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By Travis Caldwell and Jason Hanna, CNN Two years after Ahmaud Arbery’s killing in Georgia, justice has been delivered after three men convicted in his murder were found guilty in federal court Tuesday for pursuing him out of racial animus, his family says. “This hate crime trial actually showed the world what was going on

By Tasnim Ahmed and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Firearm deaths have overtaken car crashes are the leading cause of death by trauma in the US, according to a new study. In 2017, there were 1.44 million years of potential life lost due to firearm deaths, edging out that of motor vehicle crashes (1.37 million years), according

By Travis Caldwell, Julia Jones and Omar Jimenez, CNN Jurors concluded their first day of deliberations in the civil rights case of three former Minneapolis police officers connected to George Floyd’s 2020 killing. The jury deliberated for more than seven hours Wednesday after receiving instructions from Judge Paul Magnuson. The panel of four men and

By Liam Reilly, CNN A Bronx man was indicted for hate crimes Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman and yelled anti-Hispanic slurs at her, according to prosecutors. The victim, a 72-year-old woman, was allegedly assaulted while speaking in Spanish and English on the phone on January 18, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office said. The

By Sara Smart, CNN If someone said they’d pay you $1,800 to stay off social media for six years, would you do it? Could you? Sivert Klefsaas did just that. “I thought it was awesome,” Sivert told CNN Tuesday, “I thought, ‘Ah what’s 6 more years?’” In 2016, Lorna Goldstrand Klefsaas challenged her 12-year-old son

By Sara Smart, CNN You may know him as Hank the Tank, but the California Department of Fish and Wildlife knows him as a threat to a Lake Tahoe neighborhood. For months now, the 500-pound black bear has been roaming the streets in the Tahoe Keys area of South Lake Tahoe, about 100 miles east

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Nearly two years after a botched police raid led to Breonna Taylor‘s death, the only officer facing criminal charges for his actions on that day is standing trial in Kentucky. Brett Hankison, a former Louisville Metro Police Department officer, is facing three counts of felony wanton endangerment in the March 2020

By Michelle Watson, CNN Two Utah National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved in a training accident Tuesday morning, crashing near a popular ski resort, the Utah National Guard said. No crew members or skiers at the Snowbird ski resort were injured, according to Jared Jones, chief warrant officer 5 with the Utah National

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Amir Vera, Omar Jimenez and Julia Jones, CNN Jury deliberations will begin Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s 2020 killing, US District Court Judge Paul Magnuson said Tuesday. Magnuson said the chief judge made the decision to close the courthouse early Tuesday