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Alex Murdaugh’s wife was worried about money and husband’s truthfulness before murders, housekeeper testifies

By Randi Kaye, Dianne Gallagher and Jay Croft, CNN Maggie Murdaugh was worried about money possibly being demanded of her family in a lawsuit and suspicious her husband wasn’t being entirely honest with her in the days before her killing, housekeeper Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson testified Friday in the double-murder trial of Alex Murdaugh. “She was concerned

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Florida officials discussed AP African American Studies course with College Board for months before initial rejection

By Nicole Chavez, CNN The testing organization behind a new advanced high school class in African American studies met several times and exchanged emails over the past year with Florida officials to discuss the course, the state Education Department said, amid a roiling national debate over how politics intersects with the teaching of history. More

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‘When does time finally run out?’ Richard Glossip has maintained his innocence for 26 years on death row. A special counsel is now reviewing his case

By Brynn Gingras and Linh Tran, CNN At least once a week, Richard Glossip’s defense team connects on the phone — sometimes to catch up, and other times to strategize on how to save the life of the Oklahoma man on death row. Glossip, who’s been behind bars for 26 years on a capital murder

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‘Exceptional’ warming: January temperatures 2.2 degrees higher than average in Europe

By Laura Paddison, CNN Europe has experienced an exceptionally warm January, with average temperatures 2.2 degrees Celsius hotter than the 1990 to 2020 average, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. The month started with a record-breaking heatwave, as New Year’s Day saw an alarming number of heat records fall across

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NewsNation reporter was pushed by National Guard official during an argument before his arrest at an Ohio news conference, video shows

By Sara Smart, Elizabeth Wolfe and Emma Tucker, CNN Body camera footage from Wednesday’s arrest of a NewsNation correspondent shows the Ohio National Guard’s adjutant general pushing the reporter during an argument at a press conference that state authorities held about a train derailment. The footage, released Thursday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, reveals

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NewsNation reporter was pushed by National Guard official during an argument before his arrest at an Ohio news conference, video shows

By Sara Smart, Elizabeth Wolfe and Emma Tucker, CNN Body camera footage from Wednesday’s arrest of a NewsNation correspondent shows the Ohio National Guard’s adjutant general pushing the reporter during an argument at a press conference that state authorities held about a train derailment. The footage, released Thursday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, reveals

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Families of 2 students in Virginia school where 6-year-old student shot his teacher notify district of potential legal action, attorneys say

By Sara Smart, Brian Todd and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The families of two students who attend a Virginia school where a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his first-grade teacher last month have filed notices of potential legal action against the school district. The parents of a first-grader at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia,

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California county to pay $4.5 million settlement in death of man shocked by deputies’ Tasers

By Taylor Romine and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The family of a 36-year-old Black man who died after sheriff’s deputies shocked him with Tasers in California’s San Mateo County in 2018 has reached a $4.5 million settlement with the county, the family’s attorneys announced. The settlement between Chinedu Okobi’s family and the Northern California county was

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