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Friends and family thought they knew almost everything about her. Then, Antoinette Forbes disappeared

By Chelsea Bailey, Dianne Gallagher, CNN “Is Antoinette with you?” It was Labor Day, and the late-night call was unexpected, and a little confusing, but Elizabeth Northrup answered anyway. “No,” she told her friend over the phone, “Why, what’s going on?” There was a brief pause, then, “Something’s wrong … the police are here at

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Eight years after a woman disappeared, a Philadelphia house holds possible clues to her fate and a wider mystery

By Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — The summer Nicole Fusaro went missing, her mother walked up and down Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood until her feet ached. Diane Fusaro and her friends would go deep into the often drug-plagued neighborhood where Nicole — Nikki to her friends and family — lived and was last seen, handing

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Man injured after being struck by ICE vehicle while fleeing on foot during enforcement operation, officials say

By Emma Tucker, Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A man officials described as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico was injured Saturday after being struck by a vehicle driven by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while fleeing on foot during an enforcement operation near Houston. An ICE spokesperson said Miguel Parra-Hernandez, the man who was struck,

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Philadelphia police officer killed, another injured responding to overnight call of an armed man, suspect in custody

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — A Philadelphia police officer was killed and his partner wounded when they were shot multiple times responding to an early morning call in West Philadelphia on Saturday, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said. A suspect is in custody. Officer Shane Seiber, 40, died at the hospital after being shot

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5 men died after being injured along a Michigan trail. Their deaths have raised questions about a possible serial killer

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The night before Gino Chouinard was fatally wounded on a stretch of a popular trail in Michigan’s capital last fall, the 54-year-old man missed the intake window at a homeless shelter by a few minutes, according to his uncle. “They wouldn’t let him into the shelter,” Robert Chouinard told

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State prosecutors argue Luigi Mangione’s ‘different crimes’ mean double jeopardy doesn’t apply to him

By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione should go to trial in state court for fatally shooting United Healthcare’s CEO because murder “has nothing to do” with the federal stalking charges he pleaded guilty to in August, Manhattan prosecutors said in a court filing Friday. “The stark differences in

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Gina Holland evacuates her home with her dog Cici in Pensacola on Friday.

Hurricane Isaias is just hours from landfall on Gulf Coast, where conditions are deteriorating quickly

CNN, WEAR, WALA, CSU, CIRA & NOAA, WEBCAMS DE MEXICO, WBRC, THE FLORIDA CHANNEL, CSU/CIRA & NOAA By Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, CNN Meteorologists Conditions are deteriorating quickly along the Gulf Coast with Hurricane Isaias, a ferocious Category 3 storm, only hours from making landfall. Thousands of residents are without power and the storm surge

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CNN’s crew captured current beach conditions in Gulf Shores

Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 with evacuations underway in the Gulf states

By Dakota Smith, Eduardo Cuevas, Elise Hammond (CNN) – Hurricane hunters found 100 mph winds within Hurricane Isaias, making the storm a Category 2, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 4 p.m. CT update on Thursday. The agency noted “additional strengthening is expected” through early Friday. The official forecast calls for Isaias to peak with

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CNN’s crew captured current beach conditions in Gulf Shores

Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 with evacuations underway in the Gulf states

CNN, ACCUWEATHER, MDFR FL-TF1, CIRA, NOAA, WSVN, WJHG By Dakota Smith, Eduardo Cuevas, Elise Hammond (CNN) – Hurricane hunters found 100 mph winds within Hurricane Isaias, making the storm a Category 2, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 4 p.m. CT update on Thursday. The agency noted “additional strengthening is expected” through early Friday. The

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Army investigation into deadly midair collision made public after months of pressure from victims’ families

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A US Army report on a deadly midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is now public, after months of pressure from the families of the passengers killed when the aircraft collided. The 50-page document

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The lethal injection drug used in Christa Pike’s botched execution was just used in Texas. A look at the two cases

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Two scheduled executions a week apart have highlighted the ongoing debate over the practice of lethal injection in the US, with both using the same drug but yielding dramatically different outcomes. Texas on Wednesday executed 46-year-old Jamaal Howard, a man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk more than

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On the 3rd anniversary of October 7 attacks, Mamdani draws ire as he accuses Israel of genocide and war crimes

By Katherine Koretski, CNN New York (CNN) — New York’s mayor marked the third anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel on Wednesday with a statement that has sparked backlash among some Jewish leaders. In his statement, Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the “horrific war crimes of October 7” while also accusing Israel of committing

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Tennessee Assistant Attorney General John W. Ayers speaks during the court hearing in Nashville on October 7.

