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By Amy Simonson, Taylor Ward, Sharif Paget and Ray Sanchez, CNN With an early-season heat wave searing much of Texas over the weekend, the nonprofit that manages power to more than 26 million customers wants them to turn up their thermostats. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) made the appeal in a statement Friday,

By Andy Rose, Paradise Afshar and Alaa Elassar, CNN Seventeen people were shot Friday night in downtown Milwaukee just two hours after three were shot a few blocks away, near the arena where the Milwaukee Bucks were playing in the NBA Playoffs. Ten people were taken into custody in the shooting downtown, and 10 firearms

By Emma Tucker Indiana officials are still trying to identify a child whose body was found last month inside a suitcase in a heavily wooded area in southern Indiana. The Indiana State Police in Sellersburg are asking for the public’s help to identify the child, who was described as Black, between 5 and 8 years

By Sharif Paget and Susannah Cullinane, CNN An Atlanta police officer saved an unresponsive 4-month-old baby after performing CPR on him Friday, the department said. The fortuitous encounter happened around noon when SWAT officer Robert Oden saw a vehicle driving down the street with its hazards on and the car horn “frantically blowing,” the Atlanta

By Jamiel Lynch and Christina Maxouris, CNN Dallas police believe three recent shootings at Asian-run businesses in the area may be connected, and may be hate-motivated, Chief Edgardo Garcia said in a Friday news conference. The latest shooting took place on Wednesday at a Korean-owned hair salon, police said. At the time, authorities said a

By Liam Reilly, Annie Cohen and Christina Maxouris, CNN The state of Massachusetts reached a $56 million settlement with the plaintiffs of a class-action lawsuit regarding a deadly Covid-19 outbreak at a veteran’s home roughly two years ago, officials announced. At least 84 veterans at the facility died of Covid-19 related issues and many others

By Sonia Moghe and Alaa Elassar, CNN Frank James, the man authorities say is behind the mass shooting inside a New York City subway that left dozens injured, pleaded not guilty Friday to the two charges he is facing. James, 62, is accused of setting off smoke grenades and firing a handgun 33 times on

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Ashley Killough and Raja Razek, CNN After a pause on investigations of families seeking gender-affirming care for their transgender children, the Texas Supreme Court said the state’s child protective services investigations can continue while an appeals process plays out on the merits of the case. The opinion released Friday still restricts the

By Faith Karimi, CNN The chaotic 11-day escape started with a simple lie. Around 9:30 a.m. on April 29, Vicky White, a 5-foot-5 blonde woman, was working her last day on the job as an assistant director of corrections in Lauderdale County, Alabama. She ordered her subordinates to prepare Casey White, 38, for transport from