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By Alaa Elassar, CNN When Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos witnessed the severity of the depression, anxiety and stress her students were facing, she decided to do something about it. Her “happiness” course — which she began teaching live in 2018 — became Yale’s most popular class in over 300 years, according to the university.

By Melissa Alonso, Holly Yan, Amir Vera, Jennifer Henderson and Rosa Flores, CNN Houston authorities have identified the suspect who they say “brutally murdered” a Harris County deputy constable Sunday morning during a traffic stop for no apparent reason. Charles Galloway, 47, was making a traffic stop on a newer-model, white Toyota Avalon around 12:24

By Rachel Ramirez When the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded Francisco Carrillo’s basement apartment in Queens, New York, last year, his subsequent displacement was a wake-up call. He knew the climate crisis was real, but it was the first time he’d ever endured its nearly deadly consequences. As the floodwater rose rapidly, Carrillo grabbed what

By Dakin Andone, CNN When the survivors of last weekend’s attack on a Texas synagogue talk about why they’re alive today, they point to two factors. One is the work of law enforcement. The second is the training and preparation they got from the Secure Community Network, a nonprofit safety and training organization that is

By Peter Nickeas and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Carjackings have risen dramatically over the past two years in some of America’s biggest cities. Just outside Chicago, a state senator’s car and other valuables were taken at gunpoint in December, and a group of children, one just 10 years old, carjacked more than a dozen people. A

By Mark Morales and Brynn Gingras, CNN The 22-year-old NYPD officer who was killed in the line of duty during a police response to a domestic call at a home in Harlem Friday night said his first-hand experience with the controversial policy of stop and frisk and the department’s effort to bolster community relations ultimately

By Emma Tucker, CNN The two New York police officers who were shot, one of them fatally, inside a Harlem apartment on Friday were responding to a domestic disturbance call, one of the most dangerous circumstances for police, experts say. Officer Jason Rivera died from his injuries, while 27-year-old Wilbert Mora remains in critical condition.