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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Elizabeth Wolfe and Isabel Rosales, CNN As a room full of Sweet 16 attendees in Dadeville, Alabama, moved to the sounds of a DJ Saturday night, their party was abruptly ended by an eruption of gunfire that injured dozens and left four partygoers dead, at least two of whom were local high

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Whenever you fill out a survey, chances are you’re asked two questions about your race and ethnicity: Whether you are of Hispanic or Latino descent, and then separately, if your race is White, Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American or another race. The government now wants to change those questions to

By Rashard Rose A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof “rent-a-hitman” website, according to the Department of Justice. Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, was charged Thursday after submitting an employment inquiry to the website rentahitman.com, which is a parody site that includes “testimonials” from purportedly satisfied

By Holly Yan, Isabel Rosales, Chris Boyette and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Two days after a killer gunned down revelers celebrating a Sweet 16 party, police say they have “strong leads” in the massacre that left four people dead, at least 32 others injured and a small Alabama city tormented by confusion and grief. In addition

By Cheri Mossburg, Taylor Romine and Steve Almasy, CNN A White 84-year-old homeowner who allegedly shot and wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, after the 16-year-old went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings will face two felony charges, Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson announced early Monday evening. Andrew Lester will face

By Gili Remen and Emma Tucker, CNN The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in

By Raja Razek, CNN A substitute teacher in north Texas was fired after she “encouraged students to fight each other during class,” the Mesquite Independent School District said. School officials learned Thursday morning of a video showing fights the previous day in a Kimbrough Middle School class, which prompted an “immediate investigation,” the district said

By Paradise Afshar, Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN All passengers have safely disembarked a passenger ferry that ran aground on Saturday in Rich Passage near Bainbridge Island in Washington state. A total of 596 passengers and 15 crew members were aboard the ship, according to a tweet from US Coast Guard Pacific Northwest, which

By Faith Karimi, CNN I was cradling my newborn son one night in November 2016 when I suddenly began to sob. Something had dawned on me that filled me with fear. I was the mother of a Black son in America. I was born in Kenya and moved to the US after high school to

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN Did you make paper airplanes as a kid? Remember all the folding and refolding in the hopes of creating something that might float all the way across the room? Well, some people take their paper airplanes very seriously — and the results are nothing short of amazing. Here’s

By Isabel Rosales, Holly Yan, Chris Boyette and Emma Tucker, CNN A Sweet 16 party turned into a scene of carnage when four people were killed and at least 28 others were injured on Saturday night, officials said. The deadly rampage happened in downtown Dadeville around 10:34 p.m. Saturday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Patricia Pouncey feels numb whenever she thinks about her daughter Nikita Washington’s tragic death last December. Washington, a Black mother from Detroit, died at Harper University Hospital one day after giving birth via cesarean section to her 12th child, a boy named Nathaniel. Pouncey, who is now raising Nathaniel and

By Ray Sanchez, CNN About half an hour before opening for business, employees at the Old National Bank branch near the Ohio River in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, gathered for a morning board meeting. There was Thomas Elliott, the bank’s 63-year-old senior vice president; Deana Eckert, a 57-year-old executive administrative assistant; and Juliana Farmer, 45, who

By Nouran Salahieh and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The evacuation order in place since Tuesday for residents near a recycling plant fire in Richmond, Indiana, was lifted Sunday after officials determined it was safe for residents to return to their homes, Wayne County Emergency Management said. The agency consulted with the county’s health department and state

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN It was only three months ago that nearly three dozen scientists and conservationists sounded the alarm that the Great Salt Lake in Utah faces “unprecedented danger” — unless the state’s lawmakers fast-tracked “emergency measures” to dramatically increase the lake’s inflow by 2024, it would likely disappear in the next five years.

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida mother won $2 million in the lottery, just days after she finished paying off her daughter’s cancer treatment. Geraldine Gimblet, a resident of Lakeland, won $2 million from a $10 scratch-off lottery ticket, according to a news release from the Florida Lottery. She claimed her winnings as a one-time

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The newest addition to the Oregon Zoo is adorable, and it’s helping boost the population of a once-endangered species. A baby bontebok was born at the Zoo April 1 to Winter, his 8-year-old mother, according to a news release from the Oregon Zoo. The bontebok is a species of grazing antelope

By Nouran Salahieh and Rebekah Riess, CNN At least two people were killed and four others were wounded when shots were fired into a crowd gathered at a park in Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, authorities said. Officers responded to Chickasaw Park around 9 p.m. and found several people had been shot, including two who were pronounced

By Claire Colbert and Raja Razek, CNN A plant fire that prompted evacuations after reigniting Saturday afternoon in Brunswick, Georgia, has been extinguished, according to the Glynn County Board of Commissioners. The fire at the Pinova plant, which delivers specialty rosin and polyterpene resins, initially broke out Saturday morning, with the board saying on Facebook