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By Whitney Wild, Dalia Faheid, Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Yair Lev said his second-grade daughter suddenly went silent midsentence as she scrolled through a math app on her school-issued Chromebook last year. Her eyes glazed over like a “zombie.” His daughter appeared to be overwhelmed by the stimulation from her device. She struggled

CNN, WCTV, DOUG TRAN, X, @FAMU, X/@FAMU By Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A 15-year-old faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent in connection with a mass shooting Saturday night that left 11 people wounded, Tallahassee police said. Anthony Rivers III, who was

By Brittany Shammas and Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: Help is available: For help in the US, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or chat 24/7 on online.rainn.org. The woman thought she had told the two men, “Please stop.” She thought she had shaken her head. But she couldn’t be sure,

By Eduardo Cuevas and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — When footage of a man being hit by federal immigration officers’ SUV in Northern California became public, the Department of Homeland Security responded by saying the man had jumped on the vehicle’s hood. Local police raised doubts about federal officials’ account as they announced a criminal

By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Three brothers who once lived at the height of wealth and society in New York and Miami could face life in prison for sex trafficking more than a dozen women and girls when they are sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Earlier this year a

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Six Flags will add seat belts to Goliath and other roller coasters with similar restraints following the death of a man who fell from the ride at Six Flags Over Georgia earlier this month. The company’s CEO said in a statement Friday that Goliath remains closed pending safety reviews

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The good Samaritan who killed a gunman after three students and a teacher were fatally shot at an elementary school recalled his final, desperate choice to Oregon Public Broadcasting: “I’m sorry, I have to go in. People are going to die.” “I just was in full panic, like, ‘No,

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — After spending decades in prison for a gruesome murder, Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years. But something went wrong. The 50-year-old survived two ostensibly lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital, spent more than a week in the hospital and returned

By Ryan Young, Caroll Alvarado, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi police officer and interim police chief have resigned, officials said Friday — just days after the state said the officer’s actions were justified in a June shooting that resulted in the death of a 1-year-old boy and led to widespread outrage. The incident

By Michelle Krupa, Andi Babineau, CNN Provo, Utah (CNN) — A ruling on the trial date for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk will come next month, a Utah judge declared Friday. Judge Tony Graf said he had intended to issue his ruling Friday but wanted additional time to analyze new “data

By Rachel Clarke, Shimon Prokupecz, Meridith Edwards, Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Omaha, Nebraska (CNN) — California has banned them. Army experts trying them experienced so much pain they were “apprehensive” about further tests and were swapped for new personnel. In Nebraska, mothers are fighting to get the same electric shock gloves out of schools. The devices

By Diego Mendoza Diaz, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Battle of Iwo Jima monument in Quantico, Virginia, has suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage after a man beheaded one of the statues Wednesday evening, police said. Officers responding to a report of destruction of property at Marine Corps Base Quantico around 10:31

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — At a town hall event in Caro, Michigan, over the weekend, a man in the audience asked Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, “Will you disavow the Muslim Brotherhood?” It was “a simple question,” the man insisted. El-Sayed immediately recognized it as something more. “Sure. Yeah, absolutely,” he replied, then

By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — “Mom, there’s a shooter,” Michelle’s fifth grader said through the phone. Something about her son’s serious tone was familiar. “If you’ve ever gotten a call that a loved one passed away … that kind of tone,” Michelle explained. She knew that tone. The 40-year-old mother would later compare it

CNN By Rebekah Riess, Aidan Johnstone, Lauren Mascarenhas, Aidan Johnstone (CNN) – The chemical release in Toledo was due to an “error that occurred when the material was being transferred,” according to Bryant Somerville, a spokesperson for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA confirmed the released chemical, which came from a 5,500-gallon tank, is