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By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Angela Gregg’s 4-year-old son, Mychal Moultry Jr., known to loved ones as MJ, was killed by a stray bullet while getting his hair braided last year during Labor Day weekend in Chicago’s South Side neighborhood Woodlawn. She remembers him as a genius who was set to skip ahead to kindergarten after

By Aya Elamroussi and Michelle Watson, CNN After a 4-year-old girl died following a shooting Friday night in Akron, Ohio, a 40-year-old man left critically injured has died at the hospital, according to an update from the Akron Police Department. Akron has been reeling from protests over the fatal police shooting of a Black man

By Michelle Watson, CNN Six people were injured Friday night when a car jumped a curb and crashed near businesses just north of downtown Chicago, authorities said. Most of the victims were sitting at an outdoor table on North Wells Street when the crash happened, officials said. Five were taken to hospitals for treatment, according

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For many Black women, the reversal of Roe v. Wade last month not only stripped them of bodily autonomy, but created another barrier to economic security and choosing the course of their future. For 49 years, women have had the right to terminate a pregnancy without needing to justify it,

By Stephanie Elam, CNN Just one rogue drone is all it takes to bring the aerial assault on a wildfire to a standstill. So in a fresh alliance, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Los Angeles field office are working together in a first-of-its-kind drone deterrent program to get

By Sharif Paget, CNN More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine were seized this week after authorities in San Diego County tracked and intercepted a truck that crossed the US border from Mexico, officials said Friday. Four men from Tijuana, Mexico, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute the highly addictive drug in what officials

By Polo Sandoval, CNN The Akron, Ohio, police chief said the handcuffing of Jayland Walker after he was shot dozens of times by city police officers was in accordance with department policy, but added the city will review its policy. In an interview with CNN affiliate WEWS, Akron Police Chief Stephen Mylett said his officers

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Detroit police officer was shot and killed on Wednesday after allegedly being “ambushed” by a 19-year-old gunman while responding to a 911 call of gunshots being fired, authorities said. Detroit Police Chief James E. White said that four responding officers engaged and killed the gunman, Ehmani Mack Davis, as he

By Amanda Musa, CNN A simulation released by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) shows the impact of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on the Seattle Fault. “Tsunami waves could be as high as 42 feet at the Seattle Great Wheel and will reach inland as far as Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park,” Washington State DNR

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell have appealed her conviction and 20-year federal prison sentence for carrying out a yearslong scheme with her longtime confidante Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Maxwell’s defense argument was not immediately available, but her attorneys have maintained her innocence since her 2020 arrest,

By Casey Tolan and Daniel A. Medina, CNN When Bob’s Pantry and Deli opened for business in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2008, loyal customers lined up in the snow at 4 a.m. to support Bob Crimo, who was striking out on his own after years running a convenience store franchise. Photos from

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Attorneys representing a Connecticut man who suffered a serious injury to his neck and spine while in police custody last month say the family wants a federal civil rights investigation into the incident. Family Attorney Ben Crump said he is meeting with the Department of Justice Friday to

By Raja Razek, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced in a video message Thursday that he is calling for a special audit of Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) for potential mishandling of public funds and said he is “also ​concerned that TPS may have violated state law, specifically HB 1775, which bans public schools from teaching

By Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Every new piece of information about the way officers responded to a school gunman in Uvalde, Texas, is adding to the pain of losing their loved ones, relatives told CNN. “It was just like putting salt on an open wound,” said Velma Duran, sister of murdered teacher

By Rebekah Riess and Ray Sanchez, CNN The mayor of the Texas city of Uvalde is refuting a new assessment of the law enforcement response to the massacre at Robb Elementary School, saying the report “does not give a complete and accurate account of what happened.” Mayor Don McLaughlin on Thursday took issue with the

By Camila Moreno-Lizarazo, CNN A Black man who spent six days in jail after police misidentified him for a 49-year-old White man with an outstanding felony charge, has won a $90,000 settlement from Las Vegas-area law enforcement agencies. Shane Lee Brown filed a federal lawsuit in January 2022 for at least $500,000 in damages but

By Holly Yan, CNN Anytime there was a major life event at her synagogue, Jacki Sundheim was on top of it. The 63-year-old meticulously planned virtually every bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, wedding and funeral at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois. “I learned a lot from her,” said fellow congregant Jamie Greenebaum. “She was