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By Claire Colbert, Bill Kirkos and Brad Parks, CNN Ex-Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao told a judge Monday they have rejected a plea deal offered by state prosecutors for their role in George Floyd’s killing, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s deputy chief of staff said. Their trial, set to begin October

By Claudia Dominguez, Ed Lavandera, Raja Razek and Caroll Alvarado, CNN The suspect in a shooting that killed a 43-year-old coach during a weekend youth football game outside Dallas turned himself in Monday, police said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 39, the brother of former NFL star and Super Bowl winner Aqib Talib, pulled out a gun

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Have you ever stepped into a store and wondered: “What’s that smell?” Many retailers put a lot of effort into perfecting their signature scents to entice customers and get them to linger around longer. Sometimes these aromas are so pleasant you might wind up spending more than you had planned. Here’s

By Zahra Ullah, CNN Brittney Griner’s legal team has filed an appeal against a Russian court’s verdict sentencing the WNBA star to nine years in prison for smuggling drugs into Russia, Griner’s lawyer told CNN on Monday, days after the Russian government confirmed for the first time discussions about a potential prisoner swap involving a

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Kiely Westhoff, CNN A New York City taxi driver was killed while chasing after passengers who attempted to rob him in Queens on Saturday, according to the New York City Police Department. Separate organizations are offering a combined $18,500 in rewards for any information leading to the convictions of the suspects

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Famed author Salman Rushdie is recovering at a hospital after he was repeatedly stabbed on stage Friday in front of a New York audience in an attack that left him with severe injuries, his family said. The family of the 75-year-old author — who has for decades lived under threat because

By Amanda Jackson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Three people were injured in a shooting in the parking lot of the Six Flags Great America amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, Sunday night, the park and police confirmed. At around 8 p.m., the Gurnee Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired at the park,

By Amir Vera and Claudia Dominguez, CNN One man is dead and four other people were injured early Sunday after a mass shooting ended a late-night party in Phoenix, Arizona, according to a news release from city police. The Gun Violence Archive — as well as CNN — defines a mass shooting as any incident

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Did you go on a health kick during the pandemic? A lot of people did. And with millions suddenly working from home and gyms shut down from coast to coast, fitness equipment makers like Peloton saw their sales skyrocket. But my oh my … how times have changed. Here’s what else you

By Eric Levenson, CNN In the Supreme Court decision overturning a New York gun law, the three liberal justices opened their dissent by citing data from two of the leading researchers of gun violence in America. The first was the CDC. The second was the Gun Violence Archive. “Since the start of this year (2022),

By Tina Burnside, CNN A man was arrested on suspicion of driving his car into a crowd Saturday evening in Pennsylvania, killing one person and injuring 17 others, before killing his mother later that night in a neighboring county, authorities said. The car plowed into a crowd in Columbia County’s Berwick Borough for an all-day

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Two people died after a small plane crashed into a building in Illinois on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The pilot of the single-engine Mooney M20 reported an engine issue before the aircraft crashed near Highway 116 in Hanna City, about 170 miles south of Chicago, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Virginia Zoo welcomed the birth of an adorable, endangered ape — and they’re offering the public the chance to name the rare primate. The baby siamang was born on June 26 to parents Malana and Bali, according to a news release from the zoo. Siamangs are black-furred, tree-dwelling primates found

By Nouran Salahieh, Nicki Brown, Liam Reilly and Samantha Beech, CNN The renowned author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and continues to recover after being repeatedly stabbed during an on-stage attack in western New York on Friday that left him hospitalized. “He’s off the ventilator, so the road to recovery has begun,”

By Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN A high-altitude meteor which blew up when it hit the atmosphere “is likely the best theory” for a loud boom heard across portions of northern Utah and southern Idaho on Saturday, said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. Cox, a Republican, said in a tweet he heard a loud boom