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By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! For summertime beachgoers, the threat of sharks may loom large, but nature’s deadliest predator is actually much smaller. Experts offer tips to make yourself less attractive to mosquitoes. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Challenging time Late

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is in custody after a Danville, Virginia, city council member was set on fire Wednesday morning by a man police say he knows. The attack on council member Lee Vogler “stems from a personal matter not related to the victim’s position on the Danville City Council

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Two men in town for a bachelor party and a local man driving through a parking lot were killed in Monday morning’s shooting outside a resort and casino in Reno, Nevada, police said. A suspect, 26-year-old Reno resident Dakota Hawver, was shot by Reno police officers outside Grand Sierra

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The first of the National Transportation Safety Board’s three days of investigative hearings is underway to help determine what caused the deadly midair collision on January 29 between an Army helicopter on a training mission and American Airlines flight 5342, operated by PSA Airlines, landing at

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Mark Morales, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A supervisor at the Las Vegas casino where Shane Devon Tamura worked legally purchased the gun used in the Midtown Manhattan shooting and sold it to him for $1,400, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday. Tamura, 27, walked into 345 Park Avenue on Monday

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The soft glow of moonlight usually guides newly hatched loggerhead sea turtles from the beaches of Georgia’s Little St. Simons Island to the ocean. But massive interstate lights are putting the baby turtles in harm’s way. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — January 29 started with such promise. Sheri Lilley visited a wedding venue in Savannah, Georgia, where her stepson Sam and his fiancee Lydia Coles were looking to get married. The date was already set: October 4, 2025. Sheri thought to herself, “This is so fortunate. This place

By Danya Gainor, Dakin Andone, TuAnh Dam, CNN New York (CNN) — The grief for New York Police Department Officer Didarul Islam stretched from Midtown Manhattan all the way up to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx Monday night. The crying could be heard from the street, one neighbor who was walking his dog in

By Rachel Clarke from reporting by Dakin Andone, Taylor Galgano, Lauren Mascarenhas, John Miller, Mark Morales, Sharif Paget, Shimon Prokupecz, Andy Rose, Ray Sanchez and Jessie Yeung, CNN New York (CNN) — Hundreds of people call 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan their work home. The skyscraper soars more than 600 feet and occupies the entire

CNN By Rachel Clarke from reporting by Dakin Andone, Taylor Galgano, Lauren Mascarenhas, John Miller, Mark Morales, Sharif Paget, Shimon Prokupecz, Andy Rose, Ray Sanchez and Jessie Yeung, CNN New York (CNN) — Hundreds of people call 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan their work home. The skyscraper soars more than 600 feet and occupies the

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Sky-gazers will get a good chance to see fireballs streaking across the night sky this week. Two meteor showers will reach their peak, and another is ramping up. Check out these tips on how to watch. Here’s what else you might have missed during your

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington DC (CNN) — A bill introduced Tuesday, exactly six-months after the fatal midair collision over the Potomac River, aims to fix aviation safety weaknesses exposed by the tragedy. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, would require aircraft operators to install key anti-collision technology on all flights and require the

By Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon, Curt Devine, Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — A decade before police say he gunned down four people at a Manhattan tower that is home to the National Football League, Shane Tamura was a celebrated high school football star whose coach once described him as “lightning in a bottle” and among