Judge sides with Christa Pike’s attorneys and rules evidence from botched execution be preserved

By Elise Hammond, Maureen Chowdhury (CNN) – A judge ruled Wednesday the state of Tennessee must preserve all evidence related to Christa Pike’s failed execution. This includes 911 calls and communications between any state officials as well as physical evidence, Judge I’Ashea Myles said, after hearing arguments. Pike is conscious and speaking, her attorneys said,

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Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charge man with terrorism after they say he planned to target the Mall of America

By Whitney Wild, Rob Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials in Minnesota have charged a man with terrorism after he planned a shooting at the Mall of America using an AK-47 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, they said at a news conference Wednesday. FBI investigators determined Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, planned to attack

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Christa Pike’s attorneys call recovery ‘medically unprecedented’ ahead of hearing over botched execution

By Rebekah Riess, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to put her to death via lethal injection last week, will be in court Wednesday as they seek to preserve relevant evidence in her twice-botched execution. Pike has been hospitalized for nearly a week after being injected with

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Special prosecutor close to naming outside lawyers to handle Cornell investigation

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office is close to naming external lawyers to handle the investigation into sexual assault allegations at Cornell University, officials close to the investigation said. The office has reached out to several experienced attorneys to bolster its team, CNN reported Tuesday. The search began Thursday

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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after she survived Tennessee’s execution attempt, her attorneys say

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate, is conscious and speaking six days after her failed execution, according to a statement from her attorneys. “Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still

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Cornell says ex-US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate school’s response to Jane Doe’s rape allegations

CNN, WSTM, MEGAN ZEREZ , ITHACA VOICE, NY OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Megan Zerez / Ithaca Voice By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the

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Inside rape culture’s strong grip

CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Tarana Burke thinks those asking if anything has changed since MeToo are posing the wrong question. The political organizer, who in 2006 started the hashtag that would take off in 2017 amid a mass reckoning with sexual violence, has seen it before. A high-profile episode sparks a new

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Cornell says ex-US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate school’s response to Jane Doe’s rape allegations

CNN By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the case echoes across the country – from sexual abuse survivors to students on campus and now

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Cornell says ex-US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate school’s response to Jane Doe’s rape allegations

By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the case echoes across the country – from sexual abuse survivors to students on campus and now to

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Cornell police tried to get phone records in Jane Doe’s sex assault investigation. Her lawyer says records never got to DA

By Gloria Pazmino, Holly Yan, Jessie Yeung, Isa Mudannayake, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — Newly obtained documents reviewed by CNN show Cornell University police drafted letters to wireless carriers about a week after a student now known as Jane Doe told police she had been sexually assaulted by members of the Chi Phi fraternity

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Calls for accountability grow amid a renewed investigation: Catch up on the Cornell alleged gang rape case

By Jessie Yeung, Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — Since the former Cornell University student known as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit last month alleging she had been drugged and gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024, the national storm of attention and media coverage has unveiled previously undisclosed evidence about what she says happened

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Tennessee’s outgoing prison chief had a history of execution missteps before Christa Pike, officials say

By Eduardo Cuevas, CNN (CNN) — Before the botched execution of Christa Pike, Frank Strada reportedly had a history of overseeing execution missteps in two states. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Saturday announced Correction Commissioner Strada would step down later this month following the backlash after the attempted execution left Pike on a ventilator, unconscious

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California woman arrested for spying for China and surveilling Taiwanese president’s son, officials say

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The FBI on Sunday arrested a 34-year-old California woman who has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent for China and allegedly surveilled the Taiwanese president’s son and his family, federal officials said. Wanying “Heather” Zhang, of Irvine, allegedly surveilled a close relative of a Taiwanese government

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The cycle of denial and shame felt by Cornell’s Jane Doe follows a typical pattern for sexual assault survivors, experts say

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Immediately after Katiana Soenen says she was sexually assaulted as a freshman at Brown University in 2021, she struggled to understand what had happened and questioned her own actions. “I spent the first kind of like two hours after really trying to figure out if I had done something

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Cornell president breaks silence amid outcry over handling of sex assault case

By Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — As outrage builds around the case involving a Cornell University student allegedly gang-raped in a fraternity house in October 2024, the university’s president has broken his silence with a statement Saturday. Here’s the latest: University president speaks out: “This is a defining moment in Cornell’s history,” Cornell’s president, Michael

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Christa Pike is on a ventilator and unconscious after surviving lethal injection. What happened?

