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By Rachel Trent, CNN This Independence Day, many Americans are celebrating much more than the 13 colonies’ split from Great Britain. This Fourth of July also marks something of a return to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic forced most plans to be canceled, or at least adjusted, a year ago. While the pandemic is not

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Nearly 30 newly identified alleged abuse victims of former Ohio State University Dr. Richard Strauss filed a lawsuit against the university Monday, claiming the educational institution was aware of, facilitated and covered up Strauss’ alleged sexual abuse for decades. The lawsuit identifies six of the alleged 29 abuse male victims by

By Keely Aouga and Laura Ly, CNN Actress Phylicia Rashad sent a letter to Howard University students and parents on Friday, offering “[her] most sincere apology” for tweeting in celebration of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction being overturned. “My remarks were in no way directed towards survivors of sexual assault. I vehemently oppose sexual violence,

By Rosa Flores, Rebekah Riess and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The city of North Miami Beach has ordered the immediate closure and evacuation of a condo building after a report submitted Friday determined the structure is unsafe, officials said. Crestview Towers, about seven miles north of the Surfside condo building that collapsed last week, was deemed

By Kendall Lanier, CNN A Texas district attorney announced that a grand jury has indicted Daniel Perry on charges including murder in the death of a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Perry also was indicted on one count of aggravated assault and one misdemeanor count of deadly conduct stemming from the

By Gregory Wallace, Paul P. Murphy and Dakin Andone, CNN The pilots of a cargo plane that made an emergency landing off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, early Friday morning told air traffic controllers one of their engines had failed moments before the flight went down, according to LiveATC recordings reviewed by CNN. “The pilots

By Jill Martin, CNN Major League Baseball has placed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on a seven-day administrative leave while the Pasadena Police Department investigates assault allegations against him. MLB says a league investigation is running concurrent with that of the police. The Cy Young Award winner was scheduled to start Sunday’s game versus

By Jacob Lev and Steve Almasy, CNN Reggie Bush, the former University of Southern California (USC) star who won the 2005 Heisman Trophy, said Thursday he wants the award, and his college football records, reinstated. An NCAA investigation in the years that followed Bush’s college career found that the former running back received impermissible benefits,