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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — An Oxford, Ohio, police officer seen punching a Miami University football player during a November arrest outside a local bar has been placed on administrative leave during an investigation, police say. The student, identified by family as Devin Johnson, entered Brick Street bar through an exit-only gate, pushing past a female employee on November

By Jillian Martin, CNN (CNN) — Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller said Thursday the allegations of domestic violence against him are “100% false” and “completely wrong and blown out of proportion” in his first public comments since he was accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. “Me and my girlfriend, we have problems just like any

By Sara Smart and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Police in San Antonio are looking for two people who were seen on surveillance video near where the bodies of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend were found with gunshot wounds earlier this week. Savanah Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, were reported missing last Saturday.

By Cheri Mossburg and Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who admitted to helping her boyfriend kill her abusive mother in a case that generated national attention, was released from prison on parole Thursday, a Missouri corrections official told CNN. Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 after confessing that she convinced

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Idaho temporarily blocked a state ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors this week, just days before the law was set to take effect in the New Year. The law would have placed medical professionals who provide such care for transgender people under the age

By Christina Zdanowicz, Amanda Jackson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — While on the phone with an emergency dispatcher, Nivardo Delatorre reassured a driver pinned in his wrecked pickup truck for days that help was on the way. Delatorre called 911 from Interstate 94 in northwest Indiana on Tuesday, where he and his father-in-law, Mario

By Sarah Engel, CNN (CNN) — Human remains found decades ago near Lake Tahoe have finally been identified as missing nurse Donna Lass. Lass was 25 years old when she was reported missing to South Lake Tahoe Police in 1971, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Lass was last seen on

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A pair of statues honoring the Confederacy in Jacksonville’s Springfield Park were taken down Wednesday by order of the Florida city’s mayor. “This is not in any way an attempt to erase history but to show that we’ve learned from it. That when we know better, we do better

By Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — A man arrested earlier this month in connection with two recent machete attacks and the rape and killing of a woman in a Philadelphia park 20 years ago has been charged in three more rape cases, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Elias Diaz, 46, has now been charged with the

CNN, KSAT By Sara Smart and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Police in San Antonio said Thursday they are looking for two people who were seen on surveillance video near where the bodies of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend were found dead earlier this week. Savannah Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, were reported

CNN By David Culver and Norma Galeana, CNN Jacumba Hot Springs, California (CNN) — Brian Silvas’ three dogs were usually the first to alert him that large groups of people were walking onto his San Diego County property. He’d wake up at all hours to Whisky, Soldier and Freedom barking incessantly. Today, the trio keep

By David Culver and Norma Galeana, CNN Jacumba Hot Springs, California (CNN) — Brian Silvas’ three dogs were usually the first to alert him that large groups of people were walking onto his San Diego County property. He’d wake up at all hours to Whisky, Soldier and Freedom barking incessantly. Today, the trio keep quiet

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If you feel as though you didn’t read enough this year, don’t fret. CNN asked a handful of 2023’s most relevant authors, musicians, and cultural tastemakers for book recommendations to help kick-start your 2024 reading list. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If you feel as though you didn’t read enough this year, don’t fret. CNN asked a handful of 2023’s most relevant authors, musicians, and cultural tastemakers for book recommendations to help kick-start your 2024 reading list. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The University of Idaho on Thursday demolished the off-campus home where four students were fatally stabbed last year — the latest instance in which a property is razed following grisly, high-profile killings. Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen were killed inside the Moscow, Idaho, off-campus rental

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A 14-year-old has been charged with murder after being accused of fatally shooting his older sister on Christmas Eve during a family dispute over gifts, Tampa Bay area authorities say. His 15-year-old brother has also been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot the younger brother in retaliation

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota woman has filed a malpractice lawsuit claiming she was left disfigured after her Eden Prairie dentist performed more than 30 procedures during a single appointment. In a civil lawsuit filed last week against Dr. Kevin Molldrem and Molldrem Family Dentistry in Hennepin County District Court, Kathleen Wilson

By Olivia LaBorde, CNN (CNN) — A civil rights leader says he was kicked out of a North Carolina movie theater while attempting to see “The Color Purple” for trying to use his own chair in the disabled section. Bishop William Barber, 60, said he tried to use the special chair he brought in the disabled section