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By Ashley R. Williams, Sara Smart, Steve Almasy and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Four former hotel employees charged with felony murder in connection with the death this summer of D’Vontaye Mitchell are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning in Milwaukee County Court. Mitchell, a 43-year-old Black man, was pinned to the ground outside a

By Melissa Alonso and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Cold case investigators have arrested a 55-year-old woman in North Carolina in connection with the death of a newborn girl found in a California dumpster 37 years ago, according to the Riverside Police Department. Through DNA testing, detectives identified the baby’s mother as Melissa Jean Allen Avila,

By Zenebou Sylla, Michelle Watson and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — Two people have died after an apparent house explosion early Sunday in Harford County, Maryland, northeast of Baltimore, officials said in a post on X Sunday night. Authorities on Monday identified the victims as Ray Corkran Jr., 73, the owner of the home, and

CNN By Paradise Afshar, Sarah Moon and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN (CNN) — A man claiming to be the uncle of Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos called 911 during the May 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School and begged a dispatcher to connect him with his nephew in hopes that he could help end the

By Paradise Afshar, Sarah Moon and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN (CNN) — A man claiming to be the uncle of Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos called 911 during the May 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School and begged a dispatcher to connect him with his nephew in hopes that he could help end the situation.

By Alaa Elassar and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A man wanted in the 1989 rapes of two Massachusetts women is in custody following an hourlong police chase in Los Angeles Thursday. Stephen Paul Gale, 71, was arrested after leading police on the chase, US Marshals Service spokesperson Brady McCarron told CNN. The chase started

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A World War II airman who died in 1943 after his aircraft went down over Romania was recently honored at an American cemetery abroad, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission. United States Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Stanley J. Samoski, who went unaccounted for until February 2024,

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Sean Webb didn’t expect to be sitting at his keyboard, sharing painful childhood memories. But that’s what the 35-year-old employment specialist in Denver found himself doing recently. In a series of Facebook posts, Webb wrote about how invisible he once felt when standardized test forms forced him to

KSDK, MAURICE KING LLL CELL VO, CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was severely injured and is “fighting for his life” after being assaulted Friday night during protests marking the 10-year anniversary of the police shooting of Black teenager Michael Brown. A 28-year-old has been charged in the officer’s

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Shoppers looking for backyard barbecue or back-to-school supplies are in for a spooky surprise: Stores are rolling out their Halloween merchandise earlier than ever. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • US gymnast Jordan Chiles will be

CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Sunday that the bronze medal given to American gymnast Jordan Chiles in the floor exercise at the Paris Games will be awarded to her Romanian counterpart Ana Bărbosu. It comes after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on Saturday

CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Shoppers looking for backyard barbecue or back-to-school supplies are in for a spooky surprise: Stores are rolling out their Halloween merchandise earlier than ever. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was • US gymnast Jordan Chiles will