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By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The New College of Florida said it has entered an agreement with the US Department of Education regarding a federal investigation launched earlier this month into allegations of discrimination based on disability. The federal investigation pertains “specifically” to the New College website, as well as third-party

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Two former Chicago police officers were acquitted Thursday of felony charges after opening fire and injuring an unarmed man in 2022. The officers, Sgt. Christopher Liakopoulos and Officer Ruben Reynoso, were facing charges of aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm and official misconduct, which are

By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — A parent whose daughter was one of several high school marching band students injured in a fatal bus crash in upstate New York last week has filed a lawsuit against the bus company and the driver, court records show. Lawrence Doreson, the father of a 14-year-old Farmingdale High School

By Maria Sole Campinoti and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A female sea lion briefly escaped from her enclosure in New York’s Central Park Zoo Friday when heavy rain caused her pool to flood. The sea lion managed to swim out of the flooded pool and roam throughout the surrounding area before returning to her

By Brynn Gingras and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee judge signed an order Friday ending Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s conservatorship over Michael Oher, a month after the former NFL player accused the couple of representing themselves publicly as his adoptive parents and using him for financial benefit. Oher, whose life story was

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Supreme Court of the United States. Facts The US Supreme Court was created in accordance with Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States and by the authority of the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789. Nine justices comprise the US

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Trent Lott, former Republican senator from Mississippi. Personal Birth date: October 9, 1941 Birth place: Grenada, Mississippi Birth name: Chester Trent Lott Father: Chester Paul Lott, shipyard worker Mother: Iona (Watson) Lott, schoolteacher Marriage: Patricia (Thompson) Lott (1964-present) Children: Chester and Tyler

By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — A Florida teenager is dead after lightning struck her and her father while they were hunting, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook update Thursday. Baylee Holbrook, 16, and her father, Matthew Holbrook, had been hunting late Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area just north of Palatka,

By Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A former Georgia detention officer was charged on Tuesday with one federal count of using excessive force on a female pretrial detainee, identified only as C.B., at the Fulton County North Annex Jail in Alpharetta, Georgia. The indictment alleges that Fulton County Detention Officer Monique Clark “willfully deprived C.B.

By Kyung Lah and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury has indicted Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis on charges of murder with use of a deadly weapon in connection with the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas authorities announced. Davis, 60, was arrested Friday morning in Las Vegas, according to authorities.

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — What do you do with more than 130 arsenic-tinged taxidermied animals with significant historical and academic value, languishing in a now-closed museum that may or may not be a public health hazard? When the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, makes a decision, they’ll let you know. The extensive

By Melissa Alonso and Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — A deputy police chief and three other ranking officers in Louisiana face criminal charges after allegedly striking and tasing a suspect during an arrest then covering it up, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul said Friday. The criminal charges involving members of the now-disbanded street crimes

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A man was convicted Thursday of killing his former girlfriend, Amie Harwick, a sex therapist who was once engaged to comedian Drew Carey, by throwing her over a balcony in February 2020. Gareth Pursehouse, 45, was found guilty by a jury of one count of murder and first-degree residential

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Netflix will send out its last red envelope today, marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members. I know what you’re thinking — the idea of receiving a DVD in the mail now sounds as obsolete as dial-up internet. However, some longtime customers told CNN

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Netflix will send out its last red envelope today, marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members. I know what you’re thinking — the idea of receiving a DVD in the mail now sounds as obsolete as dial-up internet. However, some longtime customers told CNN they

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Smart and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Just moments before police believe Baltimore tech executive Pava LaPere was killed, surveillance footage captured her alleged attacker following her into the elevator of her apartment building where her body would be discovered on the roof days later, court documents say. The documents shed

By Lauren del Valle and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The teen gunman who killed four students at Oxford High School, is eligible for life imprisonment without parole – the harshest possible punishment in Michigan, a judge ruled Friday. Ethan Crumbley, now 17, was 15 when he opened fire at the school on November 30,

By Joe Sutton and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — A man was shot Thursday during a protest against plans to reinstall a statue of a controversial Spanish conquistador in northern New Mexico, police say. Demonstrators were gathered in the city of Española, where officials had planned to reinstall a statue of Juan de Oñate but