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By Taylor Romine, CNN The family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cells have been used for groundbreaking scientific research for decades, filed a…

By Madeline Holcombe and Lauren del Valle, CNN A new lawsuit alleges faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts perpetrated…

By Josh Campbell and Amir Vera, CNN The Texas State Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously Monday to recommend a full posthumous pardon of…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Humans have been burning fossil fuels for energy since the Industrial Revolution. We use them to heat our homes, cook our food…

By Christina Zdanowicz and Stella Chan, CNN As oil-covered animals come ashore, the broader effect of the California oil spill on wildlife is…

By Natasha Chen, CNN When New Jersey native Lauren Cho moved to California late last year she dreamed of a fresh start. The cross-country trip came…

By Casey Tolan, CNN The company that operates the pipeline responsible for the oil spill off the Southern California coast has been cited by federal…

By Eric Levenson, CNN A leak in an oil pipeline caused a major spill off the coast of southern California Saturday, sending oil spewing into the…

By Josh Campbell, Gregory Wallace and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A US Drug Enforcement Agency special agent was killed in a shooting on an Amtrak train in…

By Kay Jones and Alta Spells, CNN An 11-year-old girl was killed and a 5-year-old girl injured after being shot while riding in a vehicle Saturday…

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Virginia family is trying to process how their 10-year-old daughter went from being perfectly healthy to dying in five…

By Joe Sutton and Alta Spells, CNN A 43-year-old certified nursing assistant was fatally shot at a Philadelphia hospital early Monday morning, and…