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By Mark Morales, CNN The parents of accused Oxford, Michigan, school shooter Ethan Crumbley are expected to call their son as a witness to testify at their own trial, attorneys for the parents said in court Monday. Jennifer and James Crumbley were each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter after their teenage son allegedly

By Amy Simonson, Steve Almasy, David Williams and Pete Muntean, CNN Three people are dead and at least 50 injured after an Amtrak train derailed Monday in Missouri, authorities said Monday evening. Cpl. Justin Dunn, a spokesperson for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B, told reporters that two of the people who were killed were

By Stella Chan and Eric Levenson, CNN An Amtrak train passing through an intersection without crossing gates in rural Brentwood, California, collided with a passenger vehicle, killing three people and causing major injuries to two others on Sunday, according to officials. All five victims were in the vehicle and were attending an event near the

By Omar Jimenez and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman while responding to her 911 call in 2017 was released from prison Monday after serving over three years behind bars, according to online records from the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Mohamed Noor, 36, was convicted in April

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Kollene Dunn’s abortion a few months after the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling saved her family, she said. Dunn learned she was pregnant from a date rape and her mind quickly raced to her two young children, she told CNN. The single mom realized she did not have the

By Tina Burnside, CNN A Georgia man who was recently sentenced to death in the killing of two prison guards in 2017 died Sunday in an apparent suicide, according to a news release from the Georgia Department of Corrections. Ricky Dubose was found unresponsive in his cell Sunday by correctional officers at the Georgia Diagnostic

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A summer of joy is what we need… now. Like many of us, you may be disheartened — maybe even overwhelmed — by America’s bitter political divides. But with 90 or so days of summer ahead, this season is still an opportunity to grab hold of some goodness. Summer festivals are

By Benjamin Schiller and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A mother in Detroit has been charged with murder after the body of her 3-year-old son was found in a freezer Friday, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. The child’s mother, Azuradee France, 31, was also charged by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy with first-degree child abuse,

By Kelly McCleary and Holly Yan, CNN Abortion rights activists across the country are sending a clear message after the overturn of Roe v. Wade: They’re not backing down. From Minnesota to California to Florida, more than a dozen protests are planned Monday to denounce the Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the nearly 50-year-old federal

By Tina Burnside and Jarrod Wardwell, CNN Three children are dead and their mother is facing murder charges after authorities received a 911 call of a woman allegedly trying to stab her children during a house fire in Georgia, officials said. Deputies with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic disturbance Friday evening

By Hannah Sarisohn and Alaa Elassar, CNN Five people were injured after being shot at a trail ride concert organized by a Texas motorcycle club early Sunday. The Smith County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 12:35 a.m. alerting them to gunshot victims at an event at a large pasture in Winona “described as being