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By Amir Vera and Mark Morales, CNN A New York City correction officer has been fired after an inmate died in the city’s Rikers Island jail, according to a Tuesday statement from the city Department of Correction. The inmate, identified as Elijah Muhammad, 31, was found unresponsive in his cell and declared dead on Sunday

By Ashley Killough and Christina Maxouris, CNN Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, underwent a critical surgery Tuesday and is “still fighting,” a family spokesperson said in an update. Cooper, who was attending the parade with his family,

By Dianne Gallagher and Eric Levenson, CNN The family of Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of defrauding legal clients and carrying out a failed suicidal fraud scheme, has been told he could soon be indicted on murder charges as well, his attorney told CNN. “I am aware that SLED (South Carolina Law

By Chuck Johnston, CNN The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will transfer 4,000 beagles from a research facility in Cumberland, Virginia, to humane societies across the United States where they can be adopted, under a plan approved by a federal judge last week. A series of inspections over the course of nine months found more

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Alex Rodriguez, former New York Yankees infielder, who is in fifth place for the most career home runs in Major League Baseball history. He was suspended for the entire 2014 season after an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Personal Birth date: July 27, 1975 Birth

By Stella Chan, CNN A tech company CEO who was tried twice in the 1992 killing of his roommate’s girlfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the case, a California prosecutor said. John Kevin Woodward, 58, the CEO of online training company ReadyTech, was taken into custody at New York’s JFK airport on

By Melissa Alonso and Michelle Krupa, CNN Little league teams have pulled out of the North Carolina state championship tournament after gunshots erupted during a weekend game, their organizers said Monday in social media posts. “Our 8U Machine Pitch team had to withdraw from the State Championship tournament in Wilson, North Carolina,” read Wilmington Little

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Ada Limón, author of six books of poetry, will become the next US poet laureate. Limón assumes the role from Joy Harjo, who served three 1-year terms in the position. She will begin her duties this fall, according to a statement from the Library of Congress. As the 24th poet to

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A spot in the Southern California desert could hold the key to powering all of America’s electric cars. It’s called the Salton Sea — but isn’t really a sea at all. The toxic lake is the most abundant source of lithium on the planet, with enough to power all domestic EV car