By Dakin Andone, Amir Vera, Amy Simonson and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended granting clemency to Julius Jones, a man sentenced to death for a murder he says he did not commit. Jones pleaded his case to the board less than three weeks before he’s set to be executed. The
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By Eric Levenson, CNN An armed paramedic who was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year testified Monday that he pulled out his own firearm because he believed Rittenhouse was an active shooter. Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, testified that he unholstered his handgun on August 25, 2020, as he and a crowd followed Rittenhouse,
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse, the armed Illinois teenager who killed two people and wounded another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, went on trial Monday on homicide charges in a case that will test the distinction between self-defense and vigilante killings. A jury of 20 people was selected that included 11 women
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse — accused of shooting three people, two fatally — was acquitted on all charges on Friday by a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The 12 jurors found him not guilty for the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, now 27, using an AR-15-type
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By Laura Studley, Artemis Moshtaghian and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Six New York firefighters were suspended for four weeks without pay Friday following an incident between on-duty firefighters and an elected official’s staff, according to a statement from a New York City Fire Department spokesperson. The firefighters drove a fire engine to New York state Senator
Continue Reading By Laura Studley, Artemis Moshtaghian and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Six New York firefighters were suspended for four weeks without pay Friday following an incident between on-duty firefighters and an elected official’s staff, according to a statement from a New York City Fire Department spokesperson. The firefighters drove a fire engine to New York state Senator
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By Andy Rose, CNN A fraternity house at George Washington University was vandalized over the weekend, including desecration of a Torah scroll, according to the university and Tau Kappa Epsilon. “Our entire chapter is outraged and saddened by this blatant act of antisemitism and violence against our brothers,” the fraternity said in a statement Sunday
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By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Two people were killed and more than 12 others were injured in an overnight shooting at a Halloween party in Joliet Township, Illinois, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office. Joliet is about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. A sheriff’s patrol sergeant heard 10 to 12 gunshots fired in the area
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Taylor Swift lit up the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Saturday with a nod to 2021 inductee Carole King, and even King had a tear in her eye. Swift soothed the crowd with a rendition of King’s “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” wearing a
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers in Pharr, Texas, have seized more than $960,000 worth of cocaine. Officers working at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility examined a tractor-trailer with a non-intrusive imaging system and found 51 packages of alleged cocaine, CBP said in a press release Friday. The cocaine weighed
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Singer Jon Bon Jovi tested positive for Covid-19 before a Saturday performance, prompting the cancellation of a Florida concert. Bon Jovi is “fully vaccinated and feeling fine,” his publicist Kristen Foster confirmed to CNN Sunday morning, adding the performer is isolating and doesn’t have any future public performing events scheduled at
Continue ReadingBy Laura Studley, CNN Nine firefighters and two civilians were injured after a two-alarm fire broke out Saturday at a six-story building in the Bronx, according to the New York City Fire Department. The FDNY said it received a call about the fire at the multiple unit, residential building shortly before 3 p.m. Twenty-five units
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Lemos, CNN A shooting at a Halloween party in Texarkana, Texas, left one person dead and nine others injured, the Texarkana Police Department said Sunday. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at Octavia’s Activity Center in the 2300 block of Texas Boulevard shortly before midnight and “encountered a large number of people
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN It’s that time of the year — when pumpkin spice products are inescapable. Our connoisseurs tried out a random assortment of pumpkin spice stuff so you don’t have to. Some items surprised, disgusted or satiated them — for better or worse. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your
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By Andy Rose, CNN A shooting at the home of a City Council member in Gilroy, California, Saturday left one person dead and three others injured, according to the Gilroy Police Department. “When officers arrived on the scene, they encountered a large outdoor party at the residence,” the police department said in a news release.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Fred Haise. Personal Birth date: November 14, 1933 Birth place: Biloxi, Mississippi Birth name: Fred Wallace Haise Jr. Father: Fred Haise Sr. Mother: Lucille (Blacksher) Haise Marriages: Frances Patt (Price) Haise (1979-February 7, 2022, her death); Mary Griffin Grant (June 4, 1954-1978, divorced) Children:
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By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Halloween is a time for families to carve pumpkin lanterns. It’s a time for people of all ages to passionately debate about the value of candy corn. And it is, of course, a time for children to go from house to house as they trick-or-treat for their favorite
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, made headlines before a jury was selected by reiterating his longstanding rule of not allowing prosecutors to refer to people as “victims” before juries in his courtroom. At the same time, Kenosha County Circuit Court
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, made headlines last week by reiterating his longstanding rule of not allowing prosecutors to refer to people as “victims” before juries in his courtroom. At the same time, Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder
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By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Clutching a page of notes, Bob Russo sat in the middle of the boisterous audience in the school gymnasium, reviewing what he wanted to tell the Douglas County School District board members. When it was his turn to speak, Russo stood and approached the microphone. “I don’t know
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