Taylor Romine - Assignment Editor
Taylor Romine
Assignment Editor
Taylor Romine is an assignment editor based out of CNN's New York Bureau covering stories across the Northeast and voting rights.
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DOJ opens civil rights investigation of Illinois sheriff’s office after shooting of Sonya Massey
Nov 17, 2024
The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months after a deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey while responding to her call about a possible prowler outside the 36-year-old Black woman’s home.
Over 14,000 under evacuation orders in California as fire crews battle dangerous wildfire and rescue people from homes ablaze
Nov 7, 2024
Firefighters are rescuing people from homes engulfed in flames as they battle a wildfire moving at a dangerously fast speed in a dense suburban neighborhood northwest of Los Angeles.
Ballot drop box fires under investigation in Oregon, Washington after hundreds of ballots destroyed
Oct 29, 2024
Federal authorities are investigating fires at two ballot boxes reported Monday morning in the Portland, Oregon, area, as well as another fire reported earlier this month.
‘She saved our lives’: How a panicked driver spared a family from deadly Florida tornado spawned by Milton
Oct 16, 2024
There was no escaping the debris flying in the air, barreling into a tornado forming before Michelle Westfield’s eyes if she drove her car forward. It would be a death sentence.
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October 11 Hurricane Milton news
Oct 12, 2024
Floridians are picking up the pieces after Milton cut through the state, battering it with deadly tornadoes, historic rain and high winds — and the storm was supercharged by climate change, according to a scientific analysis.
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October 10 Hurricane Milton news
Oct 11, 2024
Floridians are picking up the pieces after Milton made landfall as a dangerous Category 3 hurricane and cut through the state as a Category 1 storm before moving offshore.
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Desperation grows to find unaccounted for in wake of Helene
Oct 2, 2024
More than 160 people have died across six states following Hurricane Helene, and western North Carolina is facing historic flooding.
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The latest on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
Oct 1, 2024
Dozens are dead across multiple Southeastern states after Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday. Follow here for the latest.
Man accused of shooting 2 Jewish men in Los Angeles pleads not guilty to hate crime and firearms charges
Sep 30, 2024
A man accused of shooting two Jewish men in Los Angeles in February pleaded not guilty Thursday to four federal charges against him in the case, a US attorney’s office said.
Residents of Ohio community allowed to return after chemical leak from railroad car forced evacuations
Sep 26, 2024
All evacuations were lifted in a western Cincinnati suburb Wednesday evening, a day after a chemical leak from a railcar.
Paramedic convicted in Elijah McClain’s death has 5-year prison sentence vacated, gets probation
Sep 13, 2024
A paramedic who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault last year in connection to the 2019 death of Elijah McClain had their five-year prison sentence vacated by an Adams County District Court judge in favor of four years probation Friday.
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September 11, 2024 - Francine makes landfall in Louisiana
Sep 12, 2024
Hurricane Francine has made landfall along the central Louisiana coast after rapidly intensifying into a Category 2 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.
James Darren, actor in ‘Gidget’ and ‘TJ Hooker,’ dies at 88, Variety reports
Sep 3, 2024
James Darren, an actor, director and singer who had his breakout role of Moondoggie in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” died Monday at age 88, Variety reported.
Doctor charged in connection to Matthew Perry’s ketamine case appears in court
Aug 30, 2024
One of the two physicians charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death appeared in a Los Angeles court on Friday as part of a plea agreement with federal prosectors and was freed on a $50,000 bond.
Arizona man sought in connection to threats against former President Donald Trump is arrested, law enforcement says
Aug 23, 2024
An Arizona man who was being sought for allegedly making threats against former President Donald Trump is now in custody, according to law enforcement.
Arson-sparked Park Fire is now California’s fifth-largest wildfire
Aug 23, 2024
California’s Park Fire is now the fifth-largest wildfire in the state’s history, and a man accused of starting the destructive flames appeared in court Monday. At the same time, dozens of other fires continue to rage in the Western United States and Canada and thousands have been forced to evacuate. Here’s the latest:
About
Taylor Romine is an assignment editor based out of CNN’s New York Bureau covering stories across the Northeast and voting rights.
Since joining CNN in 2018, they have covered a variety of topics, including Rudy Giuliani, voting access in Minnesota during the 2020 election and legal issues. They have done extensive work on the death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, and that of Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York as well as the following aftermath in the local governments. They also cover voting rights in the Northeast with a specialization in Michigan.
Previously, Romine worked at KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkeley, Calif. covering the San Francisco Bay area. They are a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the Columbia Journalism School. You can follow them on Twitter at @tayloromine.
