Skip to Content

CNN – National

Girls’ high school deemed ineligible to play in future activities and tournaments after forfeiting basketball game against team with transgender student-athlete

By Michelle Watson, CNN A Vermont girls’ high school that withdrew from a basketball tournament last month after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player is no longer able to participate in future Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) activities and tournaments, the group said in a news release Monday. VPA, the state’s

Continue Reading

Girls’ high school deemed ineligible to play in future activities and tournaments after forfeiting basketball game against team with transgender student-athlete

By Michelle Watson, CNN A Vermont girls’ high school that withdrew from a basketball tournament last month after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player is no longer able to participate in future Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) activities and tournaments, the group said in a news release Monday. VPA, the state’s

Continue Reading

Louisville police oversight body is granted power to interview officers and access body-cam footage

By Celina Tebor and Eric Levenson, CNN A Louisville police oversight body will now have the power to interview police officers and to directly access body camera footage as part of an agreement with the Louisville Metro Police Department, Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Tuesday. The memorandum of understanding between the city’s Office of Inspector General

Continue Reading
Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over last month's toxic chemical derailment in East Palestine

Ohio files federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over East Palestine derailment, state’s attorney general says

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over last month’s toxic chemical derailment in East Palestine, Attorney General Dave Yost announced Tuesday. Yost outlined the 58-count complaint, saying that Norfolk Southern violated numerous state, federal and Ohio common laws and violated the state’s Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

Continue Reading
Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill was convicted of 6 civil rights charges in October 2022.

Former Georgia sheriff who ordered detainees to be strapped to restraint chair sentenced to 18 months prison

By Melissa Alonso and Jennifer Henderson, CNN The former sheriff of a suburban Atlanta county was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison on civil rights charges related to his treatment of incarcerated people, according to the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Victor Hill, previously the Clayton County sheriff, was

Continue Reading
The family of Manuel Paez Terán

Family of environmental activist killed while protesting ‘Cop City’ files lawsuit against Atlanta in search for answers

By Dakin Andone, Nick Valencia and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The family of an environmental activist killed while protesting a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against the city, seeking the release of records to aid in their search for answers about what led to the fatal shooting.

Continue Reading

3-year-old girl fatally shoots 4-year-old sister with unsecured firearm, Texas sheriff says

By Chris Boyette and Eric Levenson, CNN A 3-year-old girl fatally wounded her 4-year-old sister in an unintentional shooting in Texas, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. “This basically involves a 3-year-old and a 4-year-old,” Gonzalez said. “The 3-year-old is the alleged shooter. It appears to be unintentional.” Calling the incident “tragic” but “very preventable,”

Continue Reading
Part of the campus of Stanford University is pictured in October 2021.

Stanford University police launch hate crime investigation after antisemitic drawing found on Jewish student’s dorm room door

By Rebekah Riess, CNN The placing of an antisemitic drawing in a dormitory at Stanford University is being investigated by campus police as a hate crime, officials said. The drawing, which included “multiple swastikas and an image modified to resemble Adolf Hitler,” was discovered on a whiteboard attached to a Jewish student’s dorm room door

Continue Reading
Skip to content