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By Kelly Murray and Deanna Hackney, CNN Police in Anchorage, Alaska, are investigating after five people were shot, one of whom later died. On Saturday at 2:43 a.m., Anchorage police responded to the 300 Block of Gambell Street in reference to a shooting, according to a news release from the department. When they arrived, officers

By Rachel Trent, CNN There are some new faces on “Sesame Street” and they’re bringing a new layer of diversity to the decades-old children’s show. The show dropped its Family Day episode Thursday on HBO Max (which, like CNN, is owned by WarnerMedia) and YouTube. The episode featured a family with two gay dads. On

By Jacob Lev and Ray Sanchez, CNN Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley, in a challenge to the National Football League’s new Covid-19 training camp and preseason protocols, tweeted that he’d rather retire than get a vaccine. “Everyone — Hi, I’m Cole Beasley and I’m not vaccinated!,” he wrote in a post Friday that he

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A baby born weighing less than a pound has beaten the odds and celebrated his first birthday, becoming the most premature baby to survive, according to Guinness World Records. When Richard Scott William Hutchinson was born five months prematurely — recognized by Guinness as the world’s most premature baby — his

By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are searching for the suspects involved in an early Saturday mass shooting that left two people dead and four injured. The shooting occurred at around 2 a.m. in a parking lot, police said in a news release. There was an argument between unidentified individuals as a

By Rachel Trent, CNN It was a quick turnaround for federal employers to recognize Juneteenth as a new federal holiday. But some cities were ready with new statues honoring George Floyd, whose killing by police in Minneapolis last year sparked a nationwide racial justice movement. In New York City, Terrence Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, unveiled

By Hollie Silverman and Dakin Andone, CNN Police in Show Low, Arizona, on Saturday shot a suspect who they say struck multiple cyclists with a vehicle during a bicycle race. According to a news release from the Show Low Police Department, six victims were taken to a hospital — four of them are in critical

By Kelly Murray and Deanna Hackney, CNN Three people died and multiple people were injured when an SUV hit a transit bus head-on in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The three people who were killed include the two SUV occupants and one person from the bus, who are not being identified at this time. At least

By Jason Hanna and Keith Allen, CNN Minneapolis police say they have identified a man whose remains were found in separate locations in the city this week. Remains of Adam Richard Johnson, 36, believed to be of Minneapolis, were found in two locations roughly two blocks apart in a northeastern section of the city Thursday,

By Alta Spells, CNN At least five people were injured Friday night in two separate shootings less than a mile apart in Colorado Springs, Colorado, police said. The first shooting involved “a disturbance between two known groups” at a mall carnival, where three juveniles were transported to a hospital, the Colorado Springs Police Department said

After a Portland police officer was indicted for allegedly beating a protester, almost 50 Portland police officers resigned from the rapid response team. Former Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey says they shouldn’t have done so.

By Ray Sanchez, Peter Nickeas, Emma Tucker and Mark Morales, CNN A team of Portland Police Bureau officers that responded to the city’s violent summer of protests has disbanded because of what their union called a “politically driven” decision to indict a member on criminal charges. “Unfortunately, this decorated public servant has been caught in

By Faith Karimi, CNN When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the country last year, highways emptied out as many people holed up at home. But those who got behind the wheel engaged in riskier behavior, leading to the deadliest year for US traffic crashes in over a decade. More motorists went too fast, failed to

By Chuck Johnston, CNN A shooting in Minneapolis overnight left five people wounded, police said Saturday. Officers responded at 11:51 p.m. Friday to reports of shots fired in the Dinkytown neighborhood, a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement. When officers arrived, they found three men and two women with gunshot wounds

By Chris Boyette, CNN The search continues Saturday for a hiker missing since June 8 in the Grand Teton National Park, the National Parks Service said. Investigators said security cameras showed Cian McLaughlin, 27, enter the park through the Moose Entrance Station in Wyoming, and then 15 minutes later about half a mile from the

CNN By Toby Lyles, CNN Editorial Research Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Juneteenth was signed into law as a national holiday by President Joe Biden on

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A Louisiana woman who went viral after mistakenly using Gorilla Glue in place of hair spray has launched her own hair care line. Tessica Brown, famously known as “Gorilla Glue Girl,” introduced Forever Hair on Wednesday. She says the line of products are made up of “all natural” ingredients that helped

By Jenn Selva, CNN A student in Arizona was arrested after threatening to kill some of their medical school classmates and bomb the school campus, the Glendale Police Department said in a news release. The student faces four felony counts of computer tampering by using a computer in a course of conduct that threatened, terrorized

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN You might see another red, white and blue flag flying today over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States. The flag is the

By Tami Luhby, CNN Although Kashirah Jackson is back at work, she’s still far from recovering from the economic upheaval the coronavirus pandemic wreaked on her finances. Early last year, the independent hair stylist’s business in Charlotte, North Carolina, was doing well and socking away her earnings for a down payment on a home. But