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By Gregory Lemos and Amir Vera, CNN The ex-Marine accused of killing four people, including an infant, outside Lakeland, Florida, was looking for a little girl he believed was suicidal and being sex trafficked, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told reporters Thursday. Bryan Riley, 33, admitted to deputies that he shot several people Sunday morning

By Amir Vera and Christina Carrega, CNN Traffic stops for expired tags and broken tail lights will no longer be prosecuted in Ramsey County, Minnesota, as part of an initiative announced this week to honor Philando Castile, who was killed during a traffic stop in 2016. These type of stops — known as non-public safety

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Police are investigating after some American flags placed at a 9/11 memorial in Boston were knocked over or damaged overnight. The Boston Police Department (BPD) told CNN they were called to the Public Garden on Thursday for a report of vandalism at the memorial set up for

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of best-selling author Stephen King, who has written more than 50 books. He is best known for his works in the horror and fantasy genres, many of which have been adapted into films and television programs. Personal Birth date: September 21, 1947 Birth place: Portland, Maine

By Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff and Deborah Brunswick, CNN It felt like Covid-19 was closing in around us during the five days in August this CNN crew spent in Carter County, Missouri. In Van Buren, the county’s biggest town, we were sitting next to a 16-year-old when she got a text that masks would be

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN For 10 days, Gary Crane stood outside of his wife’s ICU room holding a simple reminder of his love for her. Donna Crane, 56, of Port Orange, Florida, told CNN she tested positive for Covid-19 just two weeks before becoming fully vaccinated, and about 10 days later she found herself

By David Williams, CNN A Texas school district that closed for a week after two junior high school teachers died from Covid-19 within a few days, is now requiring masks inside all of its facilities as the community is seeing surge of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Connally ISD, in McLennan County, shut down all

By Mallory Simon, CNN Lawyers for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have filed an emergency appeal with the First District Court of Appeals in Florida in hopes of halting school mask mandates while the case goes through the court system. DeSantis’ lawyers argue they “have a high likelihood of success on appeal. Therefore, the trial court

By Leah Asmelash, CNN The week after Labor Day has historically represented the unofficial start of fall, and though most leaves have retained their green color, the season of pumpkin spice is already in full effect. On August 24 — a full month before the official start of fall — Starbucks posted a tweet that

By Mallory Simon, CNN Forty-five percent of all Covid-19 clusters in North Carolina’s middle and high schools since July have been among sports teams, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS). The state’s department of health said it was seeing a “sharp increase” in clusters among sports teams. “Clusters among

By Jason Hanna, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, CNN Days before the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 terror attacks, New York officials say the remains of two more victims have been identified through DNA testing. Dorothy Morgan, of Hempstead, New York, and a man whose name is being withheld at his family’s

By Amir Vera, Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Vera Middleton wishes she had gotten the Covid-19 vaccine. The 66-year-old great-grandmother from Olive Hill, Kentucky, said she and her husband discussed the vaccine, but kept putting it off and ultimately decided against it. She couldn’t explain why. Middleton spoke with CNN on Wednesday as she