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By Rachel Clarke and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Fontana, California (CNN) — The length and bushiness of a police officer’s beard has become a key issue in a legal fight in California. The city of Fontana is calling for attorney Jerry Steering to be held in contempt months after Steering publicized a nearly $900,000 settlement. The

By Michelle Watson, Paradise Afshar, Lauren Mascarenhas and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, are offering a combined reward of up to $100,000 dollars for information to help identify multiple people who opened fire in a bustling entertainment district Saturday night as part of what they called a targeted “hit” that left

WBRC, CNN By Michelle Watson, Paradise Afshar and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, are offering a combined reward of up to $100,000 dollars for information to help identify multiple people who opened fire in a bustling entertainment district Saturday night as part of what they called a targeted “hit” that left

By Ray Sanchez and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after the Titan submersible imploded, killing all five voyagers on board, the story of the ill-fated expedition to the Titanic has taken the form of a modern-day Greek tragedy overflowing with mortal pride and heedlessness. Testimony during the first week of a

CNN Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Wars of peace are rarely successful. They are normally of choice: pre-emptively attacking to neutralize a perceived threat. Israel and Hezbollah have been stuck in the tit-for-tat horror of escalation chicken for nearly a year. But over the past week Israel has clearly decided to massively

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the first official day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, and a happy spring to readers residing below the equator. Today, everyone on Earth will enjoy 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night — although the equinox is not as equal as

CNN By Paradise Afshar, Lauren Mascarenhas and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed and 17 others were injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday evening in a bustling entertainment district in Birmingham, Alabama, in what police now believe was a targeted “hit.” Just after 11 p.m., multiple people drove up to the

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A Florida sheriff is tired of “bogus” school shooting hoaxes plaguing his county – so tired, he’s got a slew of strong words and actions ready for students and parents alike: if you make a threat, “we’re coming after you.” “You don’t stand up on an airplane and yell,

By Dalia Faheid and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A local sheriff ate lunch with a prominent district judge hours before allegedly shooting the judge in his chambers, according to a court official, who said the killing last Thursday has stunned the small community of Letcher County, Kentucky. Circuit Clerk Mike Watt saw District Judge

By Paradise Afshar, Lauren Mascarenhas and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed and 17 others were injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday evening in a bustling entertainment district in Birmingham, Alabama, in what police now believe was a targeted “hit.” Just after 11 p.m., multiple people drove up to the Five

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Federal authorities executed a search warrant at the residences of NYPD interim commissioner Thomas Donlon just over a week after he took on the position, he said in a statement Saturday night. “On Friday, September 20th, federal authorities executed search warrants at my residences,” Donlon said in a statement. “They

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A judge denied bond for Naresh Bhatt for the second time at a Friday court hearing in Virginia after prosecutors revealed disturbing new evidence they say connects him to the disappearance and presumed murder of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, according to CNN affiliate WJLA. Prince William County prosecutors

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A cat who got lost in Yellowstone National Park somehow traveled more than 900 miles to return home after two months, with help from the pet’s microchip, an animal welfare organization said. Rayne Beau is a 2-and-a-half-year-old seal point mitted siamese. His owners, Susanne and Benny Anguiano from

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Brooklyn, New York (CNN) — New Yorkers took to the streets in protest this week as the NYPD released body camera footage of a police shooting involving a subway fare-evader armed with a knife that drew heavy public criticism. Four people, including a police officer and the fare-evader, were shot in the September 15 incident that started when

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The tens of thousands of bees removed from a Maine farmhouse this week had caused quite a buzz there for decades, according to the family who’s lived on the farm since the 18th century. An estimated 40,000 bees were taken from the walls of a farmhouse at Smiling

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Brooklyn, New York (CNN) — When Boubacar Lukaku is on the soccer field, it’s like nothing else matters. His concerns disappear, leaving just him and his laser focus on the ball, the net and his teammates. Lukaku has a lot to worry about. The 22-year-old asylum-seeker emigrated to the United States

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Springfield Mayor Ron Rue has spent over a week scrambling to respond to a wave of bomb threats while subtly noting how the tab to keep people safe is growing daily. “This is costing the city. We’re definitely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in expense. We haven’t

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Some of the similarities in the cases brought against Sean “Diddy” Combs this week and Robert Sylvester Kelly several years ago are evident at a glance: Both are world famous, powerful and influential musicians who were accused of sex crimes by federal prosecutors in New York City. But Combs’

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A small, tight-knit southeast Kentucky community has been reeling after their sheriff was arrested for the killing of a prominent district judge in his chambers Thursday – spurring residents to wonder what could have triggered the shooting and prompting calls for better courthouse security. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M.

By Alaa Elassar and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Four days of hearings on the 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible which killed all five people on board concluded this week with more damning testimony recounting multiple safety incidents over the years. Patrick Lahey, the CEO of Triton Submarines, testified at the hearing on Friday he was