By Kevin Dotson, Amir Vera and Matt Foster, CNN The 12-year-old player in the Little League World Series who fell from a bunk bed is no longer under sedation and even received a supportive video message Wednesday from his favorite Major League Baseball player, according to an Instagram account set-up to provide updates on his
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The co-pilot who fell to his death after getting off an aircraft mid-flight in North Carolina may have been sick and was described as “visibly upset” prior to exiting the plane without a parachute, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation and Safety Board. Two people
Continue ReadingBy Jason Kravarik and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Deputies responding to the helicopter crash that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others had no authority to take photos of the crash scene, a Los Angeles County Sheriff captain said in court Tuesday. The testimony was part of a federal civil lawsuit brought
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, Caroll Alvarado and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A group of high school football players in northern Georgia jumped out of their cars while on the way to school to help free an injured woman who was trapped after a wreck. Treyvon Adams, 16, was driving to school Friday morning with his teammates Antwion
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN A 40-year-old man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly stabbing two homeless men while they slept in separate incidents, killing one of them. Trevon Murphy is charged with one count of murder in the second degree, one count of attempted murder in the second degree and one count of assault in the
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN A Black firefighter in upstate New York alleges a commanding officer pressured him to attend a private party in July that contained racist imagery. Jerrod Jones, a 14-year veteran of the Rochester Fire Department, filed a notice of claim August 11 saying the private party occurred in a Rochester home in
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN More human skeletal remains were discovered at Lake Mead’s Swim Beach area Monday night, officials said, marking the third time authorities have reported finding remains at the beach amid the lake’s rapidly receding shoreline. So far this year, authorities have recovered human remains at the lake five times, three of which
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN More human skeletal remains were discovered at Lake Mead’s Swim Beach area Monday night, officials said, marking the third time authorities have reported finding remains at the beach amid the lake’s rapidly receding shoreline. So far this year, authorities have recovered human remains at the lake five times, three of which
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, CNN Oklahoma’s governor on Tuesday ordered that the scheduled September execution of death row inmate Richard Glossip be delayed until December — a move that Glossip’s attorneys, who argue he’s innocent, say will allow an appellate court to consider a new hearing. This is the fourth time Glossip has received a stay
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN The brother of a US service member killed in a terrorist attack outside Afghanistan’s Kabul airport in August of last year has died by suicide, according to his mother Shana Chappell. “The ripple effect! I lost two sons in less than one year, both of them in the month of August!”
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Before July Fourth, Cooper Roberts was almost always active and running around. He loved playing sports — including soccer, baseball and football — and riding his bike, his family has said. Life has looked very different since the 8-year-old was shot in the Highland Park Fourth of July attack, and left
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, CNN The fate of the Uvalde school district’s police chief could be decided next week now that the school board has rescheduled a meeting to consider firing Pete Arredondo for August 24, the district announced Tuesday. Arredondo was placed on unpaid leave following his highly criticized handling of the May 24 massacre
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN AÂ jury has been selected and sworn in for the Chicago federal child pornography and obstruction trial for R. Kelly and two of his former associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown. The jury is made up of four men and eight women. There are six alternate jurors, five women and one man.
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN A civil and human rights advocacy organization has filed suit against officials in Lexington, Mississippi following alleged racist and homophobic remarks from a now-fired police chief, and what plaintiffs allege is targeting behavior from the police department. The suit was filed “to demand protection for Lexington’s largely Black population from the
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez, Ed Lavandera, Raja Razek and Caroll Alvarado, CNN The suspect in a shooting that killed a 43-year-old coach during a weekend youth football game outside Dallas turned himself in Monday, police said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 39, the brother of former NFL star and Super Bowl winner Aqib Talib, pulled out a gun
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, Jennifer Feldman, Alisha Ebrahimji and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Maine Capitol Police screener Craig Donahue was returning from his lunch break when he heard a “loud thud” and the sound of metal rolling. Lucky for Donahue, he narrowly missed being hit Friday afternoon by a large “sleeve-like object” that likely fell from a
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Amanda Watts and Holly Yan, CNN An 88-year-old woman was killed by an alligator after she slipped into a pond while gardening at an adult living community, authorities in South Carolina told CNN and its affiliate WTOC. Around 11:15 a.m. Monday, authorities were called to Sun City Hilton Head on reports of
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Amanda Watts and Holly Yan, CNN An 88-year-old woman was killed by an alligator after she slipped into a pond while gardening at an adult living community, authorities in South Carolina told CNN and its affiliate WTOC. Around 11:15 a.m. Monday, authorities were called to Sun City Hilton Head on reports of
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Watts and Jason Hanna, CNN A 10-year-old boy had part of his leg amputated after a shark bit him while he was snorkeling off the Florida Keys over the weekend, his family says. Jameson Reeder Jr. was bitten by a shark on Saturday, and authorities were called to Looe Key reef to help
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and Rachel Ramirez, CNN An extraordinary drought in the West is drying up the Colorado River and draining the nation’s largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell. And amid the overuse of the river and the aridification of the region, the federal government is implementing new mandatory water cuts and asking
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