By Gregory Lemos, CNN Authorities in Huntsville, Alabama, are facing questions surrounding the discovery of a woman’s body in the back of a rarely used police van in a police parking lot. A police officer discovered the body of Christina Nance on October 7 in an unoccupied van in the back corner of a parking
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By Eric Levenson, CNN A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted on a transit train in Philadelphia last week even as a number of witnesses failed to stop the incident or call police, authorities said. The alleged rape occurred on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s Market-Frankford Line on Wednesday night and was a “horrendous criminal act,”
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By Amanda Watts and Alta Spells, CNN Alex Murdaugh waived an extradition hearing in Florida on Friday, according to the Orange County Corrections office, and returned to South Carolina a day later to face charges related to the misappropriation of settlement funds in connection with the 2018 death of his family’s longtime housekeeper. He was
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Colin Powell, former US secretary of state. Personal Birth date: April 5, 1937 Death date: October 18, 2021 Birth place: Harlem, New York Birth name: Colin Luther Powell Parents: Luther Powell, shipping clerk Mother: Maud Ariel (McKoy) Powell, seamstress Marriage: Alma Vivian (Johnson) Powell (August
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Marrisha Kindred Jenkins was 33 weeks pregnant when she started complaining of a persistent cough and vomiting last month. Her mother, Helena Kindred, said she became concerned that Jenkins’ symptoms sounded more severe than a common cold and advised her to skip a family member’s birthday party on Sept. 4.
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The recent oil spill off the coast of California has caused less damage than feared so far. However, it’s brought the issue of offshore drilling into a new environment: state congressional races. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The recent oil spill off the coast of California has caused less damage than feared so far. However, it’s brought the issue of offshore drilling into a new environment: state congressional races. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The recent oil spill off the coast of California has caused less damage than feared so far. However, it’s brought the issue of offshore drilling into a new environment: state congressional races. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The recent oil spill off the coast of California has caused less damage than feared so far. However, it’s brought the issue of offshore drilling into a new environment: state congressional races. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez, CNN About 4,500 Chicago police officers didn’t report their vaccination status by October 15 as mandated by the city, officials said Monday. That means roughly 35 percent of the city’s 12,770 officers could be placed on no-pay status in the foreseeable future. The Chicago Police Department had the lowest response rate of
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN At first, the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 went largely unnoticed outside the South Georgia community where the 25-year-old lived and died just weeks before the country was gripped by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. It wasn’t until a video of the shooting surfaced May 5, 2020, that
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By Eric Levenson, Dakin Andone and Angela Barajas, CNN Three White men accused of chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man out for a jog, are set to stand trial for murder in Georgia this week in a case thick with issues of racism, self-defense and cellphone video. Gregory McMichael, his son
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By Dakin Andone, CNN At first, the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 went largely unnoticed outside the South Georgia community where the 25-year-old lived and died just weeks before the country was gripped by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. It wasn’t until a video of the shooting surfaced May 5, 2020, that
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By Andy Rose and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak was hurt in a two-car accident Sunday, his office announced. The accident happened around 1 p.m. at the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Russell Road in Las Vegas, a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson said. “The other driver and Governor Sisolak both appeared
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Laura Studley, CNN The New York Police Department arrested a 39-year-old Brooklyn woman Sunday in connection with a suspected arson at the Jewish school Yeshiva of Flatbush, according to a tweet from the department. The incident took place Thursday around 7:30 p.m. when police said a woman poured gasoline in front
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By Amir Vera and Laura Studley, CNN The New York Police Department arrested a 39-year-old Brooklyn woman Sunday in connection with a suspected arson at the Jewish school Yeshiva of Flatbush, according to a tweet from the department. The incident took place Thursday around 7:30 p.m. when police said a woman poured gasoline in front
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN About 4,500 Chicago police officers didn’t report their vaccination status by October 15 as mandated by the city, officials said Monday. That means roughly 35 percent of the city’s 12,770 officers could be placed on no-pay status in the foreseeable future. The Chicago Police Department had the lowest response rate of
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson, CNN Three people are dead and a police officer is recovering from being stabbed in the neck in an incident at a residence in Fort Smith, Arkansas, police said. A police officer was responding to a 911 caller Sunday morning who reportedly heard yelling and screaming and then saw a shirtless man
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By Amir Vera, CNN The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a New Zealand man who they say repeatedly coerced hundreds of women into making sexually explicit videos between 2012 and 2019, according to a news release from the agency. Michael James Pratt is the owner of the
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By Andy Rose, CNN Betty Lynn, best known for playing Barney Fife’s girlfriend Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Saturday, the Andy Griffith Museum stated. She was 95 years old. Although she was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and spent most of her career in southern California, in 2006 Lynn moved to Mt.
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