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CNN By Mitchell McCluskey and Nouran Salahieh, CNN More than a month after four Americans were attacked and kidnapped by a drug cartel in Mexico, the two survivors say they’re still recovering from the trauma of the terrifying ordeal and the killings of their friends. “They didn’t deserve that. None of us deserved it. But

By Mitchell McCluskey and Nouran Salahieh, CNN More than a month after four Americans were attacked and kidnapped by a drug cartel in Mexico, the two survivors say they’re still recovering from the trauma of the terrifying ordeal and the killings of their friends. “They didn’t deserve that. None of us deserved it. But we’re

Josh Campbell, Jack Hannah & Elizabeth Joseph A 25-year-old man in Kentucky legally purchased an AR-15-style rifle at a local gun dealership. Six days later he used that weapon to kill five of his colleagues at a downtown bank, Louisville Metro Police said Tuesday. Kentucky has some of the least restrictive state gun laws in

By Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson, CNN The mother of the shooter who killed five people at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday called 911 after hearing secondhand that her son had a gun and was heading toward the bank, according to 911 calls released by police Wednesday. “My son might be (redacted)

By Andy Rose, CNN A rural Texas county that was ordered by a federal judge to return banned books to its public library shelves is now considering shutting down its libraries entirely. A meeting of the Commissioners Court of Llano County on Thursday will include discussion of whether to “continue or cease operations of the

By Omar Jimenez, Bonney Kapp, Sara Smart, Brenda Goodman, Michelle Krupa and Holly Yan, CNN The raging fire shooting toxic smoke from an eastern Indiana recycling plant has forced thousands of people to evacuate and countless more to wonder what the impacts might be to their health and environment. Plastics were among the items that

By Nick Valencia, CNN The five Louisiana law enforcement officers charged in the May 2019 violent arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene pleaded not guilty at their arraignment on Tuesday. The five defendants were all present in court with their respective attorneys, according to J. Michael Small, who is representing Kory York, one of the

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Bank employees, an “incredible friend,” a beloved parishioner, police officers and a “huge fan and supporter” of the community are among the five people killed and others hospitalized after a gunman opened fire inside a bank in downtown Louisville. Monday’s attack was the 146th US mass shooting this year, according to

By Ella Nilsen, CNN; Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday released a highly anticipated analysis of the Colorado River crisis that paints a dire picture of what that river system’s collapse would portend for the West’s major cities, farmers and Native tribes. In the draft analysis, the US Interior Department’s Bureau

CNN, KXAN, KEYE, KSAT By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN As the Texas pardons board weighs a request from the governor for an expedited review of the conviction of an Army sergeant who fatally shot a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally, an attorney for the victim’s family is calling for the full legal process to

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN As the Texas pardons board weighs a request from the governor for an expedited review of the conviction of an Army sergeant who fatally shot a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally, an attorney for the victim’s family is calling for the full legal process to play out first, including

By AJ Willingham, CNN The future of artificial intelligence promises technology with a human touch. But is it human enough to deliver a convincing spiritual message? Pastors and rabbis have recently discovered that ChatGPT, an AI language learning model that can spit out passable prose with just a few prompts, is not that bad at

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN As the Pentagon investigates a major leak of classified documents that recently turned up on social media sites, dozens of them remain viewable on Twitter. This type of sensitive government information can slip under the radar for weeks, analysts say, because some social networks lack policies against posting classified information. Here’s

KITV By Andi Babineau and Rebekah Riess, CNN A surfer has been hospitalized in serious condition following an encounter with a shark off the south shore of Oahu in Hawaii, according to a spokesperson for Honolulu Emergency Services. Shayne Enright told CNN on Sunday morning, a 58-year-old man was bitten by a shark while surfing

By Anna-Maja Rappard Iowa’s Attorney General has paused funding for emergency contraception and abortions for sexual assault victims, according to an email Iowa’s Coalition Against Sexual Assault received that was also shared with CNN. The email was sent from Chief Deputy Attorney General Sam Langholz. Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office did not respond to CNN’s