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By Dianne Gallagher, Andy Buck, Andy Rose, CNN Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — Proceedings in the federal case against Decarlos Brown Jr. — accused of fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train last year — will be delayed after a judge agreed Brown is not competent to stand trial. Brown

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors called it murder. Defense attorneys said it was self-defense. On Tuesday, a Texas jury swiftly agreed with prosecutors and found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of a competitor at a track meet last year, according to CNN affiliate KTVT. Anthony was later sentenced to

By Nina Giraldo, CNN (CNN) — The Alabama jury in Jeffery Lee’s trial spent several days listening to evidence and contemplating whether he should live or die. One juror who spoke to CNN was among the 7-5 majority that voted for the then 21-year-old to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the 1998

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The expectant couple, along with several children and loved ones, walked with anticipation into the grass at the edge of the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, California – where wild grasses turn golden in the fall, making a scenic backdrop – to reveal their baby’s gender. Another person

By Mark Morales, Gloria Pazmino, Julianna Bragg, CNN New York (CNN) — Six people were injured in a stabbing at New York’s Penn Station Sunday evening, raising security concerns a day before the city is set to host the NBA Finals – with President Donald Trump in attendance. The attack comes amid heightened security around

By Emma Tucker, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — The search for suspects who opened fire near a festival in the historic district of Toledo, Ohio, entered a third day on Monday. The shooting, which wounded a dozen people, marked the latest instance of a community celebration unraveled by gun violence. The victims, who range in

By Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — The man who federal prosecutors say was “pissed off at the world” before allegedly igniting the Palisades Fire goes on trial this week in Los Angeles, roughly a year and a half after the deadly and historically destructive blaze claimed the lives of a dozen people and scorched thousands

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — When George Zoley, the founder of a private company that manages more than 20 federal immigration facilities testified before Congress in 2020, he spoke about how his own immigrant experience shaped his life. Zoley, the CEO and executive chairman of private prison firm The GEO Group, was born in

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dianne Gallagher, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Two months after the disappearance of an American woman in the Bahamas set off a frantic search effort, the Coast Guard has returned to the island country to scour the waters again for Lynette Hooker — this time in a new location. The 55-year-old disappeared

By Rebekah Riess, Chris Boyette, Hanako Montgomery, CNN (CNN) — Search-and-rescue volunteers in Japan have found the body of an Auburn University student who went missing during a family vacation, his family said, marking a tragic end to a frantic dayslong search across forested mountains. James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, was found dead Saturday outside Kyoto,

By Jessie Yeung, Rebekah Riess, Hanako Montgomery, CNN (CNN) — An American college student who went missing during a family vacation in Japan has been found dead by search-and-rescue volunteers, marking a tragic end to a frantic dayslong search across forested mountains. James “Weston” Higginbotham, a 20-year-old junior at Auburn University and a passionate environmentalist,

CNN By Hanako Montgomery, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — One stranger from Tokyo is shutting down his business for a week to help. Another volunteer dropped everything to provide transportation and translations for American parents desperate to find their son. The weeklong quest to find James “Weston” Higginbotham in Japan has yielded no signs of