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By Thomas Lake, CNN Woodstock, Georgia (CNN) — A white Lincoln hearse waited in the cold rain outside the church on Friday afternoon as the people who loved Laken Hope Riley gathered inside to remember a life that ended too soon. She should have been running, or singing, or walking to the Circle K with

By Devon M. Sayers and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The woman accused of having a blood alcohol level over three times the legal limit when she allegedly drove her car into a golf-cart style vehicle carrying a newly married couple away from their wedding reception last year, killing the bride, was released on bond Friday.

By Jennifer Henderson and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to opening fire outside a Virginia high school graduation ceremony and killing a graduate last year, the prosecutor told CNN. Amari Pollard pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony

By Whitney Wild and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A police department in suburban Chicago has released portions of several body camera videos capturing the moments police shot and killed a man inside his apartment bedroom. The videos fill in some key information about the incident but do not show why police opened fire. Isaac

CNN By Whitney Wild and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A police department in suburban Chicago has released portions of several body camera videos capturing the moments police shot and killed a man inside his apartment bedroom. The videos fill in some key information about the incident but do not show why police opened fire.

By Shawn Nottingham, Carlos Suarez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The University of Florida announced it has closed the office of its Chief Diversity Officer in compliance with the Florida Board of Governors regulations, according to a memo from the institution. “To comply with the Florida Board of Governor’s regulation 9.016 on prohibited expenditures, the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of civil rights activist Andrew Young. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1932 Birth place: New Orleans, Louisiana Birth name: Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Father: Andrew Jackson Young, dentist Mother: Daisy (Fuller) Young, teacher Marriages: Carolyn (McClain) Young (April 15, 1996-present); Jean (Childs) Young

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Joel Souza, the director and screenwriter of the “Rust” film, took to the stand Friday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the film’s armorer, to testify about the moment he was shot on set. “There was an incredibly loud bang” unlike typical discharges on set, Souza testified. “This was

By Jay Croft and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Florida investigators say they dug up the remains of a teenager missing for 20 years and hidden underneath the trailer where she was killed. “At least she can be buried with dignity now,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at a news conference Thursday. Chitwood said investigators

By Isabel Rosales and Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Florida officials mislabeled the remains of two Irish nationals who died of drug overdoses, leading to a mix-up of their autopsies and the “highly probable” cremation of the wrong body, authorities said. Kane Mitchell, 30, and Luke Comiskey, 31, died in April 2022 after consuming fentanyl-laced

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five years after Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos went missing, her husband’s ex-girlfriend was found guilty Friday of conspiring to murder the mother of five. Michelle Troconis was also found guilty of one count of hindering prosecution, two counts of conspiracy to commit tampering with physical evidence, and two

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A judge strongly admonished a 66-year-old man Friday before sentencing him to 25 years to life in prison for shooting and killing a woman who was a passenger in a car that mistakenly drove up his driveway in rural New York last year. “I think you really could possibly do