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By Carma Hassan, Amir Vera, Holly Yan and Brad Parks, CNN Daunte Wright’s mother and a police officer took the stand Wednesday as the first two witnesses in the manslaughter trial of ex-officer Kimberly Potter, who has said she mistook her gun for a Taser when she killed Wright during a traffic stop. The shooting

By Josh Campbell and Kim Berryman, CNN For more than 5 seconds, footage from a body-worn camera shows former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kimberly Potter gripping the handle of a weapon and pointing it at 20-year-old Daunte Wright as officers try to place the resisting suspect under arrest. What happened next would end Wright’s

By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Carolyn said she was just 14 years old when she began to go to Jeffrey Epstein’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, two or three times per week in the early 2000s. On one visit, Carolyn was setting up a massage room for Epstein when his longtime companion

By Rosa Flores, CNN Travis Scott denies allegations, including negligence, in lawsuits filed against him for the Astroworld Festival tragedy, according to court documents filed by Scott’s attorneys and obtained by CNN. More than 140 lawsuits have been filed in the tragedy that left 10 people dead, CNN previously reported. Most allege the defendants were

By Paul Vercammen, CNN The health of convicted murderer Robert Durst, 78, subject of the HBO crime documentary “The Jinx,” has been upgraded to fair condition, California prison officials say. The report seems to mark an improvement in Durst’s health, as just two weeks ago prison officials told CNN Durst’s condition was considered serious. The

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Tennessee court has decided a Black man convicted of aggravated assault deserves a new trial because evidence was improperly admitted and the jury deliberated in a room filled with tributes to the Confederacy, according to court documents. Judge James Curwood Witt Jr. said in an opinion filed last week that

By Gregory Lemos The Mississippi man put to death on November 17 for the 2010 murder of his wife and sexual assault of her 12-year-old daughter confessed in his final days to also murdering his sister-in-law. First Circuit District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday David Neal Cox penned a note to the DA’s office that disclosed

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Authorities investigating the murders of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, in Delphi, Indiana, are asking for help finding the creator of a fake social media profile named ‘anthony_shots,’ according to an Indiana State Police (ISP) news release. In February 2017, Abby and Libby set out to hike at the

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Thelma Wright Edwards waited more than 65 years for someone to be held accountable for Emmett Till’s murder, but her hope vanished this week. “I pinned diapers on Emmett. I lived with him, he was like a brother to me,” said Edwards of her cousin Emmett. “I have no hate in