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By Dakin Andone, Christina Maxouris and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Prosecutors in the trial of three White men charged with the killing of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery called their first witness on Friday, a police officer, after opening statements by the state and defense attorneys. Glynn County Police Officer William Duggan testified he responded to

By Aya Elamroussi and Raja Razek, CNN Human remains found in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado are believed to belong to a 27-year-old West German man who went missing 38 years ago during a ski trip, authorities said Thursday. Rudi Moder — who was an experienced mountaineer living in Fort Collins, Colorado — was

By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN The family of Tina O. Tintor, who died after her car was rear-ended by Las Vegas Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III, released a statement Thursday on her death. Tintor’s family attorney, Farhan Naqvi, said in a statement that “Tina’s tragic loss has devastated her family beyond a grief

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN Nearly 45 years after a World War I veteran was murdered in Queens, New York, a man was arrested and charged in his murder, officials announced Wednesday. Martin Motta, 74, was charged with second-degree murder for killing 81-year-old George Clarence Seitz in 1976, according to a statement from Queens District Attorney

By Nicole Chavez, CNN More than half of Latinos think their skin color hurts their chances at social mobility and makes them a target of discrimination, a new study from the Pew Research Center shows. The report, published Thursday, is based on a survey of more than 3,300 Hispanic adults in March of this year,

By Dakin Andone and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Attorneys supporting Ahmaud Arbery’s family on Thursday denounced the jury selection process in the trial of the men accused of the Black man’s killing after only one Black juror was seated along with 11 White jurors. Barbara Arnwine, president of the Transformative Justice Coalition, criticized defense attorneys

By Eric Levenson and Carma Hassan, CNN A juror was dismissed in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial Thursday morning after he told a joke to a deputy earlier this week about the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The incident occurred when a male juror made a joke about the shooting while being escorted to his car,

By Chris Boyette, CNN David Morris has spent almost 17 years in prison for a murder that he didn’t commit. On Wednesday, a judge threw out his conviction following a review of evidence that determined Morris was wrongfully charged and found guilty in 2005, according to the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City.

By Raja Razek, CNN Joseph Maldonado, known as Joe Exotic on the 2020 Netflix docuseries “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, according to a letter written by Maldonado. “It is with a sad face that I have to tell you the doctors called me in

By Kay Jones, CNN Markeith Loyd, who is serving life in prison for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her unborn child in 2016, was found guilty on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a police officer during the ensuing manhunt. Loyd was convicted on five charges, including first degree murder of a police officer, in