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By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — When was the last time you took a moment for self-care? It can be as simple as relaxing with your morning coffee, enjoying a warm bath, or reducing your stress levels for a moment with calming activities. If there was ever a time that it’s especially needed, it’s during

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements were delivered in an Austin, Texas, courtroom Wednesday in the trial of Kaitlin Armstrong, the woman accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in Texas in May 2022. Armstrong has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in Wilson’s killing,

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Public schools in Portland, Oregon, will be closed Wednesday as teachers go on strike with no agreement reached between their union and the school district on a new contract. “It’s official: We are on strike to ensure the district meets our demands so that every Portland student can attend

By Celina Tebor, Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN Syracuse, New York (CNN) — The Cornell University student accused of posting online threats to kill members of the university’s Jewish community appeared in federal court Wednesday and was ordered to remain behind bars for the time being. Patrick Dai, a 21-year-old junior at the Ivy League

By Jessica Xing and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A New York City man accused of fatally beating a 66-year-old Sikh man following a car collision nearly two weeks ago was arraigned Tuesday on a slew of charges, including hate crimes, prosecutors said. The defendant, Gilbert Augustin, 30, of Queens, was driving in that borough

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — A convicted felon who allegedly shot 15 people at a Halloween party on Chicago’s West Side early Sunday has been charged with 15 counts of attempted first degree murder, police said on Tuesday. William Groves, 48, created a disturbance inside, “caused some issues and they removed him from the

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Although Black and Hispanic Americans have accumulated more wealth in recent years, their median net worth still lags far behind that of White Americans. The net worth of the typical Black and Hispanic household in 2022 was $44,900 and about $61,600, respectively, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest Survey on Consumer Finances, a triennial report released this

By Michelle Watson and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Cornell University junior was arrested and charged in connection with a series of antisemitic online threats made against Cornell University’s Jewish community, federal officials said Tuesday, two days after the messages surfaced. Patrick Dai, 21, was arrested Tuesday on “a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats

By Nouran Salahieh, Shimon Prokupecz and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — New details are emerging about the US Army reservist who authorities say killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, last week – including previous warnings about him from the Army and his family, and two attempts by law enforcement to check

By Raja Razek and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A man armed with guns and explosive devices was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Colorado amusement park, potentially averting “an attack of devastating proportions,” officials said. The 20-year-old’s body was found in a women’s bathroom Saturday morning before the scheduled opening

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If eating the entire pumpkin pie is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Happy Halloween, 5 Things readers! We hope your day is filled with ghoulish fun — and no tricks, just treats. Test your spooky savvy with CNN’s special Halloween quiz if you’re feeling festive. Here’s

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If eating the entire pumpkin pie is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Happy Halloween, 5 Things readers! We hope your day is filled with ghoulish fun — and no tricks, just treats. Test your spooky savvy with CNN’s special Halloween quiz if you’re feeling festive. Here’s what

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Every morning since the school year started, before teacher assistant Madelyn Cedeno shuts the front door of Peter A. Reinberg Elementary School at the start of classes, she peers out one last time. She hopes she’ll see Serabi Medina running late, with her playful smile, her big red hair

By Nicole Chavez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Asian hate crimes reported in the US decreased by 33% in 2022, following a rise in such incidents in previous years, newly released FBI data shows. The data – released this month as part of the FBI’s annual hate crime statistics report – shows there were

By Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Connecticut are investigating after swastikas were found drawn on a high school campus in Stamford for the second time since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel earlier this month, the school district said. Students found swastikas drawn on the tennis courts of the Academy of

By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old Houston-area Muslim physician was stabbed to death this weekend but police say so far, there is no evidence the crime was motivated by hate. “At this time we have not found any evidence to link this to a hate crime,” Conroe police Sgt. David

By Ryan Young and Kevin Conlon, CNN (CNN) — The family of a Mississippi man who was fatally struck by a Jackson Police Department cruiser in March – but who only found out about it six months later, after he had been buried – want his body exhumed and independently autopsied, and for the Department