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By Jennifer Henderson, CNN Joe Exotic, of Netflix’s “Tiger King” fame, aka Joseph Maldonado-Passage, has had his sentence in the murder-for-hire plot reduced by one year to 21 years, according to the courtroom sentencing sheet from the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma – Oklahoma City. “We are unsatisfied with the

By Brad Parks, CNN The gun that Kyle Rittenhouse used in the Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings will be destroyed, Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said Friday. “The parties — the defense, the state, and also Dominick Black, who purchased that firearm — have all signed off on a stipulation whereby the Kenosha Police Department

By Paul P. Murphy, Tanika Gray and Ray Sanchez, CNN Daryl Luciani was supposed to be off Friday but got behind the wheel of a Pittsburgh Port Authority bus for some extra cash. He was shuttling two passengers across the snow-covered Forbes Avenue bridge in Pittsburgh early Friday when the structure collapsed, Luciani told CNN

By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist Bomb. It’s not a word you can say on an airplane (cue Ben Stiller). You also have to be careful when using it to describe a storm system. But the term “bomb cyclone” does pop up from time to time in weather stories — the latest being the powerful nor’easter

By Jay Croft and Laura Ly, CNN The widow of slain New York Police Department Officer Jason Rivera tearfully recalled her childhood love at his funeral Friday, and said she has been living in a “nightmare” since his killing a week ago. “I would say good morning to you all, but in fact, this is

By Michelle Watson, CNN A hiker in Arizona slipped and fell hundreds of feet to his death Monday after trying to take a photo in Lost Dutchman State Park, according to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. Richard Jacobson, 21, was found dead around 700 feet below the Flat Iron Trail, sheriff’s office spokesperson Lauren Reimer

By Amanda Watts and Paul P. Murphy, CNN The bridge that collapsed Friday had an “overall condition” rating of “poor,” according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation website that tracks bridges across the state. The bridge was built in 1970, was 447 feet long, and made of a steel rigid frame, the website says. The

By Dakin Andone and Paradise Afshar, CNN Ten people were injured when a snow-covered bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed Friday morning, hours ahead of a previously scheduled visit to the city by President Joe Biden to discuss infrastructure. No fatalities have been reported, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said in a news conference at the scene in

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Did you take your vitamins this morning? Daily vitamin D and fish oil supplements may help prevent some adults from developing autoimmune disorders such as arthritis and psoriasis. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You

By Athena Jones and Laura Ly, CNN Bernard Adams, the brother of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, can serve as the mayor’s senior adviser for “Mayoral Security” for a $1 salary, according to a waiver granted by the city’s Conflict of Interest Board (COIB). The New York City Charter precludes a public servant from

By Taylor Romine, CNN A lawsuit regarding the November school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, claims certain staff members as well as the parents of the alleged shooter were negligent in their handling of the suspect. The plaintiffs — three students, their families and the estate of Tate Myre, who died from his injuries from the

By Andy Rose, CNN Three separate investigations will probe the fatal shooting of a pedestrian on a Tennessee interstate by nine police officers. Landon Eastep, 37, was killed after about 30 minutes of negotiations, during which traffic was halted along Interstate 65 near Nashville Thursday, authorities said. Officers opened fire after he appeared “to adjust

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Julia Jones, CNN A Black man spent six days in jail in Nevada because police misidentified him as a convicted White felon who is more than twice his age, according to a federal lawsuit filed against the police departments of Henderson and Las Vegas. Shane Lee Brown is now asking for

By Amir Vera and Sharif Paget, CNN After finding five bodies off Florida’s Atlantic coast, the US Coast Guard announced Thursday it officially suspended its search for the remaining 34 people missing after a vessel capsized over the weekend. The search was officially suspended at sunset, according to Petty Officer Jose Hernandez, a Coast Guard

By Devon M. Sayers and Alta Spells, CNN A central Georgia sheriff is calling for changes in the mental health system after a sheriff’s deputy was shot in the chest by a suspect. The suspect, 24-year-old Zachary Lucas Olivar, has a “history of mental illness,” Jones County Sheriff R. N. Reece said. “We have received

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The gas emitted from household stoves and ovens is not only dangerous to public health but also has a much more significant impact on the climate crisis than previously thought, new research shows. The study, from scientists at Stanford University, found the emissions from gas stoves in US homes have the

