By Amanda Musa and Steve Almasy, CNN South Carolina’s Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of execution Wednesday for Richard Bernard Moore, who was scheduled to be the first person executed by firing squad in the state. Lindsey Vann, one of Moore’s attorneys, told CNN last week that they asked the state’s highest court to
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By Eric Levenson, CNN A newly released 911 call indicates that NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins had told his wife he was walking on a Florida highway to get gas before he was fatally struck by a dump truck last week. “I’m calling because my husband is stuck on the side of the highway. He had
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By Peter Nickeas, CNN Michigan state officials have asked the US Department of Justice to launch a “pattern-or-practice” investigation into the Grand Rapids Police Department after an officer there fatally shot a man during a physical struggle following a traffic stop. An officer from the Grand Rapids department shot 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya on April 4
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By Kristina Sgueglia and Evan Perez, CNN A New Jersey man is facing federal hate crime charges for “a spree of violent assaults” on members of an Orthodox Jewish community on a single day in April, officials said Wednesday. Prosecutors allege that Dion Marsh attacked four people because they were Jewish. He is charged in part with four counts
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Denver has formally apologized to early Chinese immigrants and their descendants for its role in an 1880 riot that destroyed the city’s Chinatown. In an ceremony on April 16, Mayor Michael B. Hancock presented an apology letter to families whose ancestors had been targeted by xenophobia and mob violence in Denver
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN A federal judge in Illinois on Monday ruled that the US Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has to immediately find a qualified surgeon so that a transgender prisoner, Cristina Nichole Iglesias, can receive gender-affirming surgery, court documents show. Earlier in the case, the district court had ordered the BOP to evaluate Iglesias
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By Rebekah Riess and Dakin Andone, CNN The trial of a Colorado man accused in the disappearance and death of his wife has been scrapped after prosecutors moved to dismiss the case while they continued the search for her body. Fremont County District Judge Ramsey Lama on Tuesday granted their motion — meaning charges can
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By Eric Levenson, Jean Casarez and Lauren del Valle, CNN The Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to his critically ill patients and hastening their deaths was found not guilty of 14 counts of murder on Wednesday. William Husel and his attorney embraced at the defense table after the 14th and final not guilty verdict
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Jean Casarez and Lauren del Valle, CNN The Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to his critically ill patients and hastening their deaths was found not guilty of 14 counts of murder on Wednesday. William Husel and his attorney embraced at the defense table after the 14th and final not guilty verdict
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By Jennifer Henderson, Jamiel Lynch and Steve Almasy, CNN A grand jury in Florida has indicted a man for first-degree murder and other charges in connection with the death of his roommate, an LGBTQ advocate and brother of a former Miami mayor, court documents show. The body of Jorge Diaz Johnston was discovered in January
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By Liam Reilly, CNN A multimillion-dollar settlement between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, and victims of child sexual abuse by members of the clergy has been announced by the diocese and a survivors committee. About 300 victims who experienced child sexual abuse will share an $87.5 million trust established by the diocese
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By Dakin Andone, CNN The family and advocates of the only Hispanic woman on Texas’ death row are fighting to stop her looming execution, arguing she was wrongfully convicted of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter in 2007. “We don’t want our mother executed,” Melissa Lucio’s oldest son, John, told CNN. “We already lost our
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The early stages of the pandemic took a massive toll on jobs, but luckily, the latest employment numbers are now offering a glimmer of hope about America’s economic recovery. Some of the most dramatic and sustained job gains in the US are occurring in the Rocky Mountain states of Utah, Idaho
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The early stages of the pandemic took a massive toll on jobs, but luckily, the latest employment numbers are now offering a glimmer of hope about America’s economic recovery. Some of the most dramatic and sustained job gains in the US are occurring in the Rocky Mountain states of Utah, Idaho
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The early stages of the pandemic took a massive toll on jobs, but luckily, the latest employment numbers are now offering a glimmer of hope about America’s economic recovery. Some of the most dramatic and sustained job gains in the US are occurring in the Rocky Mountain states of Utah, Idaho
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The early stages of the pandemic took a massive toll on jobs, but luckily, the latest employment numbers are now offering a glimmer of hope about America’s economic recovery. Some of the most dramatic and sustained job gains in the US are occurring in the Rocky Mountain states of Utah, Idaho
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Just one day after mask-wearing was made optional in Milwaukee Public Schools, the district announced it will return to mandating masks as cases of Covid-19 in the city rise. MPS initially announced March 24 that masks would become optional in its schools beginning April 18. But on Tuesday,
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Just one day after mask-wearing was made optional in Milwaukee Public Schools, the district announced it will return to mandating masks as cases of Covid-19 in the city rise. MPS initially announced March 24 that masks would become optional in its schools beginning April 18. But on Tuesday,
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By Amir Vera and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The man accused of setting a massive fire that destroyed a Home Depot in San Jose, California, earlier this month is facing multiple charges, including arson, according to prosecutors. Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue, 27, is accused of lighting a fire as he was allegedly trying to steal tools on
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The man accused of setting a massive fire that destroyed a Home Depot in San Jose, California, earlier this month is facing multiple charges, including arson, according to prosecutors. Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue, 27, is accused of lighting a fire as he was allegedly trying to steal tools on
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