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By Josh Campbell and Aya Elamroussi, CNN 7-Eleven recommended that its Los Angeles-area stores close for a second night Tuesday as police investigate a string of robberies that left two people dead and three people wounded. Authorities are still working to determine whether the robberies that happened Monday at six 7-Eleven locations are connected, police

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The response from the families of the Uvalde massacre victims was of anger and outrage, the reaction from law enforcement experts was that of astonishment and dismay. It followed the release Tuesday by a Texas newspaper of leaked surveillance video from inside the school, days ahead of when officials said they

By Elizabeth Joseph and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Uvalde, Texas, City Council on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Councilman Pedro “Pete” Arredondo. Arredondo, who is the Uvalde school district police chief, said in his resignation letter earlier this month he was stepping down from the city council position to “minimize further distractions.” “The Mayor, the

By Josh Campbell, Melissa Alonso and Dakin Andone, CNN Casey White, the inmate who escaped from an Alabama jail with corrections officer Vicky White, has been indicted for felony murder in connection to her death, according to Lauderdale County Circuit Court documents. The indictment alleges Casey White, while committing first-degree escape, “caused the death of

By Amir Vera and Mark Morales, CNN A New York City correction officer has been fired after an inmate died in the city’s Rikers Island jail, according to a Tuesday statement from the city Department of Correction. The inmate, identified as Elijah Muhammad, 31, was found unresponsive in his cell and declared dead on Sunday

By Ashley Killough and Christina Maxouris, CNN Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, underwent a critical surgery Tuesday and is “still fighting,” a family spokesperson said in an update. Cooper, who was attending the parade with his family,

By Dianne Gallagher and Eric Levenson, CNN The family of Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of defrauding legal clients and carrying out a failed suicidal fraud scheme, has been told he could soon be indicted on murder charges as well, his attorney told CNN. “I am aware that SLED (South Carolina Law

By Chuck Johnston, CNN The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will transfer 4,000 beagles from a research facility in Cumberland, Virginia, to humane societies across the United States where they can be adopted, under a plan approved by a federal judge last week. A series of inspections over the course of nine months found more

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Alex Rodriguez, former New York Yankees infielder, who is in fifth place for the most career home runs in Major League Baseball history. He was suspended for the entire 2014 season after an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Personal Birth date: July 27, 1975 Birth

By Stella Chan, CNN A tech company CEO who was tried twice in the 1992 killing of his roommate’s girlfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the case, a California prosecutor said. John Kevin Woodward, 58, the CEO of online training company ReadyTech, was taken into custody at New York’s JFK airport on