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By Rebekah Riess, Brad Parks and Dakin Andone, CNN Eight people have been taken to hospitals from the scene of a building explosion in Chicago on Tuesday morning, according to Chicago Fire. At least three of those people are listed in serious to critical condition, Chicago Fire said on Twitter. The source of the explosion

By Holly Yan, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Raja Razek, CNN A man who killed three students when he was 14 years old will wait a bit longer to learn whether he will be released on parole. Two members of the Kentucky Parole Board were unable to reach a unanimous decision Tuesday in the parole hearing

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many Americans think $2 bills are rare or have gone out of circulation, but that’s a misconception. The Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing will churn out more than 200 million $2 bills this year. However, there are several reasons why the notes never took off — one being the

By Joe Sutton, CNN A Colorado woman was placed in the back of a patrol car before it was hit by a train, leaving her with serious injuries, authorities said Monday. The incident first unfolded when Platteville police on September 16 responded to a call about a road rage incident involving a firearm in Fort

By Josh Campbell and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The US Department of Justice is investigating whether the Kansas City Police Department in Missouri engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination against Black officers, according to a letter sent to the agency Monday. “Our investigation is based on information suggesting that KCPD may be engaged in certain

By Mark Morales and Polo Sandoval, CNN As a record-high number of migrants were bused into New York City on Sunday, city officials are examining their legal options to respond to the waves of asylum seekers that continue to arrive in the city, officials said. At least nine buses reached the city Sunday, the most

By Maria Santana, Polo Sandoval, Priscilla Alvarez and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Attorneys for many of the nearly 50 migrants who landed unexpectedly in Martha’s Vineyard said Monday that brochures given to their clients were “highly misleading” and “used to entice (their) clients to travel under the guise that (resettlement) support was available to them.” The

By Liam Reilly and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A Rhode Island man is set to plead guilty in what is being called the largest known seizure of counterfeit meth-laced Adderall pills in the US, authorities said Monday. The significant seizure comes as federal authorities continue to warn of an “alarming increase” in the lethality and availability

By Amy Simonson and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A Texas sheriff said Monday evening his agency will open an investigation into the transportation of 48 Venezuelan migrants from the state to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, last week. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, told reporters at a Monday news conference that his understanding was that

By Polo Sandoval, Kimberly Berryman and Ray Sanchez, CNN After the hardship of their journey from South America to the United States, Marialena Coromoto and her 13-year-old daughter, Neimarys, see hope in the US school system. Days before her first day of class, Neimarys described finally feeling at peace following months of uncertainty. The young

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN A killer who fatally shot three people in a high school prayer circle in Paducah, Kentucky, a quarter-century ago will make his case for freedom Tuesday. Michael Carneal’s public defender is asking the Kentucky Parole Board to keep in mind that Carneal was only 14 years old at the time,