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By Ray Sanchez, CNN Harvard University is dedicating $100 million to create a fund to research and redress its “extensive entanglements with slavery,” university President Lawrence Bacow said Tuesday. The university’s attempt to reckon with its past is detailed in a report titled “Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery,” which documents how the slave trade

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Decorated World War II veteran and pioneering civil rights lawyer Johnnie Jones Sr. has died at the age of 102. “We are saddened by the news of the passing,” the Louisiana Department of Veteran Affairs (LDVA) posted on social media Monday. “It was our distinct honor to care for Mr. Jones

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A woman who was stranded for six days in the woods of Lassen County, in northeastern California, rationed a six-pack of yogurt and ate snow to survive before being rescued, a release from the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office said. Justin Lonich and Sheena Gullett were traveling home to Little Valley on

By Amanda Jackson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Authorities have found 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar, who they say was kidnapped Monday in San Jose, California, as the infant’s grandmother unloaded groceries. The child was reunited with his mother Tuesday and taken to a local hospital for a precautionary evaluation, the San Jose Police Department said in a

By Amy Simonson and Chris Boyette, CNN A criminal investigation is underway after a man died after being tasered by an Indianapolis officer during a disturbance call Monday, police said. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s North District responded to a home around 3:20 a.m., IMPD said in a statement released Monday night. In

By Amir Vera, Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Musa and Andy Rose, CNN Police in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, have arrested a juvenile suspect in connection with the death of 10-year-old Illiana “Lily” Peters, Police Chief Matthew Kelm said Tuesday night. “The suspect was not a stranger, the suspect was known to the victim,” Kelm told reporters. “We

By Alta Spells and Dakin Andone, CNN Jury selection in the case of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz must start over after two weeks of questioning potential jurors, the judge ruled. Prosecutors had requested the jury selection process be restarted after 11 prospective jurors — who were excused April 5 but asked to return Monday

By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A live-streamed, mid-air “plane-swap” stunt that ended with a plane crashing in the Arizona desert is under federal investigation after organizers allegedly defied a government order. Event organizers said two pilots on separate aircraft planned to skydive into each other’s planes, leaving each aircraft pilotless for less than

By Amir Vera, Melanie Zanona, David Shortell and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The body of Spc. Bishop Evans, the Texas Army National Guard member who went missing three days ago, was found and identified Monday, according to US Rep. Tony Gonzales. Evans on Friday attempted to rescue two migrants who were crossing the Rio Grande River.

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN Wildfires continue to burn across the Southwest with two blazes in New Mexico merging to form a perimeter of more than 180 miles Sunday, according to firefighters. The Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires have combined — burning a collective 56,478 acres — and the flames were 12% contained Monday morning,

By Claudia Dominguez and Laura James, CNN Two people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a block party early Sunday in Indiana, the Lafayette Police Department said. More than 100 people attended the party at an apartment complex, a police news release says. Officers responded to a report of multiple shots

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A Wisconsin man charged with a federal hate crime was released on his own recognizance last week, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Milwaukee County resident William McDonald allegedly targeted at least one Puerto Rican neighbor and eight Black residents in his apartment complex, “willfully injuring, intimidating, or interfering with

By Amir Vera, Hannah Sarisohn and Caroline Kucera, CNN Evacuation orders have been lifted for neighborhoods affected by the Tunnel Fire, which has burned just over 21,000 acres of land, according to InciWeb, a US clearinghouse for wildfire information. The fire has been burning across northern Arizona’s Coconino County for nearly a week and was