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By Madeline Holcombe and Chris Boyette, CNN Details of the investigation leading to the charges against Lori Vallow in the death of her former husband show he feared for their children’s safety​, police say, citing a mental health petition Charles Vallow filed. Arizona police released a probable cause statement Thursday with information on what led

By Carma Hassan, Omar Jimenez and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Minneapolis judge has sided with residents who sued the city over police staffing levels, saying the mayor and City Council failed to keep the adequate number of officers required by the municipal charter. Hennepin County Judge Jamie Anderson’s order to add officers to the Minneapolis

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN As rescuers sift through the rubble of a South Florida condo building, investigators have been searching for answers as to what triggered the collapse. Officials have confirmed 20 deaths, and dozens more remain unaccounted for. As families mourn and worry for their loved ones, residents and officials are criticizing the management

By Theresa Waldrop, Alisha Ebrahimji, Ray Sanchez, Claire Colbert and Amir Vera, CNN After several weeks of searching and waiting for news on victims from the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, all 242 people have been accounted for. Ninety-eight victims have now been identified, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Monday,

By Amanda Watts and Melissa Alonso, CNN A member of City of Miami Fire-Rescue has lost his 7-year-old daughter in the Surfside, Florida, building collapse, officials said Friday. The girl’s remains were recovered Thursday night in the rubble by members of the department’s urban search and rescue team, Chief Joseph Zahralban said in a statement.

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Alta Spells and Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN An engineering firm hired for Champlain Towers South‘s milestone recertification found “deep” concrete deterioration near the pool but couldn’t perform repairs, in part, because of concerns about stability, according to an October letter. Maryland-based Morabito Consultants also was hamstrung because it needed access to the

By Aya Elamroussi, Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN The Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million settlement with sexual abuse victims amid bankruptcy proceedings and allegations of widespread abuse within the group, it said in news release. The deal is among the largest single settlements of sexual abuse claims in US history.

By Jay Croft and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The mayor of Miami-Dade County took another step Friday toward allowing crews to demolish the remaining units at the Surfside condo building that partially collapsed last week, but she added that it will be weeks before it can happen. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said officials are still evaluating

The pilots of a cargo plane that made an emergency water landing off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, told air traffic controllers one of their engines had failed moments before the flight went down, according to LiveATC recordings reviewed by CNN.

CNN’s Rebekah Riess and Travis Nichols One person is in custody after a rabbi was stabbed near a Jewish day school in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood on Thursday afternoon. Boston Police confirmed the stabbing incident at the intersection of Chestnut Hill Avenue and Washington Street, in the Brighton section of Boston. Shaloh House School Executive Director

By Faith Karimi, CNN Since Bill Cosby walked out of prison a free man after a court overturned his sexual assault conviction, observers have found themselves wondering: Could Harvey Weinstein be next? The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania tossed out Cosby’s conviction Wednesday, three years after he was imprisoned for assaulting a Temple University employee. In