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By Karina Tsui, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Massachusetts teen charged in the double murder of his mother and younger brother had used the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT to search for “theoretical ideas or fantasy stories” about the killing of his family, prosecutors have said. A plea of not guilty was entered Thursday for

By Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown, Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 28-year-old Luigi Mangione confessed to the killing in his own words as he pleaded guilty to federal charges in court Friday – a move that raises questions about the future of

By Mark Morales, Karina Tsui, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A man who a law enforcement official says has a history of mental health issues has been arrested and charged with multiple federal and state hate crimes after disrupting Shabbat services and injuring a woman at Central Synagogue in Manhattan Friday night, officials said. The

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — The United States Army is temporarily halting all Apache helicopter training flights after a crash this week near Fort Hood, Texas, killed two soldiers. “Army leaders directed a temporary stand-down of AH64 Apache training flight operations,” the Army said in a statement. “The stand-down will remain in effect until

By Emma Balleste, CNN (CNN) — NASA is using a modified version of the U-2 spy plane, created during the Cold War, to study one of Earth’s least understood weather phenomena: wildfire generated storms. The jet, which NASA calls the ER-2, contains a flying laboratory of scientific instruments rather than military defenses and has different

CNN By Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz, Elizabeth Wolfe NEW YORK (CNN) – Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “I shot Mr. Thompson and he died,” he told the court. “I knew what I was doing was illegal.” Judge Margaret Garnett began by asking Luigi

By Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz, Elizabeth Wolfe NEW YORK (CNN) – Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “I shot Mr. Thompson and he died,” he told the court. “I knew what I was doing was illegal.” Judge Margaret Garnett began by asking Luigi Mangione

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Along the steep Pali Puka trail last spring, the verdant beauty of Oahu spilled out to the Pacific Ocean from the scenic path where Gerhardt and Arielle Konig stood. On that high ridge, they fought for their lives – emotionally, then physically – each later would testify. A trip

By Dianne Gallagher, Devon M. Sayers, Andy Rose, CNN Lexington, South Carolina (CNN) — The second double-murder trial of disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh will be moved out of his home county over concerns he can’t get an impartial proceeding there, a judge said Friday in a series of rulings impacting the long-running legal

By Associated Press Minneapolis (AP) — Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday. The program, dubbed Operation Puppet Master, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators

By Lex Harvey, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Rideout, an American missionary who was held captive in Niger for nine months has been released to US officials, the missionary organization he worked for said Friday. “We are grateful to confirm that our good friend and brother in Christ, Kevin Rideout, has been released after

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — “Medication stole my motherhood and my life.” That’s what prosecutors say was written in a note found on Lindsay Clancy’s cellphone, which was last modified the day before she fatally strangled her three young children in January 2023. “I was the healthiest, happiest mom,” the note, which was created

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Ryan Young and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — On July 4, a group of friends boarded boats and set out from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to celebrate the holiday on nearby Horn Island. It was a trip many had been looking forward to all year, their attorneys would later tell CNN. But it

By Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione could plead guilty as soon as Friday to federal criminal charges tied to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, people familiar with the matter said. Plea negotiations are ongoing between Mangione’s attorneys and federal prosecutors, but sources familiar with the discussions caution talks

By Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Caught eclipse fever after seeing photos and videos from Wednesday’s dazzling show? It may be time to dust off your passport and start booking accommodations for the next one. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Uncharted territory

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — Close to 30 years after Tupac Shakur was fatally shot near the Las Vegas Strip, 12 jurors and four alternates have been selected and tasked with determining whether Duane “Keffe D” Davis is guilty of murdering the rap legend. The group consists of 10 women and 6

By Andy Rose, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Boston dismissed the Trump administration’s multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against Harvard University that alleged the school failed to protect its Jewish students from discrimination, marking the latest development in their lengthy dispute over funding and academic independence. US District Judge Richard G. Stearns, a Clinton

CNN, NATALIE NEWMAN By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough, Rachel Clarke, CNN Big Bend National Park, Texas (CNN) — The towering cliffs, jagged mountain tops, and punishing desert climate of the Big Bend region in Texas have long proved to be the best barrier the United States could have with Mexico. For generations, the idea of

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A year and a half after a deadly midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67 people, dozens of safety recommendations have been issued, and some changes were implemented, but problems with aircraft getting too close together persist. Last Tuesday, planes continued to take off

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — After Iran intensified its demands over the weekend before it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump didn’t threaten new strikes but instead indicated that he planned to choke Iran economically. “We are low-keying it,” he told Axios over the weekend. “We are only semi-negotiating with them.

