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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A lawsuit filed Monday in Oklahoma is seeking to block the state’s support for the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. The lawsuit, filed by the Oklahoma Parent Legislative Action Committee, is asking a judge to stop the sponsorship, funding and opening of the St. Isidore of Seville

By Sabrina Souza, Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers and wounded six others at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, began deliberations Tuesday on whether to sentence him to death. The deliberations ended after seven hours Tuesday afternoon with no

By Konstantin Toropin, Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Chad Daybell, the stepfather of two children who have been missing since last year, was charged with destroying evidence Wednesday as prosecutors said two children’s remains were found on his Idaho property. The children of Lori Vallow, Daybell’s wife, have not been seen since

By Konstantin Toropin, CNN (CNN) — Lori Vallow, the Idaho woman charged in connection with the disappearance of her children, is now accused of two counts of conspiring to destroy, alter or conceal evidence of their buried bodies. Vallow’s children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow, disappeared last September. Their remains were found

By Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A police investigator who was at the autopsy for two Idaho children found dead months after they went missing testified Monday he took notice at the amount of duct tape used on the boy’s body. In June, law enforcement officials found the remains of Tylee Ryan,

By Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho judge ruled Tuesday that the case against Chad Daybell, the stepfather of two children whose remains were found on his property, can proceed to trial. Daybell is charged with two felony counts of conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence and two

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Rising temperatures have sucked more than 10 trillion gallons of water out of the Colorado River Basin between 2000 and 2021 – a volume about the size of Lake Mead – according to a recent study. Researchers at UCLA found the human-caused climate crisis is contributing significantly to the

By Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Phoenix police officials are reviewing the investigation into the death of Joseph Ryan, Lori Vallow’s third husband, a spokeswoman for the department told CNN on Friday. Vallow and her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, are both in jail in Idaho, awaiting trials on charges connected to the

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury in Idaho on Tuesday indicted Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow on murder charges in connection with the deaths of Vallow’s two children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. Daybell also is charged with murder in the case of his ex-wife, Tammy, who died in her sleep a

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Chad Daybell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the murder and conspiracy charges he faces in connection with the deaths of his first wife and the two children of his current wife, Lori Vallow. Idaho 7th Judicial District Magistrate Judge Steven W. Boyce said that a scheduling conference would take

By Madeline Holcombe and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Details of the investigation leading to the charges against Lori Vallow in the death of her former husband show he feared for their children’s safety​, police say, citing a mental health petition Charles Vallow filed. Arizona police released a probable cause statement Thursday with information on

By Mallika Kallingal and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in Idaho are planning to seek the death penalty in the murder case against Chad Daybell, according to a court document filed Thursday. Daybell is accused of conspiring with his current wife, Lori Vallow, to kill two of her children and his first wife. He