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By Joe Sutton, CNN A 25-year-old hiker from California was found dead after falling from a rocky bluff along the Oregon coast and being swept into the ocean over the weekend, authorities said. Henry Minh Hoang, of West Covina, California, was hiking beyond a safety fence in an area known as “the punch bowl” in

By Michelle Watson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The remains of a woman found in a small Massachusetts town in 1978 were identified more than four decades after her death using “old fashioned police work” — and help from advances in forensic genetic genealogy, officials announced Monday. Referred to for decades as “Granby girl,” alluding to

By Michelle Watson, CNN Indianapolis police arrested a suspect in a deadly shooting that happened outside of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Monday, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a news release. The suspect, Elijah Hayes, 25, was arrested Wednesday and remains in custody, according to Marion County Sheriff’s Office online records. “Homicide detectives, working with our Violent Crimes Unit, identified and

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon three times during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Monday, after attempting to open an emergency exit door, according to the Justice Department. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, faces

By Jennifer Henderson and Amy Simonson, CNN The FBI is investigating the “suspicious death” of a female passenger on board a Carnival Sunshine cruise ship, but the company said the death appears to be natural. The woman was found unresponsive during the ship’s February 27 voyage to Nassau, Bahamas, the FBI field office in Columbia,

By Caroll Alvarado, Brynn Gingras and Holly Yan, CNN Investigators are trying to determine whether a deadly crush of concertgoers in Rochester, New York, could have been prevented. Two people were killed and at least eight others injured as a result of the chaos Sunday night, Rochester police said. Those killed were Brandy Miller, 35,

By Rebekah Riess, Dakin Andone and Nick Valencia, CNN A Georgia judge denied bond for 22 of the 23 people arrested and charged with domestic terrorism amid violent protests Sunday at the site of a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City” by opponents who claim it would propagate militarized policing and

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s almost time for clocks to “spring forward” one hour for Daylight Saving Time. Yes, it’s Daylight Saving Time, with the singular use of “saving,” not “savings.” Although embraced by some, the twice-yearly switcheroo is disliked by lawmakers and scientists alike, as studies have shown the change disrupts body rhythms.. Here’s

By Eric Levenson, CNN Alex Murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife and son, but his days in court are far from over. Murdaugh, the 54-year-old disbarred attorney, is still charged with 99 counts of embezzlement, computer crime, money laundering, conspiracy and more for what

By Rebekah Riess A suspect is in custody after a child and two adults were killed and a fourth person was wounded in a possible home invasion shooting in Bolingbrook, Illinois, on Sunday, police said. Officers responded to a report of a possible home invasion around 8:15 p.m. in the 100 block of Lee Lane

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Laura Ly and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN As federal investigators visit the site of another Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio, the company vowed new safety measures in response to its toxic train wreck that ravaged the town of East Palestine. Norfolk Southern will revamp its hot bearing detector network as

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Authorities in New York’s Long Island were stunned to find a massive 14-foot reticulated python lying on the side of the road. Environmental conservation police officers got a call about the out-of-place reptile on February 14, according to a news release Wednesday from the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. The python

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Samantha Beech, CNN At least seven people have been injured in a five-alarm fire in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City thought to have been caused by a lithium-ion battery, according to fire officials. A civilian and an emergency services worker were seriously injured, and five firefighters received

By Jennifer Henderson and Tina Burnside, CNN Two people were killed and six others were injured after a shooting at a house party in Douglas County, Georgia, on Saturday that had more than 100 teenagers in attendance, police said. Officials said the shooting stemmed from a confrontation at the house party in Douglasville, a city

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Maurice Hastings, a man wrongfully convicted of a 1983 robbery-homicide and sexual assault, has been declared innocent by a California judge. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan formally declared Hastings factually innocent and cleared the arrest and prosecution from his criminal record during a Wednesday hearing, according to