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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which serves 15.3 million people across New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York state and Connecticut. Facts The MTA is the largest public transportation network in North America. It is run by the state of New York, not the

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — It’s World Emoji Day, an unofficial holiday acknowledging the thousands of symbols and smileys we use to spice up our text messages. CNN asked how you use emojis, and the responses showed a clear generational split. For instance, Gen Z is more likely to use a skull emoji 💀

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Here’s something you can text your friends about. It’s World Emoji Day, a completely made up, delightful, and, yes, annual chance to reflect on the thousands of symbols and smileys we’ve come to love, laugh about and, sometimes, lament. In other words, 🎉, 😂 or, 😭, depending who

By Steve Almasy, Cindy VonQuednow and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Ohio police officers who were in Milwaukee to help with security at the Republican National Convention shot and killed a 43-year-old man Tuesday who local authorities said had knives in both hands and was trying to attack another man. The officers from Columbus, Ohio,

By Nick Watt and Stephanie Becker, CNN (CNN) — The Alameda County District Attorney’s office on Tuesday announced the resentencing of two death row inmates amid an ongoing ordered review of dozens of death penalty cases to determine whether prosecutors in those cases intentionally excluded Black and Jewish jurors. Ernest Dykes, the “lead case that

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Covid-19 is on the rise again in the United States, with emergency rooms reporting that visits by people seeking treatment have been increasing for weeks. The virus also is showing up more often during wastewater testing. An expert explains what you should know about the

By Rachel Clarke and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Security errors, lapses and missed opportunities to stop a gunman led to the first shooting of a US president or former president in more than a generation. Here are several issues and problems identified by CNN that could or should have been addressed before the attack

WSIL By Chris Boyette and Sara Tonks, CNN (CNN) — After water overtopped a reservoir dam and forced residents of a small Illinois city to evacuate Tuesday morning amid fears the structure could rupture, local officials now say the situation is under control. Extensive rain on Monday and Tuesday ran over the top of the

By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A man was recovering Monday after being bitten by a shark off Key West in Florida, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said. The victim was spearfishing along a reef when he was bitten on the leg Monday afternoon, the sheriff’s department said in a news release. He was brought

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — In the age of social media, viral conspiracy theories often run rampant online and threaten the public’s ability to sort truth from fiction. A number of wild theories about the Trump assassination attempt are now coursing through the minds of voters because a deluge of misinformation remains unchecked on

By Jason Hanna, Raja Razek and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis says he was wrongfully handcuffed and taken off a United Airlines plane over the weekend after he tapped a flight attendant’s arm to ask for a cup of ice – and the airline says it has

By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — New York’s attorney general and the local affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union are both separately suing a New York county after it again banned transgender women from playing on female sports teams. The new legislation affecting Nassau County facilities takes the place of an executive order

By Nia Mclean, CNN (CNN) — The hospitality group at the center of an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel in Detroit called allegations that a Black man received an interview only after he used a “Caucasian name” on his resume “baseless.” In a statement shared with CNN on Wednesday, Daniel del Olmo, president

By John Miller, Casey Tolan and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In the 48 hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks made a series of stops in and around his suburban Pittsburgh hometown. On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and practiced