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Polk Sheriff Grady Judd speaks during a press conference at the Polk County Sheriff's Operation Center on February 24

‘It’s bush league’: Florida law enforcement agencies aren’t happy with how ICE is recruiting local officers

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Armed with tens of billions of dollars in funding, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is working fervently to expand its ranks. But some of the Florida law enforcement agencies that closely partner with ICE aren’t happy with the way the federal agency is going about its recruitment push: sending email

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Flint Water Crisis Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where cost-cutting measures led to tainted drinking water that contained lead and other toxins. Facts Flint once thrived as the home of the nation’s largest General Motors plant. The city’s economic decline began during the 1980s, when GM downsized.

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A Palestinian woman and child in the Al-Zeitoun C school after an Israeli air strike. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza

Israel is using US munitions to ‘illegally and indiscriminately’ attack Gaza school shelters, Human Rights Watch says

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has “illegally and indiscriminately” used US munitions to attack school shelters in Gaza, killing hundreds of people, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The US-based campaigners’ report, “Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril,” was published Thursday. Israel’s campaign following the Hamas-led attacks of October 7,

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