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By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The scene at the Jacksonville main public library was haunting, Louis Lopez recalled. As he waited for a Covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatment, he saw people so sick they couldn’t even stand. “These people were in bad, bad shape,” he said. His experience Wednesday at the library, set up by the

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Two former officers with the Torrance Police Department were charged Thursday with vandalism for allegedly spray-painting an impounded vehicle with a swastika, authorities said. In addition, Torrance Police Chief Jeremiah Hart said that he has relieved 13 other officers of their duty because of an ongoing investigation into messages that he

By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN A Florida judge ruled Thursday that a case may proceed against former Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, a school resource officer who was widely criticized after he failed to confront a shooter during the deadly massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018. Broward Circuit

By Sonia Moghe, CNN R. Kelly’s personal physician of 25 years took the stand Thursday to testify about his treatment of the singer’s genital herpes since at least 2007, after prosecutors allege the singer knowingly infected multiple people with the incurable sexually transmitted disease. The singer, 54, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, has

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The California Department of Justice will launch an independent review into a former Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer’s role in the deadly shooting of Oscar Grant in 2009, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday. Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on January 1, 2009, while lying face down

By Kay Jones and Andy Rose, CNN The Supreme Court of Texas refused Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to intervene Thursday in the case of mask mandates established by several local jurisdictions. As a result, the lower court ruling allowing school districts to require masks in their schools still stands. The decision is the latest in

By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Culver City Unified School District plans to require all eligible students aged 12 and older to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by mid-November, the Southern California district announced this week. In a letter sent to families Tuesday, the district, located in Los Angeles County, said it would mandate vaccines for all eligible

By Cheri Mossburg and David Williams, CNN The mystery surrounding the deaths of a couple, their baby daughter and the family dog found on a hiking trail near Yosemite National Park is deepening after autopsies yielded no immediate clues as to what caused their deaths. The bodies of Jonathan Gerrish, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter,

By Nicole Chavez and Harmeet Kaur, CNN The Native American population grew to its largest size in generations after years of fighting for an accurate Census tally. The jump was surprising, experts and advocates say, and much more complicated than the result of successful outreach campaigns. In 2020, the number of people who identified as

By Leah Asmelash, CNN More than 150 years ago, leaders in Colorado issued proclamations urging citizens to kill Native Americans in the area. That order was never officially rescinded — until now. On Tuesday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order rescinding the proclamation, ordered by Territorial Gov. John Evans in 1864. “The 1864

By Neelam Bohra and AJ Willingham One August evening, hundreds of people used a Sharpie pen to write their greatest desire on a single bay leaf. Then, they lit the bay leaf on fire, letting the ashes fall into a bowl. This ritual, meant to manifest people’s goals into their lives, is one of many