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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Susan Lorincz, the Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor through a closed door last month during a dispute over children playing outside, waived her arraignment and entered a written plea of not guilty, court officials said. Lorincz, a 58-year-old White woman, is charged with manslaughter with a

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen homes have been evacuated in Rolling Hills Estates, California, after the ground shifted, causing extensive damage, city and Los Angeles County officials said. Twelve homes were red-tagged as of Monday night, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said on Twitter. Sixteen residents had been displaced

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Students who struggled through the height of the Covid-19 pandemic – between March 2020 and early 2023 – are still having trouble keeping up with course work, according to a study from the nonprofit NWEA, which focuses on education research. “This analysis provides the most current evidence to help

By Nouran Salahieh and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — There were no jackpot winners after Monday’s Powerball drawing and the grand prize jumped to an estimated $725 million – the seventh largest Powerball jackpot, according to lottery officials. The next drawing will be on Wednesday for the massive prize, which has an estimated $366.2 million

By Nick Valencia, Amy Simonson and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana judge has quashed counts against two of the law enforcement officers charged in connection with the May 2019 arrest and death of Black motorist Ronald Greene. Former state troopers John Peters and Dakota DeMoss no longer will face obstruction of justice charges

By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Intense rainstorms that inundated the Northeast turned streets into rivers, forced evacuations and prompted officials in Vermont’s capital, Montpelier, to close the downtown area. “Make no mistake, the devastation and flooding we’re experiencing across Vermont is historic and catastrophic,” Gov. Phil Scott told reporters Tuesday. Floodwaters

By Zenebou Sylla and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A Brooklyn man accused in a string of random shootings across New York City appeared before a judge by video Monday to formally face charges in the rampage that left one person dead and three others wounded, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. The case

By Justin Gamble and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The last three known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre – one of the country’s deadliest acts of racial violence – will appeal a judge’s recent decision to dismiss their lawsuit seeking reparations to the state Supreme Court, their attorneys announced Monday. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108,

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — James Lewis, who was convicted of extortion for promising to stop the 1982 Tylenol poisonings for $1 million – but denied he was behind the seven deaths, has been found dead, police said Monday. The Massachusetts man served time for sending Johnson & Johnson a letter in 1982 vowing

By Eli Masket and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Police say they have arrested a “popular” Tennessee soccer coach after finding videos on his cell phone depicting unconscious boys being raped. Camilo Hurtado Campos is being held in Franklin, Tennessee, on charges of rape of a child and sexual exploitation of a minor with additional

By Shawn Nottingham, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing young athletes under the guise of medical treatment, was assaulted inside a federal prison in Florida, according to two sources familiar with the incident. Joe Rojas, president of the local correction officers’

By Rob Kuznia, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — Vanessa Salgado’s nightmare began on what should have been a regular evening in the spring of last year, while she was waiting for her boyfriend to bring back tacos from a fast-food restaurant. Before he arrived at her house in Albuquerque, New

By Michelle Watson, Cheri Mossburg and Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — A murder suspect who escaped police custody in the Sacramento area over the weekend has been found and taken into custody, according to the Placer County Sheriff, who shared the update via social media. Eric J. Abril, who escaped Sutter Roseville Medical Center in