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By Paul Vercammen and Brad Parks, CNN Thomas Lane, one of the three former Minneapolis police officers convicted in February of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison on Thursday. Federal prosecutors had asked Judge Paul A. Magnuson to sentence Lane to between 5.25 years to 6.5 years for

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN “Out of stock.” Many moms are still seeing that sign on empty store shelves where baby formula was once plentiful. Despite dozens of international flights loaded with formula that have already come into the US, experts say the product hasn’t been replenished in stores due to consumer stockpiling. As a result,

By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN After a large green sea turtle wandered onto a beachfront patio in Florida, it needed a little help from local rescuers to find its way back to sea. A resident in Melbourne Beach woke Tuesday morning to find the massive creature high and dry on their patio and Sea Turtle Preservation

By Rosa Flores and Chris Boyette, CNN Four men have been indicted by federal grand juries in connection with the smuggling operation that left 53 migrants dead after they were trapped in the back of a sweltering semitruck last month, a tragedy one Homeland Security Investigations agent called the deadliest human smuggling incident in US

By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN A woman in California is facing felony kidnapping charges after hospital workers allegedly caught her impersonating a nurse and attempting to steal a newborn baby, authorities say. Jesenea Miron, 23, was arrested after she allegedly posed as a newly hired nurse and entered a unit of the Riverside University Health System

By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN An investigation is underway after a 13-year-old boy was shot by a Chicago Police Department officer, according to the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The teen’s lawyers, and witnesses, contend his hands were up when police opened fire. He is now paralyzed from being shot in the

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN One soldier was killed and nine others were injured when lightning struck during a midmorning military training exercise at Fort Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, on Wednesday, the US Army Reserve Command said. The soldiers were attending an annual training for medical units to refine their processes and medical skills in the

By Amanda Jackson, CNN A young dolphin was rescued Wednesday after becoming tangled in a crab trap under a pier in Clearwater, Florida. A lifeguard with the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department discovered the distressed animal after spotting a dolphin circling an area near a large fishing pier at Clearwater Beach and saw a dark

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The family of a 23-year-old Black man killed by a San Bernardino police officer is demanding answers about the shooting, as surveillance video shows the man running away from police when he is shot. Robert Adams, known as Rob to his family, was shot Saturday in the parking

By Pete Muntean, Greg Wallace and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Eight people were injured when an American Airlines flight from Tampa, Florida, to Nashville, Tennessee, hit “unexpected turbulence” on Wednesday, according to the airline. The plane, an Embraer 170 operated by American regional carrier Envoy Air, was diverted to Birmingham, Alabama, where it landed safely, American

By Amir Vera, Chuck Johnston, Amy Simonson and Rebekah Riess, CNN Authorities in Missouri have arrested and charged a man accused of fatally shooting a North Kansas City police officer, Clay County Attorney Dan White announced Wednesday. Joshua T. Rocha, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder and felony armed criminal action. He is being

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman who authorities say fled to Costa Rica after allegedly killing an elite professional cyclist and was missing for more than 40 days, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in a Texas court Wednesday. Before an appearance in Travis County District Court, Armstrong’s attorney, Rick Cofer, filed

By Sonia Moghe, CNN New York police are investigating whether the son of a retired New York state judge killed his mother in the family’s Manhattan apartment before jumping to his own death, a law enforcement source told CNN on Wednesday. Police said they responded to the family’s Upper East Side apartment building after receiving

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN An elementary school in Marietta, Georgia, is halting the rollout of a new logo after an uproar from parents who pointed out its similarities to a Nazi symbol. East Side Elementary School, located in Georgia’s second-largest school district, debuted the new logo in a Monday email to parents. The redesign portrayed