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By Leah Asmelash, CNN More than 60 years ago, Marion Gerald Hood was rejected from a medical school because of his race. This week, the school…

By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Maya Nepos had only a few days left before graduating from college at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, when she…

By Dakin Andone, CNN A woman died this week after she fell more than 200 feet from a Wyoming peak while on a sunrise hike with her husband, according…

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The Air Force’s Thunderbirds honored a man Friday who jumped into an Ocean City, Maryland, bay last month to save a…

By Kelly Murray and Deanna Hackney, CNN Police in Anchorage, Alaska, are investigating after five people were shot, one of whom later died. On…

By Rachel Trent, CNN There are some new faces on “Sesame Street” and they’re bringing a new layer of diversity to the decades-old…

By Jacob Lev and Ray Sanchez, CNN Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley, in a challenge to the National Football League’s new Covid-19…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A baby born weighing less than a pound has beaten the odds and celebrated his first birthday, becoming the most premature baby…

By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are searching for the suspects involved in an early Saturday mass shooting that left two…

By Rachel Trent, CNN It was a quick turnaround for federal employers to recognize Juneteenth as a new federal holiday. But some cities were ready…

By Kelly Murray and Deanna Hackney, CNN Three people died and multiple people were injured when an SUV hit a transit bus head-on in Georgetown…

By Jason Hanna and Keith Allen, CNN Minneapolis police say they have identified a man whose remains were found in separate locations in the city this…

By Alta Spells, CNN At least five people were injured Friday night in two separate shootings less than a mile apart in Colorado Springs, Colorado,…

By Ray Sanchez, Peter Nickeas, Emma Tucker and Mark Morales, CNN A team of Portland Police Bureau officers that responded to the city’s violent…

By Faith Karimi, CNN When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the country last year, highways emptied out as many people holed up at home. But those…

By Chuck Johnston, CNN A shooting in Minneapolis overnight left five people wounded, police said Saturday. Officers responded at 11:51 p.m. Friday to…

By Chris Boyette, CNN The search continues Saturday for a hiker missing since June 8 in the Grand Teton National Park, the National Parks Service…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A Louisiana woman who went viral after mistakenly using Gorilla Glue in place of hair spray has launched her own hair care line.…

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN You might see another red, white and blue flag flying today over state capitols and city buildings.…

By Tami Luhby, CNN Although Kashirah Jackson is back at work, she’s still far from recovering from the economic upheaval the coronavirus…