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By Sara Smart, CNN What started out as an idea on a whim, turned into friendship across the Atlantic Ocean. In January 2020, Victoria Kay and her boyfriend, Graeme, were visiting St. Simons Island in Georgia from Knoxville, Tennessee. Kay told CNN she has been painting her entire life, and decided to paint a scene

By Hannah Sarisohn and Claire Colbert, CNN A North Carolina grand jury indicted a former detention center nurse this week on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the 2019 death of a Black man in custody, according to the indictment obtained by CNN, but spared the corrections officers who restrained the man.

By Nick Valencia, Jade Gordon and Alta Spells, CNN The second in command in the Louisiana State Police (LSP), who was accused of erasing data from his work cellphone after the death of Ronald Greene, has been placed on administrative leave nearly three years after the Black motorist’s death. On Friday, the head of the

By Kiely Westhoff and Emma Tucker, CNN Maryland became the latest state on Friday to severely restrict the sale of so-called “ghost guns,” as law enforcement officials and gun violence prevention groups continue to sound the alarm on the rise of the privately-made firearms. Maryland joined Washington, DC and 10 other states — California, Connecticut,

By Paradise Afshar and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The Nevada man accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman who disappeared from a Walmart parking lot in mid-March will remain in jail without bail, a judge ruled Friday. Troy Driver, 41, of Fallon, was arrested March 25 in connection with the death of Naomi Irion. She was

By Laura Studley, CNN One teenager was killed and two others were injured as they walked home from school Friday after gunshots were fired during a dispute between two individuals in the Bronx, the New York Police Department said in a news conference. A 16-year-old girl died after she was shot in the chest, police

By Melissa Alonso and Jason Hanna, CNN Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico still were without power Saturday, more than two days after the start of an island-wide outage that began with a fire at a power plant. Power has been restored to more than 1 million of the island’s roughly

By Steve Almasy and Amanda Musa, CNN Alabama’s Republican-controlled legislature passed two bills on the last day of the session targeting transgender children, including one which makes it a felony for a doctor to administer gender-affirming health care to minors. Another bill, which requires K-12 students to use bathrooms designated for their biological sex, included

By Nick Valencia and Jade Gordon, CNN The local Louisiana district attorney with jurisdiction over the town where Ronald Greene died following an interaction with state troopers told state lawmakers Thursday that he plans to convene a special grand jury and pursue criminal charges against the troopers involved in the Black motorist’s death. Testifying before

By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN A Des Moines survivalist who allegedly faked his own death and fled the state to avoid trial on alleged child pornography charges is back in custody, according to a statement from the US Marshals in the Southern District of Iowa. US Marshals found and arrested 28-year-old Jacob Greer

By Meg Dunn, CNN When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Kim Calichio and her husband, like many people, saw their lives change overnight. A former restaurant chef, Calichio had built a cooking and gardening business that halted completely, leaving her with no income. Her husband, Omar, also a chef, continued his restaurant job, working in close