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By Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN CNN has obtained an internal affairs investigation report that the New Haven, Connecticut, police chief said led him to recommend the termination of the officers involved in a June 2022 incident that left Randy Cox, 36, paralyzed from the chest down in the back of a police van.

By Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN California has faced an onslaught of powerful, atmospheric river storms this winter, which has led to record-breaking snowpack, nearly full reservoirs and overflowing watersheds. At this time last year, all of California was caught in a drought. But according to the latest US Drought Monitor released Thursday morning,

By Lauren del Valle and Zoe Sottile, CNN The parents of the Oxford High School shooter will stand trial on four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the four deaths their son Ethan Crumbley caused in a November 2021 school shooting in what may be a precedent-setting case, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled. The parents, James

By Tina Burnside and Eric Levenson, CNN Five mischievous boys had to be rescued from a Staten Island sewer system on Tuesday after they crawled into a tunnel, ventured deep inside and then got lost, according to the New York City Fire Department. The FDNY received an emergency call around 6 p.m. Tuesday regarding children

By Pete Muntean and Greg Wallace, CNN The head of the nation’s air traffic controllers said there have been too many near collisions at airports and laid out steps to avoid more — including more supervisor oversight in control towers and extra controller training for “unusual circumstances.” “Even though we all know that multiple levels

By Dakin Andone, CNN Nearly eight years after his body was found in the middle of a South Carolina road, state authorities confirmed they are investigating the death of 19-year-old Stephen Smith as a homicide, putting his case back in the spotlight. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said it was opening an investigation into Smith’s

By Brynn Gingras and Yon Pomrenze, CNN Abdullah el-Faisal believed every word in a speech by Osama bin Laden was “like a gem,” and thought images of the coffins of US service members were laughable, New York prosecutors say. They also believe the Muslim cleric is “one of the most influential English-speaking terrorists of our

By Pete Muntean, CNN An off-duty pilot who was a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight stepped in to help the flight crew after one of the on-duty pilots had a medical emergency mid-flight. The incident began not long after Flight 6013 to Columbus, Ohio, took off from Las Vegas Wednesday, Southwest Airlines said. One

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN For the next month, Muslims around the world will observe Ramadan by abstaining from eating and drinking during daylight hours — not even water. The daily Ramadan fast, rooted in spiritual activities and self-reflection, takes place from dawn to sunset and concludes with a communal gathering. You can say “Ramadan Mubarak”

By Aya Elamroussi, Dakin Andone and Andy Rose, CNN One day after two faculty members were shot and wounded by a student at a Denver high school, the local school board voted unanimously to temporarily suspend its nearly two-year-old ban on armed guards and police officers in its schools. “Based on the emergency situation presented

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Stephen Smith’s mother says she’s been fighting for justice since the day her 19-year-old son was found dead in the middle of a rural South Carolina road. His 2015 death was initially deemed a hit-and-run, but Sandy Smith never believed that was the case. Then, in June 2021, the South Carolina

By Jamiel Lynch and Tina Burnside, CNN The Tennessee plane crash that killed a Christian diet guru and six others in 2021 was caused by the pilot losing airplane control during a climb “due to spatial disorientation,” according to a National Transportation Safety Board report filed Wednesday. Dietician Gwen Shamblin Lara, her husband, actor William

By Sara Smart and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Six highway workers were killed when a vehicle crashed into a construction zone near Baltimore, Maryland, according to police. The crash happened around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday at a work zone between temporary concrete walls on Interstate 695 in Woodlawn, about 8 miles northwest of Baltimore, Maryland State Police

By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Wyoming district court judge has temporarily blocked a state abortion ban that went into effect over the weekend, count documents show. Judge Melissa Owens of the Teton County District Court granted the restraining order Wednesday, blocking enforcement of the anti-abortion law while the court considers a legal

By Cheri Mossburg and Nick Watt, CNN A man who is accused of shooting and killing a Los Angeles bishop in February pleaded not guilty during a Wednesday hearing. Carlos Medina, the 61-year-old husband of the housekeeper for Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, remains in custody on $2.03 million bail. The defense team is “in the