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By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, Michelle Watson and Jeremy Grisham, CNN (CNN) — A rural Texas high school that had postponed graduation after only five of 33 seniors initially met requirements says a majority of seniors are now on track to graduate on June 22. Marlin Independent School District Superintendent Darryl J. Henson told

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — It’s been four days since 35-year-old Ajike “AJ” Owens was shot and killed in central Florida after knocking on a neighbor’s door. Owens family says the shooter, identified by police reports only as a 58-year-old White woman, harassed the Black mother and her children and had called them racial

By Sara Smart and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A gunman opened fire as hundreds of people stood outside after a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday evening in Richmond, Virginia, killing two people and wounding five others, the city’s interim police chief said. As merriment turned to terror around Richmond’s Monroe Park, other people were

By Holly Yan, Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A resident of the Iowa apartment building that partially collapsed – killing three residents and destroying dozens of homes – is suing the building’s owner and the city of Davenport for negligence, saying they knew about the dangers but failed to warn residents.

By Dakin Andone and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida commission that oversees the conduct of the state’s judges recommended a formal reprimand for the judge who oversaw the death penalty trial of the Parkland school shooter, writing her conduct at times made it appear she favored the prosecution. Judge Elizabeth Scherer did not

By Derek Van Dam and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — New York City topped the list of the world’s worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec. Smoke from Canada’s fires has periodically engulfed the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic for more than a

By Lauren del Valle and Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. and a woman who accused him of rape have “resolved the matter” in the federal civil case against him, according to a court docket entry. The trial was set to kick off Tuesday with jury selection, but is now “off the

By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A school board in Oklahoma has approved an application for a Catholic virtual charter school – a decision that would create the first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation – despite concerns over the plan’s constitutionality. The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted

By Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — The Atlanta City Council voted early Tuesday to approve $31 million in public money for construction of a police and fire training facility, dubbed “Cop City” by opponents, following a marathon 16-hour meeting that saw hundreds of people voice their opinion. The facility has been a point of contention

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in its four-decade history, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization has declared a national state of emergency for members of the LGBTQ+ community, the Human Rights Campaign said Tuesday. “LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency. The multiplying

By Florencia Trucco, Jimena de la Quintana and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The superior court in Lima, Peru, ordered Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, to be handed over to FBI agents on Thursday, according to a statement published on social media on Tuesday.

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic may seem like a distant memory to many Americans, but its impact is still strongly reverberating through the US economy. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows four major sectors haven’t bounced back since the widespread lockdowns, even as most industries have recovered all

By Sara Smart, Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in Boston have used DNA analysis to identify and charge a suspect in the sexual assaults of four women whose cases have gone unsolved for over a decade, according to prosecutors. Investigators identified Matthew Nilo, who now lives in New Jersey, as the

By Isabelle Chapman, Casey Tolan and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Coal plants that have powered America for generations are increasingly on the chopping block, as utilities around the country move to take advantage of new federal incentives and turn to often-cheaper alternatives like natural gas and renewables. But in some of the most coal-dependent

By Pete Muntean and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators examining the wreckage of a private plane that crashed Sunday in Virginia – killing all four people onboard after its pilot became unresponsive – say they will wrap up their work at the scene Wednesday and begin planning how to recover pieces of the plane.

By Jamiel Lynch and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Five suspects in the Memorial Day shooting that injured nine people near South Florida’s bustling Hollywood Beach Broadwalk are now in custody, police announced Monday. The shooting last week began as a fight between two groups that ended with gunfire, wounding innocent bystanders on the crowded

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A fire on a small cruise ship in Alaska forced 67 people aboard to evacuate Monday, according to the US Coast Guard. A total of 51 passengers and 16 crew members on the 178-foot expedition vessel Wilderness Discoverer were evacuated to another passenger ship after the blaze, according to

By Mitchell McCluskey and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A mother of four was shot and killed in Florida following a longtime feud with a neighbor who had complained about the victim’s children playing outside, authorities and a family attorney said. Deputies responded to a trespassing call Friday night and found one woman suffering from

By Isabel Rosales and Jacqueline Hurtado, CNN (CNN) — A private plane carrying 20 migrants from Texas arrived in California’s capital city of Sacramento Monday morning, officials said – the second such arrival of migrants in the city from a conservative state in several days. “Special Agents from the California Department of Justice are on

By Laura Ly, Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who brought a gun to school and shot his first-grade teacher in January in Newport News, Virginia, will plead guilty to new federal felony charges as part of a deal with prosecutors, her attorney said Monday. Deja Taylor,