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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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The scene outside a Mount Horeb middle school in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin on Wednesday morning, after police used “deadly force” after a student brought a weapon near the school.

Student killed after carrying weapon outside middle school, Wisconsin attorney general says

Police officers in a Wisconsin village shot and killed a student who brought a gun near a middle school Wednesday morning, according to Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul.

FILE - A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. The Maui Fire Department is expected to release a report Tuesday, April 16, 2024, detailing how the agency responded to a series of wildfires that burned on the island during a windstorm last August. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people

A new report on the disastrous Maui infernos that left 101 people dead and $6 billion in damages reveals officials rejected additional help before the Lahaina fire obliterated hundreds of homes and became the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century.

Emergency personnel work at the scene after an 18-wheeler crashed into the Texas Department of Public Safety Office in Brenham, Texas, Friday, April 12, 2024. A suspect is in custody in connection to a commercial vehicle crash at the Texas Department of Public Safety office in the rural town west of Houston. Texas DPS officials say multiple injuries were reported in the crash. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

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1 dead, several injured after 18-wheeler crashed into Texas Department of Public Safety office, driver arrested

A man drove a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety building Friday, killing one person and injuring 13 others, according to local officials.

LAHAINA, HAWAII - AUGUST 19, 2023 - Burned homes and vehicles are seen in a neighborhood that was destroyed by the recent windswept wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 19, 2023.

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Hawaii AG to release first report from probe into deadly Maui wildfires on Wednesday

The first phase of findings from a comprehensive investigation into the August 2023 wildfires in Maui, the deadliest in the US in more than a century, will be released on Wednesday, Hawaii’s attorney general announced.

O.J. Simpson (R) attends his parole hearing with his attorney Malcolm LaVergne at Lovelock Correctional Center July 20, 2017 in Lovelock, Nevada.

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O.J. Simpson named longtime lawyer as his executor in his will

O.J. Simpson’s final will was filed in Clark County, NV on Friday following his death earlier this week after a battle with cancer.

An orphaned Orca calf is shown in a lagoon near Zeballos, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, April 2.

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Rescuers in British Columbia pause efforts to save an orphaned orca calf stranded in a lagoon

A team of rescuers has suspended its efforts to save an orca calf that has been stranded for nearly two weeks in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island off the west coast of Canada.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 11: Rashee Rice #4 of the Kansas City Chiefs warms up before Super Bowl LVIII against the Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice surrenders to police in connection with 6-car crash in Dallas

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice surrendered to law enforcement in Texas Thursday evening in connection with a six-car crash last month, according to police. He later posted bond and left jail.

Law enforcement officials are on scene and directing traffic following an incident involving a charter bus on I-10 westbound past Highway 603 in Hancock County.

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University of South Carolina student takes the wheel to stop bus after driver is ejected in crash that injured 11

At least 11 people - including 10 University of South Carolina students and a bus driver - were injured when a charter bus crashed in southern Mississippi Friday afternoon on the way to New Orleans for a fraternity formal, according to the university.

CA/ All state parks in Big Sur closed due to âslip outâ on Highway 1 over weekend

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Part of famed California highway crumbles into the ocean

Part of a roadway on the Big Sur coast crumbled into the ocean over the weekend after part of a cliff gave way in what officials are calling a “slip out.”

The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

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Crews work to open temporary channel near Baltimore bridge collapse for essential vessels

Crews are working to remove the first portion of Baltimore bridge wreckage – the starting point in a complicated, extensive cleanup process that could help open up a temporary channel to get more vessels into the water around the collapse site, officials said.

Sutton Turns Himself in at ORJ Former Detroit Lion Cameron Sutton, 29, has turned himself in at the Orient Road Jail after a warrant for his arrest was issued earlier this month, in Tampa, Florida on Sunday March 31, 2024.

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Former Detroit Lions cornerback Cameron Sutton in custody following domestic battery allegations

Former NFL cornerback Cameron Sutton has turned himself in to Florida authorities nearly one month after a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of domestic battery by strangulation, according to a news release from Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office.

Police respond to the scene of a shooting in downtown Indianapolis, on Saturday, March 30.

At least 7 children, aged 12 to 17, were wounded in a shooting in downtown Indianapolis, police say

At least seven children between the ages of 12 and 17 were wounded in a shooting Saturday night in downtown Indianapolis, where a large group was gathered, police said.

Chance Perdomo attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London, England.

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Actor Chance Perdomo, star of ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,’ dies at 27 after motorcycle incident

Actor Chance Perdomo, star of the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and “Gen V,” has died following a motorcycle accident, according to his representative. He was 27.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 04: Forms to pick numbers for Powerball are on display in a store on October 04, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Wednesday's Powerball drawing will be an approximately $1.2 billion jackpot. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Powerball jackpot swells to an estimated $975 million after no grand prize winners Saturday

With no one winning the Powerball jackpot Saturday, the grand prize for Monday’s drawing grew closer to the billion-dollar mark, according to the lottery.

Crystal Mason, center, has three children and is a caretaker for her brother's four children.

Texas mother who faced 5 years in prison has illegal voting conviction reversed

A Texas mother who was sentenced to five years in prison for voting illegally in the 2016 election said she is “overjoyed” after her conviction was reversed Thursday by the Texas Second Court of Appeals.

Powerball play tickets on display at Blue Bird Liquor in Hawthorne, CA, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The estimated jackpot for tonight's Powerball drawing is $1.73 Billion.

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Powerball jackpot swells to an estimated $800 million after no grand prize winners Saturday

When the next Powerball numbers are drawn Monday evening, a lucky lottery player somewhere in the country could win an estimated $800 million grand prize.