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By Andy Rose, CNN Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — The upbeat, Spanish music still floats through the aisles of Sav/Way Foods, the Latino supermarket in the heart of the bustling and boisterous Plaza Midwood neighborhood. But at 8:30 on a chilly morning this week, the songs on the loudspeakers are about all the Spanish you

By Dalia Faheid, Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Even with a federal indictment hanging over her, claiming she had been a threat to law enforcement, Marimar Martinez was confident she could eventually prove her innocence. “I know the truth,” Martinez told CNN Friday in an exclusive interview. “I know what really happened that day.” After

By Whitney Wild, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court paused the release of hundreds of immigrants who were arrested during the Department of Homeland Security’s aggressive immigration actions in the Chicago area earlier this year, according to a court filing Thursday. Last Wednesday, US District Court Judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the Trump

By Dianne Gallagher, Priscilla Alvarez, Taylor Romine, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The dayslong immigration crackdown that arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, last week appeared to end with the same level of confusion it began with, as local officials announced the operation concluded Thursday while federal officials refuted those claims. Earlier Thursday, Mecklenburg County Sheriff

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed federal charges against a woman shot by a Customs and Border Protection agent in Chicago after allegedly ramming into his car. The ruling from US District Judge Georgia Alexakis came hours after prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the charges

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A critical mount that kept the left engine attached to the UPS flight that crashed in Louisville earlier this month failed only moments after the doomed flight broke ground, according to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board The report includes stunning frame-by-frame photos of

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Last week, the board of regents of the Texas A&M University System voted to forbid professors from teaching courses that “advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without advance permission from their university’s president. It was the newest escalation in a running

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Joseph DeAngelo moved through California neighborhoods like a shadow. He stalked his victims for days, learning their routines before slipping into their homes in a mask to torture, rape and kill. At first, he preyed on women who lived alone but later expanded his attacks to include couples. He

By Zoe Sottile, Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson, Sydney Bishop, Taylor Galgano, Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — On a cool November night in 1999, dozens of transgender people and their friends stood thousands of miles apart in Boston and San Francisco. They lit slender candles and spoke into the surrounding darkness the names

By Dalia Faheid, Andy Buck, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The pews of the Charlotte church were packed as onlookers watched a man restrain a woman while a group in bright vests furiously blew their whistles and filmed the interaction, chanting, “La migra esta aqui.” Another group loudly sang, “This little light of mine, I’m

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A Massachusetts man on trial for murdering his wife in 2023 has admitted he disposed of her body in dumpsters and misled police, but his lawyers insist he is not admitting to her murder. Now, with the court having chosen the jury that will consider the murder charge

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A US appeals court has temporarily blocked an order curtailing federal immigration enforcement in Chicago, arguing the lower court judge overstepped when she imposed strict and wide-reaching restraints on how agents can interact with protesters and journalists. A three-judge panel for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday

By Eric Levenson, Holly Yan and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Ana Walshe, a 39-year-old mother of three, was first reported missing by her coworkers in Washington, DC on January 4, 2023. Her husband, Brian Walshe, initially told investigators that he had last seen her on New Year’s Day when she left their Cohasset,

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been missing for over a month after she was last seen with her mother wearing wigs on a cross-country road trip. The mother, Ashlee Buzzard, returned to their California home without Melodee, did not report her daughter missing and has declined to cooperate with law