[ad_1] CNN — One Tuesday afternoon in 2017, the phone rang at my desk in CNN Center. On the line was a woman who told me, “James Brown did not die the way they said he died. And I have proof of it.” The caller’s name was Jacque Hollander. She …
Read More »St. Louis school shooter was flagged in FBI background check but was still able to legally purchase a gun, police say
[ad_1] CNN — The gunman who killed two people and wounded several others in a school shooting in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday was flagged by an FBI background check but was still able to purchase the AR-15-style rifle he used in the attack from a private seller, police said. …
Read More »Italy stabbing attack kills one and injures Pablo Mari
[ad_1] Rome CNN — One person has died and four people, including Spanish soccer player Pablo Mari, were “seriously injured” after a stabbing attack on the outskirts of the Italian city of Milan on Thursday, according to Italian national police. The suspected attacker has been arrested, police said. “A mentally …
Read More »These are the women expected to testify against Harvey Weinstein at his second sexual assault trial
[ad_1] CNN — Reporting five years ago on Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual abuse spurred women to speak publicly about their own experiences with sexual violence in what became known as the #MeToo movement. Now, in a Los Angeles courtroom, eight women are set to testify in a trial altogether similar …
Read More »Uvalde school shooting: Texas DPS head Steven McCraw to update agency’s oversight board Thursday
[ad_1] CNN — The Texas Department of Public Safety’s top official is due to deliver Thursday the first formal, public update to his agency’s oversight panel on its officers’ actions during the May massacre at a Uvalde elementary school, with families of the victims, furious over the response, expected to …
Read More »California doctor faces involuntary manslaughter charge in 2019 death of jail inmate
[ad_1] CNN — A doctor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of an inmate at a detention facility in Southern California in November 2019, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s office. Elisa Serna, 24, was an inmate at the Las Colinas Detention Facility …
Read More »3 more men found guilty in Whitmer kidnapping plot
[ad_1] CNN — A jury in Michigan has found three men guilty of providing material support for a terrorist act and two other state charges related to the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico were also convicted of gang membership and …
Read More »Father of teen killed in St. Louis school shooting has to plan funeral instead of sweet 16, he says
[ad_1] CNN — Alexandria Bell was just a month away from her 16th birthday – a milestone she was supposed to celebrate with her father, who lives out of state. “My daughter was planning on coming out here to California and celebrate her birthday with me on November 18,” Andre …
Read More »West Bank: Several dead after Israeli joint security forces raid in Nablus
[ad_1] CNN — At least four Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid in the old city of Nablus in the West Bank in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Palestinian protesters took to the streets in response, with a fifth person shot …
Read More »US School Violence Fast Facts
[ad_1] CNN — Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from domestic conflicts are not included. If a perpetrator was killed or died by suicide during the incident, …
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