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By Amy Simonson and Chris Boyette, CNN A man was arrested Monday after allegedly shooting two people, killing one of them, in an unprovoked attack at an Arizona business before fleeing into the desert, officials said. The suspect entered a business in Whetstone, Arizona, twice Monday acting as a customer before returning and opening fire

By Steve Almasy, Chris Boyette, Hannah Sarisohn and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Police believe an “edged weapon” was used to kill four college students who were found in a house near the University of Idaho — deaths that sent shock waves through the campus of about 11,500 students. “Investigators are continuing to work diligently on

By Andi Babineau, CNN A middle school teacher in Pflugerville, Texas, has been fired, district officials said Monday, after video was posted to social media showing the White teacher tell his students his race “is the superior one.” “Last Friday, Nov. 11, Pflugerville ISD officials were made aware of an inappropriate conversation a teacher at

By Amir Vera and Holly Yan, CNN The suspected gunman in the University of Virginia shooting was on a class field trip with the victims before the shooting occurred, a UVA spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., was on the bus returning from a trip to Washington, DC, where the class had seen a

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN An attorney for a North Carolina man is calling for a criminal investigation into why his client, a 41-year-old Black man, was beaten while in custody at the Camden County, Georgia, Detention Center in September. In a news release, civil rights attorney Harry Daniels says his client Jarrett Hobbs was “mercilessly”

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Uvalde’s acting police chief knew there were “eight to nine” children alive and needing rescue from a shooter in the classrooms at Robb Elementary but failed to organize help, new audio of a phone call and CNN analysis of newly obtained video shows. Lt. Mariano

By Steve Almasy, Theresa Waldrop, Dakin Andone and Holly Yan, CNN The 22-year-old University of Virginia student suspected of killing three football players and wounding two other people was facing school disciplinary action after UVA officials learned he failed to disclose his conviction last year on a misdemeanor concealed weapons charge, a school spokesperson says.

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, took the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial in Los Angeles on Monday, at times breaking into tears while alleging he raped her in a hotel room in 2005. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to multiple sexual

By Scott Glover and Daniel A. Medina, CNN A veteran homicide detective in Kansas City, Kansas conspired with a local drug kingpin to help run a sex-trafficking operation involving underage girls, prosecutors alleged in an explosive indictment unsealed Monday. Roger Golubski, a retired 35-year-veteran of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department allegedly used his position to shield the

By Christina Zdanowicz, Caroll Alvarado and Eric Levenson, CNN Devin Chandler was a gifted football player who was always smiling and trying to make sure those around him were happy, his former football coach Adam Sykes said in a statement. Chandler was one of three football players from the University of Virginia who were killed

By Kiely Westhoff and Theresa Waldrop, CNN All 18 students and a driver have “varying degrees of injuries” after their bus crashed in eastern Kentucky early Monday, a school official said. No fatalities have been reported, Magoffin County School District Superintendent Chris Meadows said in a statement. The students range from elementary to high school,

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The TSA is ramping up security measures at airports nationwide after admitting to multiple protocol failures that allowed a man to get through a checkpoint with two box cutters. The move comes as passengers are expected to flood airports ahead of Thanksgiving in 10 days. Here’s what else you need to

By Tina Burnside and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Human remains found in a remote California location are those of a mother reported missing Thursday after a “significant amount of blood” was seen in her home, authorities say. In a news release, the Simi Valley Police Department said the remains of Rachel Castillo, 25, were discovered in

By Chris Boyette and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Four University of Idaho students who were found dead Sunday night in a house near campus have been identified, the city of Moscow’s police department said Monday. The slain students were 20-year-old Ethan Chapin of Conway, Washington; 21-year-old Madison Mogen of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle of