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By Scott Glover and Daniel A. Medina, CNN Federal prosecutors in Kansas have launched a criminal grand jury investigation into a retired Kansas City police detective who is the subject of long-swirling allegations that he “exploited and terrorized” Black residents of the city’s north end for decades, CNN has learned. Roger Golubski is accused of

By Carma Hassan and Christina Carrega, CNN Civil rights leader Timuel Black died Wednesday at the age of 102, according to a statement from the University of Chicago where he obtained a master’s degree in 1954. “He marched with Martin Luther King Jr., campaigned for Chicago mayor Harold Washington, mentored a young Barack Obama and

By Steve Almasy, Cheri Mossburg and Stephanie Becker, CNN Robert Durst, the notorious subject of the HBO docuseries “The Jinx” who was found guilty last month of first-degree murder, was sentenced to life in prison without parole at his sentencing in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday. The hearing began with the prosecution making arguments after

By Raja Razek and Carma Hassan, CNN The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) disabled a website with resources for LGBTQ youth after Gov. Greg Abbott’s Republican primary challenger, Don Huffines, criticized its content in a video message posted to Twitter in August. On August 31, Huffines posted a video message to his

By Amy Simonson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Joshua and Alexandra Price say they and their two children were mistakenly given the Covid-19 vaccine instead of a flu shot a week ago at their local pharmacy — and they are now dealing with some adverse symptoms. The Prices took their 4- and 5-year-olds to the Walgreens

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A Florida man has been arrested and charged after a woman was fatally shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference call, officials say. On October 7, Assistant State Attorney Dan Faggard charged Veondre Avery with manslaughter and failure to securely store a firearm in connection to the

By Sherry Liang, CNN A creature known as a “living fossil” — the alligator gar — has found its way to Kansas for the first time in documented history. Angler Danny Lee “Butch” Smith caught the 4.5-foot, 39.5-pound (1.37-meter, 17.92-kilogram) fish September 20 on a routine fishing trip in the Neosho River, according to the

By Eric Levenson, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new executive order bans any entity in Texas from enforcing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate — a rule that directly conflicts with President Joe Biden’s proposed rules requiring Covid vaccines for federal workers and for large employers. The competing rules create a bind for many companies that rely

By Megan Marples, CNN Say hello to a litter of cute, newborn cheetahs. Five cubs arrived Tuesday morning at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. The world is getting a chance to see them via the Cheetah Cub Cam, which features live footage of the den. Sometimes viewers can hear the newborns