By Eric Levenson, Carma Hassan and Brad Parks, CNN Jurors began deliberations Tuesday in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial, a day after the prosecution and defense offered dueling assessments of his actions last year during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A group of 18 jurors was in court for the entirety of the trial but six were
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By Sahar Akbarzai and Travis Caldwell, CNN Eight residents of a nursing home in northwestern Connecticut have died since late September following a Covid-19 outbreak, the nursing home said in a statement. A total of 89 residents and staff — many of whom were fully vaccinated — have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai and Travis Caldwell, CNN Eight residents of a nursing home in northwestern Connecticut have died since late September following a Covid-19 outbreak, the nursing home said in a statement. A total of 89 residents and staff — many of whom were fully vaccinated — have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last
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By Chris Boyette, CNN A Georgia ambulance driver has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence and second-degree homicide-by-vehicle after he crashed the ambulance he was driving, killing the dialysis patient he was transporting, according to authorities. Kevin T. McCorvey, 34, was driving a private ambulance on West Campbellton Street in Fairburn just
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A pregnant California woman turned her front lawn into a delivery room, and the proof is on her Ring doorbell camera. Last Thursday, a week before her due date, Emily Johnson, 31, began having contractions every 10 minutes. “They were pretty low and slow they weren’t anything to be worried about,”
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By Amir Vera, Natasha Chen, Rosa Flores, Stephanie Becker and Paul Vercammen, CNN The CEO of ParaDocs, the medic company hired by Astroworld organizers, spoke on camera for the first time Monday to “set the record straight” on what his team did and to defend how hard his staff of more than 70 people worked
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By Gregory Lemos, CNN The 40-year-old woman who was killed alongside her dog overnight this summer at a popular park in the heart of Atlanta was stabbed dozens of times, the Fulton County Medical Examiner has said, in a crime that remains unsolved. Katherine Janness’ cause of death on July 28 in Piedmont Park was
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he has a “moral obligation” to be in court during the trial of three White men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery and will be present for the rest of the week and beyond. “I am (standing) by people who are in need, backs against the
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A pregnant California woman turned her front lawn into a delivery room, and the proof is on her Ring doorbell camera. Last Thursday, a week before her due date, Emily Johnson, 31, began having contractions every 10 minutes. “They were pretty low and slow they weren’t anything to be worried about,”
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By Sherry Liang, CNN A dinner of Mars-grown vegetables, bread baked on a shuttle, and insects for dessert may be on the menu for future astronauts. Systems to grow plants and bake bread in space are among the winning submissions of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, announced in late October. Teams of inventors brainstormed solutions
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he has a “moral obligation” to be in court during the trial of three White men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery and will be present for the rest of the week and beyond. “I am (standing) by people who are in need, backs against the
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Moon and Steve Almasy, CNN Six teenagers were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at a small park close to a high school in Aurora, Colorado, police Chief Vanessa Wilson said Monday. Six students who attend nearby Aurora Central High School went to the hospital. One student drove themselves, Wilson said. The
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By Laura Studley and Amanda Watts, CNN A victim in a Michigan plane crash died while saving his eldest daughter’s life, a family friend and business partner said. Mike Perdue, one of four people who died in a light-commuter plane crash near Beaver Island Saturday, shielded his daughter during it, Ryan Wojan told CNN. “He
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos, CNN The 40-year-old woman who was killed alongside her dog overnight this summer at a popular park in the heart of Atlanta was stabbed dozens of times, the Fulton County Medical Examiner has said, in a crime that remains unsolved. Katherine Janness’ cause of death on July 28 in Piedmont Park was
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By Amir Vera, CNN The 9-year-old boy who was injured at the Astroworld Festival died Sunday, according to family attorney Ben Crump. The death toll from the chaotic concert now stands at 10. Funeral services for some of the victims began over the weekend as dozens of lawsuits have been filed over the tragedy. The
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Carma Hassan and Brad Parks, CNN Jurors are set to begin deliberations Tuesday in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial, a day after the prosecution and defense offered dueling assessments of his actions last year during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The prosecution argued Rittenhouse, 17 at the time, provoked the fatal shootings by pointing
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Students at Howard University have reached an agreement with university officials after a month-long protest over housing conditions on campus. Wayne Frederick, the president of the historically Black college in Washington, DC, said Monday afternoon that the agreement between the school and the students who occupied Blackburn University Center over
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells, Joe Sutton and Amir Vera, CNN A Georgia Bureau of Investigations firearms examiner confirmed Monday Ahmaud Arbery was shot at close range. Brian Leppard, a firearms and toolmark examiner for the GBI, testified about his investigation of the two guns submitted into evidence, a .357 Magnum and a 12-gauge
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Holiday events are looking a little more normal this year after last year’s pandemic-hobbled season — and that includes the return of mall Santas! Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today”
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Holiday events are looking a little more normal this year after last year’s pandemic-hobbled season — and that includes the return of mall Santas! Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today”
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