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CNN By Omar Jimenez and Rachel Clarke, CNN The disappearance and death of Jelani Day left a mother heartbroken, a family grieving and a community with more questions than answers. Amid the questions are clues. His car was found in woods in Peru, Illinois, nearly 70 miles from where he was last seen alive. His

By Omar Jimenez and Rachel Clarke, CNN The disappearance and death of Jelani Day left a mother heartbroken, a family grieving and a community with more questions than answers. Amid the questions are clues. His car was found in woods in Peru, Illinois, nearly 70 miles from where he was last seen alive. His wallet,

By Jenn Selva and Kelly McCleary, CNN The men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in August 2020 can potentially be referred to at his trial as “rioters” or “looters,” a Wisconsin judge said Monday while reiterating his long-held view that attorneys should not use the word “victim.” Defense lawyers maintain the young man acted in self-defense

By Andy Rose, Jennifer Henderson, Ralph Ellis and Raja Razek, CNN The cause of death of the child whose body was found abandoned in an apartment in Houston has been ruled “homicidal violence with multiple blunt force injuries,” according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The child’s mother and her boyfriend have been

WSB By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Two middle school students are being praised for their quick action when their bus driver experienced a medical emergency. Conner Doss and Kane Daugherty are students at East Paulding Middle School outside Atlanta and were on a full bus when the incident happened, according to CNN affiliate WSB-TV. “I

By Rebekah Riess Three decades after infant remains were found in a North Carolina beach town, police say they have arrested and charged a couple based on new DNA evidence. Scott Gordon Poole, 54, and his wife Robin Lynn Byrum, 51, were arrested last week and charged with concealing the birth of a child, a

By Aya Elamroussi and Sarah Moon, CNN A California police officer was convicted Tuesday of assault with a firearm, but the jury did not reach a verdict over a voluntary manslaughter charge in the 2018 killing of a man who was shot nine times during a low-speed chase. Danville police officer Andrew Hall was accused

By Sonia Moghe, CNN A top-ranking New York Police Department official testified during a judicial inquiry on Tuesday there was “no coverup” in the internal investigation into officers who were on scene when Eric Garner was killed while in police custody but he questioned why Garner was charged with a felony for having five packs

By Rebekah Riess and Amir Vera, CNN Attorneys for the estate of Gloria Satterfield, who spent more than two decades as the family housekeeper for embattled South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, say they’ve reached a settlement with his former law firm. “The Satterfields and the law firm have reconciled their differences,” attorney Eric Bland, who

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Two middle school students are being praised for their quick action when their bus driver experienced a medical emergency. Conner Doss and Kane Daugherty are students at East Paulding Middle School outside Atlanta and were on a full bus when the incident happened, according to CNN affiliate WSB-TV. “I come

By Amanda Jackson, CNN One of the rarest marine mammals in the world, the North Atlantic right whale, has declined 8% in population over the past year, which researchers call deeply concerning for the species’ survival. The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium announced Monday the whale’s population dropped to 336 in 2020. This is the

By Raja Razek, CNN A 36-year-old Pontoon Beach, Illinois, police officer was shot and killed Tuesday morning after attempting to approach a suspected stolen vehicle, the Illinois State Police said in a news release. As officer Tyler Timmins approached the vehicle early Tuesday, a male suspect began firing at him, wounding the officer, the release

By Elle Reeve, CNN About 9 p.m. on August 11, 2017, several hundred White supremacists, mostly young men, held tiki torches as they formed a line that snaked across Nameless Field at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Though they came from across the country, they’d organized in online chat rooms. White vans dropped them

By Taylor Romine and Amir Vera, CNN A former Liberty University spokesman is suing the university for firing him after he allegedly spoke out on how the school was handling sexual misconduct allegations, according to a suit filed Monday. Walter Scott Lamb most recently served as the senior vice president of communications and public engagement

By Carma Hassan, CNN A suspect in a reportedly stolen 18-wheeler is accused of jumping out of the moving truck moments before it crashed into a mobile home in Texas, killing a woman and injuring a man. According to the Houston Police Department, a trucking company reported one of their trucks missing and was able

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of David Petraeus, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Personal Birth date: November 7, 1952 Birth place: Cornwall, New York Birth name: David Howell Petraeus Father: Sixtus Petraeus, Danish-born sea captain Mother: Miriam (Howell) Petraeus Marriage: Hollister “Holly” Knowlton (July 6, 1974-present) Children:

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a select list of convicted American serial killers and notable open or unsolved cases. Serial murder is defined by the FBI as two or more killings separated by a span of time. Serial murders are relatively rare. Fewer than one percent of homicides during a given year are committed by serial

By Theresa Waldrop and Dakin Andone, CNN Terry Duane Turner, charged with the murder of a motorist who had parked in his driveway in Texas, “was defending himself and his property,” his attorney told CNN. The family of Adil Dghoughi, the victim, said they are concerned Turner will use the state’s “stand your ground” law