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By Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a sweeping bill into law Wednesday that prohibits public schools and universities from maintaining or funding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The law, known as SB129, also requires public universities to “designate restrooms on the basis of biological sex” — which Alabama law defines as “the physical condition

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! This story about scammers creating fake obituaries to get clicks and ad revenue details a modern twist on a familiar con. They’re even using artificial intelligence to optimize death announcements padded with key words for Google searches. The victims are very much alive —

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! This story about scammers creating fake obituaries to get clicks and ad revenue details a modern twist on a familiar con. They’re even using artificial intelligence to optimize death announcements padded with key words for Google searches. The victims are very much alive — and

By Jean Casarez and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — James Crumbley, the father of the teenager who fatally shot four students at a Michigan high school in 2021, allegedly threatened Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald in a jailhouse call with a family member, saying the prosecutor was going to hell soon, she better be

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Obituaries for writer Deborah Vankin popped up online in January, complete with morbid images and flattering prose. In videos accompanying the announcements, “news anchors” discussed her death and used background photos of a car wreck, a coffin leaving a funeral home and a flickering candle next to her portrait. They did not specify how

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of actor, director, producer and writer Warren Beatty. Personal Birth date: March 30, 1937 Birth place: Richmond, Virginia Birth name: Henry Warren Beaty Father: Ira O. Beaty, school administrator Mother: Kathlyn (MacLean) Beaty, drama teacher Marriage: Annette Bening (March 1992-present) Children: Stephen, Benjamin,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning singer and actress, Mariah Carey. Personal Birth date: March 27, 1970 Birth place: Long Island, New York Birth name: Mariah Carey Father: Alfred Roy Carey, aeronautics engineer Mother: Patricia (Hickey) Carey, opera singer and voice coach Marriages: Nick Cannon (2008-2016, divorced);

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-nominated actor, singer, writer and comedian Eddie Murphy. Personal Birth date: April 3, 1961 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Edward Regan Murphy Father: Charles Murphy, police officer Mother: Lillian Murphy, telephone operator Marriage: Nicole Mitchell (March 18, 1993-April 17, 2006, divorced)

By Jillian Sykes, Christina Maxouris and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than a week since Missy and John Tennant spoke to the two teen boys in Haiti they recently adopted. The boys, 13 and 15 years old, are trapped in the Caribbean country, hiding with other children inside an orphanage surrounded by

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in an election victory that will officially secure him a third full decade of rule. Devoid of any credible opposition, he received 87% of the country’s vote, Russian officials said after all the ballots were counted Monday. Here’s what else you need

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in an election victory that will officially secure him a third full decade of rule. Devoid of any credible opposition, he received 87% of the country’s vote, Russian officials said after all the ballots were counted Monday. Here’s what else you need to

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in an election victory that will officially secure him a third full decade of rule. Devoid of any credible opposition, he received 87% of the country’s vote, Russian officials said after all the ballots were counted Monday. Here’s what else you need

CNN Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump doesn’t have the cash he needs to stop the state of New York from potentially seizing his assets. He’s asking the court — an institution he’s shown little but contempt for — for a bit of mercy. In a court filing Monday, Trump’s

By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were members of a self-styled “Goon Squad” were sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to prison after admitting to torturing and abusing two Black men last year – and four other White

CNN, NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, WAPT, WLBT By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Jeffrey Middleton, the second former law enforcement officer among six who admitted torturing and abusing two Black men in January 2023, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators who have been working more than half a century to solve the case of 16-year-old Pamela Lynn Conyers, who was strangled to death in central Maryland, say they’ve identified a second suspect in her killing – though their quest for answers still isn’t over. The second suspect, Donald Willard,

By Cindy Von Quednow and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A mother who has been wanted by Indiana police since after her 5-year-old son’s body was found inside a suitcase in 2022 was found and arrested last week in Los Angeles, authorities say. Dejaune Ludie Anderson, 38, is accused of killing her son, Cairo Ammar Jordan, whose

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kaylee Gain, a Missouri girl who was critically injured during a fight 10 days ago near a St. Louis high school, announced Friday she left the intensive care unit and has “been able to engage in limited verbal conversations.” “Kaylee also recently began speech therapy, and

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