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By Holly Yan and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN After an arduous battle for tenure at the University of North Carolina, Nikole Hannah-Jones explained why she rejected an eventual tenure offer from her alma mater and will instead teach at Howard University. “I don’t want to force myself into an institution that doesn’t seem to appreciate what

By Carma Hassan, CNN Two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and one Chicago police officer were shot while they were in a car early Wednesday, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries, said Brown. One of the ATF agents was shot in the hand, the other was hit in

By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN A boat from Cuba capsized in the storm-hit Straits of Florida this week, spurring a search in which nine people were still missing Wednesday after 13 were rescued, the US Coast Guard said. Crews of two Coast Guard cutters still were searching for the missing on Wednesday, the

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Through long hours, severe weather, looming danger and even loss within their own community, first responders have continually returned to the site of a Florida building collapse. There were about 200 search and rescue personnel at the scene Tuesday evening. Nearly two weeks after the overnight collapse of the Champlain Towers

By Brisa Colon, CNN A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Southern California was vandalized with a swastika and other “horrific” graffiti that police are investigating as a hate crime, officials said. Officers from the Long Beach Police Department were called to King Park on Friday around 3:20 p.m. following reports the statue was

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Golf pro Gene Siller was among three men found dead on the grounds of an Atlanta-area golf club in an incident still surrounded by many unanswered questions. Siller, 46, and the other two men were discovered Saturday at the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, Georgia, according to police. One of the

By Madeline Holcombe and Eric Levenson, CNN The Surfside, Florida, condo collapse search and rescue efforts have transitioned to a recovery operation, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Wednesday. “To share this news with the families this evening who are still missing their loved ones was devastating and it’s also difficult to share with

By Stella Chan, Cheri Mossburg and Hollie Silverman, CNN A Los Angeles Police Department officer who was under investigation for his alleged connection to a Valentine’s Day-themed image of George Floyd has been cleared of wrongdoing, according to the LAPD. The officer, who alerted his superior to the image of Floyd that said, “You take

By Jennifer Henderson and Raja Razek, CNN A New Jersey man appeared in court Tuesday after being arrested for allegedly shouting offensive language and racial slurs at his neighbors days earlier in the township of Mount Laurel. Edward Cagney Mathews, 45, faces several criminal charges, including harassment and biased intimidation and trespassing after a video

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Steve Almasy, CNN New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday he had signed an executive order declaring a gun violence emergency and told an audience in New York City he was going to sign legislation that allows for civil lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for how they market and