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By Taylor Romine, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Parched soil crunched under Jessica Rogers’ boots as she crossed the empty lot overlooking Palisades’ Stadium By the Sea. She sprayed her hose toward a cluster of leafy bushes growing at the base of a blackened tree. The home that once stood on the plot of land

By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — One of the most notorious spies in United States history, responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the US intelligence community, has died at the age of 84. Aldrich Ames, a former CIA case officer arrested by the

WOAI, CNN By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN Corpus Christi, Texas (CNN) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Uvalde school district police officer rejected a defense motion to declare a mistrial on Wednesday afternoon. Judge Sid Harle ruled the prosecution had not intentionally withheld material mentioned by a witness

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in last month’s mass shooting at Brown University and subsequent killing of an MIT professor admitted to the attacks in a series of short videos authorities recovered from an electronic device, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said Tuesday. The office released transcripts of

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of civil rights activist Julian Bond. Personal Birth date: January 14, 1940 Death date: August 15, 2015 Birth place: Nashville, Tennessee Birth name: Horace Julian Bond Father: Horace Mann Bond, educator Mother: Julia (Washington) Bond, librarian Marriages: Pamela Sue Horowitz (March 17, 1990-August

Associated Press (AP) — Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990, is seeking to overturn her conviction over what her lawyers claim were several constitutional violations. The petition for habeas corpus relief was filed Monday in New York, where she is

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Good news if you’re aiming for a healthier year: You don’t have to go on an extreme diet or follow a rigid exercise routine. Decades of research point to a few simple behaviors that can lead to better long-term health. Here’s what else you might

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the January 8, 2011, shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Six people were killed and 13 were wounded including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Shooter Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty in 2012 and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Victims Christina Taylor Green, 9Born on

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Corpus Christi, Texas (CNN) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former school police officer accused of abandoning children during a massacre halted testimony on Tuesday and told jurors not to come to court on Wednesday. Judge Sid Harle will instead address legal matters

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A federal jail with a documented history of power outages, staffing shortages and detainee complaints just got two more high-profile detainees. Former president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were moved into the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn on Saturday following their US military

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Whoever gunned down a young dentist and his wife is still on the loose a week after the grisly killings. But police hope newly released video of a “person of interest” and help from the public will help solve the crime shrouded in mystery. Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique

By Danya Gainor, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Around 2,000 federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis as part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to crack down on immigration, two law enforcement officials told CNN, while the city and its officials are reeling from a welfare fraud scandal that’s reaching a fever pitch this

By Danya Gainor, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security accused global hotel chain Hilton of launching a “coordinated campaign” to refuse service to agents by canceling their room reservations in Minneapolis as the agency readies for escalated immigration enforcement there. Screenshots DHS posted on X on Monday afternoon appear to show

By Priscilla Alvarez, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is deploying around 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis as part of an immigration crackdown on the heels of a welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota, according to two law enforcement officials. Senior Trump officials have fixated on Minnesota and its Somali community after accusations of

By Daniel Wine 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Elon Musk’s up-and-down year wrapped with one final stumble. Tesla posted its second consecutive sales decline, losing its long‑held electric vehicle crown to a company the billionaire once mocked. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Childhood vaccines In

By Zoe Sottile, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — It was the viral video seen ‘round the world. The 43-minute video, posted to YouTube the day after Christmas by a 23-year-old conservative content creator, claimed with little evidence Somali-run child care centers in Minnesota were fraudulently taking funding meant to provide child care for low-income families.

By Gordon Ebanks, Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, also left stranded tourists wondering how to get home — or to their next destination — after the FAA temporarily closed airspace over the Caribbean. Julie

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — At Fardowsa Ali’s restaurant in Minneapolis, she said the usual steady flow of diners seeking Somali sambusas or desserts has been replaced with threatening phone calls. “It’s really sad,” said Ali, who opened Albi Kitchen last summer. “I called police because one guy called here and said he

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — After word spread early Saturday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces in Caracas, jubilant demonstrators sang and danced on streets more than 1,300 miles away in the heart of South Florida’s Venezuelan community. In Venezuela, however, the reaction to Maduro’s ouster was

CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — After word spread early Saturday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces in Caracas, jubilant demonstrators sang and danced on streets more than 1,300 miles away in the heart of South Florida’s Venezuelan community. In Venezuela, however, the reaction to Maduro’s ouster