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CNN By Anissa Carby and Navya Shukla, CNN (CNN) — Vending machines selling ammunition will now be in grocery stores in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma – a move that has generated mixed feelings from officials in those states. American Rounds, the distributor of the machines, uses AI technology to scan the customers’ identification as well as facial

CNN By Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — DeAsia Harmon’s husband was a “beautiful person” and a “wonderful father,” she told CNN’s Victor Blackwell in an interview Saturday morning. He was “funny and energetic” and deeply loved his children, Harmon said. But her husband, D’Vontaye Mitchell, will never see his children again: The

CNN Opinion by Allison Gilbert (CNN) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the trailblazing sex therapist who was named New York’s Honorary Ambassador to Loneliness last year, died on Friday at the age of 96. That history-making appointment — one that Dr. Westheimer broke political norms to campaign for — capped a lifetime of creating something from

By Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — DeAsia Harmon’s husband was a “beautiful person” and a “wonderful father,” she told CNN’s Victor Blackwell in an interview Saturday morning. He was “funny and energetic” and deeply loved his children, Harmon said. But her husband, D’Vontaye Mitchell, will never see his children again: The 43-year-old

By AJ Willingham and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the iconic sex therapist whose cheerful and disarming advice helped educate millions of Americans about sexual desires and practices, has died, her publicist Pierre Lehu told CNN on Saturday. She was 96. The diminutive, grandmotherly Westheimer was a leading advocate of sexual education

CNN By Nia Mclean, CNN (CNN) — A Black man has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, alleging the hotel only offered him a job interview after he changed the name on his resume, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN. Dwight Jackson filed the lawsuit against

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A 25-year-old World War II pilot who went missing in action 80 years ago during a mission in southeast Asia was given full honors and laid to rest in Kansas earlier this week. Second Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr., of Detroit, was killed during World War II in

By Anissa Carby and Navya Shukla, CNN (CNN) — Vending machines selling ammunition will now be in grocery stores in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma – a move that has generated mixed feelings from officials in those states. American Rounds, the distributor of the machines, uses AI technology to scan the customers’ identification as well as facial recognition

By Rebekah Riess and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing a Louisiana woman last month and taking her 4-year-old and 6-year-old daughters to Mississippi – one of whom also was found dead – has been indicted in Mississippi on murder, kidnapping and other charges in the children’s cases, court records show.

By Mounira Elsamra, CNN (CNN) — A Delta employee has been removed from their position with the airline’s social media channels following backlash over a post made from an official account that some perceived to be anti-Palestinian.   In a statement shared with CNN Friday, Delta said the company “removed a mistakenly posted comment on X

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It is a suspension bridge that crosses the Golden Gate, a strait that leads to the San Francisco Bay. Characteristics The bridge is 8,981 feet long (1.7 miles) and contains about 83,000 tons of steel. The total weight of

By The Associated Press A fleet of drones patrolling New York City’s beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds. Since the drones began flying in May, flocks of birds have repeatedly swarmed the devices, forcing the police department and other city agencies

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A victim of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre whose remains were found during an archaeological dig at Oaklawn Cemetery has been identified through DNA genealogy, Tulsa officials announced. Mayor G.T. Bynum announced at a news conference Friday the victim’s identity as C.L. Daniel, a veteran who served in World War I. “His

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — D’Vontaye Mitchell was his mother’s “big teddy bear,” who enjoyed music, cooking and art, and was a beloved brother, uncle and father of two. Mitchell, 43, died on June 30, after he was pinned down by hotel security guards outside a Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee in an incident partially

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and two others are missing after a tour helicopter – popular among tourists in Hawaii – crashed off the coast of Kauai, officials said. The crash happened around 1:20 p.m. Thursday near the Hanakoa Valley along the Na Pali Coast, according to a news release from the Kaua‘i

By Allie Torgan, CNN Santa Cruz, CA (CNN) — Melissa Wolf’s clients come in all shapes and sizes. Some have two legs, some have four. All of them need a second chance. Wolf is the founder of UnChained, a nonprofit in northern California that pairs vulnerable young people, often living in juvenile correction facilities, with

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — North Korea is known as a heavily restricted hermit nation, but it does welcome visitors in some rare cases. One Russian student who spent two weeks at a summer camp in the isolated country told CNN about his bizarre experience. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up

By Thomas Lake, CNN Milton, Georgia (CNN) — A few days after the plane crash, Ansley Van Epps visited the house where her brother and his family once lived. There was food in the refrigerator, dishes in the sink. She walked through her nephews’ rooms and looked at their medals, their sports jerseys, their school

By Jamiel Lynch, Colin Jeffery, Jason Hanna and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A truck driver found a 1-year-old alive in a ditch off an interstate highway in Louisiana this week, a day after the boy’s 4-year-old brother was found dead near the same freeway in what investigators think was a case of abandonment around

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry received the 2024 Pat Tillman Award for Service at the ESPYS event in Los Angeles Thursday amid a backlash prompted by the mother of the football player who gave up his NFL career after 9/11 to serve his country. The honor has been bestowed on unsung heroes