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A Kansas teenager died in law enforcement custody after being restrained in the prone position. His death was ruled a homicide

By Raja Razek and Eric Levenson, CNN The death of a Black 17-year-old who was handcuffed and restrained in the prone position while in law enforcement custody in September was ruled a homicide Monday, according to a Sedgwick County, Kansas, autopsy report. The cause of death was “complications of cardiopulmonary arrest sustained after physical struggle

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Investigators and first responders check out the scene of a hit-and-run crash in Wilton Manors

Suspect arrested in a Florida hit-and-run that killed 2 children and injured 4 others, investigators say

By Jennifer Henderson and Sharif Paget, CNN The driver suspected in a hit-and-run in Florida that killed two children and injured four others was arrested Tuesday, authorities said. Sean Charles Greer, 27, faces multiple charges, including leaving the scene of an accident involving death and leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury

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Demonstrators march through the city center of the capital of Saxony-Anhalt with a banner that reads "youth against compulsory vaccination" on December 27.

Protests against Germany’s Covid restrictions turn violent as Europe moves to stem Omicron

By Joshua Berlinger and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Protesters tossed bottles and fireworks at police in eastern Germany on Monday night in some of the most violent demonstrations against public health measures in Europe since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Hundreds of people gathered in various cities and towns on Sunday and Monday to voice their opposition

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Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial enter fourth full day of deliberations

Judge in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking case concerned Omicron could threaten trial deliberations, which will resume Wednesday morning

By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN The judge overseeing Ghislaine Maxwell‘s federal sex trafficking trial expressed her concern that Covid-19 could upend deliberations and requested the panel to stay later each day, but the jury Tuesday asked to go home at its regular time. The 12-member panel has now deliberated for parts of

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Police respond to a shooting outside a food market in Jackson. The city recently raised starting pay for new police officers to  $30

‘We’ve seen lifelong friends kill each other:’ How a state capital became one of the deadliest US cities

By Peter Nickeas and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Photographs by Edmund D. Fountain for CNN Around Thanksgiving, this crisis-plagued state capital saw a series of shootings that pushed the year’s homicide total past 130, setting a grim annual record for a city that over the last two years has quietly become one of the country’s deadliest.

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