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By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have recovered the body of a fifth victim in the Baltimore bridge collapse five weeks ago, officials said Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, according to the Unified Command, a joint task force composed of police, coast guard and

By Sara Smart and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Police officers in a Wisconsin village shot and killed a student who brought a gun near a middle school Wednesday morning, according to Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul. The student from the Mount Horeb Area School District, who was a minor and not identified, never made

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Ever feel as if anger is coursing through your veins? New research suggests that isn’t too far off, and those frustrated feelings could raise your risk of having a heart attack. So take a deep breath and try to just let it go. Here’s

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Ever feel as if anger is coursing through your veins? New research suggests that isn’t too far off, and those frustrated feelings could raise your risk of having a heart attack. So take a deep breath and try to just let it go. Here’s what

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would ban discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture, marking the latest attempt in Congress to pass a federal CROWN Act. New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman introduced HR 8191, also known as the CROWN Act of 2024, in the US House

By Sydney Bishop and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old child died after a strong gust of wind sent the bounce house he was in airborne and into a neighboring lot in central Arizona, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said. The toddler, Bodhi Naaf, is the son of Phoenix firefighter Karl Naaf, according to

By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic shift in the church’s stance on homosexuality. The church has long been divided into factions over LGBTQ inclusion and even weighed splitting into two separate churches over the issue, CNN previously reported. In 1984,

By Andy Rose and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Austin police are investigating a sudden surge in suspected opioid overdoses in the Texas capital, with dozens of reported cases in just two days this week. While the exact source of the overdoses remains unclear, “It is apparent that there is a deadly batch of illicit

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In February 2003, workers preparing the basement of a Manhattan building for demolition made a gruesome discovery: the skeleton of a teenage girl rolled up in carpet and buried in a concrete tomb. The victim was hog-tied with an electrical cord. A gold signet ring engraved with the initials

KCAL, KCBS, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A controversial abortion law in Florida went into effect at midnight — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban. Vice President Kamala Harris is now headed to the state to speak about reproductive rights amid the uptick in restrictions being adopted across the country.

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A controversial abortion law in Florida went into effect at midnight — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban. Vice President Kamala Harris is now headed to the state to speak about reproductive rights amid the uptick in restrictions being adopted across the country. Here’s what else

By Danny Freeman and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania district attorney intends to appeal a judge’s decision last month to overturn the murder convictions of the so-called “Chester Trio” – three men who have spent nearly 25 years in prison for a crime they say they did not commit. Derrick Chappell, 41; Morton

By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — The Amazon returns employee wasn’t at work the day one of her colleagues at a California warehouse found a small, furry stowaway in a box mailed six days earlier from Utah. But Brandy Hunter got the call anyway. “Everyone knows I love cats,” she recalled. “I was not on shift

By Andi Babineau and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — An autopsy conducted on the remains of a Colorado mother who disappeared while on a bike ride in 2020 and was found dead three years later determined she died by homicide and had a drug cocktail in her system that is used to immobilize animals. Suzanne

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Krystina Shveda, Amy O’Kruk, Renée Rigdon and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — As pro-Palestinian protests have erupted on college campuses nationwide, protesters — including students and faculty — continue to be arrested since the first demonstrators were detained at Columbia University three weeks ago. Nearly 200 protesters were arrested on May 7,

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements in the high-profile murder trial surrounding the 2022 death of a Boston police officer drilled Monday into two key questions that have long dominated the case: Is the officer’s girlfriend a killer? Or is she a victim of a sprawling coverup involving law enforcement? Karen Read is