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By Eric Levenson, CNN For more than a month, investigators spread out across a sprawling, swampy Florida nature area known as the Carlton Reserve in search of Brian Laundrie, the missing man whose fiancée Gabby Petito was strangled. The searchers waded through near chest-high waters. They rode on swamp buggies and air boats and called

By Taylor Romine, CNN Officials in Benton Harbor, Michigan, announced a state of emergency this week in a bid to ensure that lead pipes contaminating the city’s water supply are replaced more quickly. The City Commission voted on Monday to enact the state of emergency. Mayor Marcus Muhammad said he will be the presiding officer

By Gregory Lemos and Jay Croft, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday he will call the state legislature for a special session to add “protections” related to federal vaccine mandates. “What we are going to be doing, in addition to mounting aggressive legal challenges to federal mandates, we are also going to be taking

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Veterans Day, a holiday honoring men and women who have served in the US armed forces. Observed annually in the United States on November 11 — the anniversary of the end of World War I. Facts According to the most recent data from the National Center for Veterans

By Melissa Alonso, CNN A $26.35 million federal lawsuit was filed on Monday against a Spotsylvania County, Virginia, deputy and sheriff in connection with the deputy-involved shooting of Isiah Brown in April. Brown, 32, was shot by Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Deputy David Matthew Turbyfill while Brown was on the phone with 911 dispatch, CNN has

By Dakin Andone and Brad Parks, CNN The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman while responding to her 911 call in 2017 was resentenced Thursday to 4 years and 9 months in prison after Minnesota’s highest court threw out his third-degree murder conviction last month. Mohamed Noor was originally sentenced to 12.5

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at women in business, education, government and sports who have broken through the glass ceiling and become the first in their respective positions in the United States. Business 1739 – Elizabeth Timothy is the first woman newspaper publisher, of the South Carolina Gazette. 1867-1919 – Madam C.J. Walker

By Amy Simonson, CNN The parents of a 6-year-old who died on a free-fall ride at a Colorado amusement park in September have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the park, according to their attorney. Wongel Estifanos died at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on September 5 after “operators did not notice she was sitting

By Aya Elamroussi and Virginia Langmaid, CNN A salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 600 people in 37 states has been linked to various types of imported onions, federal health officials said Wednesday. “Throw away any unlabeled onions at home. Do not eat, sell, or serve red, white, or yellow onions imported from Mexico

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A Los Angeles County police officer has been charged in connection with the arrest of a 16-year-old male he allegedly kicked after the teen had surrendered and was lying face down on the ground, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Wednesday. Former Baldwin Park police officer Ryan Felton, 35,

By Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Romine, Leyla Santiago, Randi Kaye and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN The FBI’s Denver office said Thursday that remains found a day earlier in a Florida nature reserve are those of Brian Laundrie, who disappeared last month just days after his fiancée Gabby Petito was reported missing. The FBI said dental records confirmed

By Dave Alsup and Joe Sutton, CNN The National Football League and lawyers for Black players who accused the league of discrimination have filed a joint proposal to “scrap the use of a race-based method to evaluate dementia claims made by former players in the league’s concussion settlement,” according to a New York Times report.

By Mallory Simon, CNN When Nikki Hudson drove to a local strip mall in Worthington, Ohio, to collect a corsage for her daughter’s homecoming, she was met with two billboards plastered with her name. One declared her a failure. The other said she should put kids before her political agenda. “It’s like nothing you would