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Paradise Afshar and Amanda Jackson, CNN Parker Christensen, a high school senior from Newaygo, Michigan, received a notification from Central Michigan University (CMU) on January 21 informing him that he had been awarded a prestigious full-ride scholarship to the university. University officials now say that Christensen and 57 other students received the

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN A New York Police officer who died days after a brutal shootout in Harlem saved five lives after his organs were donated, according to LiveOnNY, the organization that helped facilitate the donation. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, donated his heart, liver, two kidneys, and pancreas to five patients needing lifesaving organ transplants,

By Stella Chan and Augie Martin, CNN Anti-Asian hate crimes in San Francisco spiked 567% in 2021, San Francisco officials said this week. “That is significant, that is concerning, and that is alarming,” Police Chief Bill Scott announced Tuesday during a press conference addressing the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community ahead of the

By Augie Martin and Dakin Andone, CNN San Francisco police have doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspected serial killer known as “The Doodler” who targeted members of the city’s gay community in the 1970s — including a possible sixth victim publicly identified Thursday. The reward for information leading to

By Tina Burnside and Kate Conerly, CNN A suspect is in custody following last weekend’s fatal shooting that claimed the life of the husband of a former Miss America contestant, according to police in Montgomery, Alabama. In a news release, the Montgomery Police Department said Thomas Hand Jr., 37, was shot and killed on January

By Steve Almasy, Andy Rose and Rosa Flores, CNN An hours-long standoff ended Thursday evening when Houston police took into custody a man suspected of shooting three officers, officials tweeted. The suspect, who police have not identified, came out at 7:45 p.m. CT with his hands raised and surrendered, Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner

By Laura Studley, CNN A New York couple faces charges after allegedly posting on social media that they had attended a Buffalo Bills football game at Highmark Stadium on January 15 using fake Covid-19 vaccine cards, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. All guests age 12 and older are required to provide proof

By David Williams, CNN An official escort for her lunch was not what Anastasia Elsinger ordered from DoorDash on Tuesday, but that’s what she opened her door to find. “I know I’m not who you were expecting,” a Sioux Falls police officer says in video captured by her doorbell camera. “Your driver got arrested for

By Amanda Watts, CNN An Oklahoma death row inmate who had requested execution by firing squad was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, according to the state Department of Corrections. The execution of Donald Grant “was carried out with zero complications” at 10:16 a.m., state Attorney General John O’Connor said in a statement. In October

By Amanda Watts and Eric Levenson, CNN Investigators believe there are multiple suspects in the shooting of six people who were found dead this week in a Wisconsin home, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said Thursday in a news conference. Four persons of interest — all adults — are in custody, Norman said. No criminal

By Taylor Romine and Dakin Andone, CNN Ethan Crumbley, who is accused of killing four people in a shooting at a Michigan high school in November, is planning on using an insanity defense at trial, according to a court filing. Crumbley’s defense attorneys filed a notice on Thursday saying that they plan to “assert the

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Bill Russell, 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league. Personal Birth date: February 12, 1934 Death date: July 31, 2022 Birth place: Monroe, Louisiana Birth name: William Felton Russell Father: Charles Russell Mother: Katie (King) Russell

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of investor Carl Icahn. Personal Birth date: February 16, 1936 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Carl Celian Icahn Father: Michael Icahn, cantor and teacher Mother: Bella (Schnall) Icahn, teacher Marriages: Gail Golden (1999-present); Liba Trejbal (1979-1999, divorced) Children: with Liba Trejbal: Michelle and Brett

By Angela Dewan, CNN As podcaster Joe Rogan faces condemnation from medical scientists for spreading misinformation about vaccines and Covid-19, another interview by the controversial host this week has become the subject of mockery — this time among climate scientists. Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience” on Monday, making false

By Sara Smart, CNN On July 18, 1945, Ilse Loewenberg wrote a letter to her sister, Carla, after surviving as a Jewish woman during the Holocaust. “I am able to give you a sign of life from me after so many years,” part of the letter — originally in German — reads. “Dad, Mom, Grete,

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Houston, we have a [coffee] problem… A new study shows climate change will make it much harder to grow Arabica coffee in the coming years. Coffee prices have already been spiking due to bad weather, so you might want to savor that cup this morning. Here’s what you need to know to

By Chris Boyette, CNN A South Carolina jury found former police officer Jonathan Moreno not guilty Wednesday in connection with the arrest of a man last summer that sparked nights of protests. “I want to thank everybody out there in the community that believes and supports my family,” Moreno said after the verdict was read.

