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By Rob Frehse and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury has indicted a New Jersey police officer on a manslaughter charge more than a year after authorities say he fatally shot a homeowner who called 911 to report two burglars, the state attorney general’s office said. Mantua Township police officer Salvatore Oldrati

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Multiple students hospitalized Thursday afternoon after a school bus collided with a tanker truck in Lexington County, South Carolina, have been released from the hospital, according to officials. A total of 17 students as well as the bus driver were transported to Lexington Medical Center after the crash, according

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in Texas’ Republican-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow public schools to employ or accept volunteer chaplains who are not state certified. Senate Bill 763, which passed 84-60, reads, “A school district or open-enrollment charter school may employ or accept as a volunteer a chaplain to

By Carma Hassan and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — Justin Ross Harris, whose murder conviction for the 2014 hot-car death of his 22-month-old son in Georgia was overturned by the state’s Supreme Court last year, will not be retried, prosecutors said Thursday. Last year’s decision nullified a sentence of life in prison

Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — The Manhattan District Attorney has indicted a New York police officer for repeatedly punching a man who was acting “erratically” in the face and knocking him unconscious during an encounter in the West Village in November 2021, which “caused the victim to suffer substantial pain.” NYPD Officer Juan Perez, 42,

By Rebekah Riess and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A shark attacked a 22-year-old woman from Connecticut while she was snorkeling at a resort in Turks and Caicos Wednesday, according to a release from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. The woman was snorkeling with a friend around 3 p.m. local time when

By Aya Elamroussi and Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury in Colorado indicted a New York woman on felony charges for allegedly verbally threatening several businesses serving the LGBTQ community in the Denver area, including telling an establishment it would get “shot up like Club Q.” Sharon Robinson, 40, is accused of calling

By Marshall Cohen, Holly Yan and John Miller, CNN Fairfax, Virginia (CNN) — The Florida man who allegedly told officers at CIA Headquarters he had a gun and was later arrested with an AK-47 on nearby preschool property will stay in jail, a Virginia judge decided Thursday. Eric Sandow, 32, of Gainesville, Florida, will remain

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of actor, author and advocate Michael J. Fox. Personal Birth date: June 9, 1961 Birth place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Birth name: Michael Andrew Fox Father: Bill Fox, Canadian Armed Forces officer Mother: Phyllis (Piper) Fox Marriage: Tracy Pollan (July 16, 1988-present) Children: Esme,

By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The mother of Brian Laundrie, the man who killed his fiancée, Gabby Petito, and later himself in 2021, wrote to her son saying she would help him “dispose of a body” or “bake a cake with a file in it” to help him in jail,

By Nick Valencia and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — An attorney for an 11-year-old Mississippi boy who was shot by a police officer after he called 911 for help said Thursday there was “no way” the boy could have been mistaken for an adult. The attorney, Carlos Moore, is asking for “a full and

By Alta Spells and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Parents of students at Nashville’s Covenant School can intervene in a consolidated lawsuit asking that documents and records related to the March 27 mass shooting be released, a Tennessee judge ruled, giving the parents a say in the potential release of the shooter’s writings and other

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A man in Louisville, Kentucky, is facing an assault charge after shooting his roommate “in the ass” during a fight about eating their last Hot Pocket, officials said. Clifton Williams got angry Saturday “and began throwing tiles” at his roommate after the roommate ate the last Hot Pocket, the

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Astronomically expensive repairs, dodgy credit card tactics – the Consumer Federation of America has released its annual report of consumer complaints, and the most frequent gripes aren’t exactly a surprise. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The New York Police Department has shared a detailed timeline of the events surrounding the disappearances of two boys who were found dead in separate Manhattan rivers last week, while pleading with the public to come forward with any information that could help investigators determine what led to their

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Gabby Petito’s parents now have a copy of a letter Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote to her son, which included references to getting a shovel and burying a body. Attorneys for both sides argued in a Sarasota County, Florida, courtroom Wednesday over whether the letter is relevant to the

By Nick Valencia and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old Mississippi boy who was shot by a police officer after he called 911 for help is recovering after being released from the hospital, according to his family. The family is calling for the officer to be fired and charged with the shooting. Aderrien

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Adnan Syed, the man who spent more than two decades behind bars for the 1999 killing of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, asked the Maryland Supreme Court on Wednesday to review a lower court’s decision that reversed his vacated conviction, according to court documents. The motion, which was filed by

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. June 1, 2023 – Dev Shah, an 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, wins the 95th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. June 3, 2022 – Harini Logan, a 14-year-old from San Antonio, wins the Bee in the first-ever spell-off at the 94th

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the PGA Championship, one of the four Grand Slam golf tournaments; the others are the Masters, British Open and the US Open. May 21, 2023 – Brooks Koepka wins the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill County Club in Rochester, New York. This is his third