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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Borgwardt, a Wisconsin kayaker accused of faking his own drowning and fleeing the country, is alive somewhere in Eastern Europe and has been talking to investigators, officials said. But it’s still unclear whether he will ever return home to his wife and three children. “Great news: We know

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — When Deborah Gonzalez ran to be elected District Attorney of Georgia’s Western Judicial Circuit in 2020, she made no bones about her position on capital punishment. “I do not support the death penalty,” Gonzalez wrote on Twitter, now X, in September 2020. “It is cruel & inhumane. As DA

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Screen Actors Guild. In 2012, a merger was completed between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). The SAG-AFTRA labor union has approximately 160,000 members. SAG Timeline June 30, 1933 – Articles of incorporation are filed. The

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of NBA Hall of Fame forward Larry Bird. Personal Birth date: December 7, 1956 Birth place: West Baden, Indiana Birth name: Larry Joe Bird Father: Joe Bird Mother: Georgia (Kerns) Bird Marriages: Dinah (Mattingly) Bird, (1989-present); Janet Condra (1975-1976, divorced) Children: with Dinah Bird:

By Graham Hurley and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An unruly passenger accused of trying to force open a plane door and injuring an attendant mid-flight last week – prompting fellow passengers to duct-tape him – has been charged in federal court, a federal prosecutor’s office said. Abdul-al-Jabbar Oloruntoba Olaiya, 29, was charged with interfering

Associated Press An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated Thursday to become the third person executed by nitrogen gas. Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was one of four teenagers convicted of killing Vickie Deblieux, 37, who was hitchhiking through Alabama on her way to her mother’s home in Louisiana.

By Andy Rose and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — Colin Gray, the father of alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, entered a not guilty plea Thursday morning to charges – including two counts of second-degree murder – alleging that he shares responsibility for the September shooting. Gray did not appear in court,

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — American Airlines is expanding its crackdown on passengers who cut in line during the boarding process. The company is rolling out a new technology to over 100 airports before Thanksgiving that could help decrease the crowds of people who hover near gates. Here’s what else you need to know

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — American Airlines is expanding its crackdown on passengers who cut in line during the boarding process. The company is rolling out a new technology to over 100 airports before Thanksgiving that could help decrease the crowds of people who hover near gates. Here’s what else you need to

By Holly Yan, CNN Athens, Georgia (CNN) — The five pairs of sneakers resting in front of a popular wooded trail serve as a daily reminder of the run Laken Riley never finished. In the nine months since Riley was bludgeoned and killed in the University of Georgia’s Oconee Forest Park, students and recreational athletes

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Elected officials, Jewish advocacy groups and civil rights leaders are vowing to “push back” against the message of a White nationalist group that staged a march last week near downtown Columbus, Ohio, calling the demonstration an act of hate unwelcome in their community – and across the United

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Inside Susan Smith’s car pulled from the bottom of a South Carolina lake in 1994 were the bodies of her two young boys, still strapped in their car seats, along with her wedding dress and photo album. Everything that symbolized Smith’s life was in that car, investigators say, except

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley while she was out for a run earlier this year was found guilty Wednesday and sentenced to life without parole in a case that reignited the national debate over immigration and crime. Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old undocumented migrant from

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A new study found that parents expressed concern about the example they set for their children, with 70% saying

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A new study found that parents expressed concern about the example they set for their children, with 70%

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look back at the events of 2024. Notable US Events January 3 – Hundreds of pages of unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are publicly released. This is the first set of documents to be unsealed under a December 18, 2023 court