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A makeshift memorial for the crash was set up at the Rockwind Community Links in Hobbs

A 13-year-old was behind the wheel in Texas crash that killed 9 people and left two University of the Southwest golfers critically injured

March 17, 2022 1:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Ray Sanchez, Steve Almasy, Rosa Flores, CNN A 13-year-old boy drove the pickup truck involved in a fiery head-on collision in Texas that killed nine people, including six University of the Southwest golfers and their coach, a National Transportation Safety Board official said Thursday. The 13-year-old died in the wreck, along with an adult

Actor Jussie Smollett appears at his sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on March 10 in Chicago.

Jussie Smollett has been released from jail pending an appeal of his conviction

March 16, 2022 6:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Omar Jimenez and Christina Maxouris, CNN Jussie Smollett was released from jail Wednesday night, after an Illinois appeals court granted an emergency motion by his defense attorneys. Smollett’s legal team is looking to delay his sentence and grant him bond until their appeal on his conviction is decided on. The former “Empire” actor was

Off-duty officer resigns from school district role after being seen on video putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old to break up a fight

March 16, 2022 7:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Omar Jimenez, Raja Razek, Chris Boyette, Caroll Alvarado and Kathryn Jaeger, CNN A Kenosha Police Department off-duty officer who was seen on video putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old to break up a fight has resigned from his role at the Kenosha Unified School District. The officer resigned “effective Tuesday, March

Queens lawyer and 1989 Tiananmen Square protester fatally stabbed by a client

March 16, 2022 3:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Laura Studley, CNN A participant in the 1989 Tiananmen Square student-led protest who later became an immigration lawyer in Queens, New York, was allegedly stabbed to death on Monday by a client. Jim Li, 66, moved to the United States in the early ’90s after being incarcerated for a year and eight months in

A Black man’s death was ruled a suicide a century ago. A coroner now says it was a lynching

March 16, 2022 12:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN George Tompkins left his home on the morning of March 16, 1922, but the 19-year-old never returned. That afternoon, the Black man’s body was found hanging from a sapling — his hands bound together at Riverside Park in Indianapolis, according to the Indiana Remembrance Coalition. Now, a century later, Alfarena McGinty,

Robert Peterson moved to his mother's home in Norcross

Assaulted. Harassed. This is the reality for Asian Americans a year after the Atlanta spa shootings

March 16, 2022 10:21 AM CNN

By Nicole Chavez and Natasha Chen, CNN Robert Peterson struggled for months to stop thinking about the day his mother and seven other people, mostly Asian women, were shot and killed last year at Atlanta-area spas. He’s found some comfort living at the Norcross, Georgia, home his mother Yong Ae Yue worked hard to own

9 people were killed in a head-on crash involving the University of the Southwest golf teams

March 16, 2022 6:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Watts, Holly Yan and Rosa Flores, CNN Nine people — including six student athletes and their coach — were killed in a fiery crash between a pickup truck and a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest’s men’s and women’s golf teams, officials said Wednesday. The crash happened around 8:17 p.m.

For over 60 years, the identity of a girl whose body was found in an Arizona desert has been a mystery. Now, ‘Little Miss Nobody’ has a name

March 16, 2022 10:07 AM CNN

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Sixty-two years ago, a school teacher looking for rocks in an Arizona desert made a horrific discovery: the burned remains of a young girl. Her identity was a mystery and investigators called her “Little Miss Nobody.” For decades, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office in Prescott, Arizona, along with the National Center

5 things to know for March 16: Ukraine, Pandemic, Jan. 6 riot, Daylight Saving, Tokyo

March 16, 2022 5:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Yes, treating yourself to snacks and ice-cold drinks at the gas station is quite satisfying — but don’t get too distracted. Police in the US are warning drivers to watch out for gas thieves as fuel prices surge to historic levels. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to

5 things to know for March 16: Ukraine, Pandemic, Jan. 6 riot, Daylight Saving, Tokyo

