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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN White House officials are getting anxious about a massive migrant surge that will likely occur at the US-Mexico border next month. On May 23, the Biden administration is set to lift a Trump-era border policy that cited pandemic concerns to justify denying people entry to US. President Joe Biden and the

By Kiely Westhoff and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Amid significant staffing shortages for police and prison officers, Philadelphia has lifted its residency requirement that required newly hired recruits to live in the city for one year prior to their appointment, according to a statement from the mayor’s office. Mayor Jim Kenney requested a waiver to lift

By Caroline Kucera, CNN Firefighters in San Jose have contained a fire at a Home Depot that was so large and hot it could be seen from space. Authorities first responded to the five-alarm structure fire around 5 p.m. Saturday, CNN affiliate KGO-TV reported. During the early hours of the blaze, the heat signature was

By Paradise Afshar and Keith Allen, CNN A Texas district attorney confirmed Monday his office filed a motion to dismiss a murder charge against a woman arrested last week in connection with what law enforcement called “the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.” The motion to dismiss was granted, court records show. After a

By Emma Tucker A three-month operation by the US Marshals Service in Louisiana led to the recovery of 16 missing children, the arrest of five individuals and uncovered allegations of sex trafficking in several of the cases, according to the agency. The operation, dubbed “Fresh Start,” took place in the New Orleans area from January

By Dakin Andone and Samantha Beech, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, according to a statement from a spokesperson. “This morning, Mayor Adams woke up with a raspy voice and, out of an abundance of caution, took a PCR test that has now come back positive,” press secretary

By Keith Allen, Christian Sierra and Kelly Murray, CNN Four people, including two teens, were shot near Nationals Park in Washington, DC, on Saturday night, police said. The shootings happened less than an hour after an MLB game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets ended. Just before 11 p.m., police responded to

By Kelly Murray, CNN A tractor trailer coming into the US from Mexico was caught Friday carrying 427 pounds of alleged cocaine, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Sunday. An officer stationed at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, encountered a truck hauling papier-mâché handicrafts and sent it for a secondary examination,