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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Watson, CNN A Virginia school district has apologized for distributing T-shirts with a logo resembling a swastika during a professional learning conference. During the conference held for staff this week, Hanover County Public Schools distributed T-shirts and conference materials containing the logo, which the district says had been designed by

By Omar Jimenez and Brandon Tensley, CNN A Tulsa judge is allowing a lawsuit brought by plaintiffs including three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to officially move forward. The written order, filed on Wednesday, provides the reasoning behind a May decision by Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall that denied in part

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Sonia Moghe and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Four current and former Louisville police officers involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s home — including detectives who worked on the search warrant and the ex-officer accused of firing blindly into her home — have been charged with civil rights violations and other

By AJ Willingham, CNN At the Austin Public Library in Texas, banned books are hot for the summer. In partnership with BookPeople, Texas’ largest independent bookstore, the library has been hosting a “Banned Camp” to celebrate free speech amid increasing pressure to restrict access to certain content. All summer long, the institutions have been holding

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Border Patrol agents in Arizona have confiscated the turbans of dozens of Sikh men seeking asylum in the United States, violating their civil rights and government policies, the ACLU says in a letter calling for an end to the practice. Representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union decried what they

By AJ Willingham, CNN Gas prices have been sinking for more than 50 days straight now, with the average nationwide price hovering around $4.16 a gallon. Still high, but better than the average of $5.02 a gallon in mid-June. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.

By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy and Karan Olson, CNN Jurors in the sentencing phase of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s trial on Thursday visited the scene of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building, which has been sealed since the attack on February 14, 2018. They saw bloodstains where the victims were

By Josh Campbell, CNN An attempted convenience store robbery by a suspect wielding an assault-style rifle was foiled when the 80-year-old owner grabbed a gun and opened fire, authorities said. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called to the business on Sunday around 2:47 a.m. following a report of an attempted armed robbery.

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN One of the people charged in the shooting and robbery of Lady Gaga’s dog walker in Los Angeles was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison, authorities said. Jaylin White, 20, pleaded no contest to one count of second-degree robbery and admitted to an allegation that a member of the group