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By Lauren Mascarenhas and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The federal government outlined evidence to support Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation order in a newly-released, two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The memo says the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate is deportable because of his “beliefs, statements or associations” that would compromise US foreign

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — New Mexico this week became the latest state to pass a law aimed at addressing an ongoing national crisis surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous people – particularly in unsolved cases involving women and girls. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed a bill creating the new Turquoise Alert System.

By Eric Levenson and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — When Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri was arrested by federal officers outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, so began a multistate, week-long journey in custody that would end in a rural jail over 1,000 miles away. An Indian national working as a professor and studying

By Andy Rose and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Kseniia Petrova’s path from a Harvard laboratory to an immigration cell began with frogs. The Russian national who has been working as a researcher at Harvard Medical School failed to declare “non-hazardous” frog embryos she was carrying with her on her return to the US from

By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Idaho is set to make decisions about what evidence can and cannot be submitted at the upcoming death penalty trial of Bryan Kohberger, who’s accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November 2022. Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder

By Karina Tsui and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Four suspects are in custody following a shooting during an illegal gun sale and robbery in northeastern Virginia on Tuesday evening that left three people dead, and three others injured, authorities said Wednesday. “All suspects are in custody and there is no threat to public safety,”

By Emma Tucker and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A youth soccer coach charged in the killing of a 13-year-old California boy was previously accused of preying upon other children, prompting authorities to make a public plea for information about other potential victims. The suspect, Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, was accused in the killing of

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An annual festival in Philadelphia dedicated to celebrating Mexican culture and history has been cancelled, with organizers citing fear that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement might be present and target attendees. Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, ICE has detained thousands of people, using aggressive methods like the rarely-used Alien

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana immigration judge on Tuesday said she will decide by the end of this week whether to continue to hold Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil in custody or release him. Khalil, a prominent pro-Palestinian activist, was taken into custody by federal agents last month outside of his Columbia

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Most of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street should be closed off to vehicles, creating a permanent pedestrian plaza, a report recommends, three months after a truck plowed into a New Year’s Day crowd, killing 14 people and injuring at least 35. The tragedy took place in the city’s bustling French

By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Police and the FBI are investigating after a Tesla charging station was set on fire in Lacey, Washington early Tuesday morning. A person started the fire at the Tesla supercharger station around 1:30 a.m. local time, causing “substantial damage” to the charging station and the area around it, the