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By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Scrawled messages on bullet casings and weapons have popped up at several recent high-profile shootings. It’s actually an ancient practice, but the way people are doing it now offers a window into their motives. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Scrawled messages on bullet casings and weapons have popped up at several recent high-profile shootings. It’s actually an ancient practice, but the way people are doing it now offers a window into their motives. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A rabbi in New Jersey was assaulted in a random attack Sunday afternoon ahead of a weeklong Jewish holiday, prompting police to add extra patrols around residences and synagogues. Avraham Wein, the assistant rabbi at Congregation Keter Torah, was assaulted outside his home in Bergenfield, New Jersey, just 15

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A skydiving instructor fell to his death in Nashville this weekend after a tandem jump went wrong and he somehow became separated from the other skydiver and their parachute. A tandem jump is when two skydivers, usually an instructor and a beginner, are harnessed together and share one

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump’s administration announced it was boosting its investment into historically Black colleges and universities and tribal colleges this year, HBCU advocates lauded the move as a win for the chronically underfunded institutions. The promised one-time gift of an additional $495 million would help Black colleges

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Edisto Island, South Carolina (CNN) — A blaze that engulfed the South Carolina home of a state circuit court judge and her husband, a former state senator, is under investigation, authorities said. Firefighters from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Edisto Beach in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon.

By Alexandra Banner, CNN A blizzard stranded hundreds of trekkers on Mount Everest over the weekend as heavy snow pummeled the Himalayas. Around 350 people have been safely evacuated, but more than 200 others are still awaiting rescue. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.

By Kelly McCleary, Josh Campbell, Danya Gainor, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — We’ve moved to Live Updates for coverage of this developing story. Follow the latest here. For the second time in two days, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon delivered a blow to the president’s effort to send National Guard troops into Portland, temporarily