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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of retired Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1962 Birth place: Dayton, Ohio Birth name: William Roger Clemens Father: Bill Clemens, truck driver Mother: Bess (Wright) Clemens Marriage: Debbie (Godfrey) Clemens (November 24, 1984-present) Children: Kody, May 1996; Kacy,

By Michelle Watson and Travis Nichols, CNN (CNN) — A second suspect arrested in relation to last week’s mass shooting in Cleveland, Ohio, that left nine injured appeared in court Monday. Kevin Del Valle-Salaman, 24, was taken into custody by Lorain Police on Saturday in connection with the July 9 shooting in Cleveland’s Warehouse District,

By Michelle Watson and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Emergency crews are investigating a train derailment in southeast Pennsylvania, the Whitemarsh Township manager said. The wreck happened Monday morning in Plymouth Meeting, which has about 7,500 residents 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia. About 16 of the train’s 40 cars derailed around 4:50 a.m., according to

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — College tuition has increased almost 750% since 1963, and it’s only getting more expensive. At highly rated or selective schools — like Harvard — undergraduates can expect to pay more than $95,000 a year, including housing and other expenses. Price tags like this might explain why just 36% of

By Polo Sandoval, Samantha Beech, Elizabeth Wolfe, Lauren Mascarenhas and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Investigators have received a flood of evidence and information related to the suspect charged in some of the Gilgo Beach killings since his arrest Thursday, the Suffolk County District Attorney told CNN on Monday. “We feel we can prove these

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Monday’s estimated $900 million Powerball jackpot – the third largest jackpot prize in the game’s history – have been drawn. The numbers are 17, 8, 9, 41, 5, and red Powerball 21. If a player wins the jackpot on Monday night, they will have the

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A pilot of a small plane suffered a medical emergency in the air Saturday, prompting a passenger to take over controls and make a crash landing with no landing gear at Martha’s Vineyard Airport, authorities said. The pilot of the aircraft, a Piper Meridian Turboprop six-seater plane, suffered a

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of gallons of diesel were released into the Tennessee River after a tugboat sank in northwest Alabama, prompting calls for swimmers to get out of the water after the fuel began washing up on nearby shores, authorities said Sunday. The tugboat sank near O’Neal Bridge and began to

By Polo Sandoval and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A top investigator on the Gilgo Beach serial killings task force described the suspect, Rex Heuermann, as a “demon” and said authorities are still working full-time on the case that has terrorized the Long Island community for more than a decade. Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — At least one person was killed and four others injured in a shooting early Sunday in Chicago, authorities say. Police responded to the West Garfield Park neighborhood in Chicago’s West Side around 2:07 a.m. local time and found “multiple victims were struck by gunfire,” according to an incident report

By Michelle Watson and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Monica De Leon Barba, a United States citizen who was kidnapped last November while walking home in Mexico, is being transported to the US after her captors set her free, according to FBI authorities in San Francisco. “The FBI is pleased to announce that Monica De

By Michelle Watson, Melissa Alonso and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III is expected to become the president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Sunday, taking the helm from outgoing civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The official transfer of leadership is set to take place Sunday, with Vice

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Summer is a great time to take a vacation and experience some of nature’s wonders. But far too often, travelers take a toll on local habitats or wildlife. Check out these suggestions for how to be an environmentally friendly tourist. Here’s what else you need to know to Start

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann left his office near the Empire State Building and strolled down a still-bustling Fifth Avenue as the sun set on a hot Thursday evening in Manhattan. The 59-year-old architect, whose customers included Catholic Charities, American Airlines and other tenants at John F. Kennedy International Airport, is seen

By Melissa Alonso and Jeremy Grisham, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama woman who went missing after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of an interstate has returned home, authorities said. Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, 25, had been missing since Thursday night, when she called 911 and told

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot grand prize grew once again, climbing to a whopping $900 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing. The winning numbers for the estimated $875 million prize Saturday were 2-9-43-55-57 and the Powerball was 18. The jackpot for the next drawing on

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Houston-area man was arrested Thursday and federally charged with the sexual exploitation of children for obtaining explicit images and videos of women throughout the United States, many of whom were minors, and using them for extortion, according to a criminal complaint. The man, identified as 23-year-old Andrew Venegas,

By Brian Todd, Danny Freeman, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Michael Burham, the inmate with survivalist skills who escaped a prison in Pennsylvania, has been captured in a wooded area near Warren after more than a week on the run, authorities announced Saturday. A Warren County official told CNN they “are

By Claudia Dominguez, Joe Sutton and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Andre Longmore, the man accused of fatally shooting four people in Hampton, Georgia, on Saturday morning, was killed in a shootout with police, according to Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett. At a Sunday news conference, Scandrett announced authorities tracked the suspect and confronted him.