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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

How it Really Happened

An American flag is torn as Hurricane Irma passes through Naples, Florida on September 10.

Irma climbs Florida's coast; 'dangerous' storm surges feared

Geoff Rutland, a local volunteer from Crossing Jordan Church, helps other residents get ice from a vending machine in Tampa, Florida where residents are fleeing the evacuation zones ahead of Hurricane Irma's landfall on September 10.

Tampa mayor: 'We're about to get punched in the face'

Smoke pours from the World Trade Center after it was hit by two planes on September 11, 2001.

US Terrorist Attacks Fast Facts

A tree is toppled onto a pickup truck after being knocked down by the high winds as Hurricane Irma arrives in Miami on September 10. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the state with 130 mph winds.

5 things for September 10: Hurricane Irma special edition

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Police chief: Too late to evacuate for Irma

Motorists head north on US 1 in heavy traffic as Hurricane Irma continues its path in the northeast Caribbean, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in Key Largo, Fla. Hurricane Irma grew into a Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared toward islands in the northeast Caribbean Tuesday on a path that could eventually take it to the United States. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott tells residents: 'You need to go right now'

Equifax hack: What you need to know

Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno talks with assistant coach Mike McQueary during the 2010 Capital One Bowl in Orlando.

CNN exclusive: Joe Paterno may have known of earlier Jerry Sandusky abuse claim, police report reveals

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 7: Capitol Hill is seen through a fence as workers construct viewing stands in front of the White House for the Inaugural Parade on November 7, 2008 in Washington, DC. President-elect Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009 in Washington DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Trump tasks GOP with solving immigration: The issue that divides it most

Trial ends with no verdict in sight on fate of Kentucky's last abortion clinic

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Eric Robert Rudolph Fast Facts

Federal civil rights commission dings Trump on DACA, Arpaio

Cobb County police Lt. Greg Abbott is under investigation for comments he made captured on dash cam video. During a traffic stop, the officer can be heard saying "we only shoot black people." He's been reassigned to administrative duty. The department says that Lt. Abbott does not have a disciplinary history "pertaining to this type of conduct."

To understand black America's anger, watch the video

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Andrew Young on MLK : 'I don't think he even heard' the shot

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The tragedy that fueled this iconic song

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 19, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

On Russia and North Korea, shell companies conceal the truth

Illinois State Attorney Brian Towne

Grand jury accuses Illinois special prosecutor of misconduct

US Department of Justice seal is displayed on a podium during a news conference to announce money laundering charges against HSBC on December 11, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

DOJ watchdog: Tennessee spent $110K in seized funds on catering

Sophia Loren Fast Facts

People walk past a statue of Captain James Cook stands in Sydney's Hyde Park on August 25, 2017, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull labelled calls to change colonial-era monuments and the date of Australia Day, in attempts to better reflect the country's indigenous past, as a 'Stalinist' excercise in re-writing history.
A cultural debate intensified this week when prominent indigenous commentator Stan Grant dubbed the inscription "Discovered this territory 1770", on a Sydney statue of 18th century British explorer Capitan James Cook, a "damaging myth". / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)

Statue becomes lightning rod for Australian nationalists

Nikki Haley to staff on Charlottesville: 'We must denounce them at every turn'

5 things for September 8: Irma, Mexico quake, Russia probe, Rohingya, Equifax

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 22: In this photo Illustration hands typing on a computer keyboard on June 22, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)

5 of the biggest data breaches

SEATTLE, WA - JANUARY 19: Defensive end Michael Bennett #72 of the Seattle Seahawks recovers a fumble by quarterback Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers and runs for 17-yards in the fourth quarter during the 2014 NFC Championship at CenturyLink Field on January 19, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Michael Bennett: Police singled me out, put a gun near my head

Defensive end Michael Bennett of the Seattle Seahawks looks on during the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at CenturyLink Field on August 25, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.

Michael Bennett: Seahawks could be 'wearing the patch with No. 72 on it'

Thai police probe teen's claim that 40 men raped her

The mystery of the tiger roaming in metro Atlanta has been solved

The weed distributor fighting 'big marijuana'

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivers remarks to employees on her first day on the job at the Department of Education February 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. DeVos was confirmed by the Senate after Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote Tuesday.

DeVos announces review of Obama-era sexual assault guidance

Cameraman almost wiped out by Irma's waves

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 20: Senator Bob Menendez at Capitol Hill on July 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Kelly Craft)

Sen Menendez trial heats up

(WRAL) The death of a Raleigh Sunday school teacher and the apparent 911 confession of her husband was drawing national attention Monday because of his unusual defense.

"I had a dream, and then I turn on the lights and she's dead on the floor," Matthew Phelps told a 911 dispatcher. "I have blood all over me, and there's a bloody knife on the bed, and I think I did it."

Lauren Ashley-Nicole Phelps, 29, was laid to rest Monday at Hope Lutheran Church in Wake Forest, where the couple were members. Members of the media were shooed away from the service, and friends of Lauren Phelps said the family had asked them not to talk about her.

The Phelpses had been married less than a year when Matthew Phelps called 911 in the wee hours of Friday morning to report that his wife had been stabbed.

'I think I did it': Man says he stabbed wife while on cough meds