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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Officials in Davenport, Iowa, say they’re carefully assessing whether rescuers can further search a partially collapsed apartment building – which they say can topple at any moment – for missing residents before they order the structure demolished. Five people are unaccounted for after the back portion of the six-story

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — More than half the country’s teachers believe arming themselves would make students less safe, while 1 in 5 say they would be interested in carrying a gun to school, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation. The survey, conducted in October and November, found 54% of US

By Nouran Salahieh, Amy Simonson and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Audio of 911 calls detail panic that unfolded during a Memorial Day shooting that injured nine people near South Florida’s bustling Hollywood Beach Broadwalk – an incident in which six of the gunshot victims still were hospitalized Tuesday. Monday evening’s shooting, which police believe

By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A man in Virginia has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Eunice Dwumfour, a 30-year-old councilwoman who was found shot to death in her car in Sayreville, New Jersey, in February, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday. Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, has

By Nick Valencia, Christina Maxouris and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The 11-year-old boy who was shot in the chest by a Mississippi police officer after he called 911 for help says he began praying and singing during what he thought would be his last moments alive, while his mother pushed down on his

By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm after ringing the wrong doorbell in Kansas City, walked at a brain injury awareness event on Memorial Day. The teenager and his family attended the “Going the Distance for Brain Injury” event, walking in the 1.5-mile

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the NBA Finals (men’s) and the WNBA Finals (women’s). The finals follow the professional basketball leagues’ regular seasons. 2023 NBA and WNBA Finals June 12, 2023 – NBA Finals – The Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat 94-89 in Game 5, to win the series

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Stanley Cup, the annual championship of the National Hockey League. June 13, 2023 – The Vegas Golden Knights defeat the Florida Panthers in Game 5 to win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup. June 26, 2022 – The Colorado Avalanche defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning

By Shawn Nottingham, Nick Valencia and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The family of 11-year-old Mississippi boy Aderrien Murry has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking $5 million after he was shot earlier this month by a police officer who responded to the child’s 911 call for help. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Colleges will soon have the option to hide students’ race and ethnicity information on applications submitted through Common App, according to the organization. The move comes as the Supreme Court is poised to say that colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration in admissions programs, a

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Rosalynn Carter, wife of former US President Jimmy Carter. Personal Birth date: August 18, 1927 Birth place: Plains, Georgia Birth name: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Father: Wilburn Smith, a mechanic Mother: Allethea (Murray) Smith Marriage: Jimmy Carter (July 7, 1946-present) Children: Amy, October

By Jamiel Lynch, Rebekah Riess and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 35-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean this week, the military branch said Wednesday. Ronnie Peale Jr., of Crimora, Virginia, went overboard on Monday, his partner and his

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The parents of a three-month-old girl who was found dead in a wooded area in the Bronx have been arrested in connection with her death and the concealment of her body, a law enforcement source tells CNN. Ivana Paolozzi, 20, and Damion Comager, 23, were both arrested Monday night,

By Jamiel Lynch and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A 1-year-old child died after being left in a car parked outside of a hospital for nine hours in Washington state last week, police said. The child’s foster mother arrived at the hospital for work around 8 a.m. Wednesday and forgot the child inside the car,

By Thomas Lake, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Three years ago at the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, a prosecutor stood over a table, cataloguing items in evidence bags. “This right here is the shoe,” Assistant District Attorney Michael Sprinkel said in an internal video of the inventory session obtained by CNN through an open-records request.

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Going on a cruise soon? You may want to skip the terrifying accounts from aboard a Carnival ship that got battered by severe weather this weekend. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “CNN’s 5 Things”

By Eric Levenson and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — The federal death penalty trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018 began Tuesday with harrowing audio of a 911 call featuring one of the victim’s last words. Shannon Basa-Sabol was the first witness in the trial and

By Holly Yan, Chris Boyette, Sara Smart and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — At any moment, the remains of a six-story apartment building in Iowa could come crashing down. The only question is if someone else might be inside. Davenport city officials now face the grueling decision of whether to send rescuers into the partially

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve ever filled out a Census form, a college application or a patient questionnaire at the doctor’s office, you’ve probably been asked to identify your race and ethnicity. Governments, workplaces and educational institutions often collect data on these categories to determine things like which programs require funding, what

By Amy Simonson, Elizabeth Wolfe and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Six of the nine people shot and injured in a shooting near Florida’s Hollywood Beach Broadwalk on Monday remain at area hospitals in stable condition, while three others have been treated and discharged, police said Tuesday. A 1-year-old is among the victims of the