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By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Antisemitism has “skyrocketed” across the United States in the three months since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, according to new data released Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL has tracked a total of 3,283 antisemitic incidents between October 7 and January 7, the group said. This marks a 361% increase in reported antisemitic incidents when compared

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Meta is rolling out new restrictions for teenage Facebook and Instagram users, including hiding search results for certain terms. This comes as social media platforms have faced a litany of criticism and lawsuits over how they handle online safety. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to

By Steve Almasy and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — When 63-year-old Alan W. Wilmer Sr. died in December 2017, Virginia authorities needed to identify him and took a DNA sample – six years later, that genetic material linked him to the killings of three people in the 1980s, officials said Tuesday. Wilmer’s genetic material matched

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was seen on video leaping over a court table and attacking a Nevada judge while in court last week has been charged with attempted murder, according to a criminal complaint. Deobra Redden, 30, also faces counts of battery on a protected person, battery of an

By Dianne Gallagher and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The 94-year-old Hilton Head Island woman who made headlines with her legal battle to keep her family’s ancestral land has died. Josephine Wright died “surrounded by family, loved ones, and prayers” on January 7, according to an update her family posted on their Go Fund

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A woman who interviewed for the position of senior pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City is suing the church and a former chair of the search committee for gender discrimination, court documents show. Eboni Marshall Turman, an associate professor of theology and African American religion at Yale Divinity School and a former assistant minister at Abyssinian, says the decision not

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1990s, long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women in his travels across the United States. To gain notoriety, he sent anonymous confession letters to journalists and investigators, many of them signed with smiley faces. Since Jesperson’s arrest in 1995, investigators in at least

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the demand. To shore up the “critically” low supply, the Red Cross and the NFL said they will offer all blood donors this month a chance to

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the demand. To shore up the “critically” low supply, the Red Cross and the NFL said they will offer all blood donors this month a chance to win

By Joe Sutton, Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are sifting through the rubble of a historic Texas hotel to try to find anyone who might still be trapped inside, one day after an apparent gas explosion rocked downtown Fort Worth. The area immediately surrounding the Sandman Signature Fort Worth

By Alaa Elassar and Emma Tucker, CNN New York, NY (CNN) — At least 320 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested after staging a demonstration across New York City on Monday, blocking traffic on several bridges for more than two hours during rush hour to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, according to city officials. More than 1,000

By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — An investigation into allegations of antisemitic comments during a New York high school basketball game last week has found the comment “Free Palestine” was made, a public school system official said. The game took place Thursday and was between the girls’ varsity teams from The Leffell School, a

By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — An explosion in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday left nearly two dozen people injured and large pieces of a building littering the road in the heart of the city’s downtown area. At least 21 people were injured in the blast at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel, according to

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was seen on video jumping and attacking a judge sitting behind a bench in Clark County, Nevada, last week was back in court Monday and was sentenced by the same judge for a separate incident. Deobra Redden, 30, was sentenced to 19 months to four