Amanda Musa, CNN A high school teacher in the Atlanta area has been charged with battery for allegedly shoving a 14-year-old student to the ground in front of his classmates, local officials said. Marquett Thinn, 44, was seen on video pushing a male student to the ground during an argument in a room full of

By Sarah Moon, CNN A high school student in Orange County, California, was disciplined after making “inappropriate and inflammatory racist comments” toward a Black basketball player during a game last week, the Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) said in a statement. In a video uploaded to social media by Sabrina Brown, who said she

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN A Bronx man is facing more than 300 counts of gun-related charges after allegedly selling more than 70 weapons and high-capacity magazines to an undercover New York Police Department officer, the Bronx District Attorney announced Wednesday. Shakor Rodriguez, 23, is charged with 304 counts, including the criminal sale and possession of

By Travis Caldwell and Sarah Moon, CNN A bronze statue of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna was placed Wednesday at the crash site in Calabasas, California, where the Bryants and seven others were killed. Wednesday marked two years since the helicopter crash, which was determined by federal investigators as having been caused

By Laura Ly, CNN A Philadelphia police officer is recovering after being dragged for five blocks while hanging out of a vehicle as the driver attempted to flee, according to an incident report. “The officer is extremely lucky,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told CNN affiliate KYW. Authorities were questioning a male driver during

By Victor Blackwell and Devon M. Sayers, CNN A second local investigation into the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teenager who was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat, has been closed with no charges filed, according to a report released by Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk. Paulk called the teenager’s death a

By Raja Razek, CNN A teenager and an adult have been charged in connection with the killing of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, who was struck by a stray bullet over the weekend in Chicago, police said. Melissa was walking with her mother on Saturday afternoon when they heard gunshots, and the mother discovered the child had

By Amir Vera and Taylor Romine, CNN Buffalo Bills fans — known as Bills Mafia — are typically the ones making donations after a game, but after the Bills lost 42-36 to the Kansas City Chiefs in an epic AFC divisional round Sunday, Chiefs fans decided to step up to the plate. Chiefs fans began

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Nearly three weeks after the body of a teenage girl was found dumped on a busy freeway off-ramp in Los Angeles, local leaders are pleading for tips from the public and offering a large reward as an incentive to solve her killing. Tioni Theus, 16, was found in the early morning

By Sonia Moghe and Eric Levenson, CNN Prince Andrew has formally denied allegations that he sexually abused Virginia Giuffre and has demanded a jury trial in her civil lawsuit, according to a legal filing Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The 11-page filing responds paragraph-by-paragraph to the allegations

By Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN The man suspected of killing a Harris County, Texas, deputy during a traffic stop over the weekend was wanted for crimes committed in 1996 in the county and also wanted for murder in El Salvador, the Harris County district attorney said Thursday. The announcement came during a multi-agency

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of convicted DC-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo. Personal Birth date: February 18, 1985 Birth place: Kingston, Jamaica Birth name: Lee Boyd Malvo Father: Leslie Malvo Mother: Una James Marriage: Wife’s name unavailable publicly (2020-present) Other Facts Currently in prison awaiting resentencing for multiple charges stemming from

By Holly Yan and Amanda Watts, CNN The man suspected of shooting a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy has died, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said. Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, a deputy made a traffic stop for a registration violation near South 68th Street and West Adler Street, the sheriff’s office said. As more deputies arrived, both

By Travis Caldwell and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN After a legal battle played out in New York’s court system this week, its state mask mandate was temporarily upheld Tuesday, but the back-and-forth left many residents trying to determine whether mask wearing at certain places was required or optional. The mandate, which was enacted in December and

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The two New York Police Department officers who were killed responding last week to a domestic disturbance call are being remembered as dedicated heroes as city officials step up their push to curb escalating crime. Officers Wilbert Mora and Jason Rivera, both in their 20s, were shot after encountering someone with

