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By Raja Razek, CNN Former NFL player Kevin Ware has been indicted on charges of murder and tampering with evidence, specifically a corpse, in the death of his girlfriend, Taylor Pomaski, who disappeared in 2021, according to a news release from the Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. “Prosecutors presented the evidence to a Harris

By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents. Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina,

By Paul P. Murphy and Steve Almasy, CNN The winning numbers for Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for an estimated $1.28 billion were 13-36-45-57-67 with a Mega Ball of 14. Friday’s jackpot was the lottery’s second-largest prize in its 20-year history, and it came with a cash value option of $742.2 million. The next drawing is

By Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN Mandy Gutierrez, the Robb Elementary School principal who was suspended with pay earlier this week has been informed that she may return to work, according to her attorney Ricardo Cedillo. Gutierrez was placed on administrative leave Monday during a Uvalde School Board meeting. The principal has faced criticism

By Josh Campbell, CNN A former US Marine planned to attack a New York synagogue and engage in “widespread homicide and sexual assault” targeting minorities, federal prosecutors argue in court documents obtained by CNN. Matthew Belanger, a former Marine who was discharged from the service in May 2021 due to alleged “dissident/extremist activity,” according to

By Sharif Paget, CNN Belinda Asher was sleeping in her eastern Kentucky home when she was abruptly awoken a little after 1 a.m. Thursday by a flash flood alert on her phone. “By 2 a.m., everything I had was completely underwater,” Asher, 37, told CNN. At least eight people died and “hundreds will lose” their

By Paradise Afshar and David Williams, CNN A ferry terminal in Seattle is out of service on Thursday after a ferry crashed into a part of the terminal that helps guide boats known as a “dolphin,” according to the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Twitter account for Washington State Ferries. “The Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal is

By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent On a ridge overlooking the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it would have been possible to see the first flickering flames of the Oak Fire and then how it engulfed its surroundings. It took just 24 hours to mushroom to 10,000 acres and become California’s biggest wildfire

By Stella Chan and Zoe Sottile, CNN Authorities have been forced to intermittently close Los Angeles’ iconic 6th street bridge four times in five days for various illegal activity, including street takeovers, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The viaduct, built in 1932, was closed in 2016 for upgrades to the seismically deficient structure.

By Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN Alabama inmate Joe Nathan James Jr. was executed Thursday night for the 1994 murder of Faith Hall Smith, the state’s top attorney said, despite pleas from the victim’s family not to do so. “Justice has been served. Joe James was put to death for the heinous act he

By Dakin Andone and Kevin Conlon, CNN For months leading up to the Parkland massacre, Nikolas Cruz searched the internet for information and videos about mass shootings, leaving behind YouTube comments expressing his desire to “kill people,” according to testimony in the penalty phase of his trial. Broward County Sheriff’s Office Detective Nick Masters, an

By Judson Jones, Monica Garrett and Payton Major, CNN Flash drought conditions intensified in the Northeast and across the southern Plains, causing agriculture concerns across the regions, according to the latest US Drought Monitor released Thursday morning. “Temperatures across the region were generally 2-8 degrees warmer than normal, with the warmest readings occurring in Oklahoma,

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN There was a time not long ago when no one paid the full sticker price when buying a new car, but with vehicle inventories limited due to supply chain problems, retail car prices are through the roof. And while that’s bad news for buyers, some automakers have seen their earnings and