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By Michelle Watson and Kelly Murray, CNN (CNN) — In less than two weeks, all five of the Philadelphia Zoo’s meerkats died. Now, the zoo needs to find out why. “We had five meerkats that passed between June 1st and Monday,” Amy Shearer, chief experience officer for the zoo, said Wednesday in a phone interview.

By John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who held the homeless Black man and street artist Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway, a Manhattan District Attorney’s spokesperson told CNN. Penny, 24, was indicted on second-degree manslaughter charges. An arraignment is

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Black North Carolina teacher has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Charlotte charter school, alleging he was fired after some White parents opposed his teaching of a novel about a Black teen struggling with “racial injustice” during Black History Month. Charlotte Secondary School hired Markayle Gray

By Nicole Chavez (CNN) — The Black Lives Matter movement has lost support among Americans in the past three years, according to a new study released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. Pew found that 51% of Americans say they strongly or somewhat support the Black Lives Matter movement. That’s down from nearly 70% of

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at courts-martial. Court-martial refers to both the name of the court where charges are brought against members of the armed forces and the proceedings themselves. Facts In the United States, the laws of court-martial are set forth in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The UCMJ

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former CIA Director and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Personal Birth date: June 28, 1938 Birth place: Monterey, California Birth name: Leon Edward Panetta Father: Carmelo Panetta, restaurant owner and farmer Mother: Carmelina (Prochilo) Panetta, restaurant owner Marriage: Sylvia Marie (Varni) Panetta (1962-present) Children:

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, over two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved African Americans in Texas were told they were free. Knowledge of the celebration spread as families

By Rachel Ramirez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Once a stark example of the drastic effects of California’s yearslong megadrought, Lake Oroville has rebounded and is once again filled to capacity, data from the state’s Department of Water Resources shows. California’s drought-stricken reservoirs have seen a remarkable recovery in recent months after a barrage

By Dakin Andone and Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to affirm a decision made earlier this year to remove Saddleback Church, a major southern California congregation founded by the pastor and author Rick Warren, due to its having women pastors. Representatives at the conference in New

By Sabrina Souza and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The final witness to testify in the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial said Wednesday she played dead and stayed by her dying mother’s side during the attack. Andrea Wedner and her 97-year-old mother, Rose Mallinger, who was killed in the attack, were inside the synagogue that

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Unusually hot and dry northeastern and upper Midwest states are forecast to be wildfire hotspots this summer, while historically fire-prone Western states, including California, have a lower-than-normal predicted wildfire risk. A summer wildfire outlook from the National Interagency Fire Center paints an atypical picture, with the highest potential for

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Yoleidy Rosario-Hernandez was just seven months into a job as chief diversity officer at the New College of Florida when the news came: The board of trustees announced it was dissolving the diversity, equity and inclusion office. The news, which came in February, disappointed Rosario-Hernandez, who spent those seven

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Nouran Salahieh, Celina Tebor and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Demolition work on the section of Interstate 95 that collapsed in Philadelphia on Sunday will be completed by Thursday, when teams will begin working around the clock to rebuild the overpass, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday. The interstate crumbled after a

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Amazon is turning to artificial intelligence to make it simpler to sift through thousands of user reviews. The company is incorporating a new tool to help customers quickly determine the pros and cons of various products — which could also cut down the time shoppers spend contemplating before making

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — US students give their schools an overall B- grade on average, according to a new report released Wednesday that asked fifth through twelfth graders to assess their school’s quality in multiple categories, including teaching, effectiveness in preparing them for the future and mental health support. Two-thirds of students graded

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Houston police are investigating the death of a 4-year-old K-9 who suffered heat exhaustion Monday after being left in an air-conditioned patrol car when the engine unexpectedly shut off, police said. Houston Police Department K-9 vehicles are equipped with a system that notifies the handler, activates cooling fans and

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A young woman walking along a road in Upstate New York was struck and killed by a suspected drunken driver – a coworker whom she had been drinking with earlier in the night and refused to ride with, authorities say. Madison Faltisco, 22, was bar hopping with the coworker

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, which killed six people and injured more than 1,000. Six suspects were convicted of directly participating in the bombing. The seventh suspect, Abdul Rahman Yasin, is still at large. Facts The explosion created a hole 200 feet by 100