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By Mark Morales, CNN His victim begged for mercy, police say. But all Gerald Brevard allegedly did, according to court documents, was pull the trigger, then sit on a nearby curb. A surveillance camera picked up music playing. New details have emerged in court documents that describe the shooting spree in which Gerald Brevard allegedly

By Christina Maxouris, Alaa Elassar and Joe Sutton, CNN A central Texas sheriff’s deputy died Thursday while going door to door and helping people evacuate as several wildfires ravaged the area, authorities said. Deputy Sgt. Barbara Fenley, 51, was assisting evacuation efforts in Carbon and was last heard from when she was on her way

By Nicole Chavez and Rebekah Riess, CNN A group of police officers in Montgomery County, Maryland, are being accused of repeatedly making hateful comments against people of color in a group text message chain — including that they hoped Black Lives Matter protesters would die. One of their colleagues, Mark Miles, filed a lawsuit this

CNN, HLN By Omar Jimenez, Raja Razek, Chris Boyette, Caroll Alvarado and Kathryn Jaeger, CNN A Kenosha Police Department off-duty officer who was seen on video putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old to break up a fight has resigned from his role at the Kenosha Unified School District. The officer resigned “effective

By Chris Hippensteel and Christina Maxouris, CNN A former police officer is facing a federal charge of using unreasonable force against an individual in the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting of Black restaurant owner David McAtee during the 2020 summer police brutality protests in Louisville. The indictment, filed Wednesday, alleges that former

By Amir Vera, Raja Razek and Andy Rose, CNN A 47-car pileup on Interstate 57 in southeastern Missouri left six people dead and closed the highway in both directions Thursday. Photos from the scene show several tractor-trailers scattered along I-57, both on the road and in the median of the highway. The contents of the

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut James Lovell. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1928 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: James Arthur Lovell Jr. Father: James Lovell Sr. Mother: Blanche Lovell Marriage: Marilyn (Gerlach) Lovell (1952-present) Children: Jeffrey, Susan, James III, and Barbara Education: Attended University of Wisconsin, 1946-1948; US

By Ashley Killough and Alaa Elassar, CNN Civil rights groups are seeking an emergency order from the Texas Third Court of Appeals to ensure families seeking gender-affirming care for their trans children won’t be investigated. Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a request on Thursday asking the court to reinstate a

By Leah Asmelash, CNN St. Patrick’s Day may be strongly associated with Irish pride, but the eponymous saint actually wasn’t even from Ireland. St. Patrick was actually born in Roman Britain, according to Catholic Online. As a boy, he was first brought to the country through Irish pirates, captured to take care of sheep. At

By Scottie Andrew, CNN For the last 60 years, enterprising Chicagoans have dyed the city’s river a vibrant green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Thousands of residents turn up to watch the Chicago River light up for the holiday, a tradition so popular it’s inspired cities nationwide to color their own waterways. This year’s

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The West’s intense multi-year drought is expected to at least continue — if not worsen — in the coming months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday in its spring outlook. For the second year in a row, NOAA forecasters are predicting “prolonged, persistent drought in the West where below-average

By Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado and Aaron Cooper, CNN It’s still not clear why someone would open fire on several homeless men in New York City and Washington, DC. But authorities in both cities say they believe the same man, 30-year-old Gerald Brevard III, is responsible for the shootings that left two men dead. Here’s

By Christine Sever and Chris Boyette, CNN One officer is dead and another has been airlifted to a hospital in St. Louis after a man opened fire on two Bonne Terre police officers responding to a disturbance at a motel early Thursday, according to Missouri state troopers. The officers returned fire and the man was

By Jamiel Lynch and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Nearly 400 gallons of gas were stolen from a North Carolina gas station this week, prompting the owner to take extra security precautions amid historically high gas prices nationwide. Hardik Patel said he will start shutting off the power to his pumps after business hours after 398 gallons

By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A federal judge has unsealed a video taken by the California Highway Patrol that captures the death of Edward Bronstein, a 38-year-old man who was in their custody following a March 2020 traffic stop in Los Angeles County. Bronstein is heard repeatedly telling officers, “I can’t breathe,” while

By Laura Studley, CNN A New Jersey man has been charged with murder after allegedly abusing his 6-year-old son, including forcing him to run on a treadmill, according to prosecutors and court documents. Christopher Gregor, 29, is also charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to a news release from Ocean County Prosecutor