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Nebraska authorities investigating if race played a role in shooting that wounded 4 children and 3 adults, police chief says

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Nebraska authorities are investigating the motive behind a Friday shooting of four children and three adults at a Nebraska home allegedly by a 74-year-old neighbor – including whether there was a “racial component” to the shooting – the Crete Police Chief said in a news conference. The suspect, who authorities identified as Billy Booth of Crete, was found dead Friday evening from

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Hajj Pilgrimage Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. On average, more than two million Muslims a year perform the pilgrimage. Facts May 25-30, 2026 – The Hajj pilgrimage is scheduled to take place. June 4-9, 2025 – The Hajj pilgrimage takes place. Hajj, Hadj or

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Mistrial declared for Karen Read, accused of killing her police officer boyfriend – and an investigator is relieved of duty

By Jean Casarez, Eric Levenson, Faith Karimi and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A judge declared a mistrial in the murder trial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly driving into her police officer boyfriend and leaving him to die in January 2022, in a case featuring accusations of a vast police cover-up

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Video-gaming teenager to become first Catholic millennial saint as pope and cardinals approve canonization

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — A video-gaming Italian teenager will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint after his cause for canonization was approved by church authorities. Carlo Acutis, who died from leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was renowned for using his computing skills to spread awareness of the Catholic faith

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Delhi suffers extreme weather whiplash as heat waves give way to record rain and deadly flash floods

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Deadly flash flooding due to sudden heavy rains has inundated India’s capital, replacing one of the worst heat waves in Delhi’s history that sent temperatures soaring well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). An observatory in New Delhi on Friday reported 228.1 millimeters (nearly 9 inches) of rainfall in

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters attack Israeli minister’s car amid anger at military draft ruling

By Lauren Izso and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — Protests in Jerusalem against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli military turned violent on Sunday, with demonstrators attacking both law enforcement officers and a minister’s car, according to local police. Rioters threw stones at police officers and the car of Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf

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New law requiring California bars to offer drink spiking drug test kits takes effect July 1

By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A new law requiring many California bars and nightclubs to offer common date-rape drug test kits will take effect Tuesday, according to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The law, Assembly Bill 1013, requires approximately 2,400 establishments with a Type 48 license to have signage letting patrons know that drug testing kits

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