National-World

By Alaa Elassar and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Oakland police are still working to identify two people who opened fire on a school campus Wednesday in what police described as a “targeted” shooting resulting from gang related violence. Six people were injured in the shooting at the King Estate campus in East Oakland, which police say

By Jamiel Lynch, Jessica Flynn and Alaa Elassar, CNN Eliza Fletcher, the Memphis teacher who was abducted while on an early morning jog earlier this month, died from a gunshot wound to the back of her head and blunt force injury, according to an autopsy report obtained by CNN affiliate WHBQ. “Autopsy examination revealed a

By Stella Chan and Alaa Elassar, CNN Parents of survivors of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a federal lawsuit against multiple entities — including the gun manufacturer, school district and city — for a host of allegations, including negligence and recklessness. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Victims of a mass shooting that claimed the lives of seven people and injured dozens at a July 4 parade in Illinois have filed lawsuits against a gun manufacturer, the accused shooter and the shooter’s father, court documents show. The civil lawsuits, filed Tuesday in Illinois’ Lake County Circuit Court, include

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN African Americans have fought in every military conflict in US history, even as they were denied rights and benefits afforded to their White counterparts. A new monument now recognizes their contributions to the nation. Community leaders in Buffalo, New York, gathered last week to unveil the African American Veterans Monument. The

By Holly Yan, CNN Hurricane Ian shredded the roof of a Port Charlotte intensive care unit, flooding the hospital ward and turning a stairwell into a waterfall. In Fort Myers, a 10-foot storm surge tossed cars around like bath toys and left them “smashed up in the street.” The catastrophic hurricane turned cities into lakes

By Amy Simonson, Christina Maxouris, Paul P. Murphy, Rebekah Riess and Dakin Andone, CNN Hurricane Ian has left at least two people dead on Sanibel Island and ripped away several parts of the causeway that was the island’s only access to Florida’s mainland. On Thursday night, dozens of people remained stranded, according to Sanibel Mayor