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By Alaa Elassar, CNN As millions of Jewish people across the country celebrate Hanukkah, police say vandals painted anti-Semitic messages and symbols in tunnels near Idaho’s Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial on Friday. Law enforcement officials are looking for whoever is responsible for the vandalism along the Greenbelt in Boise, the Boise Police Department (BPD)

By Amir Vera, CNN Negro League baseball players Buck O’Neil and Bud Fowler were elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. They were two of seven Negro League and pre-Negro League players who were being considered Sunday for induction into the Hall of Fame. O’Neil and Fowler join four other candidates —

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN US customs officers have seized a container filled with more than $30 million worth of fake designer bags and clothing at a Los Angeles port ahead of the holiday season, US Customs and Border Protection officials said. CBP officers found bags, shirts and pants bearing counterfeit logos including Gucci and Louis

By Alaa Elassar and Andy Rose, CNN A Houston police cruiser struck and killed a pedestrian during a robbery pursuit Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The two Houston police officers who were involved in the incident are said to be “distraught” after striking a 45-50 year-old man who has not yet been identified, Houston Police Department

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN US Rep. Thomas Massie is drawing criticism after tweeting a photo of him and his family holding guns in front of a Christmas tree, just days after four teenagers were killed in a school shooting in Michigan. “Merry Christmas!, ps. Santa, please bring ammo,” read the Saturday tweet by the Republican

By Gregory Lemos, CNN Ten cases of Covid-19 were identified on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship that disembarked in New Orleans on Sunday, the city said. All crew members and passengers are fully vaccinated and all 10 cases are asymptomatic, the cruise line said in a statement. “Governor John Bel Edwards, the Louisiana Department of

By Martin Savidge and Angela Barajas, CNN Those demanding justice for Ahmaud Arbery want another conviction beyond the three White men found guilty of murdering the 25-year-old Black jogger running in their south Georgia neighborhood in 2020. An hour after his son Travis had shot Arbery twice point blank with a shot gun, call records

By Faith Karimi, CNN A Texas man found his mother’s vintage school cafeteria cookbook from the 1960s, and had the recipes reprinted. He’s now bringing back memories and delicious food to his community. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupted, killing over

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN A North Carolina man wasn’t sure if he had bought a ticket in the state’s Lucky for Life lottery drawing, so he filled out the online form. “I was just laying in bed watching a basketball game on TV and I couldn’t remember if I filled it out or not,” said

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A Pearl Harbor survivor will be in attendance at the 80th remembrance ceremony this week, thanks to the help of his daughter and dozens of strangers who wanted to make sure he could be there. Ike Schab, 101, told CNN he was on a docked ship when the attack occurred

By Aya Elamroussi and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Days after a 15-year-old student allegedly killed four classmates at a Michigan high school, the district’s superintendent has requested an independent investigation into the incident — the deadliest school shooting at a US K-12 campus since May 2018. Ethan Crumbley is accused of carrying out Tuesday’s shooting at

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Some Black students are being told they stink while others are being called monkeys by their White peers. The n-word has been written on the walls of school restrooms as other students are the targets of racist rants on social media. Students of color are facing racial slurs and bullying in