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By Gregory Lemos and Melissa Alonso, CNN The Boynton Beach City Commission will meet this week to discuss a lawsuit filed on behalf of the city’s first Black female firefighter over a mural where she was inaccurately depicted with a White face. “The City Commission will meet in a closed-door session to discuss the litigation.

By Alaa Elassar and Kay Jones, CNN A man died after driving onto a sidewalk in attempts to strike pedestrians before bystanders pulled him out of the car and allegedly attacked him in California Saturday. The driver was involved in a verbal altercation around midnight inside a business in Hawthorne, after which he was asked

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN An autographed photo of baseball player “Shoeless Joe Jackson” has sold for a record $1.47 million at auction, according to auction house Christies. The 1911 photo is the only known photo in existence signed by the player, who was unable to formally read or write, it said. Christies said on Twitter

By Amir Vera and Keith Allen, CNN A SWAT team in Georgia arrested a man accused of fatally shooting a 26-year-old police officer who was working his first shift, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Sunday. Damien Ferguson, 43, was taken into custody without incident a day after the shooting death of Officer Dylan Harrison.

By Dakin Andone, CNN Officials at Fort Hood in Texas are searching for Pfc. Jennifer Sewell, a soldier who’s been missing since last Thursday. Sewell was last seen leaving her barracks around 4 p.m. (5 p.m. ET) October 7, according to a statement by the Fort Hood Directorate of Emergency Services (DES), which said she

By Eric Levenson, CNN The leak of over 100,000 gallons of crude oil off the coast of Southern California first came to official attention with a vague report October 1 about a sheen on the water. It took more than 12 hours for authorities to recognize the extent of the problem. The time period between

By Amir Vera, CNN The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office in Florida is looking to reunite $2 million worth of marijuana with its rightful owner, according to a snarky post on the department’s Facebook page. “If you happened to have lost or misplaced approximately 770 pounds of high grade marijuana and would like to have your

By Alta Spells and Holly Yan, CNN A man suspected of shooting five people and killing two, including a state trooper, is now in custody, Louisiana authorities said in a news conference. Matthew Mire, 31, was arrested without incident Saturday night, Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis said during a news conference. Attempts by

By Emma Tucker, CNN Six months after Art Acevedo resigned as Houston’s police chief to take the top job at the Miami Police Department, his future with the agency is on thin ice after city commissioners called for his ouster during two contentious meetings. The commission held hourslong meetings on September 27 and October 1

By Kelly Murray, CNN A 30-year-old suspect who is accused of an attack that left a Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy on life support is now in custody and in critical condition at an Arizona hospital, police said. Police spent several hours Saturday looking for the suspect, Clinton Robert Hurley, after they say he attacked the