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By Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — A volunteer pilot known for helping transport rescue animals to shelters died in a plane crash in New York on Sunday while transporting three dogs to a no-kill shelter. Seuk Kim, 49, and the three canines were flying from Maryland to Albany, New York, when the plane crashed

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors Monday, a victory for opponents of the practice in a continuing nationwide battle over transgender issues. The 2023 law known as Senate Bill 49 prohibits the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery in people under

By Lex Harvey, Kia Fatahi, Rashard Rose and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — An FBI special agent is facing charges of rape and assault involving two women in Maryland, according to police in Montgomery County, two years after a state jury acquitted him after he shot and wounded a passenger on a Washington, DC-area Metro

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For weeks, David Burke couldn’t shake the haunting images of small mountain communities in western North Carolina unexpectedly pummeled by a historic storm. He felt their suffering as if it were his own. Even though he was 300 miles away, he couldn’t bear the thought of watching his home

By Michelle Watson and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — It’s been two weeks since Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi went missing after she did not board a connecting flight to New York City during a layover at Los Angeles International Airport on November 8. Her father, Ryan Kobayashi, was found dead Sunday, after he had traveled

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CNN By Zoe Sottile, Jean Casarez, Nick Watt and Jason Kravarik, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A judge in California has delayed a scheduled resentencing hearing for Lyle and Erik Menendez at the brothers’ first hearing since they were sentenced to life in prison for murdering their parents in 1989 and the latest step in

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Connecticut couple is accused of running an elaborate theft ring at Lululemon stores in multiple states, stealing nearly a million dollars from the company. Jadion Anthony Richards and Akwele Nickeisha Lawes-Richards are both charged with organized retail theft under a Minnesota law signed by Gov. Tim Walz only

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Bishop T.D. Jakes had a “slight health incident” while delivering a lengthy sermon on Sunday, according to The Potter’s House, the Dallas-based megachurch where he serves as pastor. Jakes was stable as of Sunday night, according to the statement. The 67-year-old pastor and author was seen in footage shared

By Chris Boyette and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Susan Lorincz, the White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens through the door of her central Florida apartment during a dispute over children playing near her home, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Owens’ family and prosecutors asked Lorincz receive the

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a county judge in his chambers two months ago has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder of a public official. Monday’s arraignment was the first time defendant Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, was at the Letcher County Courthouse since state District

KCAL, KCBS, CNN By Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — After 45 years, authorities in California were finally able to tell the Gonzalez family who they believe killed their loved one. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office used DNA and forensic genealogy to identify the suspected killer, who turned out to be the same man who

By Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — The USS Beloit, a littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with African American trailblazer Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson as the ship’s chosen sponsor. Anderson is nationally recognized for being the first Black woman to achieve the rank of major general in the United States Army Reserve.

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a grandmother fatally shot by a police officer last year, according to The Associated Press and local media. Felipe Hernandez, then working for the Las Cruces Police Department, fatally shot Teresa Gomez,

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A former county treasurer pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of embezzlement by a public official, money laundering and tax evasion after stealing more than $38 million in county funds between 2012 and 2024 to renovate her ranches, buy at least 20 cars and pay for personal expenses for

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has released an update on its investigation into the September 29 BioLab fire in Conyers, Georgia, that shrouded neighborhoods in chemical smoke for days and forced thousands of residents to shelter in place or evacuate. BioLab officials told the investigators

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The criminal cases of actors Jussie Smollett and Bill Cosby, both Black, high-profile entertainers found guilty before their convictions were overturned, differ widely in details but share some parallels. The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday referenced a key similarity between the cases – violation of both of the

By Michelle Watson and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Brittany Lovely is expecting her first child in early December. Her final exams at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, are scheduled around the same time. So she was surprised when she asked the school if she could take the exams at another time and