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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at notable cases in which US judges have been targets of lethal violence. US Marshals Service The US Marshals Service is in charge of protecting federal judges. The Marshals Service protects approximately 2,700 federal judges and about 30,300 other court officials at more than 800 court facilities

By Cheri Mossburg and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was facing a firearms charge walked into a California courthouse on the day of his arraignment Wednesday morning and threw a bag containing an explosive that went off, injuring several people, officials said. The incident at a courthouse in Santa Maria appears to

CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, Josh Campbell and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — One person is dead after a gunman hijacked a Los Angeles city bus overnight, leading police in a pursuit for more than an hour before the suspect was taken into custody. A person was found on the Metro bus early Wednesday with

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Melissa Alonso and Taylor Romine, CNN Cleves, Ohio (CNN) — All evacuations were lifted in a western Cincinnati suburb Wednesday evening, a day after a chemical leak from a railcar prompted tests of water and air quality. “All initial reports do not indicate any health concerns,” Little Miami Joint Fire and Rescue District

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Inflation across the economy is cooling, but many Americans are grappling with sticker shock over rising egg prices in the US. On the sunny side up, eggs aren’t nearly as expensive as they were in late 2022 and early 2023 when a spike in bird flu cases severely impacted

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Inflation across the economy is cooling, but many Americans are grappling with sticker shock over rising egg prices in the US. On the sunny side up, eggs aren’t nearly as expensive as they were in late 2022 and early 2023 when a spike in bird flu cases severely

By Andy Rose and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The Kentucky sheriff accused of first-degree murder in the death of a district court judge entered a not guilty plea Wednesday during his first court appearance since the killing that shocked the small community of Letcher County. Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, remains jailed without bond after

By Mary Gilbert, Taylor Ward, Emma Tucker and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Helene is now forecast to reach catastrophic Category 4 strength by the time it makes landfall in Florida on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center says, with storm surge potentially climbing to 20 feet along some parts of the coast. Helene could

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into the jolt on a United Airlines flight that injured two passengers when the pilots responded to an onboard midair collision system warning. United Airlines says as flight 2428 from Newark, New Jersey, was descending into San Francisco International Airport last Thursday,

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The slumping job market in the US is taking a toll on people’s moods. A consumer survey showed

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The slumping job market in the US is taking a toll on people’s moods. A consumer survey showed that

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A student athlete is no longer enrolled at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania after they allegedly etched a racial slur onto the chest of a teammate, school officials say. Several students were attending an informal gathering of the swim team at an on-campus residence on September 6 when one of

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A woman accused music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and his bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her in 2001 and filming the attack, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a federal court in New York. Thalia Graves alleged that she met Combs when she was 25 through her boyfriend,

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The people who opened fire in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, late Saturday are suspected of using “conversion devices” in carrying out the attack, and over 100 shell casings were collected at the scene, according to a preliminary investigation from police. The shooting, which left four dead and

By Dakin Andone and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — The company that built and operated the Titan submersible asked employees to forego their pay as it faced economic challenges, according to former employees testifying before the US Coast Guard panel probing the vessel’s deadly implosion last year. OceanGate employees were asked to “defer our paychecks”

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Preparations are underway for the vice presidential debate on October 1, where candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance will face off for the first and potentially only time during the 2024 race. Vance’s prep sessions include reviewing footage of the governor’s previous speeches and studying binders of research regarding

By Cindy Von Quednow and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay. The 55-year-old was put to death around 6 p.m. CT at the state prison in Bonne Terre. Williams’ attorneys

By Brammhi Balarajan and Andy Rose, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — Isaiah Hooks was having a great start to his sophomore year at Apalachee High School: He was in the band, about to participate in a new leadership program and most importantly, focusing on just being happy. “I was mostly just trying to make the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the timelines, victims and aftermath of the shootings that occurred in and around Washington, DC in October 2002. Ten people were killed and three injured in sniper-style shootings.John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested, tried and convicted of the shootings. Muhammad received a

By Andi Babineau and Zoe Sottile, CNN Boulder, Colorado (CNN) — Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who killed 10 people during a March 22, 2021, massacre at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced Monday to life without parole, hours after a jury rejected his insanity claim and found him guilty of first-degree murder. The sentence

By Michelle Watson and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two men in New York have been charged with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that allegedly caused the death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili in February, prosecutors announced Monday. “Cecilia Gentili, a prominent activist and leader of the New York transgender community was tragically poisoned in her Brooklyn

By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee woman was indicted on federal charges after allegedly attempting to hire a hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on a dating site. Melody Sasser, 47, of Knoxville, was taken into custody last month for allegedly trying to arrange the murder. She was indicted

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Paper or plastic? That question will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Sunday that bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Paper or plastic? That question will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Sunday that bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and

By Cindy Von Quednow and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Mike Parson have declined to halt Tuesday’s execution of a death row inmate prosecutors say may be innocent, leaving his fate in the hands of the US Supreme Court with less than 24 hours to go before he is