By Andi Babineau, CNN Two paramedics in Illinois are facing murder charges after a patient died of positional asphyxiation shortly after he was taken to a hospital in December, court documents say. Peggy Finley, 44, and Peter Cadigan, 50, responded to a home in Springfield on December 18 after police requested medical assistance for a
Continue Reading Two EMTs in Illinois have been charged with murder after this emergency medical response caught on Springfield Police officer’s body cameras. The patient died of positional asphyxiation after he was taken to the hospital.
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN The suspected gunman accused of killing five people in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, last November is facing an additional 12 counts, raising the total to 317. Anderson Lee Aldrich appeared in court in person Friday, where Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen announced
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CNN By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives this week adopted a stricter dress code for women as part of a new rules package, and now requires them to cover their shoulders by wearing a jacket like a blazer, cardigan or knit blazer. The addition, which was proposed by Republican state
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UPDATE (8:03 p.m.): El Paso police say a 32-year-old passenger of a truck was hit by a car when he exited to pick up a tarp that had partially fallen out of the bed of the truck. The truck came to a stop on the right lane of U.S. 54 before the man got out
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By Gabby Orr, CNN A three-way race for chairman of the Republican National Committee could deal another setback to a party looking to enter the 2024 cycle with a unified front. Each of the three candidates running for chair — incumbent Ronna McDaniel, California-based attorney Harmeet Dhillon and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell — confirmed to
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About 70% to 90% of people who go into cardiac arrest in the US die before they get to a hospital because the people around them don’t always know how to help. CNN’s Dr. Tara Narula demonstrates some simple steps you can take right away if you suspect that someone has gone into cardiac arrest.
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s bid to move or delay a trial over a misleading tweet about a potential buyout of the electric automaker, setting the stage for the mercurial billionaire to be thrust into a legal drama amid the
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell and Devan Cole, CNN Investigations into the Trump Organization’s business practices are entering a new chapter and will “go as long as the facts and the law require,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told CNN on Friday, even as he stressed that “a very important chapter” of the probe ended after the
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland and Steve Dettelbach, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced new regulations Friday that would subject pistol-stabilizing braces to additional regulations, including higher taxes, longer waiting periods and registration. Gun control proponents argue that stabilizing braces — which can be attached
Continue Reading CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge has given Steve Bannon until the end of February to find new lawyers to advise him in a criminal fraud case after the former Donald Trump aide’s attorney said there were “irreconcilable differences” and communications have broken down. Bannon attorney David Schoen said in court Thursday
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge has given Steve Bannon until the end of February to find new lawyers to advise him in a criminal fraud case after the former Donald Trump aide’s attorney said there were “irreconcilable differences” and communications have broken down. Bannon attorney David Schoen said in court Thursday that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Local mental health service providers are working to make sure veterans in the El Paso community have access to the care that they need. The City of El Paso has a full list of mental health resources for veterans linked here on their website. El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar responded
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Nikki Carvajal and Tami Luhby, CNN The Treasury Department said Friday the US will reach the debt limit on January 19 and “extraordinary measures” will need to be taken, setting up one of the first major battles on Capitol Hill after Republicans took control of the House. The debt limit is
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DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Zoo officials said Friday that a missing clouded leopard was found after a daylong search. Evidence was found that the fence of the small cat’s habitat had been “intentionally” cut, police said. The zoo tweeted that the cat named Nova, who weighs about 20-25 pounds (9-11 kilograms), did not appear injured
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has invited President Joe Biden to deliver the annual State of the Union address to Congress on February 7, and the White House said Biden has accepted this invitation. “It is my solemn obligation to invite you to speak before a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Recovery and search efforts continued in the South on Friday, a day after severe storms and tornadoes raked the region, killing at least nine people, blowing roofs off homes and cutting power for thousands. At least seven people were killed in central Alabama’s Autauga County, with two others — including a 5-year-old boy — killed
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By Nikki Carvajal and Tami Luhby, CNN The Treasury Department said Friday the US could default on its debt as soon as June, setting up one of the first major battles on Capitol Hill after Republicans took control of the House. The US will reach the debt limit on January 19 and then “extraordinary measures”
Continue Reading By Ashley Killough, Andy Rose and Zoe Sottile, CNN A clouded leopard whose disappearance prompted the closure of the Dallas Zoo was found Friday night, zoo officials said. “We are thrilled to report we located clouded leopard Nova on-grounds at the Zoo this afternoon at approximated 4:40 p.m.,” a zoo spokesperson said in a written
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The folks at the Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society, or Ghosts 915 take pride in telling the history of El Paso “with a twist.” “We do history and ghost tours,” said Alberto Telles, who is the lead investigator at Ghosts 915, “we promote the history of El Paso, but we say with
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives this week adopted a stricter dress code for women as part of a new rules package, and now requires them to cover their shoulders by wearing a jacket like a blazer, cardigan or knit blazer. The addition, which was proposed by Republican state Rep.
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN Richneck Elementary School in Virginia will install walk-through metal detectors after officials were alerted last week that a 6-year-old student who allegedly shot his teacher might have had a weapon but failed to find it after a search. Before last week’s shooting of a first-grade teacher, school officials were told that
Continue Reading Police say the mother of a six-year-old could be charged, after he took her gun to school and shot a first grade teacher in the chest.
Continue Reading Before a six year old allegedly shot a teacher, his backpack was searched based on a tip, but no gun was found.
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CNN By Kara Scannell and Nicki Brown, CNN The Trump Organization was fined $1.6 million — the maximum possible penalty — by a New York judge Friday for running a decade-long tax fraud scheme, a symbolic moment because it is the only judgment for a criminal conviction that has come close to former President Donald
Continue Reading A 21-year-old Texas man remained jailed Friday after authorities accused him of killing and decapitating his wife. Jared Dicus has been charged with murder in the death of 21-year-old Anggy Diaz. Waller County Sheriff Troy Guidry said authorities found Diaz’s body Wednesday afternoon at a home the couple shared in a rural area near Magnolia,
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Republican Rep. George Santos, said a company later accused of running a “Ponzi scheme” was “100% legitimate” when it was accused by a potential customer of fraud in 2020, more than a year before it was sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Once the company, where
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department’s top official for hostage and detainee issues quietly traveled to Venezuela last month as efforts to bring home Americans wrongfully detained there continue. Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, visited the Venezuelan capital of Caracas shortly before Christmas, a US official and family members
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US carrier strike group began operating in the South China Sea on Thursday, the Navy announced, amid heightened tensions with Beijing, which claims much of the body of water as its sovereign territory. Two Chinese ships are already tailing the US group, a defense official told CNN, which consists of
Continue Reading Today’s sports world is competitive, especially for young athletes in middle and high school. Local basketball players have a unique opportunity to be trained by Division I former players, to gain the skills and confidence they need to stand out. Co-owners Alexis Thornton, who played at Delaware State, and former UTEP star Jenzel Nash conduct training
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