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By Sara Sidner and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Photographs by Michelle Gustafson for CNN Two chance encounters at the same West Philadelphia street corner show the remarkable arc of Larry Miller’s life. The first, as a drunk and angry 16-year-old, ended with him murdering another teen. The second, 56 years later as a lauded business executive,

By Claudia Dominguez and Melissa Alonso, CNN The Saturday night shooting in Portland, Oregon, that left one woman dead and five people injured started with a confrontation between an armed homeowner and armed protesters, according to a Portland Police Bureau news release issued Sunday. Officers responded to a shooting call near Northeast 55th Avenue and

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A newly built residential complecx in Seattle is offering unhoused Indigenous people a new lease on life. The Chief Seattle Club has opened the doors to ʔálʔal, an 80-unit apartment building reserved for low-income and unhoused urban Natives in Washington’s King County. ʔálʔal, pronounced “all-all,” means “home” in Lushootseed, an Indigenous

By Giselle Rhoden, CNN A Black couple’s lawsuit against a home appraisal company is now catching the attention of the Department of Justice. Last week, the DOJ filed a statement of interest in the couple’s claim that the first appraiser of their Marin County home violated the Fair Housing Act. Tenisha Tate-Austin and her husband,

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Photographs by Cindy Schultz for CNN Ariel Dedolph was at work at the Saugerties Public Library when a name on an unsettling social media post caught her eye. It was about 6-year-old Paislee Shultis, who was reported missing more than two years ago and found alive Monday night hidden underneath a

By Melissa Alonso, CNN A police officer died and another was injured after a police helicopter crashed in southern California Saturday night, officials said. The two officers were aboard the Huntington Beach Police Department’s helicopter “HB1” responding to a disturbance call when it crashed into the water in Newport Beach, Chief Eric Parra said in

By Emma Tucker and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York City unveiled a comprehensive plan Friday to combat crime and address homelessness in the subway system that will expand response teams of health, police and community officials across the city. Mayor Eric Adams, a former transit police officer, and Gov. Kathy Hochul highlighted the local, state

By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN A helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Miami Beach shore on Saturday, according to a tweet by Miami Beach Police. Two passengers were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital, police said in the tweet. Their conditions were described as “stable.” A third passenger was not injured in

By Michelle Watson, CNN Almost 38 years to the day that 21-year-old Mary Jane Thompson was found dead behind a warehouse in Dallas, Texas, prosecutors were finally able to make an arrest in her case, the Dallas County District Attorney’s office said. Thompson was found murdered and sexually assaulted along Irving Boulevard on February 13,

By Emma Tucker, Melissa Alonso and Chuck Johnston, CNN As the number of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations slowly falls, cities and states are loosening vaccine and mask requirements. Boston lifted the city’s proof of vaccine policy which required patrons and staff of indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Friday.

By Maya Brown, CNN Five current and former employees of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia, alleging that MPD management created a hostile work environment and retaliated against them for speaking out. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court for DC, is the

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN To scroll through We The Diaspora is to meditate on the mundanities of Black life. Vintage photos show Black people splashing around in water, dancing in a nightclub, kissing their partner on a balcony. Portraits capture Muhammad Ali waiting in a hallway before an exhibition match, Prince playing basketball, Diana Ross

By Kelly Murray and Melissa Alonso, CNN Treacherous winter driving conditions are being blamed for a series of pileup crashes on Friday involving 39 vehicles in central Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. Ten people were injured, according to CNN affiliate WAOW, citing Wisconsin State Patrol. “The injured have been transported to local hospitals.

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an alert that various products purchased within the last year from Family Dollar Stores across six states may be contaminated and unsafe to use. Items ranging from dietary supplements and medication to cosmetics and pet foods may have been exposed to insanitary