March 16, 2022 5:44 AM CNN

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Yes, treating yourself to snacks and ice-cold drinks at the gas station is quite satisfying — but don’t get too distracted. Police in the US are warning drivers to watch out for gas thieves as fuel prices surge to historic levels. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to

5 things to know for March 16: Ukraine, Pandemic, Jan. 6 riot, Daylight Saving, Tokyo

March 16, 2022 5:44 AM CNN

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Yes, treating yourself to snacks and ice-cold drinks at the gas station is quite satisfying — but don’t get too distracted. Police in the US are warning drivers to watch out for gas thieves as fuel prices surge to historic levels. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to

Broadway vocal coach dies after being pushed into the ground, family says

March 16, 2022 1:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Liam Reilly, CNN A Broadway vocal coach who suffered a head injury after she was shoved to the ground last week died Tuesday morning, her grandson said. Barbara Maier Gustern, 87, was pushed from behind by an unidentified woman on the night of March 10 as she stood outside her apartment on Manhattan’s Lower

A detective scrolled through social media. What he noticed helped catch a person wanted for shooting homeless men in 2 cities

March 16, 2022 12:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Capt. Kevin Kentish, a Queens native who now works with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, was scrolling through his social media over the weekend when something caught his eye. Kentish, who still stayed up to date with news from his home state, saw footage that New York City police

A detective scrolled through social media. What he noticed helped catch a person wanted for shooting homeless men in 2 cities

March 16, 2022 6:32 PM CNN

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Capt. Kevin Kentish, a Queens native who now works with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, was scrolling through his social media over the weekend when something caught his eye. Kentish, who still stayed up to date with news from his home state, saw footage that New York City police

Assaulted. Harassed. This is the reality for Asian Americans a year after the Atlanta spa shootings

March 15, 2022 11:41 PM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Chavez and Natasha Chen, CNN Robert Peterson struggled for months to stop thinking about the day his mother and seven other people, mostly Asian women, were shot and killed last year at Atlanta-area spas. He’s found some comfort living at the Norcross, Georgia, home his mother Yong Ae Yue worked hard to own

A Mississippi assistant principal was terminated after reading the children’s book ‘I Need A New Butt!’ to second graders

March 15, 2022 7:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera and Abby Bustin, CNN A Mississippi assistant principal was fired after reading the children’s book “I Need a New Butt!” to a class of second graders, an act the school division says violated their code of ethics. Toby Price, the now former assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in Byram, told

Why and when the US started changing the clock

March 15, 2022 7:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Saffeya Ahmed, CNN It’s that time of the year again. You wake up and see your kitchen clock reading 8 a.m., even though you swear your alarm was set for 7 a.m. You’re convinced you’re late to work. But wait, whew. You’re not late. It’s Daylight Saving Time. Twice a year, clocks around the

Why and when the US started changing the clock

March 15, 2022 7:03 PM CNN

By Saffeya Ahmed, CNN It’s that time of the year again. You wake up and see your kitchen clock reading 8 a.m., even though you swear your alarm was set for 7 a.m. You’re convinced you’re late to work. But wait, whew. You’re not late. It’s Daylight Saving Time. Twice a year, clocks around the

For over 60 years, the identity of a girl whose body was found in an Arizona desert has been a mystery. Now, ‘Little Miss Nobody’ has a name

March 15, 2022 5:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Sixty-two years ago, a school teacher looking for rocks in an Arizona desert made a horrific discovery: the burned remains of a young girl. Her identity was a mystery and investigators called her “Little Miss Nobody.” For decades, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office in Prescott, Arizona, along with the National Center

Store manager chases van after thieves steal more than 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel from family-owned gas station

March 15, 2022 4:43 PM CNN Newsource

By David Williams, CNN The manager of a family-owned gas station in Houston, Texas, chased off suspected thieves, who he said had already taken more than a thousand gallons of diesel fuel from the store’s underground tanks in separate incidents. Jerry Thayil, whose father owns the Fuqua Express station, told CNN the thieves hit the

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