By Cheri Mossburg and Amir Vera, CNN The San Jose, California, city council voted Tuesday night to adopt a first-in-the-nation ordinance requiring most gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance, measures aimed at reducing the risk of gun harm by incentivizing safer behavior and easing taxpayers of the financial burden of gun

By Alta Spells, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Hundreds of anti-Semitic flyers — falsely claiming the public health response to Covid-19 is being orchestrated by Jewish people — were distributed to homes in South Florida over the weekend, according to authorities. Similar flyers were distributed in five other states — Colorado, Wisconsin, Texas, California,

By Josh Campbell, CNN A 16-year-old was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder for selling a fentanyl-laced pill to a child who died of a drug overdose, California prosecutors said. The 12-year-old girl who ingested most of the pill was the youngest person to overdose and die in 2020 in Santa Clara County, the district

By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN As Jan Stone stirred a large pot of grits with sausage for her six adopted children on Friday, she was juggling a little more than usual during the family’s predawn routine. Not only was Stone trying to get them out the door for school with backpacks and full

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Ozzie, the world’s oldest male gorilla and the third-oldest gorilla in the world, died Tuesday at Zoo Atlanta, the facility announced. He was 61. The 350-pound western lowland gorilla’s cause of death is not yet known, the zoo said in a news release. Ozzie was considered a true legend at the

By Michelle Watson, CNN A teacher in Utah is suing her former employer after she said it retaliated against her for reporting sexual harassment among her students, according to court documents filed last week. Kathryn Moore is suing Utah’s Park City School District “for violations of Title IX” and “state breach of contract,” according to

By Nick Watt, CNN A rash of package thefts from freight trains passing slowly through downtown Los Angeles has raised a fundamental question facing this city and others: how to balance attempts at criminal justice reform with the need for crime prevention. “What the hell is going on?” asked an exasperated Gov. Gavin Newsom last

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Groundhog Day, an American tradition that is meant to predict when spring will arrive. February 2, 2023 – For the third year in a row, Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, predicting six more weeks of winter. February 2, 2022 – Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow,

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Google, Inc. Facts The name Google is a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term referring to a 1 followed by 100 zeros (represented as 1 x 10100). Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, employed 186,779 people as of September 30, 2022. Statistics from December 2022 show that

By Omar Jimenez, CNN Jussie Smollett, the former “Empire” actor who was convicted last month of lying to police that he was a victim of a hate crime, is set to be sentenced on March 10, his attorney Tamara Walker confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. Smollett was found guilty in December on five counts of

By Sonia Moghe, CNN A panel of appellate judges on Tuesday upheld the 2019 conviction of notorious Mexican drug cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, rejecting his assertions that he was treated unfairly. In their decision, the three judges ruled that US District Judge Brian Cogan, who oversaw Guzmán’s federal case in Brooklyn, conducted the

By Jason Hanna, Chris Boyette, Andy Rose, Tina Burnside and Devon M. Sayers, CNN A 22-year-old man was arrested and charged after authorities say he fired a stray bullet that killed a 6-month-old in west Atlanta on Monday — the third time a child has been shot in the city this year. The incident was

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN San Jose, California, is getting closer to adopting a first-in-the-nation law to address gun violence by requiring all gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance. The Silicon Valley city’s council is due to vote Tuesday on the ordinance, whose dual-pronged approach aims to reduce the risk of gun

By Eric Levenson, CNN The SAT taken by prospective college students across the country will go all-digital starting in 2024 and will be an hour shorter, the College Board announced in a statement Tuesday. “The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give, and more relevant,” said Priscilla Rodriguez, vice president of College

By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Students in Flint Community Schools have only been in the classroom about six months over the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and after the district’s announcement last week that distance learning would continue until further notice, some families — including some still dealing with the city’s water crisis

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The federal tax filing season is underway. And even though the IRS still hasn’t processed millions of returns from last year due to Covid-19 and a lack of funding, there are still ways to help ensure your tax filing experience is hassle-free. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up

By Brynn Gingras, Travis Caldwell and Emma Tucker, CNN The second New York Police Department officer who was shot while responding to a domestic incident in Harlem last week has died, the NYPD commissioner said. “It’s with great sadness I announce the passing of Police Officer Wilbert Mora,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on Twitter.