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By Taylor Romine and Steve Almasy, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was again denied parole Wednesday — more than a year after California’s governor shut down an earlier recommendation that he be released. California’s Board of Parole Hearings decided Wednesday to deny Sirhan parole for three

By Eric Levenson and Alta Spells, CNN Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorneys will deliver their closing arguments in his murder trial on Wednesday as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021. The prosecution delivered their closing arguments Tuesday, saying Murdaugh was the only person who had the

By Greg Wallace, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Federal agents arrested a Pennsylvania man this week after he allegedly tried to bring explosives in his suitcase on a flight from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Florida. According to court documents, an alarm alerted that the baggage belonging to Marc Muffley contained explosives. Transportation Security

By Michelle Watson and Steve Almasy, CNN A man accused of killing two police officers and a deputy in Kentucky last June has died in jail, the Pikeville Police Department said Wednesday in a news release. Lance Storz, 50, was found unresponsive shortly after 6:30 a.m. ET Tuesday at the Pike County Detention Center, police

By Chris Boyette and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A man has been charged with murder in connection with a killing in St. Louis Monday that a witness captured on video, which appears to show a man being shot at close range while sitting on a sidewalk downtown at about 10 a.m. The St. Louis Circuit

By Eric Levenson and Alta Spells, CNN State prosecutors said in closing arguments of Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial Wednesday that he was the only person who had the motive, means and opportunity to kill his wife and son in June 2021 — and that his lies afterward betrayed him. “People lie because they know they

By Kristina Sgueglia and Laura Ly, CNN New York has agreed to pay at least $21,500 to each of the hundreds of demonstrators at a 2020 George Floyd protest in the Bronx who were “arrested, detained, and/or subjected to force by police officers,” according to a proposed settlement filed in federal court. The settlement, if

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Alta Spells and Eric Levenson, CNN State prosecutors began closing arguments Wednesday in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and son at the family’s countryside estate in 2021. “After an exhaustive investigation, there is only one person who had the motive, who

By Isabel Rosales, Holly Yan, Nick Valencia and David Close, CNN University of Georgia star defensive lineman Jalen Carter — projected as a top pick in the NFL draft next month — faces charges of reckless driving and racing in connection with a crash that killed teammate Devin Willock and team employee Chandler LeCroy, Athens-Clarke

By Athena Jones and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN — Photographs by Laura Oliverio and Xueying Chang, CNN Tracie Yorke grew concerned about the quality of education her son was receiving after his school moved to remote learning during the pandemic in 2020. Yorke, of Hyattsville, Maryland, described her fourth grader’s Zoom classes as chaotic —

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN At least two commercial flights this week made unscheduled loops in the sky to give passengers a view of the northern lights. Some pilots were praised for shifting course to showcase the natural phenomenon as passengers welcomed the diversion to take pictures out the window. Here’s what else you need to

By Sara Smart, CNN More than a decade after 31-year-old Todd Lampley was fatally shot in a Massachusetts home, authorities have arrested and charged a suspect who was identified with the help of DNA found on a sweet potato found at the scene, court records show. Devarus Hampton, 40, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges

By Christina Maxouris, Nouran Salahieh and Celina Tebor, CNN Norfolk Southern is expected to attend a public meeting with East Palestine, Ohio, residents Thursday at the request and order of the US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA regional administrator Debra Shore said in a Wednesday news conference. The meeting comes nearly a month since the February

By Tina Burnside and Andy Rose, CNN Authorities say an hourslong standoff at a Missouri home that followed the shooting of three officers is over and a woman found in the house was taken into custody. A deceased man was also found in the home, according to state authorities. The three Kansas City, Missouri, police

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell have asked a federal appellate court to vacate her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and dismiss the indictment, arguing prosecutors treated Maxwell as a proxy for her longtime associate Jeffrey Epstein to satisfy public outrage, according to a new court filing. Maxwell’s attorneys first filed notice of

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The group of jurors who on Thursday convicted Alex Murdaugh of killing his wife and son had a day earlier visited the sprawling Islandton, South Carolina, property where the 2021 murders took place. The massive estate, known as Moselle, was at the heart of the trial — and played a big

By Paradise Afshar and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Vanessa Bryant has reached a nearly $29 million agreement with Los Angeles County to settle a lawsuit over photos that were taken at the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, her daughter Gianna Bryant and seven others. The settlement caps several years