Celina Tebor - News Editor
Celina Tebor
News Editor
Celina Tebor is a news editor based in CNN's New York bureau.
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Here’s what we know about those arrested at NYC pro-Palestinian campus protests Tuesday night
May 3, 2024
At Tuesday’s pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and The City College of New York, 282 people were arrested, according to the New York Police Department.
Suspect arrested and charged with vandalizing Rutgers Islamic center, stealing Palestinian flag during Eid al-Fitr
Apr 22, 2024
A suspect has been charged with a federal hate crime after allegedly breaking into and destroying property at Rutgers University’s Center for Islamic Life.
Columbia University faces full-blown crisis as rabbi calls for Jewish students to ‘return home’
Apr 22, 2024
Columbia University is facing a full-blown crisis heading into Passover as a rabbi linked to the Ivy League school urged Jewish students to stay home and tense confrontations on campus sparked condemnation from the White House and New York officials.
Rutgers University Center for Islamic Life vandalized during Eid al-Fitr, officials say
Apr 10, 2024
The Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) in New Brunswick was vandalized overnight during Eid al-Fitr, the three-day Islamic religious celebration that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, officials said Wednesday.
Suspect arrested in alleged arson at Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office
Apr 8, 2024
A suspect was arrested Sunday in connection with an alleged arson at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in Vermont last week, according to the Justice Department.
A Pennsylvania man killed 3 people, including his 13-year-old sister, police say. Here’s what we know
Mar 19, 2024
A 26-year-old man is facing murder and other criminal charges after allegedly killing three people, including his 13-year-old sister, at two different homes in Pennsylvania before carjacking a driver and fleeing to New Jersey.
Who is accountable for a mass shooting? It’s no longer only the person who pulled the trigger
Mar 3, 2024
Prosecutors over the past few years have been slowly, but steadily, expanding the notion of who can be held accountable for a mass shooting.
Indiana’s ban on transition care for minors can take effect, appeals court rules
Feb 28, 2024
Indiana’s ban on transition care for minors can take effect, an appeals court ruled Tuesday, issuing a stay on the district court’s ruling that blocked parts of the law last summer.
Two rival gangs clashed on New York subway train before shooting that left 1 dead, 5 injured, police say
Feb 14, 2024
A confrontation between two rival gangs led up to the Monday shooting inside a Bronx subway station that left one person dead and five injured, including two teenagers, New York City police said.
Bodies of 5 victims and apparent shooter recovered from Philadelphia-area house set on fire as responding police were shot
Feb 9, 2024
Authorities believe they have recovered the bodies of all five family members from a burned-out home near Philadelphia, along with the remains of the relative suspected of unleashing gunfire there Wednesday as police arrived and a fire was set, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said Friday.
Jennifer Crumbley said ‘I failed as a parent’ in message after her son’s school shooting
Feb 1, 2024
Jennifer Crumbley sent several messages criticizing her own parenting ability and discussing how the family’s firearm was secured shortly after her teenage son Ethan carried out a school shooting at his Michigan high school in November 2021, according to messages revealed in court Wednesday.
Man arrested again outside Taylor Swift’s townhouse less than 48 hours after prior arrest there
Jan 23, 2024
The man who was arrested outside Taylor Swift’s New York City townhouse on Saturday for open warrants – and who admitted he was there to see the pop star – was arrested at the same location less than 48 hours later, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.
Man arrested near Taylor Swift’s home for open warrants after neighbors called police says he was there to see pop star
Jan 21, 2024
A man who numerous witnesses have said frequently waits outside or nearby Taylor Swift’s Manhattan townhouse was arrested near her home for open warrants, admitting he was there to see the pop star, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.
Suspect arrested after 5 stabbed in unprovoked attacks in Queens, police say
Jan 18, 2024
A suspect has been arrested in connection with at least five unprovoked stabbings across Queens this month, a New York Police Department spokesperson said.
Imam fatally shot outside a New Jersey mosque remembered for his community leadership
Jan 3, 2024
Hassan Sharif, the imam who was shot Wednesday outside a mosque in Newark, New Jersey, has died, a law enforcement source tells CNN.
Suspect in deadly Rochester, New York, crash appeared to speed toward pedestrians, police say, but motive is still unknown
Jan 3, 2024
The motive behind the fiery New Year crash outside a Rochester concert venue is still unclear but police say the suspect appeared to “intentionally” speed toward pedestrians with a car full of gas canisters before slamming into another car, killing two passengers and injuring several others.
About
Celina Tebor is a news editor based in CNN’s New York bureau.
She manages and contributes to newsgathering across the northeastern United States.
Tebor was previously a national breaking news reporter for USA TODAY, and has worked for the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune, The Oregonian and Oregon Public Broadcasting. She is an involved member of the Asian American Journalists Association and has served on the Portland chapter’s board since 2020.
Tebor is a Portland, Oregon native and graduated from the University of San Diego.
