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By Amanda Watts, Elizabeth Joseph and Dakin Andone, CNN An autopsy commissioned by Patrick Lyoya’s family shows the 26-year-old was shot in the back of the head following an April 4 encounter with a Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer, attorneys representing the family said Tuesday. Lyoya and the officer, who has not been publicly identified,

By Amanda Watts, CNN The mother of 5-year-old Elijah Lewis, who was found dead in Massachusetts last year, has been indicted on charges that include first-degree murder, court records show. Danielle Dauphinais, 35, was indicted in Hillsborough County Superior Court, Southern District of New Hampshire, on “one count of first-degree murder for purposely causing the

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Across the US, local transit authorities are deciding whether they will continue requiring passengers to mask up after a federal judge struck down the public transportation mask mandate aimed at mitigating Covid-19 risk. Their decisions are mixed, as some transit officials say they will let riders choose whether to mask, while

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl at a high school in Stockton, California, Monday, police said. The girl was stabbed by an intruder at Stagg High School, Stockton Unified School District officials said. A school officer was on site

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Travis Caldwell, CNN Scenes ranging from excitement to confusion played out across America’s airports Monday after a federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation. Some passengers learned of the Florida judge’s decision moments before takeoff, as flight attendants announced that for the first time in nearly

By Caroll Alvarado and Steve Almasy, CNN Two teenagers who were fatally shot at a packed party in Pittsburgh over the weekend were identified by the county medical examiner Tuesday as Mathew Steffy-Ross and Jaiden Brown. The 17-year-old victims died at a hospital after the shooting early Sunday in the city’s East Allegheny neighborhood, authorities

By Eric Levenson, CNN The body of a 51-year-old woman was found inside a duffel bag on a street corner in Queens, New York, on Saturday and a trail of blood stretched from there to her nearby home, according to a spokesperson for the New York Police Department. The discovery was made just after 8

By Amir Vera, Jenn Selva and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A public university in southern Ohio has agreed to pay a professor $400,000 after it disciplined him four years ago for refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred pronouns, according to Shawnee State University and a news release from the professor’s attorney. The settlement means the

By Amir Vera, Jamiel Lynch and Tina Burnside, CNN A third suspect has been arrested in connection with last weekend’s mass shooting at a mall in Columbia, South Carolina, that injured 15 people, police said Thursday. Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith was arrested after turning himself in to law enforcement, the Columbia Police Department said on Twitter.

By Omar Jimenez, CNN Despite pleas from members of Congress, advocacy groups and some members of the public, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke will not face federal charges for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke was sentenced in 2019 to nearly seven years in prison for killing McDonald and was

By Rachel Ramirez The Colorado River — which provides drinking water, irrigation and electricity for more than 40 million people in the West — is the most endangered river in the United States this year, according to the nonprofit conservation group American Rivers. From the Pacific Northwest to Alabama, American Rivers ranked the top 10

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of television, film and stage actress Carol Burnett. Personal Birth date: April 26, 1933 Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name: Carol Creighton Burnett Father: Joseph Thomas “Jody” Burnett, movie theater manager Mother: Ina Louise (Creighton) Burnett Marriages: Brian Miller (November 24, 2001-present); Joe Hamilton (May