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By Lauren del Valle, Holly Yan, Yon Pomrenze and Jean Casarez, CNN A teen accused of killing four students and wounding seven others at a Michigan high school last year pleaded guilty Monday to all charges against him in what prosecutors are calling a landmark case. Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to one count of terrorism

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational assessment showing the devastating effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on America’s children. The alarming findings are based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading and math exams, often called the

By Chris Boyette, CNN A couple wanted in connection with a murder in Las Vegas last week were found dead after leading police on a 35-mile car chase and escaping into the Arizona desert Friday, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. Hunter McGuire, 26, and his girlfriend, Samantha Branek, 32, were found by a

By Mark Morales and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York has created three task forces aimed at streamlining the city’s justice system in the hopes of decreasing violence, officials announced Sunday. City officials touted frank discussions on crime solutions with criminal justice stakeholders at a two-day summit with Mayor Eric Adams held at Gracie Mansion, the

By Samantha Beech, Alaa Elassar and Isa Kaufmann-Geballe, CNN Two New York City subway system riders were knocked onto the train tracks this week in a pair of separate and unprovoked attacks, authorities said. A man pushed a commuter from the platform onto the tracks in Brooklyn on Friday in an incident that was caught

By Chuck Johnston, CNN Three people are dead and two others injured after a drag racing and drifting incident with nearly 100 active participants and spectators took over a southwest Chicago intersection, police said. Chicago Police Commander Don Jerome said police received a call about approximately 100 cars that had gained control of an intersection

By Raja Razek, CNN A skydiver has died after he landed on a football field prior to the start of a high school game in what Tennessee officials called a “tragic incident,” the Washington County Department of Education said in a statement. The male skydiver, whose identity has not been released, was injured on Friday

By Chuck Johnston and Zoe Sottile, CNN A Washington woman received “non-life-threatening injuries” after a black bear charged her while she was walking her dog on Saturday, police say. Fish and wildlife officials received a report about the incident at around 7 a.m. on Saturday, according to a news release from the Washington Department of

By Samantha Beech, Brian Vitagliano and Isa Kaufman Geballe, CNN Far-right talk show host Alex Jones is seeking a new trial after a Connecticut jury decided this month he should pay $965 million in compensatory damages to eight families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and one first responder. After the 2012 massacre in

By Andrew Torgan, CNN The 2022 midterm elections are now just weeks away, and with control of both chambers of Congress and dozens of governorships, secretaries of state and attorneys general posts on the line, it’s important to know both how and when to vote in your state. To help you plan your vote, CNN