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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USC calls off speaker appearances at 2024 commencement after canceling its Muslim valedictorian’s speech
Apr 20, 2024
The University of Southern California announced it’s calling off appearances by prominent speakers and honorees at its graduation ceremony next month, days after the institution canceled the commencement speech of its Muslim valedictorian Asna Tabassum due to what it called security concerns.
3 California police officers charged in the death of a man they restrained while in custody, prosecutor says
Apr 19, 2024
Three California police officers have been charged in the death of a man in their custody in 2021, prosecutors announced Thursday – two years after the district attorney’s office said it would not bring criminal charges against the officers.
LAPD officer will not face criminal charges in killing of 14-year-old girl at store during police confrontation with suspect
Apr 18, 2024
A Los Angeles Police Department officer will not face criminal charges in the 2021 fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl killed inside a department store when police fired at a man suspected of attacking a woman, California prosecutors said Wednesday.
Expert will testify Bryan Kohberger’s cell phone was outside of Moscow on the night of the Idaho murders, defense says
Apr 18, 2024
Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, his attorney says, and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document supporting an alibi defense filed Wednesday shows.
California school safety officer’s murder trial ends in mistrial after jury fails to reach verdict in shooting of 18-year-old
Apr 18, 2024
More than two years after a former California school safety officer was charged with murder after fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman as she tried to flee a physical altercation
Former Marine sentenced to 9 years in prison in firebombing of California Planned Parenthood clinic
Apr 16, 2024
A former marine who used a Molotov cocktail to firebomb a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California, was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday, according to the Justice Department.
Prosecutors ask ‘Rust’ movie armorer be sentenced to maximum sentence of 18 months in prison
Apr 13, 2024
Prosecutors in the case against “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed are asking she be sentenced to 18 months in prison – the maximum sentence in the involuntary manslaughter charge she was found guilty of – arguing she has demonstrated a “complete and total failure to accept responsibility for her actions,” according to a court document filed Friday.
Lawsuits filed against the owners of a mushroom farm after death and injury of two brothers in Half Moon Bay
Apr 6, 2024
Two lawsuits were filed Wednesday against one of the owners of a mushroom farm after a January 2023 mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California that claimed the lives of seven people and injured another.
Authorities capture escaped Idaho inmate and accomplice after manhunt and shooting that left 3 officers injured
Mar 21, 2024
A manhunt is underway for a dangerous escaped inmate with ties to a White supremacist group and an armed accomplice in Idaho after corrections officers transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital were ambushed with gunfire in a coordinated attack, authorities say.
Vessel ‘accidentally discharged’ 500 gallons of diesel fuel off Northern California coast, Coast Guard says
Mar 16, 2024
A United States Coast Guard vessel “accidentally discharged” approximately 500 gallons of diesel fuel off the coast of Northern California, District 11 of the military branch said in a news release.
Eric Carmen, known for songs ‘All by Myself’ and ‘Hungry Eyes,’ dies at 74
Mar 12, 2024
Eric Carmen, the former lead vocalist of The Raspberries and singer of “All by Myself,” is dead, according to his website. He was 74, according to IMDb.
Tire falls off United Airlines flight immediately after takeoff in San Francisco, damaging several cars
Mar 8, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a United Airlines flight that lost a tire while taking off from San Francisco International Airport, damaging several cars in a parking lot before the plane safely landed at Los Angeles International Airport, the agency said.
A California utility agrees to pay $80 million over the 2017 Thomas Fire to resolve federal suit
Feb 27, 2024
Utility giant Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $80 million to settle the US Forest Service’s claims relating to the 2017 Thomas Fire, which at the time was the largest wildfire in California’s modern history, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Los Angeles man accused of killing 3 homeless men and 1 other victim pleads not guilty
Feb 27, 2024
A Los Angeles man accused of killing three homeless men as they slept and another person in their home last year pleaded not guilty Monday to murder and other charges, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
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.
