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By Melissa Alonso and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A man who served more than 34 years of a 400-year sentence for an armed robbery was released from a Florida jail this week after prosecutors dismissed charges against the wrongly convicted man. “I never lost hope and always knew this day would come,” Sidney Holmes, now 57,

By Dakin Andone, Ryan Young and Kevin Conlon, CNN The family of a Black man found dead in Mississippi last year is calling for a more thorough investigation into his disappearance and death, alleging he was murdered after he told his mother he was being followed by White men in trucks. “What we have is

By Taylor Romine and Chris Boyette, CNN A one-time payment of $5 million to each eligible Black resident is among recommendations unanimously accepted by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors as part of a draft plan by a panel proposing reparations. The move Tuesday was an intermediate step, with a final report that includes board feedback

By Pete Muntean and Greg Wallace, CNN Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday cited an “uptick” in recent aviation incidents and called on participants at a Federal Aviation Administration safety summit to help find the “root causes” of the problem. “We are particularly concerned because we have seen an uptick in serious close calls,”

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Move over, Labrador Retrievers. There’s a new top dog in town. For the first time in 31 years, the Labrador Retriever has been unseated as the most popular dog breed in the US, according to the American Kennel Club’s 2022 registration statistics. In its place sits the cute and compact French

By Sara Smart, Michelle Watson, Brian Todd and Eric Levenson, CNN Seven sheriff’s deputies in central Virginia were arrested and charged with second-degree murder Tuesday in the death of a Black man who prosecutors say was fatally “smothered” while in custody. Irvo Otieno, 28, died on March 6 at a state mental health facility during

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When you’re craving a quick snack, how often do you reach into the fridge for a few strawberries or grapes without rinsing them? (It’s okay to admit it, we’ve all done it before.) While consuming unwashed fruits and vegetables isn’t totally detrimental to your health, some scientists say you should make

By Justin Gamble, Nicole Chavez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Students at Wellesley College in Massachusetts approved a referendum Tuesday that called for accepting admissions applications from all nonbinary and transgender prospective students, a college spokesperson said. The women’s college of about 2,300 students currently accepts those who “live as women and consistently identify as women,”

By Cheri Mossburg and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Advances in DNA technology led to the arrest of a man in the 1997 shooting death of a teller during a bank robbery in California, authorities announced Tuesday. On April 28, 1997, two robbers disguised as construction workers wearing raincoats, hard hats and pantyhose over their faces went

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Zenebou Sylla and Rob Frehse, CNN A 20-year-old man from Upstate New York has been charged with making a terroristic threat after threatening to carry out a shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets in Manlius, New York, in a Discord post, according to court documents and local police. Police responded to a

By Pete Muntean and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating yet another close call between commercial airliners, this time at Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC — the seventh since the start of this year. On March 7, Republic Airways Flight 4736 crossed a runway, without clearance, that United Airlines Flight 2003

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

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

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

By Jeremy Grisham and Chris Boyette, CNN A 14-year-old was killed and two other teens were hospitalized Tuesday after a vehicle crashed into them while they were riding horses that the Dallas Police Department says were stolen. Two of the horses also died, Dallas Police said in a news release. Police responded to the crash

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