Keith Allen - National News Editor
Keith Allen
National News Editor
Keith Allen is a National News Editor at CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta.
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Louis Gossett Jr., Oscar-winning star of ‘An Officer and a Gentleman,’ dead at 87
Mar 29, 2024
Louis Gossett Jr., a star of film and television who won an Academy Award for his performance in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” has died at age 87, according to a statement from his family.
Arab Muslim student struck in hit-and-run as Stanford University investigates spate of hate crime incidents
Nov 5, 2023
At least five possible hate crime incidents at Stanford University since the Israel-Hamas war’s onset are under investigation, including an apparent hit-and-run crash involving an Arab Muslim student, according to the university’s public safety department.
Palestinian-American boy killed and his mother injured after landlord stabs them because they were Muslim, authorities say
Oct 16, 2023
A Chicago-area landlord was arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim.
Illinois father and his 2 children are among those killed by ammonia release from semi-truck crash, coroner says
Oct 2, 2023
An Illinois father and his two young children are among the five people killed by anhydrous ammonia exposure after a semi-truck carrying thousands of gallons of the toxic substance crashed Friday, the local medical examiner’s office announced.
Michael Jackson: Sexual abuse cases against star’s estate can be revived, court docs show
Aug 20, 2023
Wade Robson and James Safechuck – two men who have long alleged that the late Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were children, and who were featured in the 2019 documentary “Leaving Neverland” – are now able to revive their since-dismissed lawsuits against Jackson’s estate, according to a court opinion filed on Friday and obtained by CNN.
Cleanup begins at the site of a Montana train derailment and Yellowstone River bridge collapse
Jun 26, 2023
The cleanup has begun at the site of a train derailment in Montana that caused a bridge across the Yellowstone River to collapse, Montana Rail Link said in a statement Sunday.
Train derailment on Montana bridge sends multiple rail cars into the Yellowstone River
Jun 25, 2023
A train derailment in Montana caused a bridge across the Yellowstone River to collapse and sent multiple cars into the water below, officials in Stillwater County said Saturday.
Donald Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89
Jun 17, 2023
Donald Gray Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism symptoms, died Thursday, according to his longtime employer. Triplett was 89.
A teenager and a 12-year-old were arrested in teens’ triple homicide in Central Florida, sheriff says
Apr 7, 2023
Two juveniles have been arrested and a third is being sought in connection with the recent shooting deaths of three area teenagers in the Central Florida community, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said Friday.
Man found dead after police standoff in Torrance was the Monterey Park shooting suspect, sheriff says
Jan 23, 2023
The man found dead inside a white cargo van after a standoff with police in Torrance, California, has been confirmed as the person suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in Monterey Park Saturday night, according to police.
Charges announced for those arrested in protests over controversial ‘Cop City’ and fatal police shooting of activist
Jan 23, 2023
Police have released the charges for the six people who were arrested Saturday evening in downtown Atlanta, authorities said, during protests that came in response to a proposed police training facility and the fatal police shooting of an activist earlier in the week.
Mother of activist fatally shot by law enforcement at Atlanta police training facility says she feels angry and powerless
Jan 22, 2023
The mother of an activist fatally shot by law enforcement in Atlanta earlier this week said she feels angry and powerless as protests over the shooting erupted Saturday.
Tampa police chief placed on leave after flashing badge during traffic stop
Dec 4, 2022
Tampa Police Chief Mary O’Connor has been placed on administrative leave after body camera footage taken from a traffic stop last month revealed she told a deputy she was “hoping that you’ll just let us go tonight” and flashed her badge.
Thousands of US flights delayed Sunday as major storm system hampers travel
Nov 28, 2022
A severe weather system across several parts of the United States has prompted the three major airports servicing New York City to urge passengers to arrive early for flights on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year.
About
Keith Allen is a National News Editor based in CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta. He contributes to news gathering from across the United States, including the large-scale teacher strikes in Oklahoma and Arizona, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the total lunar eclipse across North America. Allen attended The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
