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By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Paislee Joann Shultis, the young girl who was reported missing two years ago, was found hidden with her mother under the staircase of a New York home. Throughout their yearslong investigation and search for the child, detectives had visited the house several times, but it wasn’t until a

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Florida’s manatees — which are dying at an alarming rate, largely from starvation — are being treated to tons of lettuce a week as part of a new feeding program that state wildlife officials say is showing signs of success. An average of 350 manatees a day are now coming to

By Rob Frehse and Laura Studley, CNN A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between a Black teenager and a White teenager at a New Jersey mall has prompted outrage over the police response. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that the “appearance of what is racially disparate treatment is deeply, deeply

By Bill Kirkos and Amir Vera, CNN Cross-examination of Tou Thao got tense Wednesday as the ex-officer snapped at the prosecutor for asking why he didn’t tell Derek Chauvin to get off George Floyd’s neck and back during the 9 minutes and 29 seconds. “I think I would trust a 19-year veteran to figure it

By Jason Hanna, Pamela Kirkland and Alta Spells, CNN Texts and social media messages from two of the White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery included racist insults about African Americans, an FBI intelligence analyst testified Wednesday in their federal hate crime trial in Georgia. FBI analyst Amy Vaughan testified about several text messages between

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Quecreek Mine Rescue. From July 24 through 28, 2002, nine coal miners were trapped for 77 hours in the Pennsylvania mine. All survived. Facts Nine coal miners from Quecreek Mining Inc. in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were trapped in a four-foot-high chamber 240 feet below the surface

By Rosa Flores, CNN Two neighborhoods in northeast Harris County were littered with hundreds of racist and anti-Semitic flyers over the weekend, resident Stacie Brady told CNN. “It was just so disgusting,” Brady said. Brady said she and her family found the flyers on the driveway of her Houston-area home around midnight on Saturday after

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN On a 1,000-foot cargo ship in the middle of the ocean, the 19-year-old student felt trapped. Trapped by the crew member she said sexually harassed and groped her, and trapped by the academy that sent her there. She still had at least 40 more days at sea. If