to the fiancée of New York City murder victim Milton Grant about his death and the spike in violent crime in the city.

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A robbery turned fatal when three gunmen approached two men in New York City and demanded their property, police said. Milton Grant, 34, was shot in the head early Monday morning as he tried to drive away from the robbers, according to a news release from the New York City Police

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN A group of civil rights organizations will host another March on Washington in August to demand that Congress pass sweeping voting rights legislation and that state lawmakers halt efforts to enact bills that restrict voting access. The announcement of the march comes one day after Senate Republicans blocked the For

By Sonia Moghe, CNN R. Kelly has been moved from a detention center in Chicago to New York where he will likely stay ahead of his August federal trial as he adds another New York-based attorney to his legal team. Two sources familiar with the matter said Kelly arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in

By Shawn Nottingham and Delano Massey, CNN Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones won’t take a position at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill without tenure, according to a letter from her legal team obtained by NC Policy Watch and confirmed by CNN. Hannah-Jones had agreed to a five-year contract with the University, but according to

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN For nearly eight decades, former Army Private Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher’s experience in the Battle of Normandy went unrecognized. Shortly after D-Day in 1944, Fletcher was in the back of a vehicle delivering supplies to Allied troops who were off the coast of France when he and his fellow servicemembers were hit

First-time Black and female gun buyers are responsible for the surge in gun sales in the US. CNN’s Ryan Young reports.

By Ryan Young, Dakin Andone and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Deborah Roberts grew up in a family of gun owners. But it wasn’t until March this year that the 68-year-old finally pulled the trigger and purchased her own firearm. “I think the rhetoric and how things are stirred up in the country just made me feel

By AJ Willingham, CNN The Amazon rainforest may be headed for another devastating fire season. After a destructive 2020 and with drought conditions in Brazil, the forest has rarely been drier than it is right now. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also