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By Lauren Mascarenhas, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A mother of two was killed by a man wielding a hammer outside a convenience store in Florida earlier this month, seen in a gruesome video that has captured the attention of the nation — and the president. A Haitian national, 40-year-old Rolbert Joachin, was charged with

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Brian Hooker, an American man who told investigators his wife fell overboard and vanished in rough waters in the Bahamas, has been released from custody without charges after he was arrested and questioned in his wife’s disappearance. The disappearance of Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old mother and sailor, set off

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Lynette Hooker moves through the world like someone who has found her rhythm. On the water, the 55-year-old mother seems to come alive, her adventurous spirit radiating outward, lighting her from the inside out. She chases horizons by sailboat and slips beneath them with a snorkel, drifting eye-level with

CNN By Gloria Pazmino, Mark Morales, Ray Sanchez, John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A machete-wielding suspect who called himself “Lucifer” stabbed three people on a subway platform at Midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal on Saturday before officers fatally shot him, according to the New York Police Department. The violence erupted around 9:40 a.m. ET on

By Gloria Pazmino, Mark Morales, Ray Sanchez, John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A machete-wielding suspect who called himself “Lucifer” stabbed three people on a subway platform at Midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal on Saturday before officers fatally shot him, according to the New York Police Department. The violence erupted around 9:40 a.m. ET on a

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Back on July 14, 2023, Rex Heuermann was in tears. Heuermann, a New York-based architect with no criminal record, had just spent the night in jail following his arrest in the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island. He was being accused of three murders, and prosecutors said

NEWS-12-LONG-ISLAND, CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Back on July 14, 2023, Rex Heuermann was in tears. Heuermann, a New York-based architect with no criminal record, had just spent the night in jail following his arrest in the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island. He was being accused of three murders, and

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — It has been nearly a week since she vanished at sea, and Lynette Hooker’s husband of 25 years has spent the past several days in custody in the Bahamas, where he’s been questioned in connection with her disappearance. From the beginning, Brian Hooker has remained faithful to his original

By Ashley Strickland, Aditi Sangal, and CNN Staff San Diego, California (CNN), NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen splashed down off the coast of San Diego on Friday evening. The astronauts’ spacecraft hit the Pacific Ocean waters at 5:07 p.m. Pacific Time, 7:07 p.m. Central Time

CNN By Ashley Strickland, Jackie Wattles, Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — After months of anticipation, the monumental 10-day Artemis II mission, which sent four astronauts on a record-breaking flyby of the moon, has concluded. It’s a “mission well accomplished,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman just after splashdown. The Orion spacecraft, carrying NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Defense have come to an agreement on how “high-energy laser counter-drone” systems can be used at the Southern border, according to a news release. A “thorough safety assessment,” determined using lasers to shoot down drones does “not pose undue risk to