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By Jason Hanna, Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Romine, CNN A suspect already in custody in connection with the kidnapping and killing of four California family members — including a baby girl — was formally arrested late Thursday in the case, a sheriff’s office said. Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, was arrested on four counts of murder

By Amir Vera, Leyla Santiago, Will Brown and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Residents in southwestern Florida have been bearing the brunt of Hurricane Ian, and frustration with the government response is beginning to set in a little more than a week since the storm slammed into the state. And while the local, state and federal governments

By Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN The man accused of intentionally driving his SUV through a crowd of Christmas parade attendees in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last year, killing six people and wounding dozens more, represented himself as court proceedings began at his homicide trial Thursday amid concerns over his mental health. Darrell E. Brooks, 40,

By Paradise Afshar and Kaylene Chassie, CNN A professor was shot and killed Wednesday on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, authorities said, and a suspect has been arrested. University police first received a call around 2 p.m. local time reporting that a 46-year-old former student had entered the John W. Harshbarger Building, University

By Dakin Andone, CNN Texas has executed John Henry Ramirez, whose spiritual adviser was allowed to pray aloud and “lay hands” on him as he died after a US Supreme Court ruling led to new guidelines in his case and in similar requests in prisons across the country. Ramirez, 38, was killed Wednesday evening by

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN Federal authorities have accused a New Jersey woman of concealing approximately 15,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills in a Lego box as part of a drug trafficking scheme, in what US Drug Enforcement Administration authorities said in a news release is the largest seizure of rainbow fentanyl in New York City history. Latesha

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District fired a newly hired school officer on Thursday after CNN identified her as one of the officers under investigation for her actions during the Uvalde school massacre in May. Crimson Elizondo was one of the state troopers who arrived

By Ella Nilsen, CNN A group of California water agencies that together consume the largest proportion of lower Colorado River water each year are offering to voluntarily cut their usage in an effort to save the river basin and stave off a larger crisis. But one expert tells CNN the figure being floated doesn’t go

By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Justin Gamble, CNN Latronia Latson said she feels like she has been neglected in the recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian. Latson, who lives in the Dunbar neighborhood in Fort Myers, Florida, said she can’t get to a relief center to get bottled water and other necessities being distributed because she

By Justin Gamble, CNN Embattled New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she will now reimburse the city for expenses related to flight upgrades she made during her recent travels. “I will have to reimburse the city for those business expenses,” Cantrell tells CNN affiliate WDSU. The mayor came under fire after she initially claimed the

By Jalen Brown, CNN Latinos remain grossly underrepresented in the media industry and are significantly more likely to perform service roles, according to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) newest report on Latino representation in film, television, and other publishing entities. The GAO’s 2021 study found that Latinos make up 12% of the media workforce and

By AJ Willingham, CNN There are two kinds of people: those who understand the allure of a 12-foot skeleton decoration, and those who have yet to understand the allure of a 12-foot skeleton decoration. Fall beckons the arrival of the Home Depot skeleton, a massive Halloween yard decoration that first hit the market in 2020

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The application for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is expected to go live as soon as this week. But the nation is divided over the program, flooding social media platforms with praise or criticism. Additionally, ongoing legal challenges and lawsuits aiming to block the plan are creating a few