By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House January 6 committee will use its third June hearing to make the case that then-President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on his vice president to overturn the 2020 presidential election “directly contributed” to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, which
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer has been fired less than a week after being charged with second-degree murder in the death of Patrick Lyoya, City Manager Mark Washington announced Wednesday. The former officer, Christopher Schurr, waived his right to a hearing after the city’s police chief and
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EL PASO, Texas — A 30-year-old woman is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after investigators say she pointed a handgun at an El Paso County Sheriff’s Office detention officer. Investigators say Monique Anisa Rice had pointed a gun at the detention officer while the officer was at the Sheriff’s Office Academy gym
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN Senate negotiators are scrambling to hammer out legislative text for a long-sought bipartisan gun deal, but they are in danger of missing a self-imposed, end-of-the-week deadline due to lingering sticking points. Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the chief GOP negotiator, told CNN two key issues — funding
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EL PASO, Texas — A man convicted of killing his then 18-year-old girlfriend was sentenced Tuesday to 47 years in prison. Jose Casas was found guilty on June 9 of shooting and killing Santana Castro. Santana’s brother, Raymond, told jurors that on the day of the murder, he found his sister lying motionless on her
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe and Ray Sanchez, CNN Alleged mass shooter Payton S. Gendron faces multiple federal hate crime charges carrying the potential of the death penalty in the killing of 10 Black people last month at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. The charges against the White suspect came as
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By David Shortell, CNN The man charged last week with the attempted murder of Justice Brett Kavanaugh was convinced to call 911 on himself by his sister as he stood nearby the judge’s Maryland home, law enforcement said Tuesday. In a statement, Marcus Jones, the chief of police in Montgomery County, Maryland, where Kavanaugh lives,
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By Karl de Vries, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol has postponed its hearing scheduled for Wednesday. A reason for the postponement was not immediately provided. The next hearing will be on Thursday. This story is breaking and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2022
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN With Pride celebrations scheduled throughout the month in cities big and small across the country, organizers and police departments are taking a close look at their safety plans. Pride Month is a time when the LGBTQ community and its allies come together to celebrate the freedom to be their most authentic
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EL PASO, Texas — A Sunland Park man was arrested and charged with human smuggling after leading law enforcement on a chase across El Paso, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Texas DPS says 22-year-old Carlos R. Casillas-Reyes led Texas Highway Patrol on the chase Monday, veering into the wrong side of traffic
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SOCORRO, Texas — Investigators say a man’s account of the day a woman was found murdered in a Socorro bar was filled with several inconsistencies, according to documents obtained by ABC-7. 41-year-old Ronald Adrian Blacksmith is charged with murder in the death of 40-year-old Cynthia Alfarez. Alfarez’s body was found in the back of her
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CLOVERLEAF, Texas (AP) — A 7-year-old boy died after he was struck by gunfire that was shot into his Texas home as he slept in bed, police said. The child was shot about 10:45 p.m. Sunday at his family’s home in the Houston-area city of Cloverleaf, Harris County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Brown said. Someone in
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Chris Boyette, CNN Five teenagers and a 9-year-old were shot Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky, police said. The shooting happened on the Big Four Bridge, a former railroad span that is now used by pedestrians and cyclists near Waterfront Park, the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department said. “We know the park was
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A fund created for the victims of the massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school has garnered more than $11 million from donations worldwide, city officials said Friday. The Robb School Memorial Fund was established to help those affected by last month’s mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.
Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Josh Tello shouldn’t be raising Rosalina as a single parent. Alongside him should be Laura Buendia, his sweetheart of nine years. They began dating as teens, after he showed up at her Saginaw, Michigan, home with flowers, making her blush. They lay on the trampoline for hours,
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UPDATE: The El Paso County Sheriff’s office has identified the victim as 41-year-old Cynthia Alferez. They have also charged 41-year-old Ronald Adrian Blacksmith with the murder. According to Robert Rojas, commander with the criminal investigations division of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says Socorro PD was called out to the scene by Blacksmith. When
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EL PASO, Texas — A 23-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for the June 5 deadly crash that took the life of 61-year-old Juan Vasquez, according to police. Investigators say Domingo Feliciano Villareal was the driver who rear-ended Vasquez, then went off the road, collided with a rock wall, then fled on foot. Police say the
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack held its first prime-time hearing Thursday evening, detailing the findings of the panel’s investigation and playing new video from closed-door depositions of members of former President Donald Trump’s team and depicting the violence
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Criticized by law enforcement experts for slowness in taking out the shooter, Pete Arredondo described an agonizing wait for a key that would work. In an interview with The Texas Tribune, he said he hadn’t spoken out sooner because he didn’t want to compound his hometown’s grief or point blame. Editor’s note: This story contains
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UPDATE: Sheriff’s office: 3 people killed, 1 critically injured in shooting at Maryland business; trooper and suspect injured SMITHSBURG, Maryland — Multiple victims have been reported following a shooting at a company in Smithsburg, Maryland. Authorities say there is no longer a threat to the public. Smithsburg is about 70 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
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(CNN) — Grand Rapids Police Department Officer Christopher Schurr was charged Thursday with one count of second-degree murder in the death of a 26-year-old Black man, Patrick Lyoya, who was shot in the back of the head during a struggle after an April traffic stop, a Michigan prosecutor said. Lyoya was shot to death on
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, will begin publicly presenting evidence about the violent riot and its precipitating events at 7 p.m. Central time Thursday. The select committee “will present previously unseen material documenting January 6th, receive witness testimony, preview additional hearings, and provide the
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By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. “Ryan Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested this morning on misdemeanor charges stemming from the
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By Devan Cole, CNN The House will consider a Senate-passed bill to enhance security for Supreme Court justices and their families next week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, after a man was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home. “We had hoped that we could do it today but we certainly will do it at
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UVALDE, Texas — A Texas House Investigative Committee will hold its first public hearing Thursday morning regarding the events of the shooting at Robb Elementary. House Speaker Dade Phelan announced the creation of the committee on June 3. The committee is being led by a Lubbock Republican, state Rep. Dustin Burrows. El Paso Democrat Joe Moody, a
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UPDATE:The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… North central El Paso County in western Texas… * Until 545 PM MDT. EL PASO, Texas — Wind, dust and hail made for a rough Wednesday commute for drivers. Visibility was reduced as a wall of dust moved through the area.
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EL PASO, Texas — A 17-year-old boy was found suffering from a gunshot wound early Wednesday morning in west El Paso, according to El Paso police. Investigators say they received a call about a car crash and shots fired at 3:31 a.m. around the 6900 block of Canyon View, near Coronado High School. Police say
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Holly Yan, CNN The US Department of Justice has named the team who will lead a federal review of the response to the deadly rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers and remained in the school for more than an
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.” Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Joan Biskupic and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Justice Department has charged the man who was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in Maryland early Wednesday with attempting or threatening to kidnap or murder a US judge. The man, Nicholas John Roske, had called emergency authorities saying he was having suicidal thoughts and
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