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By Emma Tucker and Andi Babineau CNN (CNN) — The man accused of firing shots and setting a fire inside the Colorado Supreme Court building earlier this month used drugs and was experiencing hallucinations before the incident, a police affidavit says. The shooting happened on January 2 after 1 a.m., when police say a suspect

By Sabrina Souza and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Wayne LaPierre, who helmed the National Rifle Association for three decades, wrapped up his testimony at a civil corruption case Tuesday by saying he wasn’t in it for the money. LaPierre took the stand in the final days of his tenure as head of one of

By Brammhi Balarajan and Sarah Engel, CNN (CNN) — A Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and stolen Thursday from a Little League baseball field in Wichita, Kansas, has been found in a trash can at a different park – burned and in pieces, police say. Officers responded to a call

By Christina Maxouris and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The second of two detainees who escaped an Arkansas jail last week was captured Monday, ending a dayslong manhunt that began as a result of failed head counts by the jail staff, authorities announced. Noah Roush, 22, and Jatonia Bryant, 23, were discovered missing from the

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — In another attempt to obtain the private medical records of transgender youth, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting the records of Texan minors from a Georgia-based telehealth clinic, the clinic’s founder says. Paxton sent a letter late last year to QueerMed, a clinic providing hormone therapy and other services

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on the challenge to the state’s near-total ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Senate Bill 14, which went into effect last September, bars Texas health care providers from giving gender-transition surgeries, puberty-blocking medication or hormone therapies to those under 18, with violators

CNN By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The former dean of students at Oxford High School testified in a Michigan court Tuesday that he returned Ethan Crumbley’s backpack to him on the morning of November 30, 2021, unknowingly providing him with the gun used later that day in the mass shooting.

By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The former dean of students at Oxford High School testified in a Michigan court Tuesday that he returned Ethan Crumbley’s backpack to him on the morning of November 30, 2021, unknowingly providing him with the gun used later that day in the mass shooting. The

By Nic F. Anderson and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: If you are in the US and you or a loved one have contemplated suicide, call the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to connect with a trained counselor. Outside the US, a worldwide directory of resources and international hotlines is provided

An Ohio man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from his attempt in March 2023 to burn down a Chesterland church, a week before it planned to host two drag show events, according to the US Department of Justice.

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — About two weeks after his oldest son’s funeral, South Carolina state house Rep. Brandon Guffey says he received a private Instagram message with a laughing emoji. Gavin Guffey, 17, had fatally shot himself in a bathroom in July 2022, and the grieving father was searching for clues on what

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — One person is dead and several others were seriously injured after a car and Greyhound bus crashed Monday night outside Huntsville, Alabama, officials said. Local agencies responded to the crash on Highway 53 in Limestone County, about 21 miles from downtown Huntsville, authorities said. The driver of the car