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CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Scrawled messages on bullet casings and weapons have popped up at several recent high-profile shootings. It’s actually an ancient practice, but the way people are doing it now offers a window into their motives. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Scrawled messages on bullet casings and weapons have popped up at several recent high-profile shootings. It’s actually an ancient practice, but the way people are doing it now offers a window into their motives. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A rabbi in New Jersey was assaulted in a random attack Sunday afternoon ahead of a weeklong Jewish holiday, prompting police to add extra patrols around residences and synagogues. Avraham Wein, the assistant rabbi at Congregation Keter Torah, was assaulted outside his home in Bergenfield, New Jersey, just 15

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A skydiving instructor fell to his death in Nashville this weekend after a tandem jump went wrong and he somehow became separated from the other skydiver and their parachute. A tandem jump is when two skydivers, usually an instructor and a beginner, are harnessed together and share one

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — We’ve moved to Live Updates for coverage of this developing story. Follow the latest here. The state of Illinois and Chicago on Monday sued the Trump administration over its move to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago as the White House targets Democrat-led cities amid weeks of protests against

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump’s administration announced it was boosting its investment into historically Black colleges and universities and tribal colleges this year, HBCU advocates lauded the move as a win for the chronically underfunded institutions. The promised one-time gift of an additional $495 million would help Black colleges

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Edisto Island, South Carolina (CNN) — A blaze that engulfed the South Carolina home of a state circuit court judge and her husband, a former state senator, is under investigation, authorities said. Firefighters from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Edisto Beach in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon.

By Kelly McCleary, Josh Campbell, Danya Gainor, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — We’ve moved to Live Updates for coverage of this developing story. Follow the latest here. For the second time in two days, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon delivered a blow to the president’s effort to send National Guard troops into Portland, temporarily

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Amanda Musa, Danya Gainor, Hanna Park, Josh Campbell, Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland – a ruling which came as the administration stepped up attempts to send out-of-state National Guard troops to the city after

By Eric Levenson, CNN Grand Blanc Township, Michigan (CNN) — The early history of the LDS Church is one of persecution and violence. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), commonly known as the Mormons, was killed by a mob in 1844 in Illinois. Fearing continued persecution, Smith’s

By Karina Tsui, Michelle Watson, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The ongoing battle between the Trump administration and Democrat-led cities intensified this weekend, with the White House announcing authorization for hundreds of National Guard members to be sent to Chicago and a federal judge in Oregon hitting pause on the president’s plan to deploy federal