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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN When Britney Spears asked a court this week to end her years-long conservatorship, she renewed attention on a little-understood section of US law. A convervatorship is a legal arrangement that gives a court-appointed individual, known as the conservator, the power to handle the financial and/or personal affairs of another adult who

David Keene, a former head and current board member of the National Rifle Association, was duped by a gun control activist group into giving a fake graduation speech to empty chairs that represented the victims of gun violence who would have graduated this year.

By Alaa Elassar, CNN The parents of a student who died during the Parkland school shooting tricked a former president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to give a speech in front of thousands of empty chairs representing victims of school gun violence. Video posted online shows David Keene addressing a makeshift field in Las Vegas. Keene thought

Jorge Soto, who lives across from the Florida condominium complex, tells CNN’s Victor Blackwell about what he experienced while speaking with survivors of the residential building collapse.

By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Boris Sanchez, CNN A Virginia school district is under fire after chaos erupted during public comment at a school board meeting earlier this week over a proposed transgender policy and claims that critical race theory is being taught in the classroom. The turmoil ended with one person being arrested and

By Theresa Waldrop, Alisha Ebrahimji, Ray Sanchez, Claire Colbert and Amir Vera, CNN After several weeks of searching and waiting for news on victims from the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, all 242 people have been accounted for. Ninety-eight victims have now been identified, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Monday,

By Ganesh Setty and Leah Asmelash, CNN A controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt will finally be moved from its current location after years of debate — and one year after a formal request for its removal. The statue debuted in 1940 and stands in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Britney Spears, pop singer and Grammy Award winner. Personal Birth date: December 2, 1981 Birth place: McComb, Mississippi Birth name: Britney Jean Spears Father: Jamie Spears, former building contractor and chef Mother: Lynne (Bridges) Spears Marriages: Sam Asghari (June 9, 2022 – present); Kevin

By Eric Levenson, CNN As New York Mets pitcher Tylor Megill walked off the mound after his Major League Baseball debut Wednesday night, the home faithful got to their feet and heartily applauded the 25-year-old. But those cheers soured when Megill was forced to make a pit stop. The home plate umpire approached Megill and

At least 99 people are unaccounted for after a building partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida. At least one person was killed and at least 11 were injured. The Miami-Dade mayor said at least 102 people have been accounted for as rescue efforts continue.

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Dozens of condominiums in a Surfside, Florida, residential tower were destroyed when part of the building collapsed early Thursday. At least one person was killed, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said, and 51 people were unaccounted for late Thursday morning, a Miami-Dade County official said. A search-and-rescue operation is underway after

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1944 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Rudolph William Louis Giuliani Father: Harold Giuliani, tavern owner Mother: Helen (D’Avanzo) Giuliani, secretary Marriages: Judith Nathan (May 24, 2003-2019, divorced); Donna Hanover

Video shows a boy being rescued from the rubble after a building collapsed in Surfside, Florida.

By Michelle Krupa and Jason Hanna, CNN Out walking his dog after midnight, Nicholas Balboa felt the ground shake. Plumes of dust and debris soon billowed all around as a massive section of a condo complex in Surfside, Florida, crashed to the ground Thursday. No one could have survived, Balboa recalled thinking. As people gathered

Nicholas Balboa speaks to CNN’s Brianna Keilar and John Berman about the collapse of a condo building in Surfside, Florida.

Portions of the Midwest are facing a flash flood and severe storm threat while the Northwest prepares for another record breaking heatwave. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the details.

Authorities in South Florida responded to a “partial building collapse” early Thursday morning, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. CNN’s Leyla Santiago reports.

By Joe Sutton, CNN A manhunt continued Thursday after a police officer was shot in Daytona Beach, Florida, authorities said. “A $100,000 reward is now available for anyone who can help authorities locate the man who shot one of our officers in the head earlier this evening,” the Daytona Beach Police Department said in a

By Jason Hanna and Leyla Santiago, CNN An intense search and rescue effort will continue through the night after part of a 12-story residential building collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida town of Surfside, killing at least one and leaving almost 100 people unaccounted for. About 55 of the 136 units at Champlain Towers

By Jamiel Lynch and Christina Maxouris, CNN Officials in Manatee County, Florida, were able to identify the patient zero in a recent outbreak of the coronavirus that swept through a government building and left two employees dead and several hospitalized, all of whom were unvaccinated. Officials learned through contact tracing that the patient, an employee