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By Holly Yan and Debra Goldschmidt, CNN (CNN) — Students in the nation’s second-largest school district will no longer be able to use cell phones during the school day after the Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted 5-2 in favor of the ban Tuesday. The move highlights a frustration shared by educators across the

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge blocked an Iowa law that would have allowed the arrest of some undocumented migrants in the state after both the federal government and a migrant advocacy group sued. In the Monday ruling, District Court Judge Stephen H. Locher said only the federal government has the constitutional

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — If I were to design a family crest, it would feature a rusted lawnmower in an overgrown field of weeds above the motto, “If it’s broke, don’t bother” — in Latin, of course. My father was an Army surgeon who operated on wounded soldiers, and yet anything mechanical, automotive

By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of June 2, 1863, Union army gunboats idled along the banks of South Carolina’s Combahee River, waiting to give the signal to the enslaved people hiding ashore. When the boats sounded their steam whistles, more than 700 men, women and children fled the plantations along the river to race

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A US Secret Service member was robbed at gunpoint during President Joe Biden’s recent trip to California for a Hollywood fundraiser. Police say they have not found the suspect, who also stole the Secret Service member’s bag during the startling ordeal. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

By Dakin Andone, Lucy Kafanov and Zoe Sottile, CNN Denver (CNN) — The shooter who opened fire in a Colorado LGBTQ+ nightclub in 2022, killing five people and injuring 19, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 190 years. The sentence came after Anderson Lee Aldrich

By Dave Alsup and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Justin Ross Harris, a Georgia father whose murder conviction for the hot-car death of his 22-month-old son was overturned by the state’s Supreme Court in 2022, has been released from prison, according to prison records. Harris was released from Macon State Prison on Father’s Day – nearly 10 years

By Fabiana Chaparro, Jillian Sykes and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — At least one person has been reported dead as a result of the fast-growing wildfires still burning in New Mexico, officials said Tuesday. The state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management told CNN they have received reports of one fatality, but had no

By Jason Hanna and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two people arrested in Mississippi – including a man accused of killing a Louisiana woman last week and abducting her 4- and 6-year-old daughters, one of whom was found dead – have each been charged with capital murder and sexual battery in the children’s cases, police

By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A months-long investigation into the 2023 murder of a Maryland mother has led to the arrest of a 23-year-old man, according to local authorities. Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, a citizen of El Salvador, was arrested at a bar in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday night, according to the Tulsa Police Department. “Officers

By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Lamor Whitehead, a flashy Brooklyn pastor nicknamed the “Bling Bishop,” was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison after being convicted of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and trying to extort a businessman, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced. Whitehead was found guilty

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Social media poses a huge threat to children and urgent action is needed, according to the US surgeon general. Dr. Vivek Murthy wants Congress to put warning labels on the apps like the ones on cigarettes and alcohol. Here’s what else you might have missed during your

WFAA, CNN By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A Dallas-area megachurch accepted the resignation of senior pastor Robert Morris on Tuesday after allegations of a past inappropriate relationship with a 12-year-old surfaced last week. In a statement obtained by CNN affiliate WFAA, the Board of Elders of Gateway Church said that prior to June 14, they didn’t have

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The University of Michigan failed to properly investigate dozens of incidents of alleged antisemitic behavior on campus over the past four years, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education. The agency also expressed concern about lax response by the City University of New York to