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By David Williams, CNN Original Gerber Baby Ann Turner Cook, whose famous face has been printed on countless products over generations, is celebrating her 95th birthday. “A very happy birthday to the original Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook!” the company posted Saturday on its social media pages. Cook has been the face of the company

By Theresa Waldrop and Andy Rose, CNN Sporadic protests broke out around the country Friday after a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in the shooting deaths of two people during protests there last year. In New York, demonstrators shut down the Brooklyn Bridge, and in Portland, Oregon, they forced open a

By Claudia Dominguez, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising consumers to avoid purchasing certain onions due to a Salmonella outbreak reported in 38 states and Puerto Rico, according to a CDC news release. Multiple companies have recalled whole yellow, red, and white onions

By Brandon Tensley, CNN A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here. A grassroots organization is forcing a South Carolina city to reckon with its history of White supremacy — a past some residents would rather leave buried. Since

By Jeremy Harlan and Andy Rose, CNN Two teens were arrested over the weekend in connection with a shooting that wounded three teenagers during a fight in the parking lot of a Colorado high school Friday, authorities said Sunday. A third teen was arrested Friday, Aurora police previously said. “All three that have been arrested

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The decision to put Kyle Rittenhouse on the stand in his own homicide trial wasn’t even a close call, his attorney said Friday, shortly after a jury acquitted him of all charges for killing two people and shooting another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. “We had a mock jury

By Sara Smart, CNN For many, Thanksgiving involves traveling to spend time with family and loved ones around the dinner table eating turkey and green bean casserole. It’s a time to watch football and reflect on everything you’re thankful for. But for international students in the US, Thanksgiving is unknown territory. That was the issue

By Brynn Gingras, CNN The FBI conducted another search for the remains of one-time Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa last month, this time under a bridge in Jersey City, New Jersey, a source with knowledge of the search told CNN. The FBI obtained a search warrant to conduct a “site survey” under the Pulaski Skyway, FBI

By Christina Maxouris, CNN After more than 25 hours of deliberations, a 12-person jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of all five charges he faced after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, were killed, and Gaige Grosskreutz, now 27, was wounded.

By Caroll Alvarado, CNN One pilot is dead and two others are injured following an aircraft accident at Laughlin Air Force Base in southwestern Texas on Friday morning, according to a base social media post. The accident occurred on the runaway around 10 a.m. and involved two T-38C Talon trainer aircraft, officials said in a

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN Suspended South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been indicted on more than two dozen new financial crimes by a state grand jury, which alleged schemes to “defraud victims of and thereafter launder” nearly $5 million in five different counties. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office announced Friday a state grand

By David Close, CNN The NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs have reached a financial agreement with the family of the 5-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a crash involving former assistant coach Britt Reid. According to a joint statement by the Chiefs and the family’s attorneys, the team will provide the girl, Ariel Young, with

By Steve Almasy, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse, acquitted Friday on charges in the shooting of three men during civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will move forward now with plans to go into the medical field, a family spokesperson said Friday. “Now, the goal is going to be to ensure Kyle’s safety as he moves on as

By Caroll Alvarado and Melissa Alonso, CNN Four teenagers are facing ethnic intimidation charges for an attack involving a group of Asian students on a Philadelphia train this week, said Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. Three male students and a female student were traveling on a train Wednesday from Olney, a neighborhood in North Philadelphia,