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By Anna Sturla, CNN Survivors of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of a former University of Michigan athletics’ doctor called for an investigation by the state’s attorney general at a news conference Wednesday into school employees who may have known of the abuse and allegedly did nothing. Dr. Robert Anderson, who worked at the

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Jessica Barber said that when she saw video of her 18-year-old son, Taizier Griffin, being tased by Ocean City, Maryland. police officers, her heart dropped. “I always told my children you do what the police say — put your hands up and that’s a sign of surrender,” Barber told CNN.

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: June 25, 1954 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Sonia Maria Sotomayor Father: Juan Sotomayor, factory worker Mother: Celina (Baez) Sotomayor, nurse Marriage: Kevin Edward Noonan (August 1976-October 1983, divorced) Education:

Kelly McCleary, CNN Six people, including three children, were injured when a boat exploded on the Lake of the Ozarks Tuesday, officials said. It happened early afternoon as the 26-foot boat was docked in the Osage Arm of the lake, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. MSHP said there was a mechanical problem that caused

Georgia authorities have identified a grocery store cashier killed during a face mask dispute and the man accused of shooting her. DeKalb County police said Laquitta Willis, 41, was the victim in the shooting at Big Bear grocery store in Decatur, just outside of Atlanta.

By Jamiel Lynch, Steve Almasy and Gregory Lemos, CNN The manner of death of Jamal Sutherland, who died earlier this year in a South Carolina jail while being forcibly removed from a cell, has been changed to homicide, the Charleston County coroner confirmed Wednesday. Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal told reporters at a Wednesday news conference

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report into the May 29 plane crash that killed seven people, including Remnant Fellowship Church founder and Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara and her husband, “Tarzan: The Epic Adventures” actor William J. Lara. The plane crashed into Percy Priest Lake in Smyrna,

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Buying Girl Scout cookies has become a long-awaited yearly tradition for many people in the US. But this year, the organization is faced with an unusual problem: Millions of boxes of cookies remain unsold, all because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Girl Scouts of the USA has has 15 million boxes

By Amir Vera and Kay Jones, CNN A Colorado jury on Tuesday found one of the suspects in a deadly Colorado school shooting guilty of more than 40 charges, including murder. Devon Erickson was found guilty of first-degree murder degree with extreme indifference, first degree-murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and 30 counts of criminal

By Rebekah Riess After a mistrial was declared last month in the murder trial of Tevin Biles-Thomas, the brother of Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, a judge in Ohio acquitted Biles-Thomas of the charges against him in a retrial on Tuesday, court records show. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Joan Synenberg granted a Rule

By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN A New York judge on Tuesday approved Harvey Weinstein’s extradition to Los Angeles County so that the imprisoned former movie producer can face further sexual assault charges. Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case denied Weinstein’s attorney’s motion to further delay the extradition. Local prosecutors told the court

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep. Personal Birth date: June 22, 1949 Birth place: Summit, New Jersey Birth name: Mary Louise Streep Father: Harry Streep Jr., pharmaceutical company executive Mother: Mary (Wilkinson) Streep, commercial artist Marriage: Don Gummer (1978-present) Children: Louisa, 1991; Grace, 1986; Mary Willa “Mamie,”

Ocean City police is under scrutiny after videos showing officers kicking a teen and tasing another during arrests have gone viral.

By Kendall Lanier and Camille Furst, CNN An 8-year-old boy is in a medically induced coma following a shooting in Cincinnati on Monday, according to police. The boy’s mother, Marcella Thompson, told CNN affiliate WLWT, “He’s fighting so hard. He’s the strongest child I’ve ever seen. They told me my baby wasn’t going to make

California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions Tuesday as part of a grand reopening in which the state will end capacity limits, physical distancing and — at least for those vaccinated — mask requirements. CNN’s Dan Simon reports.

By Gregory Lemos, CNN Three Arkansas police officers were injured Monday after being assaulted by a man wielding an iron pipe. An officer from the Hoxie Police Department encountered a man walking along an overpass on Highway 367 Monday morning wielding a pipe, according to a statement from the Arkansas State Police. Matthew Dale Hatley,

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Brian Wilson, musician, producer, composer and co-founder of the Beach Boys. Personal Birth date: June 20, 1942 Birth place: Inglewood, California Birth name: Brian Douglas Wilson Father: Murry Gage Wilson, machinist Mother: Audree Neva (Korthof), pianist Marriages: Melinda Ledbetter (1995-present); Marilyn Rovell (1964-1979, divorced)

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Videos of police arresting people in Ocean City, Maryland, on Saturday while enforcing a smoking ordinance have highlighted the use-of-force techniques employed by the officers. The videos, obtained by CNN and confirmed by Ocean City Police to show parts of the incident, show police arresting at least three individuals as a

A dispute over a mask at a grocery store led to shootout that left an employee dead and two people, including a sheriff’s deputy, injured, according to DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox.