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By Celina Tebor, Mark Morales, Emma Tucker and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Hassan Sharif, an imam who worked to keep his community safe, has died after being shot outside his mosque in Newark, New Jersey, officials said Wednesday. Sharif died at about 2:20 p.m., hours after he was shot multiple times, officials said at

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A storm headed for the Northeast and mid-Atlantic this weekend has the potential to offer the region its first decent snow in nearly two years. Before then, the storm will traverse through the South in the next few days, dumping largely beneficial rain after a summer of extreme heat.

CNN Opinion by Jeremi Suri (CNN) — American universities are the envy of the world, but those who control them do not seem to understand why. Students and scholars from every continent make enormous personal sacrifices to gain admission to US campuses, and in recent years applications to the most prestigious schools have increased dramatically. The

By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Lauren Boebert’s decision to switch congressional districts less than a year out from the 2024 election could be the key to preserving her political future. The firebrand is competing for the seat in a Whiter, wealthier and more Republican district — a recipe that could help keep

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — The motive behind the deadly New Year’s Day crash outside a Rochester, New York, concert venue is still unclear, but police say the suspect, driving an SUV full of gas canisters, appeared to “intentionally” speed toward pedestrians before slamming into another vehicle, killing two passengers and

By Steve Almasy and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of firing gunshots inside the Colorado Supreme Court building appeared Wednesday in court, where a judge set his bond at $100,000, noting the defendant’s alleged “escalating behavior” during the incident. The shooting happened Tuesday morning after 1 a.m. when a man who fled

By Nicole Chavez and Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court will allow Mississippi to create a state-run court system in the majority Black and Democratic capital of Jackson. The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday vacated a temporary administrative stay issued earlier this week that delayed the creation of the

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Food and football are strong allies, but this year’s slate of college football bowl games took snacking to a horrifying new level with eucharistic self-sacrifice and showers of milky goo. It got especially weird at the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando. After the Kansas State Wildcats beat the North Carolina

By Cheri Mossburg and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A rusty bomb covered in debris washed up on a California shore days after heavy surf pounded the coastline. On New Year’s Eve, the Santa Cruz County sheriff’s bomb squad headed out to inspect the bomb at Pajaro Dunes, located between Santa Cruz and Monterey. After

By Pete Muntean and Lauren Koenig, CNN (CNN) — Police in Utah are investigating the death of a man who crawled into the engine of a Delta Air Lines jet on the ground at Salt Lake City International Airport late Monday. The airport says the 30-year-old man got onto the secure ramp area of the

By Brammhi Balarajan and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — It took nearly 12 years and dozens of water searches, but a submerged vehicle connected to the missing person case of Sandra Lemire has finally been located. Detectives have contacted Lemire’s family and are “waiting on positive identification of the human remains that were located in

By Dakin Andone, Chris Boyette and Rachel Webb, CNN (CNN) — A man was arrested early Tuesday after he broke into the Colorado Supreme Court overnight and opened fire inside the building, state police said in a news release. The preliminary investigation “confirmed a high probability” that the incident is not connected to “recent threats

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By Zenebou Sylla and Polo Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — A migrant surge continues to overwhelm authorities at the US-Mexico border — and in US cities where many asylum-seekers are being sent. Here are the latest developments: Transit points in New Jersey have been used by buses to evade new rules aimed at curbing the massive numbers of