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By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The South Carolina driver who killed a bride and seriously injured the groom as they departed their wedding reception pleaded guilty in court on Monday and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Just as her trial was set to begin, Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty to one

By Brad Parks, CNN (CNN) — A man facing felony terrorism and hate crime charges after authorities said he shot a Jewish man and fired at responding officers during an October shootout in Chicago has died by apparent suicide, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi was found unresponsive during a routine security

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — This holiday season, many parents are weighing an important decision: whether to give into their child’s pleas for a smartphone amid concerns about safety and mental health issues. If, however, you’ve decided to put a first phone on your gift list, these are some ways you can make the

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Identical twins Karen Rodman and Linda Thomas have been inseparable since birth: after all these years, they work together, Rodman as a legal assistant and Thomas as a paralegal, and they finish each other’s sentences. Rodman and Thomas live in Las Vegas, less than five miles from each

By Celina Tebor, Gloria Pazmino, Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of putting a homeless man in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway last year, moved to closing arguments Monday after weeks of testimony in the case. Penny, 26,

By Karina Tsui and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Five people have been reported missing from a fishing boat that capsized in rough waters off the coast of southeastern Alaska, officials said. The US Coast Guard received a mayday call at 12:10 a.m. Sunday from the crew aboard the 50-foot-long vessel, saying it was overturning,

By Melissa Alonso, Rebekah Riess and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The search for missing hiker Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, took a tragic turn after her body was found over the weekend in Welches, Oregon, an unincorporated community at the base of Mount Hood. Authorities confirmed her death as a homicide, and her husband of 12

By Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — New York City marked the inaugural Shirley Chisholm Day on Saturday – honoring the life and legacy of the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress on what would have been her 100th birthday. The city council’s Committee on Civil and Human Rights voted earlier this month

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Big Ten Conference has fined Michigan and Ohio State $100k each for their involvement in Saturday’s postgame brawl, the conference announced. “The Big Ten Conference has determined that the actions of both teams following the Michigan-Ohio State football game on Saturday, November 30, 2024, violated the

By Ray Sanchez, Andi Babineau and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — A smiling James Craig appears online promoting his Colorado dental practice, saying his treatment philosophy “begins with sincerely listening to the patient and wanting to find out more about where they’re coming from and what they’re looking for and what they want.” “I love

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A new top prosecutor for the nation’s largest county is taking office Monday with a promise to usher in a tougher-on-crime approach after Los Angeles voters took heightened anxiety over crime and public safety to the polls last month. Nathan Hochman, a former Republican candidate for California attorney general

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — OK, deep breaths everyone … you made it through the meal prep, or the long lines at the register, the airport or on the freeway. Maybe you were so busy you didn’t have time to appreciate the holiday, so take a look at Thanksgiving week in

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A single 15-minute argument in the middle of this week could change Chase Strangio’s life – and the lives of so many people like him in the United States. Strangio, an attorney for the ACLU, is set to make history Wednesday as the first known transgender person to argue

By Ashley R. Williams, Sarah Dewberry, Zenebou Sylla, Dakin Andone and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — As biting cold temperatures sweep across a large swath of the US, parts of the Great Lakes face more than a foot of additional lake-effect snow through Tuesday – the latest complication for cities already blanketed by snowfall amid

By Mark Morales, Rebekah Riess, Amanda Musa and Polo Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — A woman who flew as a stowaway on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris earlier this week remains in France after causing a disturbance on a flight scheduled to take her back to the United States Saturday, according