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By Jade Gordon and Preston Fore, CNN A city council in Alabama has voted to dissolve its three-member police department after the assistant chief sent a racist text message to other officers, according to the mayor, James Latimer. At an emergency meeting of the Vincent City Council on August 4, members moved to suspend with

By Jason Kravarik, Natasha Chen, Amir Vera and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Vanessa Bryant walked out of court Thursday afternoon during testimony that described images taken at the scene of the fatal helicopter crash that killed her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, her daughter and seven others. The scene took place during the second day of

By Nouran Salahieh and Paradise Afshar, CNN The man accused of fatally shooting two Muslim men in Albuquerque appeared in court for the first time Wednesday as investigators continued to search for a motive and probe whether he’s connected to two other killings. Muhammad Syed, 51, of Albuquerque, is the primary suspect in the killings

By Steve Almasy, CNN Seven murder convictions tied to a former Chicago detective were vacated Tuesday after the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office declined to oppose petitions by defense attorneys alleging investigatory misconduct by the disgraced officer. The cases are the latest tied to former detective Reynaldo Guevara’s alleged police misconduct that ranged from coercive

By Claudia Dominguez and Michelle Watson, CNN The cause of the Evansville, Indiana, house explosion that left three dead and damaged at least 39 homes is still undetermined, Evansville Fire Chief Michael Connelly said Thursday evening. Connelly retracted his earlier statement that said the house explosion was accidental. “I have to retract the accidental comment,

By Faith Karimi, CNN Sesame Place has announced new measures to expand its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts following a class action lawsuit alleging racial bias. Last month, a Black family accused Sesame Place Philadelphia character performers of racial discrimination and filed a lawsuit against parent company SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment in federal court in

By Eric Levenson, Natasha Chen and Jason Kravarik, CNN A jury of six women and four men was selected Wednesday in Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit against Los Angeles County over gruesome photos taken of the fatal helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe, daughter Gianna and seven others. Opening statements in the trial began Wednesday afternoon.

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Yaser Abdel Said was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of capital murder in the 2008 killings of his two daughters, 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah, according to a news release from the office of Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot. On

By Chris Boyette, CNN A man accused of shooting three people in a Dallas hair salon in May has been indicted on seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as a hate crime, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. “A Dallas County Grand Jury has returned multiple indictments on Jeremy Smith,

By Dakin Andone, CNN The pitcher for the Texas East Little League team hung his head, clearly upset after his last pitch hit the 12-year-old Oklahoma batter in the head, knocking off his helmet and leaving him lying in the dirt at home plate. But Isaiah Jarvis, who at first had gripped his head, soon

By Taylor Romine, CNN A 75-year-old man was arrested last week and charged in the 1982 rape and murder of a teenage girl in California after DNA connected him to the scene, officials announced Tuesday. Karen Stitt, 15, was last seen by her boyfriend when he left her near a Sunnyvale, California, bus stop the

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of American students are heading back to school this month as cities across the US are easing up on Covid-19 restrictions. Many children are thrilled about the return of in-person interactions after the pandemic pause, but odds are that some kids could use a little help rebuilding social ties. Check

By Nouran Salahieh and Christina Maxouris, CNN Hundreds of tips poured in after Albuquerque police sounded an alarm about the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in the city, leading to an arrest, authorities said Tuesday. Though authorities are still searching for a motive and working to confirm whether all four of the killings are

By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera and Christina Maxouris, CNN Authorities have arrested 51-year-old Muhammad Syed as a suspect in the killings of two Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, they said Tuesday — slayings that along with two other killings of Muslim men in recent months have put the city’s Islamic community on edge. Hours