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By Christina Maxouris, CNN. Photographs by Erica Lee, CNN Miguel Romero proudly calls himself a “Florida boy.” He loves the Sunshine State’s warm weather. He’s lived in the same neighborhood in Lee County, along Florida’s southwestern coast, for most of his life. It’s where he got his first job, at a Wendy’s, when he was

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Throughout its history, the US has adopted policies that threatened to wipe out Native American tribes and their cultures — or as one Army officer put it, “kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” A lawsuit now before the Supreme Court, tribal nations argue, has the potential to do

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is World Kindness Day. Do with that information what you will. Sure, it’s just another made-up day, but unlike candy corn or cilantro, kindness is a far less divisive subject. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • Democrats will keep

By Susannah Cullinane, Emma Tucker, Alaa Elassar and Andi Babineau, CNN Six people are dead after two World War II-era military planes collided midair and crashed at Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow Saturday afternoon, killing all on board, the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office said Sunday. “We can confirm that there are six (fatalities),”

By Jalen Brown and Justin Gamble, CNN Two models in Los Angeles are urging other curvy women to speak out on size discrimination after saying they were denied entry to a popular lounge because of their bodies. Alexa Jay and Ella Halikas, who first shared their story on TikTok, said they went to The Highlight

By Sharif Paget, Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN Authorities in California are searching for a 25-year-old woman believed to be “at risk” after a “significant amount of blood” was found in her home, according to police. Officers with the Simi Valley Police Department responded to a call of suspicious circumstances at the residence of

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, has welcomed not one, but two new bundles of joy. The Asian elephant twins were born on October 24 to parents Mali and Doc, according to a news release from the zoo. The birth of twins was a shock for zoo staff, according

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Fresno police in California arrested two people this week for the September killings of 18-year-old Yanelly Solorio-Rivera and her three-week-old daughter, Celine — and Yanelly’s sister is one of the suspects, according to authorities. The Fresno Police Department arrested 22-year-old Yarelly Solorio-Rivera and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Martin Arroyo-Morales, on Wednesday for

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Wheelchair users will now be able to explore Georgia’s state parks with free all-terrain wheelchairs. The new fleet of wheelchairs are part of a collaboration between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Aimee Copeland Foundation, launched by Aimee Copeland, a social worker who in 2012 lost her both of

By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities responded to the incident at Dallas Executive Airport, Jason Evans with Dallas Fire-Rescue told CNN on Saturday.

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A Georgia man has been arrested for animal cruelty and dog fighting after detectives found 106 dogs in poor conditions at his property, officials said. Vincent Lemark Burrell, 55, was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Paulding County without incident, according to a news release posted on Facebook by the

By Kelly Murray, CNN A man made a run to Walmart in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and came home $100,000 richer. Michael Buck told North Carolina Education Lottery officials that a store employee convinced him to buy a ticket for the record $2.04 billion Powerball drawing. “The girl at the pharmacy told me they sold

By Emma Tucker and Sara Smart, CNN Trip Valigorsky’s beachfront home in a tight-knit community in Volusia County, Florida had been in his family for nearly 15 years before it was washed away this week, as the dangerous storm surge and powerful winds caused by Hurricane Nicole swept across Florida. “This home was my grandma’s

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Bring out the candles — 115 of them. Bessie Hendricks, the oldest living person in the United States, has celebrated yet another turn around the sun. The Iowa supercentenarian turned 115 on November 7, according to CNN affiliate KCCI. Hendricks was born in 1907. Her lifetime has seen 21 presidents, two

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A bouncing baby gorilla has been born at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas. The unnamed infant is just the second-ever western lowland gorilla born at the facility, according to a Facebook post. The baby was born early on November 6 to parents Gracie and Elmo, the zoo says. He likely

By Raja Razek, CNN Amid efforts to find unidentified victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, a forensic anthropologist discovered that one of three sets of remains exhumed last week included a victim with a gunshot wound, authorities said. The remains were uncovered at an excavation site in the Oaklawn Cemetery this year

By Chloe Melas, CNN Actor Alec Baldwin on Friday filed a lawsuit in California against several individuals associated with the “Rust” film, according to a cross-complaint obtained by CNN. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by the actor last October during a rehearsal for a scene for the movie, which was being filmed near Santa