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By Zenebou Sylla, CNN A Pennsylvania school district is suing Norfolk Southern for negligence stemming from last month’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the subsequent “controlled” release of toxic chemicals at the derailment site, according to a complaint filed Thursday. The Blackhawk School District in Beaver County is alleging “the toxic fires and

By Mallika Kallingal and Greg Wallace, CNN The largest US airline pilots union is counseling its members to be more focused to avoid additional close calls. There have been multiple close calls on runways this year which have raised questions about air safety. The Air Line Pilots Association issued a safety alert encouraging pilots to

By Rashard Rose and Andrea Cambron, CNN A Virginia police officer has been fired and is under criminal investigation after police say he shot and killed an unarmed shoplifting suspect, Fairfax County police announced Thursday. Officers suspected the man who was killed, Timothy Johnson, 37, had stolen items from a Tysons Corner shopping center February

By Jalen Brown Langston University announced this week it will clear student balances for a second time in recent years to “lessen the burden” of those enrolled in the school. More than $4.5 million in student debt is being canceled at the historically Black university in Oklahoma, Langston President Kent J. Smith Jr. said Wednesday

By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN A judge sentenced Aiden Fucci — the Florida teenager convicted of first-degree murder for stabbing a 13-year-old over 100 times in 2021 — to life in prison on Friday. Fucci, 16, entered his guilty plea in February 2023 at a hearing intended to get jury selection for his

By Raja Razek, Andi Babineau and Christina Maxouris, CNN A West Texas A&M student-led LGBT+ organization and its leaders have filed a federal lawsuit after a student drag show was canceled Monday by the university’s president, who called such shows “derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny,” drawing backlash from students and free speech advocates. The lawsuit

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the removal of some drought restrictions, while keeping other measures to bolster water supply for vulnerable communities and develop water resilience after a parade of atmospheric river storms pummeled the state and boosted water supply in recent months. Against the backdrop of the Dunnigan

By Devon M. Sayers, Maxime Tamsett and Zoe Sottile, CNN The gavel once again fell with a verdict in the Murdaugh family story — but this time at the hands of an auctioneer, not a judge. On Thursday, people from all over the Southeast gathered for an auction of items originally inside the Murdaughs’ home

By Gregory Wallace Investigators say the violent movements that killed a woman aboard a private jet this month were multiple times the pull of gravity and were not caused by the weather. The National Transportation Safety Board said the aircraft experienced a force about four times the pull of gravity when the pilots disabled a

By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A tanker crash sparked a massive fire on a Baltimore County interstate Friday morning, state police and local officials said, just weeks after a deadly tanker fire about 50 miles away. Firefighters stood back as a yardslong trail of bright orange and red flames roared from the pavement, fueling thick black