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This couple has to leave Alabama or risk losing their eggs after state ruling forces providers to pause IVF treatment

By Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — “I just feel like I don’t even want to ever come back to Alabama,” Gabrielle Goidel said Thursday. Yesterday, Goidel was days away from having her eggs retrieved at an Alabama fertility clinic, after three miscarriages and more than a $20,000 investment in a

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Augusta University student found dead at University of Georgia, officials say. Police suspect foul play

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — School and state authorities suspect foul play and are investigating after a woman’s body was found with “visible injuries” on the University of Georgia’s campus Thursday, university officials said. The woman was an Augusta University College of Nursing student at its campus in Athens, the city that also is

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Father of missing 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery found guilty of second-degree murder in her death

By Nicki Brown and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Adam Montgomery, the father of missing 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery, was found guilty of second-degree murder in her death, a New Hampshire jury decided Thursday. The father was also found guilty of second-degree assault, witness tampering, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, according to court proceedings.

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Liza Minnelli Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Liza Minnelli, award winning singer and actress. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1946 Birth place: Los Angeles, California Birth name: Liza May Minnelli Father: Vincente Minnelli, director Mother: Judy Garland, actress and singer Marriages: David Gest (March 16, 2002-April 2007, divorced); Mark

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‘I’m feeling gaslit by my own computer’: Why a small change by Microsoft was a big jolt for some users

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Stef Luthin squinted at her laptop screen. Something seemed off that January morning, but at first, she couldn’t pinpoint it. Then, the 25-year-old social media marketing coordinator in Chicago noticed a small detail that surprised her. The default font in her Word document was different, even though she

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Pittsburgh bridge should have been shut down years before 2022 collapse that injured several people, NTSB says

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board released the findings of its investigation into the 2022 collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh, ruling “critical lapses in bridge maintenance and oversight by multiple agencies” led to the disaster, and if proper oversight had been applied, the bridge would have been shut down years

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New survey finds a majority of teachers say state governments have too much influence over what’s taught in classrooms

By Chandelis Duster and Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — Nelva Williamson has been a teacher in Houston for more than 40 years. Two years ago, she began teaching AP African American studies and Williamson told CNN during her lectures she can see her students have “lightbulb moments.” “I teach that [African Americans] did not start

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Father whose toddler allegedly shot herself with his gun is first person to be charged under Michigan’s firearms storage law, prosecutor says

By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A man in Flint, Michigan, has become the first person to be charged under the state’s new safe firearms storage law after his 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his gun, leaving her in critical condition, prosecutors said. The father, Michael Tolbert, is also

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A military family faces uncertainty over having another child with the help of IVF after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Julie Eshelman and her husband conceived their 2-year-old daughter through in vitro fertilization and kept their frozen embryos in storage, hoping to keep available a vital option for growing their family. But with the military family potentially being redeployed to Alabama, that option is now shrouded with uncertainty following

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A man who ‘viciously and repeatedly’ assaulted an Asian woman in New York City is sentenced to 15 years for the hate crime

By Maria Sole Campinoti and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A man who “viciously and repeatedly” assaulted a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City in 2021 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the hate crime attack, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Brandon Elliot, 43, pleaded guilty to one count

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Man who abducted girl from New York camping trip pleads guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault

By Nic F. Anderson and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A man pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl who was on a weekend camping trip with her family in upstate New York, officials announced. The girl, who authorities said was under 13, vanished on a bike ride with friends in Moreau Lake State Park some 45 miles

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