What it was like to grow up in Appalachia for a child of Indian immigrants
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Neema Avashia is all too used to the shocked reaction she gets when she tells people she’s from West Virginia. A queer…
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Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh indicted for murders of wife and son
By Randi Kaye, Dianne Gallagher and Ray Sanchez, CNN Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been indicted for the 2021 murders of his…
Continue ReadingBrittney Griner court appearance ends without a verdict — another hearing is scheduled for Friday
By Anna Chernova, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Amir Vera, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner‘s hearing in a court outside Moscow ended Thursday without…
Continue Reading3 people are charged after police say pamphlets with hate symbols were placed at houses of worship in New York town
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Dozens of pamphlets with hate symbols were left at a church and a synagogue as well as other areas of Hornell, New York, over the…
Continue Reading911 dispatcher charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly refusing to send an ambulance to help a woman
By Benjamin Schiller and Kiely Westhoff, CNN Two years after a 911 dispatcher in rural Pennsylvania refused to send emergency medical assistance to…
Continue ReadingA man was charged in the rape of a 10-year-old who traveled to Indiana for an abortion
By Chuck Johnston, CNN A Columbus man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old Ohio girl who then had to travel to Indiana seeking an abortion…
Continue ReadingBoston’s new police commissioner is a former officer who was severely beaten by his colleagues in 1995 while undercover
By Yon Pomrenze, CNN In 1995, he was an undercover officer for the Boston Police when he was mistaken for a suspect and severely beaten by his own…
Continue ReadingOfficers involved in the Uvalde massacre may never face consequences because of a web of rules and competing interests
By Peter Nickeas, CNN The release this week of 82 minutes of school surveillance video from the May massacre in Uvalde, Texas, is fueling scrutiny…
Continue ReadingEx-fugitive’s murder charge in Alabama jailer’s suicide has attorneys scratching their heads
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN A murder charge in a … suicide? The latest development in the case of Casey White, a onetime fugitive charged with…
Continue ReadingTurpin children ‘failed’ by Southern California social services, report says
By Stella Chan and Ray Sanchez, CNN The social services system “failed” and further harmed 13 children who were rescued in 2018 after…
Continue ReadingThe fight for reparations has stalled in Congress. Here’s what they look like in state and local governments
By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Louis Weathers had a stable job and was married when he decided to buy a home in the Chicago suburb of Evanston in 1959…
Continue ReadingBoston’s first LGBTQ+ friendly senior housing project was vandalized with hate speech
By Alisha Ebrahimji, Benjamin Schiller and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN New England’s first LGBTQ+ friendly housing development for seniors in…
Continue ReadingA 3-year-old found in a hot car outside an educational center is nation’s 10th child heatstroke death this year
By Melissa Alonso and Raja Razek, CNN A 3-year-old died Monday after being left inside a vehicle by his father outside a Jewish education center in…
Continue Reading‘We must not normalize this’: Jayland Walker’s funeral takes place after weeks of protests in Akron over police shooting
By Susannah Cullinane, Ray Sanchez and Emily Chang, CNN Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man shot as he fled from police officers trying to stop…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 13: January 6, Uvalde, Middle East, Elon Musk, Starbucks
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN We’re always waiting for something, whether it’s in line for your morning coffee, on hold with customer…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 13: January 6, Uvalde, Middle East, Elon Musk, Starbucks
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN We’re always waiting for something, whether it’s in line for your morning coffee, on hold with customer…
Continue Reading2 dead, including a 7-year-old, after boat capsizes off New York City in the Hudson River
WLNY By Rob Frehse, CNN Two people died Tuesday afternoon after a boat capsized off New York City’s Midtown Manhattan, spilling relatives and…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 13: January 6, Uvalde, Middle East, Elon Musk, Starbucks
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN We’re always waiting for something, whether it’s in line for your morning coffee, on hold with customer service,…
Continue Reading2 dead, including a 7-year-old, after boat capsizes off New York City in the Hudson River
By Rob Frehse, CNN Two people died Tuesday afternoon after a boat capsized off New York City’s Midtown Manhattan, spilling relatives and…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor signs law allowing gun violence victims to sue firearm manufacturers for damages
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday that clears the path for gun violence victims to file civil suits against…
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