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By Gabriel Kinder, CNN Last month, a member of the popular website Reddit responded to this question: “What is something you’ve done purely out of the goodness of your heart but have not told anyone?” His answer inspired an online community to step up and donate sneakers, books, toys, and electronics to hundreds of children

By Omar Jimenez, CNN When Judge Peter Cahill sentenced former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin to 22.5 years in prison last month for the murder of George Floyd, the judge cited two aggravating factors for going above the recommended sentence of 12.5 years. Chauvin had abused his position of trust and treated Floyd with particular

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Today through July 21 marks one decade since the last NASA space shuttle flight, with the Atlantis shuttle launching on July 8, 2011, to spend 13 days partly delivering supplies to the International Space Station. On the 10th anniversary of that last space shuttle flight, let’s take a spacewalk down memory

By Rosa Flores and John Couwels, CNN Four family members who perished in the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse have been laid to rest, with two sisters sharing a casket. Lucia Guara, 11, and her sister Emma Guara, 4, are among the youngest victims found in the rubble of Champlain Towers South. The siblings were recovered

By Madeline Holcombe and Holly Yan, CNN Two children are among the 18 people confirmed dead in the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. The bodies of 11-year-old Lucia Guara and 4-year-old Emma Guara were found Wednesday, Miami-Dade police said, adding the girls were

By Brian Vitagliano, Evan Simko-Bednarski and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The White man who authorities say shot and killed a Black Air Force veteran and a retired Black state trooper in Winthrop, Massachusetts, last month carried “hate fueled by white supremacy,” according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. Authorities say Nathan Allen, 28, stole a

By Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Dakin Andone, CNN Authorities continue to work around the clock in Surfside, Florida, searching for victims in the rubble of a collapsed condo, even as authorities have shifted from a rescue operation to a recovery effort. It’s hard work, according to Captain Ken Pagurek of Pennsylvania Task Force 1,

By Chris Boyette, Neelam Bohra and Justin Lear, CNN Wildlife officials in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear Friday morning less than two miles from Ovando, where a 65-year-old woman was killed in a bear attack Tuesday, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirmed. “Given the proximity to Tuesday’s attack, the evidence found at the