By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s handling of thecase, the death ofand the protests that followed will soon be investigated.The Government Oversight and Audit Committee (GOA) of the Louisville Metro Council filed an order Monday to officially launch an investigation “into the action and inaction of the Fischer Administration,” according to a press release from the city.Though it has not happened yet and there is no timeline to finish the investigation, the GOA plans to subpoena former Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Steve Conrad and...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s handling of thecase, the death ofand the protests that followed will soon be investigated.The Government Oversight and Audit Committee (GOA) of the Louisville Metro Council filed an order Monday to officially launch an investigation “into the action and inaction of the Fischer Administration,” according to a press release from the city.Though it has not happened yet and there is no timeline to finish the investigation, the GOA plans to subpoena former Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Steve Conrad and...WW…

Stay Updated on Developing StoriesView in AppBy Mirna Alsharif, CNN(CNN) The smell of burnt and unburnt marijuana alone is no longer cause for New York Police Department officers to search vehicles, according a new NYPD memorandum.The memo laying out changes in police procedure comes after the for adults on Wednesday.Under the new policy, officers can only search vehicles if a driver appears to be under the influence of marijuana and there is probable cause to believe that they have been smoking it, or if the driver is seen smoking or vaping marijuana while operating or inside a vehicle.See...…Stay Updated on Developing StoriesView in AppBy Mirna Alsharif, CNN(CNN) The smell of burnt and unburnt marijuana alone is no longer cause for New York Police Department officers to search vehicles, according a new NYPD memorandum.The memo laying out changes in police procedure comes after the for adults on Wednesday.Under the new policy, officers can only search vehicles if a driver appears to be under the influence of marijuana and there is probable cause to believe that they have been smoking it, or if the driver is seen smoking or vaping marijuana while operating or inside a vehicle.See...WW…

(CNN)At least three New Jersey universities have reported racist attacks during virtual events.Rutgers University, Rider University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology told CNN they are investigating racist incidents in which individuals interrupted virtual Black History Month meetings with racist remarks and imagery. It is unclear whether the incidents at the three universities are connected.At Rutgers, "the most recent Zoom-bombing attack occurred during the Black History Month programs hosted by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and the Center for Social Justice Education &...…(CNN)At least three New Jersey universities have reported racist attacks during virtual events.Rutgers University, Rider University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology told CNN they are investigating racist incidents in which individuals interrupted virtual Black History Month meetings with racist remarks and imagery. It is unclear whether the incidents at the three universities are connected.At Rutgers, "the most recent Zoom-bombing attack occurred during the Black History Month programs hosted by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and the Center for Social Justice Education &...WW…

