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By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Joel Gilmore is wise beyond his years. When the salutatorian for the Lower Richland High School Class of 2021 took the stage before his classmates and family, he spoke with the confidence of a man who has been through a lot. “This graduating class is very special

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Some of the nation’s largest metropolitan regions have become increasingly segregated in the last 30 years, underscoring racial inequalities that have led to poorer life outcomes in Black and brown neighborhoods, according to a study released Monday by the University of California Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute. The study found

A study by California State University, San Bernardino and the Raza Database Project indicates that Latino deaths by police are severely undercounted, in part because they are not counted in a uniform way. CNN’s Josh Campbell has more.

By Nicole Chavez, CNN While the true scope of the impact of police brutality is difficult to quantify, a new report indicates that more than 2,600 Latinos were killed by police or died while in custody in recent years. The report released Thursday by UnidosUS in partnership with a group of researchers, scholars, activists and

The heat wave is waning in the West, yet latest forecasts show this could be short-lived. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the forecast.

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Some states are making great strides in vaccinating their residents against Covid-19, but the ones that are not may soon be contending with a more transmissible variant, experts say. About 45.1% of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, CDC data showed, and in 16 states and Washington, DC, that

By Martin Savidge, Devon M. Sayers and Hollie Silverman, CNN A Tennessee father and his infant daughter were among 10 people — nine of whom were children — killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway this weekend. Cody Fox, 29, of New Hope, Tennessee, and his nine-month-old daughter were identified in a

By Hollie Silverman and Amir Vera, CNN As Americans continue to come out of coronavirus isolation and states lift restrictions on gatherings, shootings continue to plague the nation, with nine mass shootings occurring in the US since Friday night. Seven people were killed and at least 45 were injured in 10 mass shootings across nine

By Madeline Holcombe and Alta Spells, CNN At least 20 people were injured when a tornado carved a 22-mile path through southern Alabama Saturday morning, officials said. The tornado struck as Tropical Storm Claudette was passing over the area, the National Weather Service said in a storm damage survey. Much of the damage was reported

By Keith Allen and Alta Spells, CNN The body of a 7-year-old boy was found Sunday, four days after a group of tubers went over a dam on the Dan River in North Carolina, officials said. A 911 call alerted emergency responders to the body, which was recovered from the river near Draper Landing in

By Ganesh Setty, Elizabeth Joseph and Evan McMorris-Santoro, CNN A volunteer working with New York mayoral candidate Eric Adams’ campaign was stabbed in the Bronx on Sunday, Adams tweeted Sunday evening. “This violence must stop,” he wrote, adding police are investigating the situation. The victim, a 42-year-old male, was stabbed “multiple times” at 149th and

A 42-year-old volunteer working with New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams’ campaign was stabbed multiple times in the Bronx. New York Police Department spokesman Sgt. Edward Riley confirmed the stabbing to CNN.

Cast member Nina introduced her brother and his husband, as well as their daughter, to Elmo and his friends as they celebrated Family Day on the decades-old children’s show.

By Sahar Akbarzai and Dakin Andone, CNN The New York Police Department is investigating an incident in which a car rammed into a family of six early Sunday in the Bronx before fleeing the scene. The incident occurred at 2:46 a.m., a spokesperson for the NYPD said, when a gray car ran into the family,

10 people, nine of whom were children, were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway. Eight of the victims were children aged between three and 17, who were traveling in a vehicle belonging to a ranch for neglected or abused school-age children, authorities said. CNN’s Martin Savidge reports.

By Rachel Trent, CNN As Americans try to navigate a return to at least some level of pre-pandemic life, a grocery store in Wisconsin is trying something new to help ease the awkwardness and fear that can come with that. Metcalfe’s Market in Madison and Wauwatosa knows people have different comfort levels when it comes

By Eric Levenson, CNN A hot air balloon crash-landed at Chatfield State Park outside Denver on Sunday morning, injuring several passengers, the Jefferson County Sheriff said. Three passengers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and three others are doing OK, the sheriff said on Twitter. A strong gust of wind is believed to

By Dakin Andone, Chuck Johnston and Martin Savidge, CNN Nine children and one adult were killed in an accident involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 65 in Butler County, Alabama, on Saturday, according to Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock. Eight of the children killed, ranging in age from 4 to 17, were in a vehicle from

By Alta Spells, CNN An officer with the Wichita Police Department is in critical condition after being shot multiple times by a suspect during a “check welfare call,” said Capt. Wendell Nicholson, a bureau commander with the Wichita Police Department. According to Nicholson, two officers were dispatched around 10:15 p.m. Saturday night on a welfare