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By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office will retry the sex crimes case against Harvey Weinstein, a prosecutor told the court Wednesday at the former movie producer’s first hearing since his conviction was overturned. The judge ordered Weinstein remain in custody ahead of his retrial, with the

By Andy Rose and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Austin police are investigating a sudden surge in suspected opioid overdoses in the Texas capital, with dozens of reported cases in just two days this week. While the exact source of the overdoses remains unclear, “It is apparent that there is a deadly batch of illicit

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In February 2003, workers preparing the basement of a Manhattan building for demolition made a gruesome discovery: the skeleton of a teenage girl rolled up in carpet and buried in a concrete tomb. The victim was hog-tied with an electrical cord. A gold signet ring engraved with the initials

KCAL, KCBS, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A controversial abortion law in Florida went into effect at midnight — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban. Vice President Kamala Harris is now headed to the state to speak about reproductive rights amid the uptick in restrictions being adopted across the country.

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A controversial abortion law in Florida went into effect at midnight — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban. Vice President Kamala Harris is now headed to the state to speak about reproductive rights amid the uptick in restrictions being adopted across the country. Here’s what else

By Danny Freeman and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania district attorney intends to appeal a judge’s decision last month to overturn the murder convictions of the so-called “Chester Trio” – three men who have spent nearly 25 years in prison for a crime they say they did not commit. Derrick Chappell, 41; Morton

WSOC, WBTV, CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPT By Devon M. Sayers, Shawn Nottingham and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Four officers were killed in a shooting while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina, including one deputy US marshal and two local task force officers, authorities say. Four other law enforcement officers

By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — The Amazon returns employee wasn’t at work the day one of her colleagues at a California warehouse found a small, furry stowaway in a box mailed six days earlier from Utah. But Brandy Hunter got the call anyway. “Everyone knows I love cats,” she recalled. “I was not on shift

By Andi Babineau and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — An autopsy conducted on the remains of a Colorado mother who disappeared while on a bike ride in 2020 and was found dead three years later determined she died by homicide and had a drug cocktail in her system that is used to immobilize animals. Suzanne

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Krystina Shveda, Amy O’Kruk, Renée Rigdon and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — As pro-Palestinian protests have erupted on college campuses nationwide, protesters — including students and faculty — continue to be arrested since the first demonstrators were detained at Columbia University three weeks ago. Nearly 200 protesters were arrested on May 7,

WHDH, CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As university administrators and law enforcement crack down on campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza, they’re invoking a familiar trope: the “outside agitator.” On April 18, the New York Police Department arrested more than a hundred people in connection with pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, kicking off a

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements in the high-profile murder trial surrounding the 2022 death of a Boston police officer drilled Monday into two key questions that have long dominated the case: Is the officer’s girlfriend a killer? Or is she a victim of a sprawling coverup involving law enforcement? Karen Read is

By Devon M. Sayers, Shawn Nottingham and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Four officers were killed in a shooting while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina, including one deputy US marshal and two local task force officers, authorities say. Four other law enforcement officers were shot during the incident,

By Andy Rose and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A historic bridge was shut down Monday morning after a train car derailed and leaned against one of the bridge’s support columns. Around 6:15 a.m. local time, “approximately five Union Pacific train cars derailed near the east end of the Union Pacific Steel Bridge in Portland,

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire is building Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. Early designs reveal the boat will accommodate around 2,300 passengers on trips reminiscent of the original Titanic, without the tragic ending, that is. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire is building Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. Early designs reveal the boat will accommodate around 2,300 passengers on trips reminiscent of the original Titanic, without the tragic ending, that is. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire is building Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. Early designs reveal the boat will accommodate around 2,300 passengers on trips reminiscent of the original Titanic, without the tragic ending, that is. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up

By Rebekah Riess and Stephen Watts, CNN (CNN) — Three police officers were shot and injured by a gunman after responding to a shooting outside a home in Kenner, Louisiana, on Sunday, authorities said. The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Matthew Lathers, was eventually fatally shot by a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office sniper, Sheriff Joseph Lopinto