(CNN)Former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison, who was involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, is being accused of sexual assault, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, calls Hankison a "sexual predator" who "used his police uniform and secondary nightclub employment as mechanisms to prey on innocent women who are two decades younger than him."Hankison is being accused of assault and battery, according to the lawsuit.CNN reached out to Hankison's lawyer, Stew Mathews, for comment.Hankison was among the officers that executed a raid on...…(CNN)Former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison, who was involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, is being accused of sexual assault, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, calls Hankison a "sexual predator" who "used his police uniform and secondary nightclub employment as mechanisms to prey on innocent women who are two decades younger than him."Hankison is being accused of assault and battery, according to the lawsuit.CNN reached out to Hankison's lawyer, Stew Mathews, for comment.Hankison was among the officers that executed a raid on...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Pennsylvania woman and her daughter are expected to spend the rest of their lives in prison after pleading guilty Monday to , according to the .Shana Decree, 47, and her daughter Dominique Decree, 21, plead guilty but mentally ill to five counts of first-degree murder and one count of criminal conspiracy, according to the district attorney’s office. They will serve five consecutive life sentences and avoid the death penalty as part of a plea deal.The women killed two of Shana’s children, Naa’Irah Smith, 25 and Damon Decree Jr., 13, as well as...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Pennsylvania woman and her daughter are expected to spend the rest of their lives in prison after pleading guilty Monday to , according to the .Shana Decree, 47, and her daughter Dominique Decree, 21, plead guilty but mentally ill to five counts of first-degree murder and one count of criminal conspiracy, according to the district attorney’s office. They will serve five consecutive life sentences and avoid the death penalty as part of a plea deal.The women killed two of Shana’s children, Naa’Irah Smith, 25 and Damon Decree Jr., 13, as well as...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Schenectady police officer put his knee on a suspect’s head during an arrest after responding to a call about damaged property Monday, Schenectady police chief Eric Clifford said.The officer was dispatched to Brandywine Avenue on Monday morning for a report of a vehicle that had its tires slashed, Schenectady Police said in a news release. Schenectady is about 20 miles northwest of Albany, New York.The complainant alleged that a male neighbor had damaged his tires as part of an ongoing dispute between them and said he had video surveillance...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Schenectady police officer put his knee on a suspect’s head during an arrest after responding to a call about damaged property Monday, Schenectady police chief Eric Clifford said.The officer was dispatched to Brandywine Avenue on Monday morning for a report of a vehicle that had its tires slashed, Schenectady Police said in a news release. Schenectady is about 20 miles northwest of Albany, New York.The complainant alleged that a male neighbor had damaged his tires as part of an ongoing dispute between them and said he had video surveillance...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Kentucky court of appeals sided with a health department after a teen sued the department over a policy that barred him from attending school without receiving the chickenpox vaccination.Jerome Kunkel in March after he refused to get the vaccine citing his Christian faith.Boone County Circuit Judge James Schrand sided in April, rejecting Kunkel’s request to prevent the health department from enforcing a policy that temporarily barred students at his school who weren’t immune against chickenpox from attending classes and participating in...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Kentucky court of appeals sided with a health department after a teen sued the department over a policy that barred him from attending school without receiving the chickenpox vaccination.Jerome Kunkel in March after he refused to get the vaccine citing his Christian faith.Boone County Circuit Judge James Schrand sided in April, rejecting Kunkel’s request to prevent the health department from enforcing a policy that temporarily barred students at his school who weren’t immune against chickenpox from attending classes and participating in...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A tip of a body in a shed led Andover Police to one of New Jersey’s largest nursing homes Monday evening where they found 17 bodies in the facility’s morgue, one of the responding officers told CNN.The officers responding to the Andover Subacute and Rehab Center II didn’t find a body in the shed, but employees asked them for assistance with the bodies in the morgue.“The staff was clearly overwhelmed and probably short-staffed,” Andover Police Chief Eric Danielson, one of the responding officers, told CNN. “The residents were expiring. Why?...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A tip of a body in a shed led Andover Police to one of New Jersey’s largest nursing homes Monday evening where they found 17 bodies in the facility’s morgue, one of the responding officers told CNN.The officers responding to the Andover Subacute and Rehab Center II didn’t find a body in the shed, but employees asked them for assistance with the bodies in the morgue.“The staff was clearly overwhelmed and probably short-staffed,” Andover Police Chief Eric Danielson, one of the responding officers, told CNN. “The residents were expiring. Why?...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Shocking photos show seven bodies, in the open back of a pick-up truck in Philadelphia, which were transported from a local hospital to the medical examiner’s office Sunday.The Philadelphia Department of Health confirmed the incident and the number of bodies in the truck.“The transportation of the bodies in that manner is a breach of protocol,” said James Garrow, spokesman for the Department of Public Health.“The Medical Examiner’s Office regularly works with hospitals throughout Philadelphia to ensure that bodies are treated with the utmost...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Shocking photos show seven bodies, in the open back of a pick-up truck in Philadelphia, which were transported from a local hospital to the medical examiner’s office Sunday.The Philadelphia Department of Health confirmed the incident and the number of bodies in the truck.“The transportation of the bodies in that manner is a breach of protocol,” said James Garrow, spokesman for the Department of Public Health.“The Medical Examiner’s Office regularly works with hospitals throughout Philadelphia to ensure that bodies are treated with the utmost...WW…