By Eric Levenson and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — Christa Pike survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her via lethal injection on Wednesday, but her medical and legal future remain remarkably unclear. Pike is intubated, on a ventilator, and remains unconscious in a Nashville-area hospital, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday. Pike is receiving

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Cornell fraternity Snapchat messages provide new details on alleged assault

Title IX documents and Snapchat messages have revealed new details regarding the alleged gang rape of a Cornell University student at a Chi Phi fraternity house. These records highlight significant discrepancies between the evidence and what the local district attorney’s office reportedly received. While Cornell claims it shared all necessary information, critics argue the university’s response failed the victim.

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A ‘loophole’ in New York’s rape law may have shut the door on criminal charges in the Cornell case. It’s not the first time

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN New York (CNN) — Resurfaced allegations of a gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house have renewed outrage over what experts call a legal “loophole” in New York’s – and other states’ – sexual assault laws that can make it nearly impossible for survivors to seek justice if they voluntarily

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Special prosecutor taking over investigation of Cornell University gang rape allegations as new details emerge

By Isa Mudannayake, Jake Tapper, Danya Gainor, Jason Carroll, Gloria Pazmino, Alex Stambaugh, Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — New York State Attorney General Letitia James will be taking over as special prosecutor in the case alleging sexual assault at Cornell University, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, saying she “lost faith” in the district attorney’s ability

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‘I was sure I was going to die’: Inside the Flydubai flight where passengers fought off a terrifying attack

A horrific mid-air catastrophe on a plane heading to Tel Aviv was averted in a stunning turn of events on Wednesday when passengers and crew bravely rushed into the cockpit and regained control of theaircraft.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a pilot stabbed his colleague on a Flydubai plane and tried to “sabotage the aircraft’s system.” It plunged the aircraft thousands of feet in two minutes, causing panic and forcing the flight to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

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The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca

Special prosecutor taking over investigation of Cornell University gang rape allegations as new details emerge

CNN By Isa Mudannayake, Jake Tapper, Danya Gainor, Jason Carroll, Gloria Pazmino, Alex Stambaugh, Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — New York State Attorney General Letitia James will be taking over as special prosecutor in the case alleging sexual assault at Cornell University, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, saying she “lost faith” in the district attorney’s

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The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca

What Cornell’s Jane Doe told investigators in 2024 prompts fresh questions in newly reopened investigation

WSTM, CNN By Danya Gainor, Jason Carroll, Gloria Pazmino, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — The former Cornell University student who says she was gang raped made an explicit accusation of sexual assault in an interview with university police in November 2024, but the district attorney said university police didn’t share

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A ‘loophole’ in New York’s rape law may have shut the door on criminal charges in the Cornell case. It’s not the first time

CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN New York (CNN) — Resurfaced allegations of a gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house have renewed outrage over what experts call a legal “loophole” in New York’s – and other states’ – sexual assault laws that can make it nearly impossible for survivors to seek justice if they

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What Cornell’s Jane Doe told investigators in 2024 prompts fresh questions in newly reopened investigation

By Danya Gainor, Jason Carroll, Gloria Pazmino, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — The former Cornell University student who says she was gang raped made an explicit accusation of sexual assault in an interview with university police in November 2024, but the district attorney said university police didn’t share that document

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Alleged gang rape at Cornell turns spotlight on campus sexual assault

By Brittany Shammas, Lauren Mascarenhas, Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — It was 7:05 p.m. on a Wednesday in mid-September when Jane Doe’s lawsuit hit the New York County Supreme Court docket. Within days, the 101-page, double-spaced filing had captured the nation’s attention, sparking outrage and controversy and refocusing attention on a longstanding issue: sexual assault

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A business exploded after an 89-year-old pipe in the street failed, highlighting need for natural gas detectors, NTSB says

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A joint welded between two huge gas pipes nearly 90 years ago and buried under a street failed and caused a Kansas auto parts store to explode in flames, the National Transportation Safety Board determined in a report released Tuesday. The incident has prompted the agency to highlight recommendations

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