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Eric Garner's mother Gwen Carr attended at a July 17 event where dozens of people were gathered on Staten Island to commemorate Garner's death.

Eric Garner’s family commemorates his death as judge allows litigation against police and city officials

By Madeline Holcombe, Artemis Moshtaghian and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Eric Garner’s family gathered at an event Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of his death on the heels of a judge’s decision to allow the family to question the NYPD and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration in connection with Garner’s death. “Seven years

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Afghanistan withdraws diplomats from Pakistan following alleged kidnapping of ambassador’s daughter

By Sophia Saifi and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Afghanistan is withdrawing its diplomats from Pakistan following the alleged abduction of the ambassador’s daughter in the capital Islamabad, according to the Afghan foreign ministry. Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of Najib Alikhil, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan, was “abducted for several hours and severely tortured by unknown individuals on

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