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By Lauren del Valle, Travis Caldwell and Ray Sanchez, CNN Deliberations will resume on Monday in the second phase of the death penalty trial of a man convicted of striking and killing eight people with a rented truck in New York in an effort to support the terror group ISIS. The panel deciding whether Sayfullo

By Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Kia Fatahi, CNN A jury found a New York man guilty of first-degree murder for fatally running over a New York City Fire Department emergency medical technician with her own ambulance in 2017, according to prosecutors. Jose Gonzalez, 31, was convicted in the murder of Yadira Arroyo, who was a 14-year

By Josh Campbell, David Shortell, Fidel Gutierrez, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of their members to local authorities, according to images circulating online and

By Amy Simonson, CNN Former Seattle SuperSonics star Shawn Kemp, who was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting incident Wednesday, was released from jail and no charges will be filed at this time, according to a spokesperson for a prosecutor’s office in Washington state. In a statement emailed to CNN on Thursday, Pierce County

By Taylor Romine and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Three Los Angeles Police Department officers were wounded Wednesday when gunfire erupted during a confrontation with a suspect, who was later pronounced dead, officials said. Two of the officers were expected to be released from the hospital Thursday, according to an LAPD statement. The third officer still was

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN An elderly man survived on croissants, candy and biscotti for nearly a week alone in his car, stuck in a snowbank on a desolate California highway. Jerry Jouret, 81, set out from his mountain house in Big Pine, California, on February 24 to return to his family home in Gardnerville, Nevada

By Christina Maxouris, Sara Smart and Brian Todd, CNN The 6-year-old boy who allegedly shot his elementary school teacher earlier this year will not be criminally charged, Newport News, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn told CNN affiliate WTKR. The student allegedly shot and wounded Richneck Elementary School teacher Abigail Zwerner on January 6, leaving her

By Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN A CSX freight train derailed Wednesday morning after striking a rockslide in a remote area of West Virginia, injuring three crew members and spilling diesel fuel into a nearby river, according to a company press release. The three crew members were in the locomotive, which caught fire after

By John Blake, CNN As soon as some members of the Islamic Center of Muncie saw the man coming toward them, they knew he was trouble. He was a big guy with broad shoulders, marching toward their mosque with his head down and his face flushed red from what looked like anger. It was Friday

By Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN All four people aboard two small planes that collided midair Tuesday were killed, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said. The crash happened over Lake Hartridge in Winter Haven, about 45 miles southwest of Orlando. A Piper J-3 Cub seaplane operated by Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base in

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken US Merchant Marine Academy students who say they were victims of sexual assault remain reluctant to report their alleged assailants in ways that would prompt investigations, a new report from the academy shows. Between July of 2019 and December 2022, 26 students alleged they had been sexually assaulted on

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Nearly two dozen people are in jail after violent protests at a forest near Atlanta that’s become a national focal point as authorities gear up to begin construction of a massive police and fire training facility. The facility — dubbed “Cop City” by its opponents — has received fierce pushback since