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By Randi Kaye, Dakin Andone and Alta Spells, CNN With prosecutors nearing the end of their case, attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are strongly considering putting the disgraced former South Carolina attorney on the stand in his own defense in the trial for the killings of his wife and son, according to a source familiar with

By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Scott Bronstein, CNN Authorities identified the gunman in the deadly mass shooting at Michigan State University as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae. Here’s what we know about him: FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES MSU shooter pleaded guilty to firearm charge in 2019, court records show The gunman in the Michigan State University

By Amanda Watts and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The sole winner of November’s record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot was named Tuesday at a news conference in California. Edwin Castro won what is the largest-ever lottery jackpot, and he opted for the lump sum payout of $997.6 million, the California Lottery said. Castro purchased the winning ticket

By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN An Atlanta-area police officer has been fired and arrested on suspicion of concealing the death of a 16-year-old girl whose remains were found last week, some six months after her family last saw her, authorities say. Miles Bryant, a 22-year-old Doraville, Georgia, police officer, was arrested on preliminary

By Holly Yan, CNN The massacre that ripped apart 17 families in Parkland, Florida, five years ago on Valentine’s Day ignited a wave of student-led protests and bipartisan legislation to combat the plague of school shootings devastating the country. The gunman, Nikolas Cruz, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

By Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado, Amanda Watts, Michelle Watson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and left five others in critical condition may have had plans to target two schools in New Jersey, police there said. Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43 — who had no known ties to the

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amy Simonson, CNN Almost three months after Colorado Springs nightclub Club Q was the site of a deadly mass shooting, the venue has announced plans to reopen this year and restore its status as a beloved gathering place for LGBTQ residents. “Our goal and intention has always been to return Club

By Devon M. Sayers and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Attorneys for Brett Favre have again filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss the former NFL quarterback from a lawsuit filed by the state of Mississippi seeking to recoup millions of dollars distributed as part of what the state calls a statewide welfare fraud scheme. “It

By Randi Kaye, Alta Spells and Steve Almasy, CNN Jurors in the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh heard Monday about autopsy evidence on a day the court also publicly released body camera videos from law enforcement officers who arrived the night his wife and son were killed in June 2021. The

By Nouran Salahieh and Sara Smart, CNN A suspect has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a mass shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five others injured Monday evening, police said. “There is no longer a threat to campus,” Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said. “We believe there

By Jaide Garcia and Nadia Romero, CNN An attorney for the family of Darryl Tyree Williams, who died in police custody last month, says Williams was racially profiled and harassed by Raleigh, North Carolina, police officers during a stop and frisk procedure and that he was “electrocuted to death for nothing.” Williams was tased twice

By Gabe Cohen, CNN In the shadow of Lee McCall’s crumbled home sits an old RV and two tents that are now housing her family. The house, located in St. James City, is still rotting after Hurricane Ian pounded Southwest Florida in September, flooding thousands of homes, including theirs. The small community outside Fort Myers

By Celina Tebor and Sabrina Souza, CNN More than a year before a 14-year-old student took her own life after a TikTok video showed she was attacked by four other teenagers, another student at the same high school was physically assaulted after reporting threats being made against her to the school, a lawsuit alleges. 14-year-old