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By Reid Alexander, as told to CNN’s Faith Karimi Reid Alexander is a 24-year-old Colorado man who battled kidney disease before meeting Rafael Diaz, 28, who would become his husband. Here, Alexander recounts their journey as a couple and expresses his thanks to Diaz for changing his life. It’s been a whirlwind year since I

By Peter Nickeas, CNN Up to half of Chicago’s rank-and-file police officers could be placed on unpaid leave because of a dispute between their union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot over a city requirement for officers to disclose their vaccine status. The dispute in Chicago is emblematic of tension across the country between unions and employers

By Eric Levenson, CNN Gary Paulsen, the acclaimed young adult author known for his wilderness adventure novels “Hatchet,” “Dogsong,” and “The Winter Room,” died on Wednesday at age 82, according to the publishing company Penguin Random House. The cause of death was not disclosed. Paulsen wrote over 200 books and some 200 articles and short

By Joe Sutton and Dakin Andone, CNN US Border Patrol is working to reunite with their family two young girls found Tuesday wandering near Arizona’s border with Mexico. Two agents found the sisters — who are 4 and 6 years old — alone in a marshy area along the Colorado River in Yuma. The area,

By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN Alex Murdaugh, a once-prominent South Carolina attorney embroiled in scandals including alleged life insurance fraud, was arrested Thursday in Florida on suspicion of misappropriating settlement funds in connection with the 2018 death of his family’s longtime housekeeper, authorities said. The arrest represents just the latest legal and personal

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Will Asian Americans become White? The question — which considers whether Asian Americans will fully assimilate into the multicultural elite — is at the heart of “The Loneliest Americans,” a provocative new book out this week from journalist and author Jay Caspian Kang. And the answer, according to Kang, is complicated.

By Scott Glover and Daniel A. Medina, CNN Federal prosecutors in Kansas have launched a criminal grand jury investigation into a retired Kansas City police detective who is the subject of long-swirling allegations that he “exploited and terrorized” Black residents of the city’s north end for decades, CNN has learned. Roger Golubski is accused of

By Carma Hassan and Christina Carrega, CNN Civil rights leader Timuel Black died Wednesday at the age of 102, according to a statement from the University of Chicago where he obtained a master’s degree in 1954. “He marched with Martin Luther King Jr., campaigned for Chicago mayor Harold Washington, mentored a young Barack Obama and

By Steve Almasy, Cheri Mossburg and Stephanie Becker, CNN Robert Durst, the notorious subject of the HBO docuseries “The Jinx” who was found guilty last month of first-degree murder, was sentenced to life in prison without parole at his sentencing in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday. The hearing began with the prosecution making arguments after

By Raja Razek and Carma Hassan, CNN The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) disabled a website with resources for LGBTQ youth after Gov. Greg Abbott’s Republican primary challenger, Don Huffines, criticized its content in a video message posted to Twitter in August. On August 31, Huffines posted a video message to his

By Amy Simonson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Joshua and Alexandra Price say they and their two children were mistakenly given the Covid-19 vaccine instead of a flu shot a week ago at their local pharmacy — and they are now dealing with some adverse symptoms. The Prices took their 4- and 5-year-olds to the Walgreens

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A Florida man has been arrested and charged after a woman was fatally shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference call, officials say. On October 7, Assistant State Attorney Dan Faggard charged Veondre Avery with manslaughter and failure to securely store a firearm in connection to the