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By Brisa Colon, CNN Despite an “exhaustive investigation,” the US Forest Service announced Friday the cause of the largest single fire in California’s recorded history is undetermined. The Creek Fire, which burned more than 379,000 acres in the mountains of Fresno and Madera counties for months last year, destroyed more than 850 structures and spawned

By Dakin Andone, CNN A grand jury has indicted a Virginia’s sheriff’s deputy in connection with the April shooting of Isiah Brown, who was unarmed, according to a special prosecutor for the case. Prosecutor Justin Witt of the Fredericksburg County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office told CNN on Friday that Spotsylvania County Deputy David Turbyfill had been

By Amanda Watts and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two former police officers in Maine have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges stemming from an incident in which they beat porcupines to death with their batons while on duty, Sagadahoc County District Attorney Natasha Irving told CNN. Addison Cox and Michael Rolerson both pleaded guilty on Thursday

By Kevin Dotson and Andy Rose, CNN NFL star Richard Sherman, who was arrested this week in King County, Washington, said Friday he is remorseful for his actions and that he has been “dealing with some personal challenges over the last several months.” Sherman said those challenges were no excuse for his actions early Wednesday.

By Carma Hassan, CNN Three men linked to a deadly duck boat sinking near Branson, Missouri, in July 2018 are facing a total of 63 charges related to the incident, according to a statement from the Missouri attorney general’s office. Kenneth Scott McKee, who captained the boat and was employed by the now defunct company

By Mallory Simon, CNN Arizona’s governor has told two school districts that requiring unvaccinated students exposed to Covid-19 to quarantine is against state law. Gov. Doug Ducey’s education adviser sent a letter to the districts stating the mandatory quarantine practice is contrary to state law because Arizona does not require students to be vaccinated or

By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN They are the names written in history books: Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Chaffee, Bean, Cernan, Anders, Griffin, Carr. Their stories of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s and ’70s are the stuff of legend and lore. The telling has mostly come from the astronauts themselves, or members of Mission Control, and occasionally

By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN They are the names written in history books: Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Chaffee, Bean, Cernan, Anders, Griffin, Carr. Their stories of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s and ’70s are the stuff of legend and lore. The telling has mostly come from the astronauts themselves, or members of Mission Control, occasionally from

By AJ Willingham, CNN The US government is offering up to $10 million to anyone with information on who is behind the recent rash of cyberattacks on the country’s critical infrastructure. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN After more than three weeks of searching, crews at the site of a condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, have made great progress — but the intensity of their work isn’t over yet, an official said. “On the original collapse site we are almost at the bottom,” Miami-Dade Police spokesperson Alvaro Zabaleta