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By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — School board members in Virginia’s Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders – nearly four years after a decision was made to change them. The 5-1 vote the school board decided to reinstate the names Stonewall Jackson High School

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A 42-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for a string of stabbing attacks on homeless people in New York City that left one dead and two critically injured in the summer of 2022. Trevon Murphy pleaded guilty in January to one count of second-degree

By Christina Maxouris, Shawn Nottingham, Melissa Alonso and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Florida sheriff publicly released bodycam footage from a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman in his home last week – and disputed claims from the victim’s family that the deputy had gone to the wrong apartment. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric

By Amanda Musa and Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — A video showing a confrontation between a man and a woman wearing a hijab during a pro-Israel rally at Arizona State University is further highlighting the roiling tensions on college campuses across the US over the Israel-Hamas war and a steep increase in reported antisemitic and

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Health professionals have long warned that ultraprocessed foods can have detrimental impacts on the body, but some options — like cereals and whole grain bread — can be nutritious when enjoyed in moderation. The scientific community also broadly agrees that processed meats and sugary beverages are the foods you

CNN By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Albert Einstein was right: There is an area at the edge of black holes where matter can no longer stay in orbit and instead falls in, as predicted by his theory of gravity. Using telescopes capable of detecting X-rays, a team of astronomers has for the first time

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The New Hampshire man convicted of murdering his 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery was sentenced Thursday to 45 years to life in prison in a case that spurred an investigation into the actions of the child protective services system and rattled relations between Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Citing the recent overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes conviction in New York, members of the New York State Assembly are introducing a bill this week that would amend the state’s criminal procedure law to allow evidence of a defendant’s prior sexual assault to be admissible as evidence in a sexual

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado man who pleaded guilty to murdering five people whose remains were found in Colorado in 2020 has been sentenced to five life sentences, court documents show. Adre Baroz, 29, pleaded guilty in February to five counts each of first-degree murder and tampering with a deceased human

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A giant pollution-sucking vacuum just started operating in Iceland. The direct air capture plant, dubbed “Mammoth,” takes in air and uses chemicals to strip out the carbon. That carbon can then be injected deep underground and turned into stone. This is good news for our

KPHO, KTVK, CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A giant pollution-sucking vacuum just started operating in Iceland. The direct air capture plant, dubbed “Mammoth,” takes in air and uses chemicals to strip out the carbon. That carbon can then be injected deep underground and turned into stone. This is good