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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officials seized a shipment of almost 4,000 bongs at Washington Dulles International Airport, the agency said. The $56,000 shipment arrived from China on October 2 manifested as “gravity pipes,” the CBP said in a release Wednesday. CBP import specialists “confirmed that the glass bongs violated U.S.

By Melissa Alonso, CNN A 5-year-old in Brooklyn, Park, Minnesota, was shot and killed on Thanksgiving by a 13-year-old who accidentally fired a gun while a group of kids were making a video for social media, according to local police. Brooklyn Park Police responded to a home on Florida Avenue around 10:20 p.m. Thursday in

By Claudia Dominguez and Alex Medeiros, CNN At least 30 people entered a Best Buy store in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Black Friday and stole electronics, according to a Burnsville Police statement obtained by CNN affiliate WCCO. No one was injured and no weapons were drawn during the incident that occurred shortly after 8 p.m. in

By Topher Gauk-Roger and Raja Razek, CNN Four men have been arrested in connection with theft at a Home Depot in California, where as many as 10 people entered the store Friday night and left with a range of stolen tools, according to law enforcement officials. The incident took place at approximately 8 p.m. local

By Dakin Andone, CNN A Tennessee judge this week vacated the death sentences of Pervis Payne, who has spent more than three decades on death row for two murders he says he did not commit, due to the inmate’s intellectual disability. As a result, Payne now faces two life sentences, though it remains to be

By Paul Vercammen, CNN After nearly losing her life in a porch swing accident, Lalia Susini is committed to helping other injured and sick children overcome the obstacles they face. The 12-year-old Los Angeles girl had been pursuing a career in acting and fashion, but now has her mind set on becoming a doctor, the

By Sara Smart, CNN With another Thanksgiving crossed off the calendar, our stomachs are full, our fridges are stocked with leftovers and one couple from Colombia is reflecting on their first year celebrating the American holiday. Susana Orrego Villegas and her husband, Edward White, international students living in Brookline, Massachusetts, were able to spend their

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Most college students can’t wait for their 21st birthdays. But Lakshmi Parvathinathan is terrified. It’s the moment when everything she’s worked for could slip away. “All my friends excitedly talk about turning 21 — hitting the bars, all of that…but it’s just something that I dread,” she says. The day

By Andy Rose, CNN A shooting inside a Nashville apartment Friday night left three young men dead and four injured, police said. Those injured suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, the Metro Nashville Police Department said in a tweet. Authorities recovered two guns at the scene, and there was no sign of forced entry, police said. The

By Andy Rose, CNN One person was shot at the Tacoma Mall in Washington state on Friday night, sending shoppers scrambling for safety, officials said. The Tacoma police department said the victim was taken to a local hospital suffering from serious injuries. “People were fleeing, sheltering in place and the stores went into lockdown,” Pierce

By Sarah Moon, CNN One person was shot and killed at the entrance of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego Friday, authorities have confirmed to CNN. Shortly before noon, a vehicle attempted to enter the facility at a checkpoint, according to a base spokesperson in a statement issued late Friday. Guards ordered the

CNN, WBAL By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN A Maryland medical student who took a wrong turn after getting lost answered a young gunshot victim’s prayer. Now, 25 years later, Baltimore resident Damon Walker reunited earlier this month with the medical student who drove toward the chaos instead of running from it. “I constantly think about that

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN After a driver rammed an SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Brock Held knew he had to do something to help those in his community who were still hospitalized. “I knew I had an idea that could help these people,” Held told CNN. Held decided to start building

CNN, WRAL By Chris Boyette, Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN Three people were shot and three more injured during a shooting Friday at a packed shopping mall, police in Durham, North Carolina, said. Off-duty Durham police officers were working Friday afternoon inside The Streets at Southpoint mall heard shots coming from within the mall,

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN A Maryland medical student who took a wrong turn after getting lost answered a young gunshot victim’s prayer. Now, 25 years later, Baltimore resident Damon Walker reunited earlier this month with the medical student who drove toward the chaos instead of running from it. “I constantly think about that moment of

By Chris Boyette, Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN Three people were shot and three more injured during a shooting Friday at a packed shopping mall, police in Durham, North Carolina, said. Off-duty Durham police officers were working Friday afternoon inside The Streets at Southpoint mall heard shots coming from within the mall, and called