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By Jalen Brown, CNN The United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) administered disability benefits in a racially discriminatory manner for decades, disproportionately rejecting Black veteran disability claims at a much higher rate than White veterans, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic. The lawsuit filed Monday

By Nicole Chavez and Rikki Klaus, CNN The killing of Shanquella Robinson is being investigated as a femicide, an unfamiliar term for many in the United States as this gender-motivated crime has not been defined by US legislation despite being a global issue. Robinson, a 25-year-old former student at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina

By Nicki Brown, CNN A man seen in surveillance video punching an elderly Asian woman more than 100 times and stomping on her body in Yonkers, New York, has been sentenced to more than 17 years in state prison, prosecutors announced Tuesday. “Today we close a chapter on one of the most violent and shocking

By Stella Chan, Zoe Sottile and Josh Campbell, CNN A woman whose parents and sister were killed last week in the alleged “catfish” triple homicide in Riverside, California, is urging families to speak to their children about online safety. Michelle Blandin, whose father, Mark Winek, 69, mother, Sharie Winek, 65, and sister, Brooke Winek, 39,

By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Andi Babineau, CNN A school board will pay a $10 million settlement in the death of 16-year-old Imani Bell, an Atlanta-area basketball player whose 2019 death from heat-related injuries led to murder charges against two coaches, the family’s legal team said. The payout from the Clayton County Board of Education,

By Eric Levenson and Veronica Miracle, CNN Idaho State Police has added four campus patrols and 14 patrols for the general community as the University of Idaho hosted a vigil Wednesday night for the four students fatally stabbed earlier this month. Several hundred people attended the vigil on the campus of 9,300 students to commemorate

By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 Tuesday night to approve a controversial policy that would allow police to deploy robots capable of using lethal force in extraordinary circumstances. The vote came after heated debate on a policy that would allow officers to use ground-based robots to

By Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The world’s largest active volcano is shooting fountains of lava more than 100 feet high and sending a river of molten rock down toward the main highway of Hawaii’s Big Island. The leading edge of the lava flow gushing out of Mauna Loa is about 3.6 miles away

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The storm system that spawned damaging tornadoes in Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday is expected to shift east and weaken today. Still, dozens of counties in the region remain under a tornado watch due to the particularly dangerous situation, the National Weather Service said. Here’s what else you need to know

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in the Los Angeles sexual assault trial against former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who faces two counts of forcible rape and five counts of sexual assault involving four women — a model, a dancer, a massage therapist and a producer. Jurors have been following the marathon

By Raja Razek, Drew Iden and Barbara MacDonald, CNN A .40 caliber unspent round that was found near the bodies of two teen Indiana girls was tied to suspect Richard Allen, who was arrested last month in connection with the killings, according to a probable cause affidavit. The affidavit, unsealed by a judge on Tuesday,

By Mark Morales, CNN New York Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday directed first responders to enforce a state law that allows them to potentially involuntarily commit people experiencing a mental health crisis, as part of an attempt to address concerns about homelessness and crime. Adams said it was a myth that first responders can only