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By Stephanie Elam, CNN As Southern Californians brace for unprecedented water restrictions, officials worry some communities won’t have enough water to get through the summer — at least not without residents and businesses significantly cutting back on their usage. The state’s top natural resources officer told CNN that California’s water emergency clearly shows the climate

By Tina Burnside, CNN The father of an 8-month-old girl who died after she was left inside of a hot car has been charged with second-degree murder, Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials said during a news conference on Wednesday. Davied Japez McCorry Whatley, 20, was taken into custody Wednesday morning in connection with the child’s

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Stanford University announced Wednesday it is launching a new school later this year focused on climate change and funded by John Doerr, a renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Doerr and his wife donated $1.1 billion to fund the initiative — the largest gift ever given to a university for establishing a

By Omar Jimenez, CNN The federal judge presiding over the cases of the four former Minneapolis police officers implicated in the killing of George Floyd has accepted Derek Chauvin‘s plea deal and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison. That sentencing range was laid out in the plea agreement filed months ago,

By Paradise Afshar, Amanda Watts and Holly Yan, CNN New Mexico’s governor has asked for a presidential disaster declaration to help get more money into her state as it battles the largest wildfire burning in the US. Seven wildfires are burning in New Mexico — the most in any state, according to the National Interagency

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Asian American is a term that is both ambitious and contentious, depending on who you ask. The label today encompasses more than 22 million people with roots in more than 20 countries, each with distinct cultures, histories, languages and ethnic groups. Those under the Asian American umbrella include people who have

By Nick Valencia, CNN A special legislative committee investigating the 2019 death of Ronald Greene in police custody is seeking to hold the former head of Louisiana State Police in contempt for allegedly failing to cooperate with a subpoena for journals he kept during his tenure, a member of the committee told CNN. The committee

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amara Walker, Jade Gordon, Holly Yan and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Extra food. Special privileges that other inmates didn’t get. Those are some of the clues that support the belief that Alabama corrections official Vicky White and murder suspect Casey White had a romantic relationship before both disappeared last week, said Lauderdale County

By Andy Rose, CNN Carman Deck, who was condemned to death following a double murder conviction and three trials, was executed Tuesday evening in Bonne Terre, Missouri, by lethal injection. Deck was accused of fatally shooting James and Zelma Long in the back of the head and robbing them in 1996, when he was 30

By Amanda Musa, CNN The body of a 15-year-old boy was recovered from the Mississippi River on Monday, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement Monday. The mayor’s announcement came a week after the Coast Guard said it was suspending its search for three children — a 15-year-old boy and two girls; 14

By René Marsh and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government announced Tuesday it is taking unprecedented, emergency steps to help boost water levels at Lake Powell. The measures are intended to buy the surrounding communities more time to plan for the very real possibility the reservoir, the country’s second-largest, will soon run out of water

By Sonia Moghe, CNN An attorney for Nxivm founder Keith Raniere on Tuesday asked for his conviction to be vacated, alleging in a court filing the FBI tampered with key evidence in the case against him and gave false testimony in his 2019 trial. Raniere was convicted on seven counts, including racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire

By Scottie Andrew, CNN When Jillian Orr walked across the stage to accept her degree in psychology from the Mormon-owned Brigham Young University, she was anxious — and not just with the usual pre-commencement, rest-of-your-life-ahead-of-you jitters. Orr planned to use her final moments as an undergrad to honor herself and the other LGBTQ students at