By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough, Rachel Clarke, CNN Big Bend National Park, Texas (CNN) — The towering cliffs, jagged mountain tops, and punishing desert climate of the Big Bend region in Texas have long proved to be the best barrier the United States could have with Mexico. For generations, the idea of needing to build

By Emma Tucker, Jillian Sykes and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A confrontation captured on video between a woman who shouted insults at Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducting immigration enforcement action in Northern Virginia escalated when one of the officers pointed a gun at her on Monday. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson described

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A few months after experiencing a medical emergency aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Mike Fincke said he’s leaving NASA. His mysterious ailment led the crew to cut their mission short and return home. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.

By Cindy Von Quednow, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A military attack helicopter slammed into a Central Texas field and caught fire on Wednesday, killing the two pilots aboard and forcing evacuations in the area. The Apache helicopter from the Fort Hood military installation crashed in Salado, Texas, around 1:35 p.m. local time, and the

By Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Plea negotiations are ongoing between Luigi Mangione and federal prosecutors to resolve criminal charges tied to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, people familiar with the matter said, as a hearing was hastily scheduled before the federal judge on Friday. Sources familiar with the discussions

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers may soon be equipped with gloves that deliver electrical shocks, which the manufacturer says are intended to de-escalate encounters with individuals. ICE is planning to spend between an estimated $10 and $20 million to purchase the devices, known as CTG 5 G.L.O.V.E,

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Rescue teams are scrambling to free people trapped under rubble in the aftermath of Colombia’s 7.4 magnitude earthquake. CNN’s David Culver is reporting from the hard-hit city of Pereira as the death toll climbs. ➕ How to help those affected by the earthquake Here’s what

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A psychiatric nurse practitioner who treated Lindsay Clancy in late 2022 testified Tuesday that the Massachusetts mother repeatedly asked to change her medications despite concerns about sticking to a treatment plan. Rebecca Jollotta, a psychiatric nurse practitioner with South Shore Hospital’s perinatal behavioral health program, created a plan to

By Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown, Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is set to begin with jury selection on September 8, the judge overseeing his case confirmed Tuesday at what is expected to be the final pretrial hearing. Judge Gregory

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Melissa “Missy” Taylor Ellison’s killing remained a mystery for decades after she was found dead in her bedroom and her 13-month-old daughter was left crying in the living room. For years, Casie Ellison said she felt like she had to shrink herself and bury her feelings about the death

By Aaron Cooper, Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — An American Airline Boeing 737 hit birds while taking off from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Monday, leading to flames shooting from an engine and an emergency landing. “Mayday, mayday, mayday. We’ve got a engine problem here,” the pilot reported shortly after takeoff according to a recording from

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Feel like you’ve been melting under this summer’s heat? You’re not imagining things. July was the hottest month ever recorded in the US. 🫠 Get your local forecast in the CNN Weather app Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5

By Katherine Koretski, CNN New York (CNN) — A Staten Island judge on Monday temporarily blocked the controversial rollout of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, which paused enforcement of one of his signature campaign promises: taxing the rich. Shortly after the ruling, New York City filed a motion for permission to appeal, which

By Diego Mendoza, Alex Stambaugh, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Threats from passengers on two flights early this week led to the execution of emergency protocols, including a lockdown, according to air traffic control audio reviewed by CNN. The incidents, in Milwaukee and Miami, are the latest in more than 830 unruly passenger reports the

By Mark Morales, Hanna Park, Martin Goillandeau, Gloria Pazmino, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Saturday evening’s favorable summer weather drew a steady stream of commercial ferries and private boats into a crowded New York Harbor, where passengers leaned over rails, straining for a clear glimpse of the city’s torch-bearing icon, the Statue of Liberty. Below

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — About 10,000 people were in the arena watching. One of them was Tupac Shakur, the number one-selling rapper who had already become a hip-hop icon at the age of 25. Away from the ring on September 7, 1996, a bicoastal beef that had been brewing for years in the

By Alaa Elassar, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — In a matter of days, three wildfires tore through the Spokane area in eastern Washington state, blackening once-green hillsides, leveling homes and leaving behind skeletal trees and the scorched shells of cars. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, tens of thousands of people were forced to

CNN By Mark Morales, Hanna Park, Martin Goillandeau, Gloria Pazmino, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Saturday evening’s favorable summer weather drew a steady stream of commercial ferries and private boats into a crowded New York Harbor, where passengers leaned over rails, straining for a clear glimpse of the city’s torch-bearing icon, the Statue of Liberty.

