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By Zoe Sottile, CNN After years of lobbying by advocates, Anaheim finally designated its Arab-American enclave as “Little Arabia” on Tuesday. In a statement, Anaheim’s spokeswoman told CNN the city plans to follow up the designation with in-depth research. “The Little Arabia designation recognizes an area of our city we’ve always celebrated as part of

By Geneva Sands, CNN Online documents attributed to the suspect in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket mass shooting have the potential to inspire copycats and “will likely” enhance the capabilities of potential mass shooters, federal authorities warned in an intelligence bulletin this week. “The alleged attacker prioritized creating a comprehensive ‘how-to’ guide for future attackers,

By Peter Nickeas, CNN After the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School, a state commission investigating the attack in Colorado offered a recommendation that would go on to be widely adopted by police agencies across the United States: “Law enforcement policy and training should emphasize that the highest priority of law enforcement officers, after

By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN Two school districts in Oklahoma will remain under a downgraded accreditation status after they were accused of violating a state law that bars certain types of teachings on race and gender, despite educators’ calls on Thursday to lift the punishment they say is hurting teachers and students. The

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Mikiko Galpin still feels the impact of being sexually assaulted by someone he thought he could trust — and the tough decisions he was forced to make after multiple pregnancy scares. When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June, it was a sad and heavy moment for the 29-year-old transgender man.

By Melissa Alonso and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Louisiana man has been exonerated after spending more than 36 years in jail for rape, according to court documents. Sullivan Walter, now 53, was “exonerated after 36 years, 1 month, and 30 days incarcerated for a rape he did not commit,” Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) said

By Laura Ly, CNN A union representing about 2,000 Philadelphia School District employees said Friday it has averted a strike by reaching a tentative contract agreement just three days before the start of the school year. In a news release, local 32BJ SEIU officials said the new deal achieves “historic” wage increases, millions of dollars

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A Ring doorbell camera captured the attempted abduction of a 6-year-old girl from the front of her house Tuesday in Hamilton, Ohio, according to court documents and the security camera footage obtained by CNN. The video shows the girl standing next to a garbage can at the curb of a front

By Alta Spells, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday suspended four Broward County School Board members based on recommendations from a statewide grand jury looking into events surrounding the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago. “It is my duty to suspend people from office when there is clear evidence

By Justin Gamble, CNN A new alert system has been launched in Maryland to notify Black leaders and clergy about credible threats or hate crimes. The Emmett Till Alerts system — named in honor of the 14-year-old Black teen who was murdered in 1955, after a White woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, claimed Till whistled at

By Stella Chan, CNN Three current or former San Diego State University football players, including the Buffalo Bills’ newly drafted punter Matthew Araiza, are accused of gang-raping a then-17-year-old girl at a Halloween party last year, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the attorney for the plaintiff identified in court documents as Jane Doe.

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday kept in place a Jim Crow-era voting restriction in Mississippi’s constitution that removes voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, ruling that the provision was created with racist intent — but no longer operates in a racist manner in the state. Section

By Ray Sanchez and Melissa Alonso, CNN A pregnant Louisiana woman who alleges she was denied an abortion despite the fetus being diagnosed with a fatal condition says other women should not have to experience her plight. Nancy Davis said she is planning to get an abortion in another state after a Louisiana hospital allegedly