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By Jenn Selva and Christina Maxouris, CNN The driver responsible for a January crash that left nine people dead — including himself and four children — had alcohol, cocaine and a drug known as PCP in his system, according to an autopsy report from the Clark County, Nevada, coroner’s office. Gary Dean Robinson, 59, was

By Abby Bustin and Christina Maxouris, CNN Brothers George and Melvin DeJesus are out of prison after serving nearly 25 years for a crime they didn’t commit. “Walking out, just with the feeling of vindication, it was great,” George DeJesus told reporters in Michigan on Tuesday, shortly after he was released, according to CNN Detroit

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Maurice Peoples was looking forward to lunch with his son, Justin Peoples, last week — but they didn’t get to share that meal because Justin was murdered the night before, in what a California district attorney is calling a hate crime. Justin, who was Black, was shot once and stabbed multiple

By Amir Vera and Amanda Musa, CNN Six high school-aged girls died in a crash with a semitruck, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Tuesday. Highway patrol spokesperson Sarah Stewart told CNN the fatal crash happened about 1:30 p.m. The girls were riding in a small passenger vehicle when it collided with a semitruck at an

By Dakin Andone and Jenn Selva, CNN Pierce County, Washington, has reached a settlement agreement of more than $4 million with the family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was heard crying out “I can’t breathe” before he died in police custody in March 2020. The Pierce County Council formally approved the $4,010,000 settlement

By Theresa Waldrop, Adrienne Broaddus and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Mike Gross has seen a lot of theft at his family’s dealership in Neillsville, Wisconsin, over the years, including wheels, tires, cash and entire vehicles, but this was new. A service technician was preparing to inspect a used Jeep when he discovered a gas leak. The

By Jamiel Lynch, Susannah Cullinane and Amir Vera, CNN The City of Miami Beach commission voted unanimously during a Tuesday emergency meeting to impose a curfew during Spring Break festivities this weekend. The curfew will start at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday and expire Monday morning at 6 a.m., starting at midnight each night. The boundaries

By Amir Vera and Ashley Killough, CNN A Texas appeals court reinstated a temporary injunction Monday ensuring families seeking gender-affirming care for their trans children cannot be investigated by state authorities. The ruling comes after a district court judge in Travis County ordered the state of Texas to temporarily stop investigating families earlier this month,

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity since 1963, when Glen Canyon Dam was built, a new report shows. In addition to water loss due to an intense multiyear drought, the US Geological Survey and the Bureau of Reclamation report