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By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Thousands across British Columbia, Canada, were urged to evacuate from blazing wildfires over the weekend. The resulting smoke could last for the next two days — leading to poor air quality and reduced visibility in US states such as Minnesota. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Summer is almost here, and you’re looking forward to that long-awaited vacation. You can even picture it: The sun is shining, the waves are rolling gently and you’re curling up with a book. Perhaps you’re diving into a steamy romance novel or losing yourself in a page-turning thriller. Maybe

By Sara Smart and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and at least 15 others were wounded Saturday night after gunfire erupted during a May Day event in southwest Alabama, authorities say. Roughly 1,000 people were attending the gathering in the community of Stockton, according to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. May

By Paradise Afshar, Jillian Sykes and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A suspect was found dead Sunday in northeastern Ohio following a manhunt and hourslong standoff with law enforcement after a police officer was fatally shot in an ambush the night before, authorities say. The suspect, identified by the Euclid Police Department as 24-year-old Deshawn

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — “Please don’t shoot,” Notan Eva Costa, a 48-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant living in Queens, begged the two New York City police officers who entered her home after her teenage son called 911. Lying on the floor, the mother of two stretched her hand out to the officers, terror and distress

By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — At first, it was the rare binding that caught the eye of Danielle Linn, a senior book specialist with Fleischer’s Auctions. While cataloging items once owned by the Union Army General, William Tecumseh Sherman, she came across a copy of a memoir written by Ulysses S. Grant. The book had

By Nicole Grether and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The planned demolition to remove a portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland has been rescheduled to Monday afternoon due to inclement weather conditions, according to the United States Coast Guard. Crews were expected Sunday evening to use small explosives to break apart a

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 40 years ago, human remains were found on a beach in St. Johns County, Florida. This week, authorities identified those remains as a woman who was last seen by her family in 1968. Mary Alice Pultz was 25 at the time. She had been raised in Rockville, Maryland,

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Today is Mother’s Day … but why? Take a trip back in the CNN time machine to learn about the origins of the holiday, and why its creator later regretted starting it. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that

By Eric Zerkel, Joe Sutton, Paradise Afshar and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 blazes are burning across Canada Monday, with several major wildfires prompting evacuations for hundreds of residents and threatening to swallow up communities. In the province of Manitoba, in eastern Canada, a massive fire had charred more than 86,000 acres

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge struck down an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ or women’s sports leagues and teams at Nassau County facilities on Long Island. Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Francis Ricigliano found on Friday Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman did not have the

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Two inmates are dead and several others are injured after a “group disturbance” at a privately run prison in southern Oklahoma, according to prison authorities. The incident took place at Lawton Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility on Friday and is being investigated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, according to

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University’s graduating class of 1968 was no stranger to protests. The college years of its student body were marked by the anti-Vietnam War movement and the fight for civil rights. In the spring of that year, a series of events – including the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two California hikers who went missing earlier this week on Mount Whitney have been found dead, authorities said. The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call on Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. PT regarding the overdue hikers, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office on Thursday.

By Rebekah Riess and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — One of three men charged in the killing of a woman on a Colorado highway last year after allegedly throwing rocks at cars, has pleaded guilty, prosecutors say. Nicholas Karol-Chik, Joseph Koenig and Zachary Kwak each originally faced more than a dozen charges, including murder, in

CNN By Ray Sanchez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — In case you missed the stunning nighttime spectacle of multicolored auroras dancing in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere, there is still a chance Sunday evening to catch a glimpse – but not for everyone. The auroras that have been visible starting Friday are

By Ray Sanchez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — In case you missed the stunning nighttime spectacle of multicolored auroras dancing in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere, there is still a chance Sunday evening to catch a glimpse – but not for everyone. The auroras that have been visible starting Friday are a

By Kaila Nichols and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Sub-zero temperatures. Frigid winds. Snow falling across a “tundra-like” plain. These were the conditions soldiers faced in the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. For some 17 days in late 1950, they fought through blistering cold in the North Korean mountains. With limited logistics and no hope

By Paradise Afshar and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The trooper who arrested the head of Philadelphia’s LGBT affairs and her husband, an incident captured in a video circulated on social media, “is no longer employed” by Pennsylvania State Police, the agency says. It was unclear whether the trooper, whose name has not been released,

By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — In late March, Tamiah Brevard-Rodriguez had a plan leading up to her April 24 due date. Coined “Operation Dissertation Before Baby,” the plan included Brevard-Rodriguez completing her dissertation and having her baby in time to celebrate graduation and the summer with family. In that order. Brevard-Rodriguez’s dissertation presentation –