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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green assisted a man who was injured after falling from the bed of a pickup truck Thursday, marking the second time in three weeks the former emergency room physician responded to a roadside emergency. The most recent incident happened as Green was traveling in Kauai and

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of media organizations and the family of a murder victim came to an Idaho court on Friday with the same goal in mind: challenging a gag order. Two separate hearings were held Friday in the criminal case against Bryan Kohberger, the criminology graduate student at Washington State

By Jean Casarez, Aaron Cooper and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A not guilty plea was entered in US federal court on Friday on behalf of Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national accused in the alleged extortion of the mother of Natalee Holloway, the American teenager whose disappearance during a high school graduation trip

By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Alabama inmate Casey White was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for his escape from the Lauderdale County Detention Center last year, according to CNN affiliate WAAY. White escaped the facility in April 2022 with corrections officer Vicky White. Investigators have said they believe Casey White

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday for orchestrating an alleged gift card scheme to raise money for terrorist group ISIS, federal authorities said. Mateo Ventura, a resident of Wakefield, knowingly provided gift cards to a man he believed to be an ISIS supporter so they could be sold

By Michelle Watson and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — Rangers at Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park are seeking information on two people who are accused of harassing a bison calf last weekend, the National Park Service says. The two people “were seen approaching and touching a bison calf at the southern end of Elk Ranch

By Rachel Ramirez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Avni Pravin did not have asthma growing up. But at the age of 30, Pravin says she now has trouble breathing. While she has not yet been officially diagnosed with asthma, she said her doctor has prescribed her an inhaler. “The reason I felt so

By Isabel Yip, CNN (CNN) — Ohio lawmakers have introduced a joint resolution that would remove slavery and involuntary servitude from the state’s Constitution as a punishment for crimes. The amendment was introduced by Rep. Dontavius Jarrells, a Democrat representing Columbus, and Rep. Phil Plummer, a Republican representing Dayton. The proposed amendment was referred to

By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — As investigators try to determine why a pilot and passengers fell unresponsive on a small jet that ultimately crashed in Virginia on Sunday, the tragedy evokes a critical consideration for pilots when flying: oxygen. Because air is too thin to breathe at jetliner cruising altitudes, airplane cabins are pressurized.

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Travis Rudolph, a former wide receiver for Florida State University who played in the NFL, was found not guilty of murder and other charges by a Palm Beach County jury on Wednesday, court records show. Rudolph had faced one count of first-degree premeditated murder and three counts of attempted

By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers in Washington state are praising the resourcefulness of a 10-year-old girl who survived on her own for more than 24 hours in the rugged terrain of the Cascade mountains after getting lost while out with her family. Shunghla Mashwani was at a gathering with her extended family in

By Eric Levenson, Michelle Watson and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Pat Robertson, the prominent televangelist who founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, made the Christian right a powerful political force and unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988, died on Thursday, the network said in a news release. “Pat Robertson, longtime TV host, religious broadcaster, educator,

By Jennifer Henderson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Bond for the Florida woman charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of her neighbor, a Black mother who confronted her during a dispute over children playing outside, was set at $154,000 on Friday. A judge set bond at $150,000 for the felony charge and another