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By Alaa Elassar, Chuck Johnston and Andy Rose, CNN A Missouri resident diagnosed this month with an infection from a brain-eating amoeba after visiting a beach in Iowa has died, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). The beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County was closed

By Isa Kaufman-Geballe, Samantha Beech and Alaa Elassar, CNN Five people were injured in a shooting on the boardwalk near the popular amusement area of New York City’s Coney Island early Sunday morning, authorities said. Police are still trying to identify a suspect in the shooting, which happened around 2 a.m. and resulted in two

By Stephanie Elam, CNN With a megadrought draining water reserves in the West, states are looking for alternatives to handle water rights, many of which were set more than 100 years ago when water supplies were far more abundant. Back then, just posting a sign next to a water diversion was enough to be considered

By Holly Yan, CNN The barstool on the far left at Norton’s Restaurant shouldn’t be empty. Every week, 88-year-old Stephen Straus filled the seat with his jovial personality, making fast friends with strangers at the fixture in Highland Park, Illinois. “Norton’s is our version of ‘Cheers‘ in Highland Park. Everyone knows your name and all

By Michelle Watson, CNN A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed during a fight inside a subway station on Saturday has died, according to the New York Police Department. Officers responding to a 911 call found the boy on a train platform in a north Harlem subway station with a stab wound to the abdomen, police

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Kerwin Webb said he knows the terror that young Black men experience when being pulled over by police. Webb said tensions are often high and adrenaline is rushing because in too many cases, Black people have lost their lives during police encounters. So he understands why Jayland Walker led Akron,

By Emma Tucker, CNN The decision by Ohio police officers to handcuff Jayland Walker after they fired dozens of shots, killing the unarmed 25-year-old at the end of a high-speed chase, has come under intense scrutiny by Walker’s family and the public, as they continue to demand answers and accountability from city officials. Walker, who

By Samantha Beech and Christina Maxouris, CNN Massachusetts firefighters battled a large blaze Saturday that was first reported at a hotel on Nantucket Island. Authorities received a report about a fire at the Veranda House hotel just after 6:45 a.m. Saturday, at which time an off-duty captain and several people ran to the scene to

By Hannah Sarisohn, Rosa Flores and Alaa Elassar, CNN The Jewish Federation of San Antonio says there is no longer a “known imminent threat” to the San Antonio, Texas, Jewish community after urging synagogues and Jewish organizations to cancel events. The Jewish Federation had said earlier Saturday they received a warning from the FBI about

By Alaa Elassar, CNN The US Marshals Service has arrested 13 of the most wanted sex offenders in Iowa, authorities say. All of the fugitives were non-compliant with Iowa’s Sex Offender Registry, and seven had former convictions for “crimes against children under the age of 13,” US Marshals said in a news release on Friday.

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN This fossil is a sight for saur eyes. Sotheby’s New York announced it will auction the skeleton of a Gorgosaurus, a cousin to the T-Rex, later this month, and it’s estimated to sell for up to $8 million. This member of the Tyrannosaurid family roamed the earth about 77 million years

By Kelly Murray, CNN Twin newborn Sumatran tiger cubs are bonding with their mother, having been born minutes apart early on July 2 at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Eleven-year-old Lola gave birth to the first cub at 4:31 a.m. and the second at 4:49 a.m. In a press release on Wednesday, the zoo said Lola

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., maker of the Macintosh computer, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Personal Birth date: February 24, 1955 Death date: October 5, 2011 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Steven Paul Jobs Father: Adoptive – Paul Jobs,

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Angela Gregg’s 4-year-old son, Mychal Moultry Jr., known to loved ones as MJ, was killed by a stray bullet while getting his hair braided last year during Labor Day weekend in Chicago’s South Side neighborhood Woodlawn. She remembers him as a genius who was set to skip ahead to kindergarten after

By Aya Elamroussi and Michelle Watson, CNN After a 4-year-old girl died following a shooting Friday night in Akron, Ohio, a 40-year-old man left critically injured has died at the hospital, according to an update from the Akron Police Department. Akron has been reeling from protests over the fatal police shooting of a Black man

By Michelle Watson, CNN Six people were injured Friday night when a car jumped a curb and crashed near businesses just north of downtown Chicago, authorities said. Most of the victims were sitting at an outdoor table on North Wells Street when the crash happened, officials said. Five were taken to hospitals for treatment, according