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By Aya Elamroussi, Natasha Chen and Jack Hannah, CNN The search for a family of four kidnapped in California ended Wednesday with authorities recovering their bodies from a rural farm area days after being abducted at gunpoint. “Tonight, our worst fears have been confirmed,” Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said during a news conference Wednesday

By Raja Razek and Tina Burnside, CNN A judge has dismissed charges against seven former top Michigan state officials for their alleged role in the Flint water crisis, ruling that the charges weren’t valid due to a procedural error. The cases against Eden Wells, Richard Baird, Jarrod Agen, Nancy Peeler, Gerald Ambrose, Nicolas Lyon, and

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Authorities in California’s Central Valley are investigating what they believe is a series of killings that has claimed the lives of six people since last year. Police in Stockton are offering a $125,000 reward for any information regarding the homicides, which began in April 2021 with the most recent killing reported

By Amir Vera, Randi Kaye and Laura Dolan, CNN The aftermath of Hurricane Ian left Julie Emig and Vicki Paskaly devastated when they returned to what was once their “dream home” for the first time since the storm hit one week ago. Residents of Florida’s Sanibel Island — which remains cutoff from the mainland —

By Rob Frehse, CNN A 14-year-old girl went missing from a Pennsylvania park in 1969. More than half a century later, her remains have been identified, state police announced Tuesday. “After 53 years, the family of Joan Marie Dymond very much deserves closure. We will do everything in our power to see that they have

By David Close and Steve Almasy, CNN Becky Sauerbrunn, one of the stalwarts of the US women’s national soccer team, said Tuesday that players are angry and want immediate changes following an independent investigation that found systemic abuse and misconduct within women’s professional soccer in the United States. On Monday, the US Soccer Federation released

By AJ Willingham, CNN Sure, Chananya Begun was surprised when he saw people on TikTok obsessing over a 2008 performance by the Miami Boys Choir, an Orthodox Jewish pop group led by his father, Yerachmiel Begun. But he wasn’t that surprised. After all, everything about it is ridiculously good. The soaring tween vocals! The funky

By Christina Zdanowicz, David Williams and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Mitch Pacyna loved entertaining so much that he earned the nickname “The Mayor of Fort Myers Beach,” because of his welcoming nature, his daughter said. Pacyna, 74, died in Fort Myers Beach while he and his wife were trying to get to higher ground during Hurricane

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Liz Truss, prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: July 26, 1975 Birth place: Oxford, England Birth name: Mary Elizabeth Truss Father: John Kenneth Truss, math professor Mother: Priscilla (Grasby) Truss, nurse and teacher Marriage: Hugh O’Leary (2000-present) Children: Frances, Liberty Education: Merton

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A woman in Bowie County, Texas, has been found guilty of murder and capital murder for killing a pregnant woman and taking her unborn baby, who also died, in October 2020, court records show. The jury found Taylor Rene Parker guilty after about an hour of deliberation on Monday, the Bowie

By Kristina Sgueglia, Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN A Northeastern University employee who told police last month he was injured by an exploding package fabricated the story and now faces charges in the hoax, according to a criminal complaint. Jason Duhaime, who was the New Technology Manager and Director of the Immersive Media Lab

By Holly Yan, Chris Boyette and Taylor Romine, CNN The reward for information leading to an arrest in the killings of six people in a series of shooting deaths in Stockton, California, has been raised to $115,000, police said. Stockton Police have said they believe the attacks, which include one non-fatal shooting, are related, and

By Dakin Andone, CNN Once a month, Pastor Dana Moore gets into his car and drives 300 miles across Texas to Livingston, where he walks into a state prison, takes off his belt and shoes and is ushered through a metal detector before stepping through metal gates that clang shut behind him. Inside, Moore sits

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Hurricane Ian last week slammed into one of the fastest-growing areas of the country, putting hundreds of thousands of people in harm’s way — many of whom had never experienced a hurricane. Florida has added nearly 3 million people since 2010. And the Fort Myers area, which was ravaged by Ian’s

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The future of social media and online speech could be significantly altered depending on how the Supreme Court rules on a few pivotal cases this term. Some justices have specifically expressed interest in taking up cases regarding online content moderation, but many platforms — including Google, Meta and Twitter — are