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By Dakin Andone, Mallika Kallingal and Sarah Moon, CNN Investigators say the pipeline which caused thousands of gallons of crude oil to spill into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Orange County, California, may have been displaced several months to a year ago. The pipeline was intact in October 2020 before it was deflected

By Travis Caldwell, Kristina Sgueglia and Melissa Alonso, CNN The search for Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found dead in Wyoming after the pair embarked on a cross-country road trip over the summer, continues in an inhospitable Florida nature reserve that may soon prove easier to navigate for teams trying to find him,

By Mallika Kallingal and Andy Rose, CNN The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed the aggravated murder conviction of a Black man who has been on death row for 17 years. The court said Jesse Lee Johnson did not receive an adequate defense. Johnson was convicted in 2004 of stabbing Harriet Thompson to death at

By Mirna Alsharif and Alex Harring, CNN A New Jersey man arrested in July after a video showed him shouting racial slurs at a neighbor has been charged “with leaving a threatening note on one of his victim’s cars earlier this year,” as well as vandalizing the victim’s vehicle, according to a news release from

By Mallory Simon, Dakin Andone and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The Florida Board of Education on Thursday voted to sanction eight school districts that have instituted Covid-19 mask mandates without giving parents the ability to opt their students out. In doing so, the state board said that school districts in Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Duval, Leon, Miami-Dade,

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A school district in Texas removed books by an award-winning author from its schools’ library shelves and postponed a virtual event he had been invited to because of a complaint that his books promote critical race theory. Jerry Craft, a New York Times bestselling and Newbery winning author and illustrator, was

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Special Forces soldier has been formally charged with the murder of his pregnant spouse, according to a news release from the military. Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Santiago, 33, a signal support systems specialist, was charged with the murder of Meghan Santiago and the injury of an unborn child following an

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Brittany Walters made a promise to her mother the day she passed away from cancer: Brittany and her father would go to homecoming, where the high school senior was nominated for queen. Her mom, A.J. Walters, an administrator at Mississippi’s Forrest County Agricultural High School, never missed anything when she was

By Kay Jones, Ashley Killough and Travis Caldwell, CNN At least four people were injured in a school shooting Wednesday at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas. The suspect is in custody and is being questioned by investigators, police said. Here’s what we know so far: What led up to the shooting? At around 9:15

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A school safety officer in Long Beach, California, has been fired after shooting an 18-year-old woman following a physical altercation last month, school officials said Wednesday. The officer was accused of violating district policy, Superintendent Jill Baker said. The decision came after Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez was shot by a Millikan High

By Leyla Santiago, Gregory Lemos, Kristina Sgueglia and Travis Caldwell, CNN Police in North Port, Florida, were surveilling Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito’s fiancé, as best as they could legally before he vanished, police spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN’s Randi Kaye on Thursday. Laundrie had returned alone to his family’s North Port home September 1 following

By Amir Vera, CNN It’s now been more than three weeks since Brian Laundrie went missing after returning without his fiancee, Gabby Petito, from a cross-country trip. The case has had constant updates that have left authorities and the public confused as to the timeline of and reasons behind Laundrie’s disappearance. His parents have made

By Pamela Kirkland, CNN Alex Murdaugh’s former law firm is suing him to recover funds it alleges he stole from clients for his own personal use, according to a statement from the firm Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Elztroth, and Detrick released Wednesday. The firm alleges Murdaugh “developed a systematic scheme in which he diverted funds owed