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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amara Walker and Jade Gordon, CNN As authorities continue to search for an Alabama corrections official and the inmate she disappeared with, the US Marshals Service said the officer, Vicky White, may have tinted her blonde hair a darker shade and offered renderings of what she may look like after the change.

By Taylor Romine and Michelle Watson, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin in which the family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan claimed defamation and negligence, according to court documents. The sisters and widow of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum sued the actor in January after he

By Fernando Ramos and Abel Alvarado, CNN The accused Colombian narco-trafficker Dairo Usuga, also known by the alias “Otoniel,” was extradited to the United States on Wednesday to face drug trafficking charges, a source within the Colombian National Police told CNN. On Thursday, he pleaded not guilty to charges of participating in an international cocaine

By Dakin Andone, CNN Abortion clinics in states likely to maintain access to the procedure are preparing for a potential influx of out-of-state patients following the report of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “This is a devastating blow for millions of people who will find

By Raja Razek, CNN A Selma, Alabama, church with historic ties to the 1960s voting rights movement has landed on the 2022 Most Endangered Places list — because of termites. Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been forced to close to its congregation and the public “for the foreseeable future” due to termite damage,

By Sharif Paget, CNN A construction worker whose legs got trapped for more than three hours after a floor at a former power plant in South Boston collapsed has sustained life-threatening injuries, Fire Commissioner Jack Dempsey said at a news conference Wednesday. Two other workers had minor injuries and were taken from the scene immediately,

By Tina Burnside, CNN The father of an 8-month-old girl who died after she was left inside of a hot car has been charged with second-degree murder, Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials said during a news conference on Wednesday. Davied Japez McCorry Whatley, 20, was taken into custody Wednesday morning in connection with the child’s

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Stanford University announced Wednesday it is launching a new school later this year focused on climate change and funded by John Doerr, a renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Doerr and his wife donated $1.1 billion to fund the initiative — the largest gift ever given to a university for establishing a

By Omar Jimenez, CNN The federal judge presiding over the cases of the four former Minneapolis police officers implicated in the killing of George Floyd has accepted Derek Chauvin‘s plea deal and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison. That sentencing range was laid out in the plea agreement filed months ago,

By Paradise Afshar, Amanda Watts and Holly Yan, CNN New Mexico’s governor has asked for a presidential disaster declaration to help get more money into her state as it battles the largest wildfire burning in the US. Seven wildfires are burning in New Mexico — the most in any state, according to the National Interagency

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Asian American is a term that is both ambitious and contentious, depending on who you ask. The label today encompasses more than 22 million people with roots in more than 20 countries, each with distinct cultures, histories, languages and ethnic groups. Those under the Asian American umbrella include people who have

By Nick Valencia, CNN A special legislative committee investigating the 2019 death of Ronald Greene in police custody is seeking to hold the former head of Louisiana State Police in contempt for allegedly failing to cooperate with a subpoena for journals he kept during his tenure, a member of the committee told CNN. The committee

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amara Walker, Jade Gordon, Holly Yan and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Extra food. Special privileges that other inmates didn’t get. Those are some of the clues that support the belief that Alabama corrections official Vicky White and murder suspect Casey White had a romantic relationship before both disappeared last week, said Lauderdale County

By Taylor Romine and Steve Almasy, CNN The father of JonBenét Ramsey, the 6-year-old Colorado girl whose 1996 killing in the family home became a huge national story, is asking the Colorado governor to intervene and let an outside agency to take over DNA testing in the ongoing investigation. On December 26, 1996, JonBenét was

By Andy Rose, CNN Carman Deck, who was condemned to death following a double murder conviction and three trials, was executed Tuesday evening in Bonne Terre, Missouri, by lethal injection. Deck was accused of fatally shooting James and Zelma Long in the back of the head and robbing them in 1996, when he was 30

By Amanda Musa, CNN The body of a 15-year-old boy was recovered from the Mississippi River on Monday, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement Monday. The mayor’s announcement came a week after the Coast Guard said it was suspending its search for three children — a 15-year-old boy and two girls; 14

By Raja Razek and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Idaho intends to seek the death penalty for Lori Vallow, who is charged with the murder of her two children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, the state said in a notice filed in court Monday. The state will seek the death penalty if Vallow is convicted of any