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2 Arkansas escapees were captured after days on the run. Jail staff had not noticed they were gone for 36 hours, officials say

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

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Texas attorney general targets Georgia clinic in another attempt to obtain private medical records of transgender youth

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

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Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments in challenge to ban on gender affirming care for youth

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

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Bayer ordered to pay $2.25 billion after jury concludes Roundup weed killer caused a man’s cancer, attorneys say

By Zenebou Sylla and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict against Monsanto and its parent company, Bayer, after determining its Roundup herbicide product caused a man’s cancer, the plaintiff’s lawyers announced. John McKivison, 49, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, sued the company, saying he developed the

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NYC brothers face 130 counts after ‘arsenal’ of ghost guns and homemade explosives found in their apartment, prosecutors say

By Michelle Watson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A pair of brothers in New York City has been charged with 130 counts related to the illegal possession, handling and sale of weapons after an “arsenal” of ghost guns, assault rifles and improvised explosive devices were discovered in a raid of their Queens apartment, prosecutors

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Distraction and visibility played a part in near-collision between American and Delta flight at JFK airport, docs show

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The pilots of an American Airlines flight were distracted by paperwork when they erroneously taxied into the path of a departing Delta flight, setting off alarms in the control tower at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and prompting an urgent plea to “cancel takeoff clearance” from

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‘Attracted by the siren call of celebrity’: What an Alex Murdaugh judge said about the clerk accused of jury tampering

By Zoe Sottile and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — As South Carolina Judge Jean Toal denied disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new murder trial on Monday evening, she had some harsh remarks about the county clerk at the center of the Murdaugh legal team’s jury tampering allegations. Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca

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A man called 911 and said he’d been shot. Authorities found him and 5 others dead in a California desert after a drug dispute

By Christina Maxouris and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with the grisly killings of six people discovered shot – and some of whom were also burned – last week in a remote area of Southern California’s Mojave Desert. All six had apparent fatal gunshot wounds – and four of the

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Alex Murdaugh attends a hearing on a motion for a new trial on January 16 at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia

‘Attracted by the siren call of celebrity’: What an Alex Murdaugh judge said about the clerk accused of jury tampering

WIS, CNN By Zoe Sottile and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — As South Carolina Judge Jean Toal denied disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new murder trial on Monday evening, she had some harsh remarks about the county clerk at the center of the Murdaugh legal team’s jury tampering allegations. Colleton County Clerk of

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Massachusetts man arrested on charge of threatening to bomb local synagogue, kill members, federal officials say

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Federal law enforcement officials arrested a Massachusetts man on a charge of threatening to bomb a local synagogue and kill its members, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said Monday. John Reardon, 59, was charged with one count of using an interstate commerce facility to threaten a person or

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CAIR records ‘staggering’ 3,578 complaints of bias in the US since October 7

By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) received a total of 3,578 complaints of bias and discrimination from October to December 2023, according to data released by the organization Monday. This represents a 178% increase in complaints compared to a similar period the previous year, the organization said. The nation’s

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