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DOJ launches civil rights probe of Mississippi sheriff’s office whose deputies tortured 2 Black men in ‘Goon Squad’ case

The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County after several of its deputies – including some who were in a self-styled “Goon Squad” – abused and tortured two Black men in a racially charged home raid last year.

Court sketch from Sean Diddy Combs' hearing in court on Tuesday, September 17.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to remain in custody after judge denies bail appeal in racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking case

Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain in federal custody ahead of his trial on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges after his lawyers failed Wednesday to appeal a judge’s decision to deny him bail.

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail and will remain in federal detention, judge rules

Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail Tuesday and taken into custody after pleading not guilty in federal court to charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.

FILE - Crime scene investigators use metal detectors to search a marsh for the remains of Shannan Gilbert, Dec. 12, 2011 in Oak Beach, New York. A Long Island architect has been charged, Friday, July 14, 2023, with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, Pool, File)

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A timeline of the Gilgo Beach serial killings case and the investigation that led to a suspect

For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and confounded authorities on Long Island’s South Shore after a woman’s 2010 disappearance led investigators to find 10 sets of human remains in addition to hers and launched the hunt for a possible serial killer.

Students embrace near a makeshift memorial at Apalachee High School on September 5, 2024 in Winder, Georgia.

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‘Hard lockdown’: A timeline of the Apalachee High School shooting

On the morning of September 4, a student rode the bus to his Georgia school with a rifle and knife hidden in his backpack, investigators said.

An aerial view shows a collapsed hillside due to ongoing landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

‘Hell no, we’re not leaving’: A California community defies evacuation warning as ancient landslide rips their homes apart

Residents living on the largest area of natural vegetation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, used to call the coastal ground movement slowly shifting beneath their feet the best thing that ever happened to them.

This image released by the Mount Vernon Fire Department shows traffic stopped during an active shooting on Interstate 75 north of London, Ky., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.

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Manhunt underway after 5 people injured in Kentucky shooting near Interstate 75, officials say

Several people have been shot near Interstate 75 in Laurel County, Kentucky, according to the Laurel County Sheriff’s office.

Hunter Biden, center, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, arrive in federal court for jury selection for his trial on felony tax charges on Thursday, September 5, in Los Angeles.

Hunter Biden pleads guilty to federal tax charges, in surprise move on brink of trial

Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to all nine charges in his federal tax case, in a surprise move on the day that an agonizing weekslong trial was supposed to begin.

Linda Sun, a former aide to New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul, exits Brooklyn Federal court accompanied by her husband, Chris Hu.

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These are the ‘gifts’ prosecutors say a former aide to New York’s governor received from the Chinese government

US prosecutors say the Chinese government gave Linda Sun lavish, expensive gifts in return for violating internal rules and state government protocols while she served as an aide to two New York governors in a scheme that enriched her family by millions of dollars.

BOULDER, CO - MARCH 22: Tactical police units respond to the scene of a King Soopers grocery store after a shooting on March 22, 2021 in Boulder, Colorado. Dozens of police responded to the afternoon shooting in which at least one witness described three people who appeared to be wounded, according to published reports. (Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images)

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Colorado supermarket mass shooting suspect deemed competent to stand trial, judge rules

The man suspected of killing ten people in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store in 2021 has been deemed fit to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday, and he will remain in custody at a state hospital to ensure he takes medication to maintain his competency.

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A timeline of the investigation into the missing Virginia mother whose husband is now accused of killing her in their home

The week after Naresh Bhatt told news reporters he was “suffering” as authorities searched for his missing Virginia wife, he stood before a judge on Friday morning facing accusations he killed her inside their home and dragged her body outside in late July.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, seven counts of distribution of ketamine and two counts of altering and falsifying documents or records related to the federal investigation into Matthew Perry's death.

Prosecutors say this doctor profited off Matthew Perry’s addiction. He’s returning to practice this week

A doctor who federal prosecutors say profited off actor Matthew Perry by taking advantage of his addiction issues and supplying him with ketamine, the drug that ultimately killed him, will resume seeing patients at his practice this week, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday.

Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle speaks during a news conference where bodycam footage showing a protester tackling an officer is released on August 13, 2024.

Ferguson police release videos showing officer pushed to sidewalk during protests marking decade since Michael Brown killing

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday released new videos from last week’s protests marking the 10-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s killing, including footage of an incident in which an officer was severely injured.

Protesters dismantle and remove a portion of a newly-installed gate outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police station on August 9, 2024, before their actions prompted arrests.

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Ferguson officer ‘fighting for his life’ and several arrested after protests marking 10 years since Michael Brown’s killing

A Ferguson police officer was severely injured and is “fighting for his life” after being assaulted Friday night during protests marking the 10-year anniversary of the police shooting of Black teenager Michael Brown.

Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell speaks during a listening session at Union Baptist Church Monday, July 29, 2024.

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Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell stepping down in wake of Sonya Massey shooting

Less than a month after one of his deputies was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, Jack Campbell, the sheriff of Sangamon County, Illinois, announced he will retire by the end of the month.

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CrossFit Games athlete dies during competition at Texas lake

An athlete died Thursday during a swimming competition in a Texas lake on the first day of CrossFit Games – a multiday event that attracts global athletes widely regarded as being among the fittest people in the world.

Emma Tucker is a news desk reporter for CNN, covering a broad range of national and international stories with a particular focus on criminal justice, gun violence, and police brutality cases, as well as the collateral impact of these issues on neighborhoods, communities and the nation.