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By Lauren del Valle, CNN Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell have appealed her conviction and 20-year federal prison sentence for carrying out a yearslong scheme with her longtime confidante Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Maxwell’s defense argument was not immediately available, but her attorneys have maintained her innocence since her 2020 arrest,

By Casey Tolan and Daniel A. Medina, CNN When Bob’s Pantry and Deli opened for business in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2008, loyal customers lined up in the snow at 4 a.m. to support Bob Crimo, who was striking out on his own after years running a convenience store franchise. Photos from

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Attorneys representing a Connecticut man who suffered a serious injury to his neck and spine while in police custody last month say the family wants a federal civil rights investigation into the incident. Family Attorney Ben Crump said he is meeting with the Department of Justice Friday to

By Raja Razek, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced in a video message Thursday that he is calling for a special audit of Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) for potential mishandling of public funds and said he is “also ​concerned that TPS may have violated state law, specifically HB 1775, which bans public schools from teaching

By Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Every new piece of information about the way officers responded to a school gunman in Uvalde, Texas, is adding to the pain of losing their loved ones, relatives told CNN. “It was just like putting salt on an open wound,” said Velma Duran, sister of murdered teacher

By Rebekah Riess and Ray Sanchez, CNN The mayor of the Texas city of Uvalde is refuting a new assessment of the law enforcement response to the massacre at Robb Elementary School, saying the report “does not give a complete and accurate account of what happened.” Mayor Don McLaughlin on Thursday took issue with the

By Camila Moreno-Lizarazo, CNN A Black man who spent six days in jail after police misidentified him for a 49-year-old White man with an outstanding felony charge, has won a $90,000 settlement from Las Vegas-area law enforcement agencies. Shane Lee Brown filed a federal lawsuit in January 2022 for at least $500,000 in damages but

By Holly Yan, CNN Anytime there was a major life event at her synagogue, Jacki Sundheim was on top of it. The 63-year-old meticulously planned virtually every bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, wedding and funeral at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois. “I learned a lot from her,” said fellow congregant Jamie Greenebaum. “She was

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Summer travel is heating up, but understaffed airlines are struggling to avoid melting down. American Airlines this week agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after thousands of flights were left without pilots. Several other major airlines are also offering salary increases for pilots who fly on peak days,