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Juvenile detained, 2 men charged after 4 people are killed in a string of ‘random’ shootings in Los Angeles County

By Cindy Von Quednow, Cheri Mossburg, Lauren Mascarenhas and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A third suspect is in custody stemming from a shooting spree that killed four people, including a minor, in the span of a few hours, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday morning. No details about a detained juvenile were

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The driver is dead and 5 were injured after a vehicle crashed into Texas emergency room. Police say it was not intentional

By Amy Simonson, Jillian Sykes, Raja Razek and Sarah Davis, CNN (CNN) — A driver died and at least five people were hurt as a vehicle crashed Tuesday evening into an Austin, Texas, medical center emergency room, the facility’s chief medical officer said. “This investigation is in its early and preliminary stages, however there is

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North Carolina authorities drop 3 charges against NBA player Miles Bridges

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina prosecutors have dropped three charges against Charlotte Hornets player Miles Bridges, according to documents filed in Mecklenburg County Superior Court on Tuesday. Bridges, 25, was charged in 2023 with violating a protection order, misdemeanor child abuse and injury to personal property, according to the Lincoln County, North Carolina, sheriff’s

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Tennessee man suspected of fatally shooting sheriff’s deputy taken into custody, officials say

By Jamiel Lynch and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a Blount County deputy and injuring another deputy in Tennessee was taken into custody Tuesday after a several-day manhunt, according to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office. More than 150 law enforcement personnel went searching for Kenneth Wayne DeHart, 42, after

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The National Guard was sent to protect migrants at New York relief centers. But some sexually exploited them, lawsuit alleges

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Some National Guard members and publicly contracted relief workers tasked with caring for people who sought asylum in New York stand accused instead of sexually exploiting migrant women and children, violently assaulting at least one shelter guest and generally placing the newcomers into decrepit conditions, according to

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Houston-area sheriff’s deputies repeatedly shot at woman after mistaking her for an intruder in a friend’s home, video shows

CNN By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sheriff’s deputies in Houston repeatedly shot at a woman after mistaking her for an intruder inside her friend’s apartment, body camera footage released over the weekend shows. The woman, Eboni Pouncy, was shot five times during the February 3 confrontation and her attorney, Ben Crump,

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The Tennessee legislature couldn’t keep out Rep. Justin Jones. But it’s still trying

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee Republicans and Democratic Rep. Justin Jones remain locked in a bitter back-and-forth nearly a year after the GOP’s failed attempt to expel him from the state House of Representatives instead catapulted Jones to national recognition. Jones, one of two Black lawmakers expelled then swiftly reinstated after calling for

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Houston-area sheriff’s deputies repeatedly shot at woman after mistaking her for an intruder in a friend’s home, video shows

By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sheriff’s deputies in Houston repeatedly shot at a woman after mistaking her for an intruder inside her friend’s apartment, body camera footage released over the weekend shows. The woman, Eboni Pouncy, was shot five times during the February 3 confrontation and her attorney, Ben Crump, called

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Houston megachurch shooter had history of mental illness but still was able to buy a gun, her mother-in-law says

By Steve Almasy, Christina Maxouris and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The shooting at Houston’s Lakewood Church over the weekend was a “completely preventable horror” as the woman who opened fire had a notable mental illness but was still allowed to own a gun, her mother-in-law said. “My daughter-in-law when she was taking medication for

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Helping women with heart disease

By Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — About one in five American women will die from heart disease, but funding for female-focused cardiology studies lags way behind that of men’s. Only about a third of the participants enrolled in clinical trials for new heart disease treatments are women. Women experiencing heart issues may also have very

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