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By Amy Simonson, Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN A suspect has been arrested after a Friday shooting at a Mississippi restaurant left one man dead and six people injured, according to local police. The Ocean Springs Police Department said officers responded just before 11 p.m. Friday to the shooting at the Scratch Kitchen &

By Rosa Flores, Zoe Sottile and Gloria Pazmino, CNN A driver plowed into a group outside a shelter that had been housing migrants in a Texas border town on Sunday, leaving eight people dead — including several immigrants — and close to a dozen injured, authorities say. Authorities in Brownsville, Texas say they got a

By Andrew Torgan, CNN The recent string of bank failures in the US has left many people wondering if banks are the safest place to put their money. But before you start stuffing your mattress with $20 bills, here is everything you should know if your bank becomes the next domino to fall. And here’s

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Six people were injured Saturday morning when heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment collapsed inside the indoor pool area of a Colorado resort, according to Aurora Fire Rescue. Two of those hurt suffered life-threatening injuries, the department said in a news release, which did not detail the nature of the injuries.

By Faith Karimi, CNN Emily Bhatnagar has always found solace in reading. When she’s struggling with anxiety and depression, she turns to books. So when she accidentally saw a text message on her father’s phone notifying relatives he had stage 4 thyroid cancer, she masked her fears with the one thing she’s always found comfort

By Josh Campbell, Ed Lavandera, Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris, Sharif Paget and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The man who opened fire Saturday at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, killing eight people and wounding at least seven others was identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Sunday. Authorities have not yet

By Claire Colbert and Robert Johnson, CNN Mage won the 149th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday. The 3-year-old chestnut colt, trained by Gustavo Delgado, edged out Two Phil’s, who crossed the line to finish in second place, and Angel of Empire finished third, in front of the over 150,000 fans

By John Miller, Ashley Killough and Andy Rose, CNN Eight people were killed in a shooting at an outlet mall near Dallas, and seven victims are being treated at trauma facilities, officials said Saturday night. The gunman, who authorities believe was acting alone, is also dead. Allen, Texas, Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said that at

By Andy Rose and Emma Tucker, CNN More than 100 migrants were found aboard a train in Texas near the US-Mexico border on Friday in extreme heat conditions, days before a surge in migrants is expected when a Trump-era border restriction ends next week. The train was stopped on Friday after a conductor reported stowaways

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN Six people were shot, including a 17-year old who has since died, at a large party in Chico, California overnight, according to local police. At around 3:26 AM on Saturday, Chico Police patrol officers were dispatched to an address of a large party in progress, according to a

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN A 16-year-old was struck by gunfire and killed in an altercation while attending an after-prom party in Houston early Saturday, according to police. Police were dispatched to a home after a shooting around 1:30 a.m Saturday, according to a news release from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Responding

By Rebekah Riess, Brad Parks and Zoe Sottile, CNN A Chicago police officer who had just completed a shift was shot and killed in the city’s South Side Avalon Park neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to the Chicago Police Department. Police received a call of shots fired at around 1:42 a.m. local time, interim Chicago

By Melissa Alonso and Paradise Afshar, CNN A National Park Service employee was killed Thursday after setting off an avalanche while backcountry skiing, according to the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Denali National Park and Preserve staff member Eric Walter was backcountry skiing on a north-facing slope, the park and preserve in Interior

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN A once homeless California woman went to a Walmart Supercenter for an oil change. With the scratch of a lottery ticket worth millions, her luck — and life — changed, too. Lucia Forseth won $5 million in a Scratchers game after buying a ticket at the store in Pittsburg, about

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Amid mounting pressures to charge the man who restrained Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway train car this week, the man’s attorneys contend he didn’t foresee the “awful tragedy,” which has sparked protests and further accentuated the city’s struggles with homelessness and mental illness. Daniel

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN On May 6, 1882, President Chester Arthur signed a law that reshaped America. More than a century later, Congress formally apologized for it. The Chinese Exclusion Act blocked Chinese workers from coming legally to the country, and blocked Chinese immigrants who were already living here from becoming US citizens. The

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A species that conservationists once saved from the brink of extinction is now facing a new powerful threat: avian flu. In a little more than a month, 21 critically endangered California condors have died of avian flu, according to a Friday news release from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The

By Taylor Romine, CNN Attorneys for brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents, say new evidence shows the convictions and life sentences should be overturned, according to court documents filed Wednesday. At their high-profile trials decades ago, the brothers did not deny killing Jose and Kitty Menendez,

By Gloria Pazmino and Samantha Beech, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday the city will ship willing migrants to other neighboring New York communities ahead of a surge of migrants expected to arrive in the city following the expiration of Title 42 next week. Adams said the new program “will provide up

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN Three former Pennsylvania police officers were sentenced Friday to probation in connection with the 2021 shooting death of an 8-year-old girl as she left a high school football game with her family in a Philadelphia suburb, prosecutors said. Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith were sentenced to five years of