By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — , the California college student who vanished in 1996, was killed during a rape or attempted rape in a dorm room, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.Paul Flores, 44, was formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death, according to San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow, who announced the charges after new evidence recently came to light in the case.“So what I can tell you is that significant new information has come in to the sheriff’s office that we’ve read over the last two years, and some very important...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — , the California college student who vanished in 1996, was killed during a rape or attempted rape in a dorm room, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.Paul Flores, 44, was formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death, according to San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow, who announced the charges after new evidence recently came to light in the case.“So what I can tell you is that significant new information has come in to the sheriff’s office that we’ve read over the last two years, and some very important...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Tam Nguyen, one of several hundred demonstrators at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Koreatown, shook with rage as he held a racist letter.Nguyen said the note was sent to several Vietnamese-owed nail salons in California this week, but not his, and is a stark example of the hatred directed toward the Asian community.“My mom and dad came here to give me and my sister a better life – and right now it doesn’t feel that way,” Tam Nguyen told CNN on Saturday.“It’s a tough time to be Asian. I want to read this (letter),” he said, and recited a litany of...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Tam Nguyen, one of several hundred demonstrators at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Koreatown, shook with rage as he held a racist letter.Nguyen said the note was sent to several Vietnamese-owed nail salons in California this week, but not his, and is a stark example of the hatred directed toward the Asian community.“My mom and dad came here to give me and my sister a better life – and right now it doesn’t feel that way,” Tam Nguyen told CNN on Saturday.“It’s a tough time to be Asian. I want to read this (letter),” he said, and recited a litany of...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Jonelle Kilgore tapped away at his online homework with Jasmine the puppy on his lap in their South Los Angeles home.The 12-year-old boy and his dog sat on a couch in not just any home, but one made from four .“I like it, I liked moving in here,” Jonelle told CNN on a recent September day. “It’s a home for us.”Two years ago Jonelle, his father John and four siblings received the keys to their four-bedroom container apartment and it seems like a glimmer of hope in the quest to get Los Angeles County’s off the streets.John Kilgore said his family...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Jonelle Kilgore tapped away at his online homework with Jasmine the puppy on his lap in their South Los Angeles home.The 12-year-old boy and his dog sat on a couch in not just any home, but one made from four .“I like it, I liked moving in here,” Jonelle told CNN on a recent September day. “It’s a home for us.”Two years ago Jonelle, his father John and four siblings received the keys to their four-bedroom container apartment and it seems like a glimmer of hope in the quest to get Los Angeles County’s off the streets.John Kilgore said his family...WW…

(CNN)A hiker missing in for nearly two weeks has been found alive, her family said Sunday.Holly Courtier, 38, said search and rescue teams found Courtier on Sunday after receiving " a credible tip from a park visitor that they had seen Courtier within the park."They said Courtier had since been reunited with her family and left the park.In a statement, Courtier's family said they were overjoyed she had been found safe. Read More"We would like to thank the rangers and search teams who relentlessly looked for her day and night and never gave up hope. We are also so grateful to the countless...…(CNN)A hiker missing in for nearly two weeks has been found alive, her family said Sunday.Holly Courtier, 38, said search and rescue teams found Courtier on Sunday after receiving " a credible tip from a park visitor that they had seen Courtier within the park."They said Courtier had since been reunited with her family and left the park.In a statement, Courtier's family said they were overjoyed she had been found safe. Read More"We would like to thank the rangers and search teams who relentlessly looked for her day and night and never gave up hope. We are also so grateful to the countless...WW…

(CNN)Kailey Chambers and her mother Holly Courtier traversed "The Narrows," a spectacular sliver of a canyon in Zion National Park, a month ago.Chambers told CNN it was partly a mother-daughter trip to celebrate her 19th birthday. She trekked from the San Diego area, her mom from the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills, to experience Zion in southwest Utah. Chambers said her very spiritual 38-year-old mother had become so overwhelmed by the gorge's beauty that she declared, "I've never been this close to God."Now Chambers is praying for the safe return of her mother, who has not been seen...…(CNN)Kailey Chambers and her mother Holly Courtier traversed "The Narrows," a spectacular sliver of a canyon in Zion National Park, a month ago.Chambers told CNN it was partly a mother-daughter trip to celebrate her 19th birthday. She trekked from the San Diego area, her mom from the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills, to experience Zion in southwest Utah. Chambers said her very spiritual 38-year-old mother had become so overwhelmed by the gorge's beauty that she declared, "I've never been this close to God."Now Chambers is praying for the safe return of her mother, who has not been seen...WW…