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By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Meridith Edwards, CNN Eighth-grade teacher Amanda Winters keeps the main lights turned down in her room. Pink fabric covers the one fluorescent bulb in the ceiling that doesn’t turn off, and a string of Christmas lights completes the illumination. Setting a calm and peaceful tone inside the classroom at the Denver

By Taylor Romine, CNN Marilyn Mosby, the chief prosecutor for the city of Baltimore, pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on a loan application to purchase two homes, according to her attorney. Federal authorities allege Mosby used a financial hardship withdrawal option from her retirement

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A jury found Travis Reinking guilty of all 16 counts in the April 2018 shooting at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee, that left four people dead, according to a live video feed provided by CNN affiliate WSMV. Among the charges were four counts of premeditated first-degree murder and four first-degree

By Derrick Hinds, CNN A Tempe, Arizona, Home Depot employee is facing a federal charge, after authorities said he repeatedly took cash from the store and replaced it with counterfeit currency before depositing it in the bank, according to a criminal complaint. According to a US Secret Service news release, agents from the Phoenix field

By Sara Smart, CNN After searching for eight years, a man finally found one of the paramedics who saved his life nearly 30 years ago. Dave Murphy, from Calgary, a city in Canadian province of Alberta, got into an altercation in March 1994 outside of the Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa. He was stabbed 13

By David Williams, CNN Three fisherman were rescued from the frigid waters off the Massachusetts coast after a woman working from home happened to look out her window and saw their boat capsize and sink. Clinging to floating fishing gear to stay afloat, the men were in the water for almost an hour on Tuesday

By Emma Tucker, CNN Fresh out of the Baltimore police academy just three weeks ago, 24-year-old Jaslyn Koger knows that her unique advantage as a new officer on the streets is her ability to communicate and relate with the community she serves. Koger, a Black woman and Baltimore native, is just one of the young

By Hannah Sarisohn and Jay Croft, CNN A week after a Pittsburgh bridge collapsed, officials announced plans on Friday to build a new one that will cost $25.3 million. Ten people were injured January 28 when the snow-covered Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed just hours before President Joe Biden was slated to speak in Pittsburgh about

By Jacob Lev, CNN A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies. The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of

By Alta Spells, Pamela Kirkland and Dakin Andone, CNN Travis McMichael will stand trial on federal hate crimes charges in the killing of 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery after indicating Friday he would not plead guilty, days after a judge rejected the terms of a plea deal he had reached with prosecutors. Court documents filed

By Omar Jimenez, Ray Sanchez, Brad Parks and Peter Nickeas, CNN In the early morning hours Wednesday, Minneapolis police officers gently placed a key in a city apartment door before bursting through the doorway yelling “Police! Search warrant!” In the seconds that followed, a Black man named Amir Locke — apparently asleep and shown to