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Sara Smart is a Cross Platform Associate Producer for CNN based in Atlanta. She graduated from Florida State University in 2019.

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Disney cruise ship rescues 4 people from sinking catamaran

A Disney cruise ship assisted the US Coast Guard in the rescue of four stranded boaters off the coast of Bermuda on Sunday.

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Raccoon drops from ceiling at LaGuardia Airport and goes on the run

Passengers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Monday morning were surprised by a raccoon which dropped from the ceiling at a check-in gate in Terminal A.

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Skull found during home renovations in 1978 identified as woman who died more than 150 years ago

The skull of a teen from the 1800s was found 46 years ago during home renovations in Batavia, Illinois. With the help of advanced technology and DNA matches, the cold case has finally been solved.

Fans sing at a memorial for former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who was found dead after he fell from a third-floor hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires, in Hyde Park, London, Britain, October 20, 2024.

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Liam Payne fans gather in great crowds to pay tribute in London’s Hyde Park

London’s Hyde Park was one of the several sites around the world this weekend for an outpouring of love, grief and recollection in honor of Liam Payne, the former One Direction boy band member who tragically fell to his death at a hotel in Buenos Aires last week at the age of 31.

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Dozens rescued from roof of Tennessee hospital during flooding from Helene

More than 50 people have been rescued after being stranded on the roof of a Tennessee hospital Friday due to rising floodwaters from Hurricane Helene, according to a city official.

Joseph A. Couch, a suspect in the shooting of multiple people on the I-75 highway about nine miles north of London, Kentucky, U.S. September 7, 2024, poses in an undated photograph.

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Kentucky couple say they found body later identified as the interstate shooting suspect after scouring the woods for days

When a gunman perched atop a cliff’s ledge opened fire on a dozen cars on Kentucky’s Interstate 75, wounding five people, it permeated surrounding communities with fear – and sent one couple into the woods to join the dayslong manhunt for the assailant.

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Shooting suspect’s mom drove 200 miles to Winder, Georgia, after getting cryptic text the morning of the school attack

The mother of the teenager suspected of killing four people during a shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school called to warn a school counselor before the attack, according to the suspect’s aunt and grandfather.

Colt Gray, who is charged as an adult with four counts of murder in the deaths of Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53 sits in the Barrow County courthouse during his first appearence for the Wednesday shooting at Apalachee High School, in Winder, Georgia, U.S., September 6, 2024. Brynn Anderson/Pool via REUTERS

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Georgia high school shooting suspect and his father make first court appearances, do not enter pleas

A 14-year-old Apalachee High School student and his father, who are both charged in connection with a shooting at the Georgia school that left two students and two teachers dead earlier this week, appeared in court Friday, both declining to enter a plea to the charges against them.

A framed photo of Olivia Flores is seen as her parents, Carlos and Stephanie Flores, speak with CNN affiliate KTTC.

Cheerleader Olivia Flores was about to graduate. Instead, her family planned her funeral

It was a Saturday afternoon when Stephanie and Carlos Flores heard the ping of a notification on their phones that changed their lives forever.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall carries the ball during the NFL football team's rookie minicamp in Santa Clara, California on May 10, 2024.

San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall shot in chest during attempted robbery, 17-year-old suspect in custody, police say

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest in an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, the team said in a statement.

A small boat crew assigned to the Arleigh Bruke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) sails away from the French-flagged sailing vessel Albroc, with AMVER-registered tanker Seri Emperor in the background, after recovering persons during rescue operations in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 26, 2024. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard completed the rescue of a distressed woman, child and their pets from a sailboat beset by weather 925 miles offshore Honolulu. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lance Watson)

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Woman, child and pets rescued from sailboat after being stranded 925 miles off Honolulu during Hurricane Gilma

A woman sent a distress alert to officials on Saturday from a sailboat that was 925 miles off the coast of Honolulu. On board with her was her daughter, their pets and a deceased man.

Paul Peavey, 57, was was found dead on August 19. As many as 10 puppies were missing from the dog breeder’s property.

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Authorities identify suspect in killing of Colorado dog breeder

A suspect has been identified in the death of Paul Peavey, a Colorado dog breeder found dead on Saturday.

D’Vontaye Mitchell, 43, was visiting the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Milwaukee on June 30.

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What we know about the 4 ex-Milwaukee hotel workers charged in D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death

Four former hotel employees charged with felony murder in connection with the death this summer of D’Vontaye Mitchell are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning in Milwaukee County Court.

This still image is taken from a body camera video of an altercation between Alaska state troopers and a man on May 24, 2024, in Kenai Peninsula community of Soldotna, Alaska. CNN has blurred portions of the image to protect the identity of the man being arrested.

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Two Alaska state troopers charged with assault after violently arresting wrong person

Two Alaska State Troopers have been charged with misdemeanor assault after using pepper spray, a taser and a canine while arresting a man on a warrant that had been issued for a different person, authorities announced Thursday.

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3-year-old hospitalized after black bear attack at campground in Montana

A child has been hospitalized after being attacked by a black bear at a campground in Red Lodge, Montana, over the weekend.

Devin Johnson-Carson, Todd Erickson, Brandon LaDaniel Turner and Herbert Williamson are charged with felony murder for the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell.

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D’Vontaye Mitchell death: 4 former Milwaukee hotel workers are charged with felony murder

Four former hotel workers were charged Tuesday with felony murder in connection with the June death of a Black man who authorities say was pinned to the ground outside a downtown Milwaukee hotel in an encounter partially captured on video, court documents show.