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By Amir Vera, CNN A 6-year-old girl died on a free-fall ride at an amusement park in Colorado because she wasn’t buckled in, according to a report released Friday from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Division of Oil and Public Safety (OPS). Wongel Estifanos was on vacation with her family at Glenwood Caverns

By Madeline Holcombe and Rebekah Riess, CNN Investigators have learned that the shooter identified in an attack Thursday at a Tennessee Kroger, which killed at least one person and wounded 14, was asked to leave his job that morning, according to an update provided by the Collierville Police Department on Monday. The shooter, identified by

By Amir Vera and Stella Chan, CNN A woman who was attempting to hike to Canada is facing charges connected with the Fawn Fire, which authorities say she started while trying to boil drinking water, according to a criminal complaint from the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office in California. Alexandra Souverneva, 30, faces a felony

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking. In this federal case in the Eastern District of New York, Kelly faced a total of nine counts — one count of racketeering, with

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN If NBA players are not vaccinated, they shouldn’t be on the team, basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar told Rolling Stone. “The NBA should insist that all players and staff are vaccinated or remove them from the team,” said Abdul-Jabbar. “There is no room for players who are willing to risk

By Deanna Hackney, Melissa Alonso and Susannah Cullinane, CNN More than 300 people are hunting for a suspect accused of shooting and killing a Florida sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop. Nassau County Deputy Josh Moyers was shot twice during a traffic stop in Callahan early Friday and died from his injuries Sunday, officials said.

By Keith Allen and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Police fatally shot an armed man at Huntington City Beach in Southern California on Saturday afternoon, the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) said. It happened as crowds were gathered for the U.S. Open of Surfing being held at the Huntington Beach Pier. Police received a call at approximately

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Monday is the deadline for tens of thousands of New York workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Court orders, though, have thrown that deadline off for some. The vaccines were mandated by New York City for public school employees, by the state for health care workers and by the state’s court

By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Four Pennsylvania students were charged in plotting an attack on their high school on the 25th anniversary of the Columbine massacre on April 20, 2024, according to a statement from the Lackawanna District Attorney’s Office. Two of the Dunmore High School students were charged as adults due to “the serious nature

By Deanna Hackney and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The National Transportation Safety Board says it is reviewing on-board video as well as data from the “black box” of the Amtrak Empire Builder train that derailed in rural Montana on Saturday, leaving three dead and at least seven hospitalized. Eight cars from Amtrak’s Empire Builder train 7/27

By Madeline Holcombe, Alison Kosik and Sarah Jorgensen, CNN As authorities continue to search for Gabby Petito’s fiancé, Brian Laundrie, the FBI has asked for items that might have his DNA, the Laundries’ family lawyer said. During the agency’s visit to the family home, “The FBI requested some personal items belonging to Brian Laundrie to

By Alaa Elassar, CNN If you’re reading this, it’s too late. Unless you’re an undergraduate student at a university in Canada who is about to get the chance to study Drake. Ryerson University’s The Creative School is now offering a course that will delve into the lives and musical talents of Toronto-born musical artists Drake

By Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN Three suspects among the 11 indicted in the death of 19-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student Adam Oakes turned themselves in to police on Monday, according to a news release from Richmond Police. All have been charged with unlawful hazing of a student, a misdemeanor, according to RPD. Oakes

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Before the federal trial for R. Kelly even began, it was shrouded in secrecy, with journalists and the public barred from the courtroom where prosecutors laid out their racketeering case against the singer — charges that could send him to prison for decades. US District Judge Ann Donnelly decided to keep