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By Michelle Lou, Brandon Griggs and Emily Smith, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago Mafia. The Gambino family. The Lucchese family. These notorious groups dominated organized crime in Chicago and New York for decades –- until prosecutors brought them down with one sweeping charge: racketeering. Since then, the federal government has used racketeering to go after a

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Students in Springfield, Ohio, attended classes Tuesday with increased security provided by the state, as threats linked to false claims about Haitian immigrants continue to disrupt daily life in the city. State troopers, tower cameras and bomb detection dogs were deployed to enhance security at Springfield

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Amazon is demanding that its corporate employees return to the office five days a week, joining several other companies that have changed their pandemic-era hybrid policies. Research has shown that workers’ productivity remains consistent at home but many executives say more onsite face time is needed to maintain culture,

WHIO, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Amazon is demanding that its corporate employees return to the office five days a week, joining several other companies that have changed their pandemic-era hybrid policies. Research has shown that workers’ productivity remains consistent at home but many executives say more onsite face time is needed to

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The first image of the Titan submersible sitting at the bottom of the ocean following its catastrophic implosion last year was shared by the US Coast Guard on Monday as investigators opened a hearing into the tragedy. All five people on board the vessel were killed last June in its final

By Meghan Pryce, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A problematic airline passenger has been hit with an unusual punishment: He has to pay back more than $5,000

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old middle school student in Port Orange, Florida, has been charged with a felony after threatening to commit a mass shooting at a middle school, authorities said Monday. “We just arrested a Creekside Middle School student who made threats to commit a school shooting at Creekside or Silver Sands

By Nicole Chavez, Chris Boyette, Jeff Winter, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A pipeline fire that began after an SUV struck a valve for a liquid natural gas pipeline near Houston continues burning Tuesday after damaging houses, melting vehicles, and leading to the evacuation of 100 homes, officials said. The huge plume

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is deploying the Ohio State Highway Patrol to monitor schools in the city of Springfield after they received 33 bomb threats since late last week, he said at a news conference Monday. Two colleges were moved to virtual learning and two elementary schools were evacuated

CNN By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is deploying the Ohio State Highway Patrol to monitor schools in the city of Springfield after they received 33 bomb threats since late last week, he said at a news conference Monday. Two colleges were moved to virtual learning and two elementary schools were

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An Apalachee High School teacher praised for helping save lives after being shot when a student opened fire on the Georgia campus in the year’s deadliest US school shooting, is giving thanks of his own, posting a heartfelt message of gratitude to those that helped him as he lie bleeding on

By Rob Picheta, Jessie Yeung, Teele Rebane and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Wesley Routh put his enmity toward Donald Trump – the man he once supported but then dismissed as an “idiot,” a “buffoon” and a “fool” – at the center of a rambling and fanciful worldview that also fixated on Ukraine, Taiwan,

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Trump The FBI is investigating an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf club on Sunday. Trump is safe and was not harmed in the incident, his

By Dakin Andone and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The Titan submersible sent its final message just six seconds before it lost contact with the surface during its ill-fated dive to the Titanic, according to a US Coast Guard body probing the vessel’s implosion in June 2023, which killed all five people on board.

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Investigators on New York’s Long Island are seeking the public’s help in identifying an Asian victim from a years-old killing, whose remains were discovered along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in 2011. The victim investigators are referring to as “Asian Doe” was a biological male of Asian descent, between

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A Massachusetts State Police recruit died after suffering a medical emergency during a training exercise, the department said. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, was participating in a “defensive tactics training exercise” Thursday when he suffered a “medical crisis,” Lt. Sean Quirk told CNN in an email. An on-site medical team

By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A Waffle House employee was shot and killed after a customer became angry while waiting for his food to be prepared, police said. The customer became “agitated and verbally abusive” toward employees at a Waffle House in Laurinburg, North Carolina, on Friday night, according to a police statement posted

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — When you think deeply about pizza — and who doesn’t — do you think of the frozen food aisle of the grocery store? The delivery guy who was supposed to be there in 30 minutes? Or do you envision Naples, pizza’s ancestral home? Surely Italy is

By Meena Duerson and Meridith Edwards, CNN Wilsonville, Oregon (CNN) — The three women sit huddled together, hands and arms intertwined, heads on each other’s shoulders. For too long, each felt utterly alone and it’s as if their physical closeness gives them a boost of strength. Each tells CNN they were sexually abused by their