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By Paradise Afshar and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The pilots of two small airplanes that collided mid-air in Florida Tuesday may not have been aware that the other was nearby when they crashed into each other, according to an air safety inspector. The crash, which resulted in the death of four people, occurred over Lake Hartridge

By Dianne Gallagher and Christina Maxouris, CNN Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh will appeal his convictions and sentences for the 2021 murders of his wife and son, his defense team said Thursday in a three-page court filing. The filing was expected, as Murdaugh had 10 days to send a notice of appeal following his

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Massachusetts man accused of attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon and open the plane’s emergency door during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston will remain in jail while he receives a psychiatric examination, a judge ruled. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, shows

By Michelle Watson, CNN Eleven current and former East Cleveland Police Department officers indicted earlier this month participated in “appalling” behavior and face charges including assault, dereliction of duty and interfering with civil rights, authorities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, said after they released video showing several incidents. Seven are facing charges for the first time,

By Michelle Watson, CNN A third person has died as a result of the deadly crush of concertgoers at a Rochester, New York, event venue Sunday night, according to a news release from police obtained by CNN affiliate WHAM. The victim, identified as 35-year-old Aisha Stephens, was “the last remaining hospitalized victim” from the incident,

By Nicole Chavez and Jalen Brown, CNN Heather Thomas spent months pleading with Tennessee legislators to vote against a ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, which she says saved the life of her transgender son. “It’s just so important. I mean, it saved his life. Why would I not share that to try to

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Unruly passengers continue to be an issue on flights across the US, adding to a host of challenges impacting the aviation industry. In this week alone, punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane, and a United Airlines flight attendant was attacked by a man wielding a broken metal utensil. Here’s

By Sara Smart, CNN A Philadelphia park visitor made a rare discovery when they came across at 3-foot exotic reptile that is usually only seen wandering through the wetlands of central and South America. Police responded to FDR Park Sunday and were able to capture the creature, which was determined to be a caiman, and

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