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See the moment verdict was read in Murdaugh trial The jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son. The 54-year-old scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors, was also found guilty of two counts…
Top Democrats sent a scathing letter to Fox. Hear from one of them Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tells CNN’s John Berman about the letter he and other Democrats wrote to Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch about Fox News’ handling of election lies. Source link
A Texas repairman was confronted by three armed men but was able to scare off the would-be robbers, forcing them to run away. CNN affiliate KTRK has the story. Source link
CNN — Two US nationals were arrested in Kansas City on Thursday for allegedly sending US aviation technology to Russia, the Justice Department announced. Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, 59, and Douglas Robertson, 55, are facing several charges, including exporting controlled goods without a license, falsifying and failing to file electronic export…
Growing alarm in Iran after report hundreds of schoolgirls were poisoned Reports reveal that in recent months, hundreds of schoolgirls may have been poisoned across Iran. Some were hospitalized, and others are still experiencing symptoms. CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports. Source link
First lady Jill Biden sits down with CNN White House correspondent Arlette Saenz offering a window into her marriage with President Joe Biden and how they both help each other. Source link
New York CNN — Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos convicted of defrauding investors, is seeking to delay the start of her 11-year prison sentence because she has “two very young children” to be with. The court filing last week represents the first public acknowledgment that Holmes gave has…
CNN — The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is officially moving forward with a probe into embattled Rep. George Santos as the New York Republican faces mounting legal issues and calls to resign for extensively lying about his resume and biography. The Ethics Committee said in a news release…
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — When researchers found a hummingbird with shiny gold feathers on its throat in Peru’s Cordillera Azul National Park, they thought it was a newly discovered species. The park,…
CNN — The world’s most northerly forests could be a “time bomb” of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere, according to a new study. Using new satellite data analysis techniques, researchers found that, since 2000, summer wildfires have expanded in…
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Computers powered by human brain cells may sound like science fiction, but a team of researchers in the United States believes such machines, part of a new field…
CNN — Standing outside a Russian detention center in Kherson, days after the city was liberated, 29-year-old Ihor still shivered as he recalled what he endured inside. “I was kept here for 11 days and throughout that time I heard screaming from the basement,” Ihor, who asked CNN not to…
CNN — Wayne Shorter, a Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer who helped shaped the sound of contemporary jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 89. Shorter died Thursday in Los Angeles, his publicist Cem Kurosman with Blue Note Records told CNN in an email. No cause of death was…
CNN — Russian security officials claimed on Thursday that a small Ukrainian armed group had crossed the Russian border into the southern Bryansk region, allegations dismissed by Kyiv as a “classic deliberate provocation” by the Kremlin. The Security Service of Russia (FSB) said in a statement via state media agency…
The ring-like shell of the first recorded supernova was captured by the Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The glowing debris marks where a white dwarf star exploded more than 1,800 years ago and was recorded by Chinese astronomers…
Light lunches and skipped meals? Not in Italy. Silvia Marchetti explains why mealtimes are set and involve multiple courses, even on a busy weekday or in the scorching summer heat. Source link
CNN — MI5, the United Kingdom’s domestic spy agency, missed an opportunity to prevent the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry into the terror attack has found according to a report in British news agency PA Media. At least 22 people were killed in the attack at an Ariana Grande concert…
CNN — A Lufthansa flight traveling from Texas to Germany was diverted to Virginia’s Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday evening because of turbulence that left some passengers injured, an airport spokesperson said. Lufthansa Flight 469, which took off from Austin, experienced “significant turbulence” and landed safely at Dulles, Metropolitan…
CNN — Ukrainian authorities are accusing Russia of trying to export an unlikely phenomenon: teenage gangs inspired by a Japanese anime game who are taking to the streets for mass brawls. These gangs have become known as “Redan PMC,” combining the name of a Japanese anime character with the acronym…
CNN — Alex Murdaugh’s defense began to deliver closing arguments in his murder trial on Thursday as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021. Prior to closings, Judge Clifton Newman removed one juror on Thursday morning for engaging in improper discussions…
New York CNN — Who will Rupert Murdoch exile from the Fox kingdom? The Fox Corporation chairman is facing an ever-deepening scandal that threatens to cause considerable financial and reputational damage to the crown jewel of his media empire, Fox News, as well as the parent company he leads. The…
Weather in Milan isn’t always balmy, but that shouldn’t stop you from making the most of the city. Here are seven things to do in the northern capital when it’s raining. Source link
A man walks past a model of the G20 logo outside the finance ministry in New Delhi, India, on March 1. (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters) Foreign ministers from the world’s biggest economies have convened in New Delhi, setting the stage for a grand test in Indian diplomacy as it attempts to navigate tensions over Russia’s brutal…
Have you hired a car in Italy and then been unfairly hit with fees for damaging the car? Or has the hire car firm charged you far more than you were meant to pay? Share your experiences in this short survey. Source link
Russia are making gains in Bakhmut. CNN shows the scene near there now CNN’s Alex Marquardt reports from the town of Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut, Ukraine, where artillery fire is nearly constant as Russia tries to push farther into the country. Source link
CNN — Demonstrators poured into the streets of Greece after a head-on collision between two trains killed dozens and left scores injured, amid anger over country’s poor record on railway safety. Protesters clashed with police in the Greek capital Athens after a passenger train carrying more than 350 people collided…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 in New Delhi, according to a State Department official traveling with Blinken. The meeting comes as tensions remain high over Ukraine as well as Russia’s suspension of the New START…
A man walks past a model of the G20 logo outside the finance ministry in New Delhi, India, on March 1. (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters) Foreign ministers from the world’s biggest economies have convened in New Delhi, setting the stage for a grand test in Indian diplomacy as it attempts to navigate tensions over Russia’s brutal…
CNN — Israel’s far-right finance minister’s call for a Palestinian town “to be erased” was harshly condemned by US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Wednesday, who described the comments as “repugnant” and “irresponsible.” Bezalel Smotrich, who also leads the far-right Religious Zionism party, said earlier on Wednesday that the…
