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By Rebekah Riess and Amy Simonson, CNN The Philadelphia Police Commissioner announced Tuesday she plans to fire the officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Thomas Siderio because the shooting violates the department’s “use of force directive.” Commissioner Danielle M. Outlaw said the officer will be suspended for 30 days and at the end of that

Peter Nickeas, CNN The Cincinnati Police Department implemented a new policy limiting police chases to “violent felony offenses,” the latest city to restrict the risky police tactic. The Atlanta Police Department updated its policy last summer, similarly limiting police to pursuits in cases where violence is suspected. Chicago police are forbidden from chasing for traffic

By Alta Spells and Randi Kaye, CNN The families of victims and survivors of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, that killed 98 people have agreed on a tentative settlement of more than $55 million with three defendants in a wrongful-death lawsuit, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Insurers representing the engineering firm

By Gregory Lemos and Dakin Andone, CNN Minneapolis educators began striking Tuesday after failing to reach a deal with Minneapolis Public Schools, canceling classes indefinitely for more than 30,000 students. The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) and Education Support Professionals (ESP) are seeking “a living wage” for ESPs, “lowering class sizes, and for safe and

By Megan Marples, CNN The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout … and all across the East Coast. Except in this case, the spider in question is not so little, according to Benjamin Frick, coauthor of a study of the Jorō spider species published in the journal Physiological Entomology. Jorō spiders, or Trichonephila clavata, can

By Dakin Andone, CNN A California woman’s abduction claim, which federal prosecutors allege was false, cost the public hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to statements from authorities and court documents. Sherri Papini vanished in November 2016, launching a massive search, only for the Northern California mother of two to turn up three weeks later,

By Pooja Salhotra and Mirna Alsharif, CNN A man in New York has been charged with a felony after allegedly slashing a stranger across the face with a razor blade on the subway, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. The 40-year-old suspect allegedly attacked a 41-year-old man while onboard the J train near the Essex

By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN A juror who voted to convict Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking testified under oath on Tuesday that he made an “inadvertent mistake” when he filled out his jury questionnaire form, an admission that could upend her conviction. The juror, who was granted immunity to testify, indicated in

By Eric Levenson, Kara Devlin and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Six teenagers were arrested and charged with murder following a drive-by shooting outside a high school in Des Moines, Iowa, that left one teenager dead and two others in the hospital, police said Tuesday. The shooting took place Monday on the grounds of East High School,

By Amir Vera and Caroll Alvarado, CNN More than 500 students participated in a massive walkout Monday at Winter Park High School in Orange County, Florida, in protest of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill currently being considered by the state Senate, according to walkout organizer and high school student Will Larkins. The Parental Rights in

By Leah Asmelash, CNN For most New Mexico residents, college will now be officially tuition-free. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed on Friday Senate Bill 140, otherwise known as the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act. First introduced in 2019, the plan will waive tuition for any students attending any in-state public school or tribal

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The Department of Defense will close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii permanently, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday. The facility was temporarily closed after water was contaminated by a petroleum leak from the facility that sickened military families and children in Hawaii in November and left people

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The Department of Defense will close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii permanently, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday. The facility was temporarily closed after water was contaminated by a petroleum leak from the facility that sickened military families and children in Hawaii in November. The facility will

By Eric Levenson and Stella Chan, CNN Sherri Papini, the Northern California woman accused of faking her own kidnapping in 2016, was driven by her own “narcissistic behavior” in the hoax, Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson told “Good Morning America” on Monday. “It is a case of calculated deception driven, I think, by her narcissistic

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of musician, music producer and philanthropist, Quincy Jones. Personal Birth date: March 14, 1933 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Quincy Delight Jones Jr. Father: Quincy Delight Jones Sr., a carpenter. Mother: Sarah Frances (Wells) Jones Marriages: Peggy Lipton (1974-1990); Ulla Andersson (1967-1974); Jeri Caldwell

By Melissa Alonso, CNN A boat believed to be carrying about 300 migrants ran aground in the Florida Keys on Sunday, officials said. Many of the migrants were “in need of medical attention” and 163 swam ashore, US Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar said on Twitter. The boat ran aground near the

By Raja Razek and Travis Caldwell, CNN With nearly 1,100 homes evacuated, firefighting crews continue to battle several dangerous wildfires across three counties in the Florida Panhandle, officials said. The most prominent blaze, the Bertha Swamp Road Fire, expanded over the weekend and was at 14,000 acres Monday evening, up from 9,000 on Sunday, with