By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Home should always be your happy place, but with rents surging in several popular cities, some say it’s getting uncomfortable — and downright frustrating — to live comfortably. In February, the national median rent was up 17% from a year ago, according to a new report, marking the seventh-straight month of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Home should always be your happy place, but with rents surging in several popular cities, some say it’s getting uncomfortable — and downright frustrating — to live comfortably. In February, the national median rent was up 17% from a year ago, according to a new report, marking the seventh-straight month of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Home should always be your happy place, but with rents surging in several popular cities, some say it’s getting uncomfortable — and downright frustrating — to live comfortably. In February, the national median rent was up 17% from a year ago, according to a new report, marking the seventh-straight month of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Home should always be your happy place, but with rents surging in several popular cities, some say it’s getting uncomfortable — and downright frustrating — to live comfortably. In February, the national median rent was up 17% from a year ago, according to a new report, marking the seventh-straight month of
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado, CNN A California mother is asking for accountability after she received a video last month showing her child’s preschool teacher leading her class in a political chant against President Joe Biden. The video was taken by an unidentified teacher at Turning Point Christian School, a private school in Norco, California. The video
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By Ray Sanchez and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Pittsburgh has moved to fire five police officers after an internal investigation into the October death of a man involved in the suspected theft of a bicycle, officials said Wednesday. The five officers, who were not identified, have 14 days to challenge the firings in arbitration, Public Safety
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By Eric Levenson, CNN The Legal Aid Society filed a class action lawsuit Monday challenging the legality of the New York Police Department’s practice of secretly taking DNA from suspects without a warrant or court order and creating what the legal services provider calls a “rogue DNA database.” The suit, filed in US District Court
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN A tiger attacked an employee of a Florida Everglades tourist attraction Tuesday, leaving him hospitalized with severe injuries, officials said. The tiger was being fed by its caretaker in an enclosed area around 4:30 p.m. when another employee who was not authorized to go inside entered the enclosure, the Collier County
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of workers in the US who earn less than $15 an hour are finding it impossible to stay afloat as prices for essentials like groceries and gas reach record highs. That’s why some advocates are now pleading with Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t seen a boost
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of workers in the US who earn less than $15 an hour are finding it impossible to stay afloat as prices for essentials like groceries and gas reach record highs. That’s why some advocates are now pleading with Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t seen a boost
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of workers in the US who earn less than $15 an hour are finding it impossible to stay afloat as prices for essentials like groceries and gas reach record highs. That’s why some advocates are now pleading with Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t seen a boost
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of workers in the US who earn less than $15 an hour are finding it impossible to stay afloat as prices for essentials like groceries and gas reach record highs. That’s why some advocates are now pleading with Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t seen a boost
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of workers in the US who earn less than $15 an hour are finding it impossible to stay afloat as prices for essentials like groceries and gas reach record highs. That’s why some advocates are now pleading with Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t seen a boost
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By Jenn Selva and Christina Maxouris, CNN The driver responsible for a January crash that left nine people dead — including himself and four children — had alcohol, cocaine and a drug known as PCP in his system, according to an autopsy report from the Clark County, Nevada, coroner’s office. Gary Dean Robinson, 59, was
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By Amir Vera and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Nevada authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding an 18-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a week. Naomi Irion’s disappearance is “suspicious in nature,” according to a Lyon County, Nevada, Sheriff’s Office news release. Irion was last seen in her car in the
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By Abby Bustin and Christina Maxouris, CNN Brothers George and Melvin DeJesus are out of prison after serving nearly 25 years for a crime they didn’t commit. “Walking out, just with the feeling of vindication, it was great,” George DeJesus told reporters in Michigan on Tuesday, shortly after he was released, according to CNN Detroit
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Maurice Peoples was looking forward to lunch with his son, Justin Peoples, last week — but they didn’t get to share that meal because Justin was murdered the night before, in what a California district attorney is calling a hate crime. Justin, who was Black, was shot once and stabbed multiple
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By Amir Vera and Amanda Musa, CNN Six high school-aged girls died in a crash with a semitruck, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Tuesday. Highway patrol spokesperson Sarah Stewart told CNN the fatal crash happened about 1:30 p.m. The girls were riding in a small passenger vehicle when it collided with a semitruck at an
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff and Laura Studley, CNN A 26-year-old woman was charged Tuesday with one count of first-degree manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault in connection with the death of an 87-year-old woman who was fatally shoved in New York City earlier this month, according to a criminal complaint. The charges stem from the
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By Dakin Andone and Jenn Selva, CNN Pierce County, Washington, has reached a settlement agreement of more than $4 million with the family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was heard crying out “I can’t breathe” before he died in police custody in March 2020. The Pierce County Council formally approved the $4,010,000 settlement
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