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By Byron Manley, Curt Merrill, Renée Rigdon and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — People in the US are under air quality alerts after smoke from wildfires in Canada wafted across the border. The smoke is impacting cities in Minnesota, including the Twin Cities and St. Cloud, as well as several tribal areas, the Minnesota Pollution

By Nicole Grether, Gloria Pazmino and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The trapped cargo ship Dali will “hopefully” be refloated this week after authorities set off charges at a key portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Monday evening, an official said. The charges helped demolish a portion of the bridge

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Thousands across British Columbia, Canada, were urged to evacuate from blazing wildfires over the weekend. The resulting smoke could last for the next two days — leading to poor air quality and reduced visibility in US states such as Minnesota. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Eating a vegan or vegetarian diet significantly reduces your risk of developing cancer or heart disease and dying early, a comprehensive new analysis shows. Those types of diets also lower cardiovascular risk factors such as blood pressure and cholesterol. The researchers noted that people

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Summer is almost here, and you’re looking forward to that long-awaited vacation. You can even picture it: The sun is shining, the waves are rolling gently and you’re curling up with a book. Perhaps you’re diving into a steamy romance novel or losing yourself in a page-turning thriller. Maybe

By Sara Smart and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and at least 15 others were wounded Saturday night after gunfire erupted during a May Day event in southwest Alabama, authorities say. Roughly 1,000 people were attending the gathering in the community of Stockton, according to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. May

By Paradise Afshar, Jillian Sykes and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A suspect was found dead Sunday in northeastern Ohio following a manhunt and hourslong standoff with law enforcement after a police officer was fatally shot in an ambush the night before, authorities say. The suspect, identified by the Euclid Police Department as 24-year-old Deshawn

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — “Please don’t shoot,” Notan Eva Costa, a 48-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant living in Queens, begged the two New York City police officers who entered her home after her teenage son called 911. Lying on the floor, the mother of two stretched her hand out to the officers, terror and distress

By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — At first, it was the rare binding that caught the eye of Danielle Linn, a senior book specialist with Fleischer’s Auctions. While cataloging items once owned by the Union Army General, William Tecumseh Sherman, she came across a copy of a memoir written by Ulysses S. Grant. The book had

By Nicole Grether and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The planned demolition to remove a portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland has been rescheduled to Monday afternoon due to inclement weather conditions, according to the United States Coast Guard. Crews were expected Sunday evening to use small explosives to break apart a

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 40 years ago, human remains were found on a beach in St. Johns County, Florida. This week, authorities identified those remains as a woman who was last seen by her family in 1968. Mary Alice Pultz was 25 at the time. She had been raised in Rockville, Maryland,

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Today is Mother’s Day … but why? Take a trip back in the CNN time machine to learn about the origins of the holiday, and why its creator later regretted starting it. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that