US judge orders Mexican cartel to pay billions for killings
BISMARCK, N.D. — A Mexican drug cartel accused in the gruesome killings of nine women and children from an offshoot Mormon community must pay…
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Uvalde mayor disputes report that police missed opportunity to shoot gunman
Uvalde’s mayor on Friday denied a recent report that said a city police officer had an opportunity to shoot the 18-year-old gunman who killed 19…
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Grieving Uvalde families condemn responding officers as ‘cowards’
Family members of the Robb Elementary School shooting victims react to a new report concluding that the 19 students and two educators killed in…
Continue Reading Black man misidentified by police and jailed for 6 days wins $90,000 settlement
By Camila Moreno-Lizarazo, CNN A Black man who spent six days in jail after police misidentified him for a 49-year-old White man with an outstanding…
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Derek Chauvin sentenced for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
The family of George Floyd is reacting to the news that his murderer will spend more time in prison. This latest sentence is for a federal charge and…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for depriving George Floyd of his civil rights
By Paul Vercammen and Steve Almasy, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will serve 245 months in federal prison for violating George…
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El Paso deputies arrest man for unlawful carry
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Sheriff Deputies making a traffic stop found a jar of marijuana and a 9 mm gun in the vehicle. It happened on July 2 at the…
Continue Reading Mother drowns her 3 children in a murder-suicide following husband’s suicide, sheriff’s office says
By Rebekah Riess, CNN A mother and her three children whose bodies were found in a Minnesota lake over the weekend died in a murder-suicide,…
Continue Reading Former Theranos COO is guilty of federal fraud
By Sara Ashley O’Brien and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former COO of failed blood testing startup Theranos and…
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El Paso mother charged with daughter’s murder
EL PASO, Texas — Colorado police accuse an El Paso, Texas, woman and her boyfriend of murdering the woman’s 5-year-old daughter at their home in…
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Former Netflix “Cheer” Star Sentenced
Jeremiah Harris, a former star from the Netflix series “Cheer,” has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for child sex and…
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WNBA’s Griner pleads guilty at her drug trial in Russia
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug possession charges on the…
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Ex-‘Cheer’ star Harris gets 12 years for seeking photos, sex
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Jerry Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to 12 years in prison…
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CBP officers discover over half a ton of meth hidden inside dump trailer at Santa Teresa Port of Entry
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted and seized 1,037 pounds of methamphetamine in a dump trailer hauled by…
Continue Reading A tip from a ‘hero citizen’ thwarted a mass shooting planned for July 4 celebration in Richmond, Virginia, police say
By Amir Vera and Rob Frehse, CNN One phone call saved countless lives and prevented a potential mass shooting during July 4 celebrations in Richmond,…
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El Paso man arrested for stealing car, kidnapping
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man was arrested on Friday for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery for an incident that happened on June 19,…
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Uvalde officer asked permission to shoot gunman outside school but got no answer, report finds
An Uvalde police officer asked for a supervisor’s permission to shoot the gunman who would soon kill 21 people at Robb Elementary School in May…
Continue Reading 2-year-old orphaned in parade shooting was shielded by his father as the wounded man lay dying
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN By his father’s final act of heroism, Aiden McCarthy survived Monday’s carnage at a July Fourth parade in…
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Man Runs From Deputies
EL PASO, TX– A man is now behind bars after sheriff’s deputies say he tried stabbing someone with a knife and fled the scene. 45 year-old Mark…
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El Paso vigil for migrants who risked everything to enter US
EL PASO, Texas — Annunciation House will host a vigil for the victims who died in a trailer near San Antonio last week. The vigil will acknowledge…
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15-year-old El Paso male identified as Franklin Loop shooting victim
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police have identified a 15-year-old male as the victim of a shooting that occurred at the 7600 block of Franklin Loop at…
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El Paso City Council votes down proposal to deprioritize abortion criminal investigations
UPDATE: A resolution to deprioritize abortion investigations by the El Paso Police Department did not pass, El Paso City Council voted 5 to 4 against…
Continue Reading Uvalde mayor says he fears a cover-up of investigation into school massacre and calls on Texas Gov. Abbott to intervene
By Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told CNN he’s lost faith in Texas leaders investigating how law…
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Watch: Officials say Crimo planned attack, fired over 70 rounds into crowd at July 4th parade
HIGHLAND PARK, Illinois — Officials say the person of interest in July 4th parade shooting pre-planned the attack for several weeks. Deputy Chief…
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Death toll climbs to 7 in July 4th parade shooting
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — Police say a seventh person has died as a result of the mass shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois.…
Continue Reading These are the lives lost from the July Fourth parade mass shooting
By Alisha Ebrahimji, Sara Smart, Sharif Paget and Caroll Alvarado, CNN What was supposed to be a patriotic celebration turned into a day of tragedy…
Continue Reading ‘Those are wartime injuries’: Doctor describes the horrific scene at the Highland Park shooting
Highland Park, Illinois resident Dr. David Baum recounts to CNN’s John Berman why he decided to run back to help victims and the carnage he witnessed…
Continue Reading What we know about the Highland Park shooting suspect
By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy and Curt Devine, CNN Hours after gunfire interrupted the Highland Park, Illinois, July Fourth parade, killing seven…
Continue Reading Highland Park gunman admitted to firing on parade crowd and contemplated attack in Madison, Wisconsin, officials say
A person of interest is arrested in connection to the Highland Park parade…
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Shooting at Franklin Loop in lower valley leaves one man dead
UPDATE – El Paso police say one man died from his gunshot injuries after a shooting in the lower valley on July 4th. A spokesman with the police…
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