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University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles charged with murder in the killing of a 23-year-old woman

By Andy Rose and Jillian Sykes, CNN University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting near the campus Sunday which left a 23-year-old woman dead, Tuscaloosa law enforcement announced. “We were made aware of the recent charge against student-athlete Darius Miles, and he is

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Richneck Elementary remains closed 2 weeks after a 6-year-old allegedly shot his teacher

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The Virginia school where a first-grade student allegedly shot and critically injured his teacher January 6 will remain closed through January 20, according to an update posted on the school’s website. Richneck Elementary in Newport News has been closed since the day of the shooting, which police have described as “intentional.”

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University of Georgia football player and staff member killed in car crash hours after championship celebration

By Hannah Sarisohn and Wayne Sterling, CNN University of Georgia football player Devin Willock and staff member Chandler LeCroy were killed in a single car crash early Sunday just hours after their team celebrated its national championship with a victory parade and celebration, according to a statement from the UGA Athletic Association. Willock, 20, and

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University of Georgia football player and staff member killed in car crash hours after championship celebration

By Hannah Sarisohn and Wayne Sterling, CNN University of Georgia football player Devin Willock and staff member Chandler LeCroy were killed in a single car crash early Sunday just hours after their team celebrated its national championship with a victory parade and celebration, according to a statement from the UGA Athletic Association. Willock, 20, and

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A 6-year-old shot a Virginia teacher with his mother’s gun. The tragedy highlights the lack of strong secure storage laws across the nation

By Emma Tucker, CNN In the week since a six-year-old boy in Newport News, Virginia took a gun from his home, brought it to school and shot his teacher, community members and officials are grappling with an unsettling question: How did the child get access to a loaded firearm? “There’s a lot of questions that

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‘I am breaking from stress’: Parents are exhausted after Covid and a brutal respiratory virus season

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN With children back in school and daycare after the holidays, weary parents fear what illness awaits them next during this brutal respiratory virus season. Since October, RSV, a respiratory virus which often is most severe in young children and older adults, hit early and cases started rising quickly. Cases of influenza

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