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CNN Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — After police say he repeatedly taunted an Arab immigrant food cart worker in his Manhattan neighborhood, former Obama-era National Security Council official Stuart Seldowitz was arrested last week by the New York Police Department. He now faces hate crime and aggravated harassment charges. The videos of Seldowitz’s rants — which went viral —

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — After nearly 10 months of jury selection, one of the country’s highest-profile trials is finally set to begin this week in Atlanta. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has alleged Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug is the cofounder of a criminal street gang responsible for violent acts dating back

By Celina Tebor, Eva McKend, Khalil Abdallah and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday evening, prompting calls from civil rights organizations and the victims’ families for authorities to look into possible bias by the attacker. The 20-year-old men are all receiving medical care, according to

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — You may not recognize the name Garrett Morgan, but you’ve likely seen his handiwork several times a day. Morgan is the inventor of the three-position traffic signal — a 100-year-old innovation that has saved an untold number of lives. Here’s what else you need to know to Start

CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — You may not recognize the name Garrett Morgan, but you’ve likely seen his handiwork several times a day. Morgan is the inventor of the three-position traffic signal — a 100-year-old innovation that has saved an untold number of lives. Here’s what else you need to know

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California man accused of shooting and killing a homeless man he woke up for blocking a sidewalk captured the shooting on video, according to the Orange County district attorney. Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, was jogging the afternoon of September 28 with his two dogs in Garden

By Kelly Murray, CNN (CNN) — Michael Sopejstal, who lives in Illinois, said he takes a drive through Indiana over to Michigan every few weeks to eat at his favorite restaurant. He also makes sure to buy a Lucky for Life ticket for 10 or 20 draws, according to the Michigan Lottery. On September 17,

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — US customs officers seized a shipment from India that contained a counterfeit version of an extremely rare watch. Had it been a real Richard Mille time piece, it would have been worth over $3.78 million, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said. Watches and jewelry are the most commonly counterfeited

CNN, KOLD By Josh Campbell, Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Jamiel Lynch and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, was stabbed Friday in a federal prison in Arizona, the office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has confirmed. The attorney general’s office,

By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — A former aide to ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who previously claimed Cuomo groped her breast, is filing a lawsuit against him alleging sexual harassment and abuse, according to a summons filed this week. Brittany Commisso, one of 11 women whose claims of harassment were substantiated by an August 2021

By Josh Campbell, Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Jamiel Lynch and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, was stabbed Friday in a federal prison in Arizona, the office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has confirmed. The attorney general’s office, which prosecuted

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A network of hospitals in East Texas has not been able to accept ambulances to emergency rooms since Thanksgiving Day because of a “potential [cyber]security incident,” a hospital spokesperson told CNN on Friday. The hospital network, UT Health East Texas, is operating using “established downtime procedures” as the hospital investigates “a potential security incident” and works to bring computers back online, spokesperson Allison Pollan said in an email. Pollan did not respond to subsequent phone calls seeking more information on the incident and how the hospitals were responding. She declined to answer further questions over email. Headquartered in Tyler, Texas, UT Health East Texas operates 10 hospitals and more than 90 clinics in the region, and provides health care to thousands of patients annually, according to its LinkedIn page.