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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The three children and a teacher shot to death at Silver Rail Elementary School in central Oregon were in a classroom dedicated to students with special needs – an environment that’s supposed to be nurturing, safe and supportive. As is the case with mass shootings, the dead and wounded

By Eduardo Cuevas, CNN (CNN) — It began with tingling and numbness in the graduate student’s fingertips and weakness in his legs. As summer ended, it got worse, as the numbness spread across his left arm and all his fingertips. But after weeks and visits to the University of Wyoming student health clinic, he told

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — On a sunny Oregon fall morning, parents dressed their children up and sent them to Silver Rail Elementary School for picture day. It’s the kind of picture parents return to years later, marveling at how small their children once were and how their smiles looked before their faces changed.

By Brittany Shammas, CNN (CNN) — Inside a nondescript brick house overlooking West Virginia University’s picturesque campus, Nolan Burch stood with his fellow pledges, laughing and joking around as he held a necktie to his eyes. The time had come for the Gamma Phi chapter of Kappa Sigma’s “Big/Little ceremony” – the final rite in

By Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — It looked like a typical October evening at Six Flags Over Georgia. The sinking sun cast a golden light over families standing in line for haunted houses and rides. Children shouted, amped up on sugar and adrenaline, while orange leaves crunched under their feet. Yet behind the amusement park’s

By John Miller, Andi Babineau, Dalia Faheid, Elise Hammond, Emma Tucker, Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating what led a 16-year-old shooter to force entry into his former elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and fire into a special needs classroom on Thursday, killing three children and a young teacher. “Everyone wants to

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration has scaled back a program that allows PreCheck members who are not flying to go through security, according to some of the airports where it had been operating. “Gateside by TSA PreCheck” was introduced with much fanfare in September at 13 airports. Members of the

By Nicki Brown, Dianne Gallagher, Devon M. Sayers, CNN Lexington, South Carolina (CNN) — The judge overseeing Alex Murdaugh’s highly anticipated retrial for the murders of his wife and son insisted the case would proceed to trial in six months and chastised the parties for squabbling over evidence during a two-hour hearing Friday. “I’m gonna

CNN By Emma Tucker, John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to preliminary information from a law enforcement source. The shooter was a 16-year-old male, according to multiple law enforcement sources. The shooter had already been shot

By Taylor Galgano, Bill Kirkos, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Mia Lara’s first fraternity party ended with her chasing the man, who she believes sexually assaulted her friend, through the streets of Chicago. The alleged sexual assault was reported last weekend at a fraternity house and is under investigation by the University of Chicago and the

CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Multiple people, including children, were injured and a shooter is dead after gunfire erupted at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to police. The shooter had already been shot and killed inside the school when police arrived at the scene at about 1 p.m., said

By Emma Tucker and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher were killed when a 16-year-old Bend, Oregon, resident entered an elementary school and started shooting, police said at a news conference Thursday evening. The shooter, armed with a long gun, forced his way into the school

By Dalia Faheid, Chris Boyette, CNN A body found in a barrel in Lake Mead in 2022 has been identified as an Arkansas man after DNA testing, authorities revealed Thursday in a case that sparked a frenzy of questions and speculation decades after his death. Edward Lelburian Jackson, believed to be in his 50s, was

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — In the past few weeks, five high school seniors have told college application consultant Robert Schwartz that they’re changing their plans, he said. The students, all girls, told him they were no longer going to apply to Cornell University. Schwartz, the founder of YourBestCollegeEssay, has been helping students prepare

By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — In the years leading up to this week’s fatal accident at its Georgia theme park, Six Flags has been accused of failing to maintain its parks amid hundreds of reports of injuries and dangerous malfunctions on its aging thrill rides, according to a CNN analysis

WXIA, CNN By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — In the years leading up to this week’s fatal accident at its Georgia theme park, Six Flags has been accused of failing to maintain its parks amid hundreds of reports of injuries and dangerous malfunctions on its aging thrill rides, according to a

By Eric Levenson, Meridith Edwards, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Three men whom US Rep. Nancy Mace accused of being “PREDATORS” in an unprecedented House floor speech last year – including her ex-fiancé – were charged with sexual misconduct-related offenses Wednesday, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a statement. Brendan Patrick Bryant, 53,

By Karina Tsui, Isabel Rosales, Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — As investigators work to determine how a man fell to his death during a roller coaster ride Monday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities have identified the victim as a beloved educator, prompting an outpouring of grief across the Atlanta community and school system. Cobb

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — On a warm Columbus Day afternoon, with many area schools closed for Fall Break, the winding midways of Six Flags Over Georgia must have made a wooded stretch about 10 miles west of downtown Atlanta feel both electric and nostalgic. Carousel music mixed with the thunderous roar of roller

CNN By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — As investigators work to determine how a man fell to his death during a roller coaster ride Monday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities have identified the victim as a beloved educator, prompting an outpouring of grief across the Atlanta community and school system. Cobb County Police on