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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Construction workers in northeast Florida have unearthed a piece of 19th-century history buried beneath the oldest city in the United States. Florida Department of Transportation crews were digging as part of an ongoing drainage improvement project in downtown St. Augustine on October 5 when they discovered a nearly

By Athena Jones and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — The average composite score on the ACT college admissions test dropped to their lowest levels since 1991, according to data released this week. The average composite score fell to 19.5 out of a possible 36 for the class of 2023, according to the nonprofit ACT. “This

By Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — A survivor of the 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting that left 11 worshippers dead said the attack on Israel “feels familiar,” and brought back the trauma. Jeffrey Myers, the rabbi of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, posted Thursday on the congregation’s website in support of

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1955 Birth place: Seattle, Washington Birth name: William Henry Gates III Father: William Henry Gates II, attorney Mother: Mary (Maxwell) Gates, schoolteacher Marriage: Melinda (French) Gates (January 1, 1994-August 2, 2021, divorced)

By Taylor Romine, Kelly McCleary and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — An instructor at Stanford University has been removed from teaching duties as the school investigates reports that during a discussion on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the instructor downplayed the Holocaust and singled out students “based on their backgrounds and identities.” “Without prejudging

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the mass shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore on October 3 that injured five people, the Baltimore Police Department said in a news release Friday. He was taken into custody without incident Thursday, and faces charges of multiple counts of

By Rob Frehse and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Security is being increased in some US cities Friday after a former Hamas leader called for protests amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas militants, though officials in several cities said they have found no credible threats. Rallies are expected across the country, some in

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — “It takes a village.” The adage comes up often when Shadrach Hall-Turner’s family discusses the 15-year-old’s life. Shadrach was born in October 2007 in Washington state. When his parents started struggling with addiction, a loving and close-knit network of extended family members stepped in to help care for Shadrach.

By Nicole Chavez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Jon Rettinger has not let his children wear their yarmulkes in public this week, afraid they could be targeted for being Jewish. The father of three in Orange County, California, said he has tried to keep his children, ages 10, seven and four, from watching

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Police in Massachusetts are seeking criminal charges against three Rhode Island men in connection with an altercation at a New England Patriots game that led to the death of a New Hampshire fan, according to a news release from the Foxborough Police Department. Dale Mooney, 53, from Newmarket, died

By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in northeast Georgia are warning residents to beware of an “aggressive” bobcat that is still on the loose after attacking a toddler, a teenager and two dogs in separate incidents late last week. Oglethorpe County Fire Rescue responded to calls Friday of a bobcat in Winterville, a small

By Macie Goldfarb and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma judge may be forced to step down for allegedly exchanging over 500 text messages with a bailiff in which she mocked trial participants and talked offensively about the state’s attorneys while she presided over a murder trial in June, according to a petition filed

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — “Mom and Dad, they sacrificed their lives to save me,” 16-year-old Rotem Matias told CNN on Thursday. Rotem is an Israeli-American teenager whose parents, Deborah and Shlomi Matias, were killed by Hamas gunmen in Israel. Rotem’s mother died trying to shield him. He was shot but survived the attack.

CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — “Mom and Dad, they sacrificed their lives to save me,” 16-year-old Rotem Matias told CNN on Thursday. Rotem is an Israeli-American teenager whose parents, Deborah and Shlomi Matias, were killed by Hamas gunmen in Israel. Rotem’s mother died trying to shield him. He was shot but survived the

By Scott Glover, Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Scott Bronstein, CNN (CNN) — Iran has loomed large as one of Hamas’ most generous financial backers, providing the militant group crucial resources it needs to carry out acts of terrorism. But investigators in the US and across the globe have identified another revenue source

CNN By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Lara Delgado smiled and focused on his friend as he twirled her around, moving to clear the belled skirt of her baby blue ballgown. The guests cheered as Alex, dressed in a sharp white tux, swept her up in a hug, spinning her four times in the

By Raja Razek and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A kindergarten teacher who gave melatonin gummies to special education students at an elementary school in Humble, Texas, has resigned, school officials said. The Pine Forest Elementary School teacher gave the gummies “to a few of her students,” and the district learned of it on September

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL player Sergio Brown, who had been missing since his mother was found dead last month, has been arrested and is expected to face a first-degree murder charge in the killing once he is extradited from California to Illinois, police say. Police in the Chicago suburb of Maywood,

By Andi Babineau, Eric Levenson and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Randy Roedema, one of the Aurora, Colorado, police officers who arrested Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died after he was subdued by police and injected with ketamine by paramedics in 2019, was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and assault by

By Devon M. Sayers and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The mother of three suspects charged with murdering a South Korean woman, who was beaten and starved in Georgia by members of a religious group called the ‘Soldiers of Christ,’ has been arrested in connection with the woman’s death, authorities said. The victim, 33-year-old Seehe