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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The grandmother placed her head in her hands and began to sob. “She didn’t have to suffer,” Adela Aguilar said, shaking her head as she recalled the moment when her granddaughter bid her farewell last month. Adela Ramírez had just turned 28 and made a major decision: She was leaving

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is the traditional getaway day for many people heading into the July 4 holiday weekend, and the 5 Things crew is hitting the road too. We’ll see you back here on Tuesday after enjoying some fun in the sun and fireworks shows! If you need a little diversion before your

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Milwaukee Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of $28,000 for information leading to an arrest in the killing of a transgender Black woman who was found dead two weeks ago. Brazil Johnson, 28, was found fatally shot on June 15 in the city’s Triangle North neighborhood. As of late Thursday, authorities

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee issued a directive Thursday that bars state police from cooperating with out-of-state investigatory requests related to abortion in his efforts to make the state a “sanctuary” for those seeking the services. The decision comes after the US Supreme Court ruled last week to strike down Roe

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN The former head coach of the University of Southern California’s women’s soccer team was sentenced Wednesday for his role in a college admissions scandal, prosecutors announced Thursday. Ali Khosroshahin was sentenced to a year of supervised release, the first six months of which are to be served in home confinement with

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Florida circuit court judge has ruled a lawsuit filed by Gabby Petito’s parents against Brian Laundrie’s parents can move forward. Circuit Court Judge Hunter Carroll denied a motion from Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, Brian Laundrie’s parents, to dismiss the intentional infliction of emotional distress lawsuit filed by Gabby Petito’s parents,

By Jamiel Lynch and Christina Maxouris, CNN Georgia’s highest court on Thursday unanimously overturned the murder conviction of a prominent Atlanta attorney in the death of his wife and granted him a new trial. Claud “Tex” McIver was convicted in 2018 of felony murder and other charges stemming from the 2016 killing of his wife,

By Claudia Dominguez, CNN An unknown number of police officers in Ohio have been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation after a police pursuit ended in the shooting death of Jayland Walker on Monday. Police officers from the Akron Police Department attempted to stop a person, later identified as Walker, for a traffic

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A woman visiting the Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison, the second incident of an animal injuring a park visitor this week, according to the National Park Service (NPS). Yellowstone National Park said on Thursday that a Pennsylvania woman, 71, was gored by a bull bison on Wednesday, just

By Eric Levenson and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series arrived in Oregon for its first tournament on US soil Thursday and faced protests from 9/11 survivors and victims’ families who criticized golfers for working with Saudi Arabia, who they say was complicit in the 2001 terrorist attacks. “Saudi Arabia is trying

By Nicole Chavez, CNN From 2020-2021, California recorded the highest surge in reported hate crimes since the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to the state’s Attorney General, Rob Bonta. Bonta announced the findings of a new California Department of Justice report on Tuesday. The number of hate crimes reported in the state went

By Sara Sidner, Tina Burnside and Dakin Andone, CNN Family members of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black teen whose murder in the Jim Crow South spurred the civil rights movement in America, say they have unearthed an unserved arrest warrant for the White woman who accused him of making advances toward her, sparking the events