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By Andy Rose, Maria Aguilar Prieto, Julianna Bragg, Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — As an Amazon cargo plane began its descent under dark clouds over Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, it flew past the usual landing zone for Runway 30. The Boeing 767-300, weighing more than 100 tons, remained airborne deep into

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — As he was approaching the end of his career, Jerry Sandusky told his legendary boss Joe Paterno he wanted to find a way to maintain “visibility” with Penn State University even after leaving the storied college football program. Sandusky’s name would end up having far more visibility than either

By Amanda Musa, Pete Muntean, Aaron Cooper, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — At least five people are dead after an Amazon cargo aircraft overran the runway during a landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, striking multiple vehicles and sending a thick black plume of smoke into the air as it caught fire. Five

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An Illinois mother had become “very invested” in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial before prosecutors say she killed her 2-year-old son on Tuesday, according to witnesses cited in court documents. Corie Walsh, a 40-year-old resident of Frankfort, was charged with first-degree murder after prosecutors allege she fatally strangled

By Nicki Brown, CNN Plymouth, Massachusetts (CNN) — After five grueling weeks of testimony and 38 hours of painstaking deliberations, the jury deciding the fate of Lindsay Clancy – the Massachusetts mother who argued she should not be held criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three children – sent the judge what would be their

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Murder suspect Barry Morphew was arrested on Thursday in Boulder, Colorado, authorities said, days after his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run crash on August 26 in Denver, court records show. A “concerned citizen” saw Morphew, 58, drive “aggressively prior to striking two vehicles,” Alamosa County District Judge Amanda Hopkins

By Aaron Cooper, Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — A disruptive passenger was restrained with flexible handcuffs and duct-taped to a seat as his flight was diverted to make an emergency landing in Baltimore Thursday night, photos and video from other passengers showed. Richard Olenick and Juan Mejia were more than halfway through the flight when

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The judge has declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial after the jury deliberated for seven days without reaching a unanimous verdict. So, now what happens? Judge William Sullivan told the parties Friday afternoon he’d like to retry the case later in the fall. In the meantime,

CNN By Eric Levenson, Nicki Brown, and Elise Hammond A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the former nurse accused of murdering her three children, after jurors deadlocked and were unable to reach a verdict. The jury deliberated for about 38 hours over seven days. Jury notes indicated

By Eric Levenson, Nicki Brown, and Elise Hammond A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the former nurse accused of murdering her three children, after jurors deadlocked and were unable to reach a verdict. The jury deliberated for about 38 hours over seven days. Jury notes indicated the

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By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — No evidence of mechanical problems was found in either of the two aircraft involved in last month’s deadly midair collision between a small private plane and a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The finding is part of a new preliminary report on the

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Antisemitic hate crimes are up 8% so far this year and make up more than half of the incidents in New York City, even as officials tout record low numbers for shootings and murders, according to statistics released by the New York Police Department on Thursday. Overall hate crimes

CNN By Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and political activist who became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 92, according to her verified Instagram account. Steinem died Wednesday in New York City, “surrounded by some of the many

By Choire Sicha, CNN (CNN) — “Our goddess,” wrote a poster last week on the Reddit board devoted to being childfree, “has passed.” Dolly Parton, one of the greatest benefactors to children in world history while also being a role model to those who were without them, had died at 80. This week, Gloria Steinem,

CNN By Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and political activist who became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 92, according to her verified Instagram account. Steinem died Wednesday in New York City, “surrounded by some of the many

By Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and political activist who became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 92, according to her verified Instagram account. Steinem died Wednesday in New York City, “surrounded by some of the many who

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — About two weeks ago, US authorities took Cubans, Venezuelans and other Latin Americans from detention centers and placed them on a flight to Liberia. When they landed, having spent the entire flight in shackles, some of the men refused to get off the plane, according to the Miami Herald.

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The Grand Canyon’s vast, mile-deep landscape may appear timeless, but two devastating disasters have recently struck the iconic natural wonder as the climate crisis intensifies extreme weather. Muddy brown floodwaters roared through Phantom Ranch on August 29, swamping the 1920s lodge that has welcomed adventurers seeking a rare chance

By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — Adaeze Onejeme, a 28-year-old ad sales worker in Los Angeles, was visiting a night market in Hollywood with her sister in late August when she noticed something curious. Stall after stall, hawking loaded French fries or taquitos or smoothies, featured menus with pictures that at first seemed real —

CNN By Amanda Musa, Eric Levenson, and Nicki Brown The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial was sent home for the day at about 4 p.m. Wednesday and will return Thursday morning at 9 a.m. to continue deliberations. “I know it’s been a long day,” Judge William F. Sullivan said. The 12-person jury has deliberated

By Cindy Von Quednow, Dalia Faheid, Julianna Bragg, Taylor Galgano, Rob Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — Officers confronted a barrage of gunfire, their vision clouded by a haze, as they responded to a shooting at a Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday that left at least two people dead and injured multiple others, officials said. Police opened fire

By Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, CNN Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (CNN) — An engine failed on a US Coast Guard plane with the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security onboard, forcing it to make an emergency landing Wednesday afternoon. “We just lost our right engine and would like to declare an emergency,” the

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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Pierre Damas Bel was an avid soccer player at his high school in Springfield, Ohio. He loved being part of JROTC, the US military-sponsored program that provides training to students. And friends and family say he headed to college planning to study neuroscience and excited about the future.

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has told TV interviewer Piers Morgan that he was “really, really terrified” after being detained by US immigration officials. Speaking to Morgan during an interview released on YouTube on Tuesday, British national Yiannopoulos, 41, recounted how his hands and feet were chained together with

By Ray Sanchez, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A foreboding sky rises high over a selfie taken by a smiling John Giusti before the jagged, staircase-like ridges of the Grand Canyon on the first day of a dream hiking trip with two buddies. Standing before the canyon’s sheer cliffs, plunging up to a mile down,

By Andi Babineau, Emma Tucker, CNN Provo, Utah (CNN) — Seated only two rows apart, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the mother of his accused killer, Tyler Robinson, were both visibly emotional as a judge ruled the case can move to trial. Family members of both Kirk and Robinson shifted between leaning

By Andi Babineau, Kristen Holmes and Elise Hammond (CNN) – The case against Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, can move to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday, citing sufficient probable cause. The ruling follows a multiday preliminary hearing that began in July. Judge Tony Graf ruled that

By Nicki Brown, Jean Casarez, Sarah Boxer, CNN Plymouth, Massachusetts (CNN) — Over the last six weeks, Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial has transformed this courthouse – a lofty building flanked by fields and farmland – into a chaotic scene bustling with swarms of journalists, true crime fanatics and outspoken spectators. Now there’s nothing left for

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By Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — A deadly shooting in the parking lot of a gay bar near downtown Tucson, Arizona, early Monday morning was “a targeted attack motivated by hate toward the LGBTQIA+ community,” police said. Two people, Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, were killed in the shooting outside of