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By Eric Levenson and Emma Tucker, CNN An Idaho mother who is accused of killing her two children and conspiring to kill her husband’s first wife was motivated by “money, power and sex,” prosecutors said as opening statements in her trial began Monday, according to CNN affiliate East Idaho News. Lori Vallow Daybell is charged

By Phil Gast, CNN But for a flight surgeon who gave him a pass when he came up an eighth of an inch short of a height requirement, Michael Novosel Sr. might never have become a military aviator. After the 18-year-old promised to grow just a little bit more — to 5 feet, 4 inches

By Rebekah Riess, Amanda Jackson and Andi Babineau, CNN A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for neighborhoods near a burning fishing vessel in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Washington, officials said. The vessel — which was still burning Monday and believed to be carrying 55,000 gallons of diesel and 19,000 pounds of freon — caught

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Artemis Moshtaghian, Kristina Sgueglia and Liam Reilly, CNN Three unions representing about 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff have gone on strike after nearly a year of gridlocked contract negotiations, marking the first educator strike in the university’s nearly 257-year history, according to the unions. Picket lines are expected to continue Tuesday

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Boston police had an intergalactic encounter after a report about a person carrying a long rifle led them to someone dressed up in a Boba Fett costume. Transit police with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority received a call about a person armed with a long rifle at the Back Bay train

By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough, Paradise Afshar and Michelle Watson, CNN The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is launching an investigation upon the Republican governor’s request for an expedited probe and pardon recommendation for a US Army sergeant convicted Friday of killing a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020. “The board

By Samantha Beech, Celina Tebor, Zenebou Sylla, Liam Reilly and Zoe Sottile, CNN An imam is in stable condition after being stabbed during a Sunday morning prayer service at a mosque in Paterson, New Jersey, according to local officials. Imam Sayed Elnakib was stabbed during the first prayer of the day, around 5:30 a.m., at

By Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN A third juvenile suspect sought in connection with the recent shooting deaths of three teenagers in Central Florida has been arrested, according to police. The US Marshals Service “captured Tahj Brewton” on Saturday with assistance from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, according to a Facebook post from the

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A child and two adults were fatally shot in a domestic violence incident overnight Sunday in Orlando, and the suspect then died in an “officer-involved shooting” after firing at police, the Orlando Police Department said. Orlando officers responded to a home in reference to a domestic violence incident at approximately 2:25