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By Dakin Andone and Jack Hannah, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — The 60-year-old man arrested in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur appeared in Las Vegas court for the second time Thursday, where a judge again delayed his arraignment on a murder charge for another two weeks. Duane Keith Davis, known as “Keffe D,” was

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A Marine suspected of involvement in the death of another Marine was taken into custody at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Wednesday night, the base said in a statement. The incident happened in an on-base barracks room at the US military training facility in the evening before 10:15

By Cheri Mossburg, Chris Boyette and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens escaped injury after being hit by a car following an argument in Calabasas, California, on Monday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. After deputies were called to the scene, Owens told them he was involved

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Elizabeth Smart, children’s advocate and kidnapping survivor. Personal Birth date: November 3, 1987 Birth name: Elizabeth Ann Smart Father: Ed Smart, real-estate and mortgage broker Mother: Lois Smart Marriage: Matthew Gilmour (February 18, 2012-present) Children: Olivia, November 2018; James, April 2017; Chloe, February

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Beth Holloway has waited nearly two decades for an end to her family’s “never-ending nightmare” – and while that doesn’t mean getting her daughter back, it does include getting justice for the Alabama teen who disappeared in 2005 on a graduation trip to Aruba. On Wednesday, Joran Van der

By Denise Royal and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors dropped the charges against a 69-year-old Black woman arrested last month on voter fraud charges in Tallahassee, Florida. Marsha Ervin was on probation after a felony conviction when she voted in the 2020 general and 2022 primary elections. In a filing on Tuesday, State Attorney

By Ray Sanchez, Melissa Alonso, Isabel Rosales and Kevin Conlon, CNN (CNN) — Two months after the state of Florida formally apologized to Leonard Cure for the 16 years he lost following a wrongful conviction for armed robbery, authorities say he was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop just across

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Authorities believe Kaitlin Armstrong – the woman accused of killing a professional cyclist in Texas last year – may have been preparing for months before she tried to escape custody during a doctor’s appointment last week, court documents show. An investigation of her attempted escape revealed

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The IRS is building its own free tax filing program that, if successful, would serve as an alternative to private tax preparation companies like H&R Block and Intuit’s TurboTax. A pilot version of the online program is set to launch in 13 states next year to see whether it’s

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — To hear 11-year-old De’Evan McFall tell it, he was going all the way to the NFL or NBA. “He was so good that everybody knew about him in the league. The other teams knew about him. Other teams would try to recruit him,” recalled Byron Sanders, who coached De’Evan’s

By Holly Yan, Devon M. Sayers and Aaron Cooper, CNN Birmingham, Alabama (CNN) — Almost two decades after Natalee Holloway vanished in Aruba, the man long suspected in her death has confessed to killing the Alabama teen in grisly detail, court documents reveal. But it remains unclear whether Joran van der Sloot, 36, will ever

By Nouran Salahieh and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of grieving residents gathered on a basketball court in Plainfield, Illinois, Tuesday to mark Wadea Al-Fayoume’s love for the sport during a vigil to honor the 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who authorities say was stabbed to death because he was Muslim. The young boy’s photos were

By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of bringing guns to the Wisconsin Capitol grounds twice in a day earlier this month pleaded not guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge of carrying a firearm, court records show. Joshua Pleasnick, 43, was arrested the afternoon of October 4 after he entered

By Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — About eight hours after convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante crab-walked out of a Chester County prison in August, a prison official sent the acting warden a message: Cavalcante had been “planning an escape” for months. Chester County Prison Sergeant Jerry Beavers emailed Cpt. Harry Griswold about information he’d received

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey have opened an investigation into the Trenton Police Department and the City of Trenton that will focus on the use of excessive force and unlawful stops, searches and arrests, officials announced Tuesday. The pattern-or-practice investigation

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Teresa Lee Scalf’s family has searched for the name of the person who killed their loved one for over three decades. Now, thanks to new DNA analysis, Scalf’s family has an answer – and some semblance of closure – because investigators say they have solved the 1986 murder case.

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man who was exonerated after serving more than 16 years for a crime he did not commit was shot and killed by a deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. A Camden County deputy stopped 53-year-old