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Duane Davis, who goes by the nickname “Keffe D,” wrote a tell-all book in 2019 laying out his role in the fatal shooting of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur. The book, “Compton Street Legend,” opens in Las Vegas on the night of September 7, 1996, with a play-by-play account of

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Two years ago this month, police investigating a kidnapping at a home in Montreal, Canada, found a Glock pistol with a defaced serial number that had been legally purchased in New Hampshire, court documents show. Ultimately, that single handgun and two subsequently recovered shell casings traced by US authorities

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — A nurse who’s no longer allowed to work at one of the city’s top hospitals hunkered down in her Boston home, afraid ICE could be in the neighborhood. A man in Ohio collapsed to the ground in tears after leaving an ICE check-in wearing an ankle monitor. And

By Gloria Pazmino, Martin Goillandeau, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A woman and her baby died after a boat carrying 14 people capsized near the Statue of Liberty on Saturday night, authorities said — triggering a multiagency search for the victims in the busy waters of New York Harbor. The captain of the boat, Manuel

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A Florida-bound Delta flight on Saturday returned to Atlanta and evacuated passengers on slides after reports of smoke in the cockpit. “Delta 2204, change of plans. We now have smoke in the back, and we need to deplane immediately,” according to air traffic control audio captured by ATC.com. “The

By Holly Yan, Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — At first, the mysterious death of a beloved 18-year-old unified a small Mississippi community in grief and uncertainty. One month later, a dearth of answers about what happened have led strangers nationwide to fill the void with speculation, vitriol and even threats. Some of the conjecture stemmed

By Celina Tebor, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — For eight brutal days, residents of Boyle Heights watched smoke billow from a burning warehouse and prayed the flames would spare their homes. There was no escaping the black pollution that choked the neighborhood then, and no reprieve now, even five weeks after the fire was extinguished.

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — A piece of a World War II fighter plane that crashed 80 years ago and belonged to the country’s top ace has been found and returned to his home state of Wisconsin. The P-38 Lockheed Lighting was flown by United States Army Air Corps Maj. Richard Bong, who holds

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America’s grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim to

CNN By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy has not taken the stand, but the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children communicated in multiple ways at her murder trial this week. She vocally answered the judge’s questions about a legal issue, her first audible words in the trial.

By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy has not taken the stand, but the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children communicated in multiple ways at her murder trial this week. She vocally answered the judge’s questions about a legal issue, her first audible words in the trial. She

By Katherine Koretski, CNN (CNN) — A group of New York City homeowners sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s finance director over the rollout of the new pied-à-terre tax Friday. Three petitioners, Simon Hedley, Rachel O’Brien and Carmine Morano, allege “the City incorrectly identified their homes as potentially subject to the surcharge despite those

By Jessie Yeung, Sarah Dewberry, Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — More than a month after the body of Nolan Wells was found along the shoreline of a Mississippi barrier island, two friends believed to have traveled out to Horn Island with Wells returned there in an effort to investigate the case, their attorneys tell CNN.

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Last week, Celeste Keaton, a co-owner of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, joined a group of angry fans confronting two teenage girls sitting courtside at a game between the Storm and the Indiana Fever. The two teens were wearing shirts reading “XX/XY” — a reference to human sex chromosomes —

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — An investigation is underway after dozens of decomposing human remains were found at a Chicago funeral home, authorities said. More than 50 bodies in “various states of decomposition” were located at the address associated with the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, Cook County officials said in a release Thursday.

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — It looked like a scene from a horror film: A figure dressed in a baggy black and red clown outfit, their face partially covered, approaching a Ring camera late at night, glaring into the lens and whispering a warning, “I’m looking for you.” But the encounter was not just

KSDK, FAMILY PHOTOS, LAURA FLEMING, CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — It looked like a scene from a horror film: A figure dressed in a baggy black and red clown outfit, their face partially covered, approaching a Ring camera late at night, glaring into the lens and whispering a warning, “I’m looking for you.”

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — A US expeditioner in Antarctica was rescued last month in a daring mid-winter medical evacuation by an Australian aviation team in the middle of crippling temperatures and near pitch-black conditions. The “extraordinary” mission kicked off on July 28, when the Australian Antarctic Division made an “urgent request for assistance”