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Father of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery indicted on second-degree murder, other charges

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN Adam Montgomery, the father of missing 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery, has been indicted by a New Hampshire grand jury on a second-degree murder charge in her death, according to court documents. Last week’s indictment accuses him of “repeatedly striking Harmony Montgomery on the head with a closed fist,” causing her death. Grand

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Evidence presented during Alex Murdaugh’s trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse on January 26

First responder on scene testifies he did not see ‘visible tears’ from Alex Murdaugh after his wife and son were found dead

By Theresa Waldrop and Dakin Andone, CNN The first law enforcement official to respond to the scene where Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son were found killed testified Thursday that one of the first things Murdaugh mentioned after the sergeant from the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office arrived was a boating accident involving his son years ago.

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A brutal beating. Cries for his mom. 23-minute delay in aid. Here are the key takeaways from the Tyre Nichols police videos

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The newly released videos of Tyre Nichols’ police beating captured the brutality that his family and authorities had already foreshadowed: He was punched and kicked while being restrained. He pleaded to go home and repeatedly yelled for his mom. And after the beating, while Nichols lay slumped and motionless against a

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A brutal beating. Cries for his mom. 23-minute delay in aid. Here are the key revelations from the Tyre Nichols police videos

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The newly released videos of Tyre Nichols’ police beating captured the brutality that his family and authorities had already foreshadowed: He was punched and kicked while being restrained. He pleaded to go home and repeatedly yelled for his mom. And after the beating, while Nichols lay slumped and motionless against a

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Prosecutors in Alex Murdaugh murder trial play recording of his first interview after bodies of his son and wife were found

By Alta Spells and Stephanie Giambruno, CNN On the third day of the murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, prosecutors showed the court video of Murdaugh’s first interview with authorities after his wife and son were found killed. In the interview, which had not been released publicly previously, Murdaugh described arriving at

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Suspect in stabbing of Indiana University student has history of ‘severe mental illness,’ says defense attorney

By Nicki Brown, CNN The woman accused of stabbing an Indiana University student “has a long history of severe mental illness” and was “seeking help managing her condition up to and including the day of the alleged attack,” according to her defense attorney. Billie Davis, who is White, allegedly said she was motivated by race

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Felony criminal charges filed against two former Florida officers over alleged beating of homeless man

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two former Hialeah City police officers and one civilian are facing charges in connection to the alleged kidnapping and beating of a homeless man, as well as witness tampering on part of the civilian in an effort to cover up the officers’ actions, officials announced Thursday. Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney

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2 inmates, including a murderer convicted of double homicide, are captured after escaping from Virginia prison

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two inmates who had escaped from a Virginia jail were captured after authorities found them hiding in a Tennessee barn, officials said. Officers apprehended Johnny Shane Brown and Albert Lee Ricketson on Friday in Rogersville, Tennessee, after the pair escaped from the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority in Abingdon a day

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Tyre Nichols’ mother says Memphis officers ‘brought shame’ to their families and the Black community

By Zoe Sottile, CNN RowVaughn Wells, whose 29-year-old son Tyre Nichols died from injuries sustained during a police traffic stop in Memphis earlier this month, says that the officers involved have “brought shame to their own families” and “brought shame to the Black community.” Wells spoke with CNN’s Don Lemon on Friday morning in her

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Tyre Nichols’ mother says Memphis officers ‘brought shame’ to their families and the Black community

By Zoe Sottile, CNN RowVaughn Wells, whose 29-year-old son Tyre Nichols died from injuries sustained during a police traffic stop in Memphis earlier this month, says that the officers involved have “brought shame to their own families” and “brought shame to the Black community.” Wells spoke with CNN’s Don Lemon on Friday morning in her

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