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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

By Jenn Selva, Andy Rose and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho judge ruled Monday that Lori Vallow is mentally fit to stand trial on charges related to the deaths of her two children, according to court documents. Vallow is “restored to competency and is fit to proceed,” Judge Steven W. Boyce said in

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The trial of Lori Vallow – who is charged with murdering her two children, hiding their bodies and then reporting them missing – is delayed again after the defense renewed its claim that Vallow is not competent to stand trial. Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, were indicted for

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A sturgeon supermoon will light up the sky tonight, creating a luminous spectacle for millions around the world. This type of lunar phenomenon occurs when the moon nears its closest point to Earth while appearing full — and it only happens three to four times per year. Here’s what

By Eric Levenson and Emma Tucker, CNN (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

By Ashley R. Williams, Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Jurors began deliberating Thursday after closing arguments in the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother accused of killing her two children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife, according to CNN affiliate East Idaho News. Vallow Daybell, who

By Ashley R. Williams, Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A jury has found Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell guilty on all counts of killing her two children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife. Vallow Daybell, who pleaded not guilty, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and

WMC, ANONYMOUS HANDOUT (FLYERS), CNN By Shawn Nottingham and Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — Authorities shot a man after they say he fired shots at a Jewish school in Memphis, Tennessee, Monday afternoon. Memphis police were called to the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South around 12:20 p.m. ET after an armed man tried

By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A man’s body was found inside a plastic barrel at a beach in Malibu, California, after a lifeguard spotted the unusual item floating offshore, officials announced. The body was inside a 55-liter black drum, which was discovered at Malibu Lagoon State Beach, Lieutenant Hugo Reynaga with

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — The wife of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann and her attorney told CNN she had “no idea” about her husband’s alleged actions and the flood of public attention has been “extremely overwhelming” for the mother and her two children. The days since Heuermann’s arrest

CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — The wife of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann and her attorney told CNN she had “no idea” about her husband’s alleged actions and the flood of public attention has been “extremely overwhelming” for the mother and her two children. The days since Heuermann’s

By Jamiel Lynch and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A 79-square-mile area of Los Angeles County is under quarantine after an invasive fruit fly was found there – the first such quarantine for the pest in the Western Hemisphere, according to California officials. More than 20 Tau fruit flies were found in the Stevenson Ranch