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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The fight for voting rights intensified this week with a Black woman lawmaker being arrested while protesting, Texas House Democrats fleeing the state to block Republicans from passing voter restrictions, and Black civil rights leaders blasting President Joe Biden for falling short of their demand to discuss ending the filibuster

By Holly Yan, CNN On a balmy Missouri evening in 1981, this was one of the hottest places to be. More than 1,500 revelers had gathered on the first floor of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency for a popular tea dance party hosted by the swanky 1-year-old hotel. As musicians performed big band hits, couples

By Melissa Alonso, Sonnet Swire and Aaron Pellish, CNN A 6-year-old girl was killed and five adults were injured in a drive-by shooting in Washington, DC, on Friday night, officials said. The incident happened shortly after 11 p.m. in the southeast part of the district. In a video released by DC police, a silver or

By Alexandra Meeks and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The man known as the “Hollywood Ripper” was sentenced to death on Friday in the murders of two women and the attempted murder of another, a court spokesperson told CNN. Michael Gargiulo, 45, was found guilty of the charges by a California jury in August 2019. The case,

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Nearly four years ago, Danielle Crull rescued a stray kitten from a forest in Pennsylvania. Now, that spunky kitty is changing hundreds of lives by helping children with eye problems feel more confident about wearing glasses and eye patches. Truffles, now famous for her glamorous glasses — which range from sparkling

By Rebekah Riess and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Investigators in Atlanta were able to extract DNA from two child murder cases for additional analysis as part of the city’s probe into the dozens of decades-old unsolved killings, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Friday. Authorities in March 2019 reopened the investigation into a series of child murders

By Kristina Sgueglia, Mirna Alsharif and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Video circulating of a man who was tased by police after they say he helped another passenger evade a subway fare in New York City has drawn scrutiny from local politicians and community leaders. On July 6, an individual opened an exit gate for an acquaintance

By Brisa Colon, CNN Despite an “exhaustive investigation,” the US Forest Service announced Friday the cause of the largest single fire in California’s recorded history is undetermined. The Creek Fire, which burned more than 379,000 acres in the mountains of Fresno and Madera counties for months last year, destroyed more than 850 structures and spawned

By Kevin Dotson and Andy Rose, CNN NFL star Richard Sherman, who was arrested this week in King County, Washington, said Friday he is remorseful for his actions and that he has been “dealing with some personal challenges over the last several months.” Sherman said those challenges were no excuse for his actions early Wednesday.

By Carma Hassan, CNN Three men linked to a deadly duck boat sinking near Branson, Missouri, in July 2018 are facing a total of 63 charges related to the incident, according to a statement from the Missouri attorney general’s office. Kenneth Scott McKee, who captained the boat and was employed by the now defunct company

By Mallory Simon, CNN Arizona’s governor has told two school districts that requiring unvaccinated students exposed to Covid-19 to quarantine is against state law. Gov. Doug Ducey’s education adviser sent a letter to the districts stating the mandatory quarantine practice is contrary to state law because Arizona does not require students to be vaccinated or

By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN They are the names written in history books: Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Chaffee, Bean, Cernan, Anders, Griffin, Carr. Their stories of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s and ’70s are the stuff of legend and lore. The telling has mostly come from the astronauts themselves, or members of Mission Control, and occasionally

By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN They are the names written in history books: Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Chaffee, Bean, Cernan, Anders, Griffin, Carr. Their stories of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s and ’70s are the stuff of legend and lore. The telling has mostly come from the astronauts themselves, or members of Mission Control, occasionally from