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Month: January 2024

Alex Murdaugh attends a hearing on a motion for a new trial on January 16 at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia

‘Attracted by the siren call of celebrity’: What an Alex Murdaugh judge said about the clerk accused of jury tampering

WIS, CNN By Zoe Sottile and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — As South Carolina Judge Jean Toal denied disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new murder trial on Monday evening, she had some harsh remarks about the county clerk at the center of the Murdaugh legal team’s jury tampering allegations. Colleton County Clerk of

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‘Attracted by the siren call of celebrity’: What an Alex Murdaugh judge said about the clerk accused of jury tampering

By Zoe Sottile and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — As South Carolina Judge Jean Toal denied disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new murder trial on Monday evening, she had some harsh remarks about the county clerk at the center of the Murdaugh legal team’s jury tampering allegations. Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca

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La respuesta de EE.UU. al ataque en Jordania probablemente será contundente, pero no busca una guerra más amplia con Irán, dicen funcionarios

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La respuesta de Estados Unidos al ataque con drones en Jordania que mató e hirió a miembros del servicio estadounidense el domingo probablemente será más poderosa que los anteriores ataques de represalia estadounidenses en Iraq y Siria, dijeron funcionarios a CNN, aunque el Pentágono y la Casa Blanca se están cuidando

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The science of a Pineapple Express

Things have finally dried and warmed up across much of Mid-Missouri. The same is not true for much of the west coast as an atmospheric event known as a Pineapple Express looks to cause potential widespread floods across northern portions of California. A narrow band of moisture in the lower-level jet stream extends equatorward from

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Justice Department investigating Democratic Rep. Cori Bush for misuse of funds, sources say

By Whitney Wild, Jamie Gangel and Haley Talbot, CNN The Justice Department is investigating Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri for misuse of funds, a senior congressional source with knowledge and a source familiar with the probe told CNN, after the DOJ subpoenaed the House Sergeant at Arms Monday for documents related to the matter. Separately,

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Merrick Garland to briefly hand off attorney general duties while he undergoes back surgery

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to undergo back surgery on Saturday and delegate his duties for a time during the procedure, according to a Justice Department spokesperson. The procedure is minimally invasive, department spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement, and Garland, 71, is likely

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ANÁLISIS | La promesa de Biden de “cerrar” la frontera representa un cambio político sorprendente

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los cambios del presidente Joe Biden en la cuestión electoral clave de la inmigración entraron en una nueva fase cuando prometió “cerrar la frontera ahora mismo” si el Congreso le otorgaba nuevos poderes. El contexto político más profundo de los comentarios, pronunciados en un acto de campaña en Carolina del Sur

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ICC prosecutor: There are grounds to believe Sudan’s warring sides are committing crimes in Darfur

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor says his “clear finding” is that there are grounds to believe both Sudan’s armed forces and paramilitary rivals are committing crimes in the western Darfur region during the country’s current conflict. Karim Khan recently visited people who fled Darfur and

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US Steel agrees to spend millions to settle lawsuit over air pollution violations after 2018 fire

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns. Environmental groups Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment said the settlement was filed

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Fiscal general de Guatemala abandona reunión convocada por el presidente Bernardo Arévalo

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La fiscal general de Guatemala, Consuelo Porras anunció este lunes mediante un video difundido por el Ministerio Público en X, antes Twitter, que abandonó la reunión con el presidente Bernardo Arévalo. Según explicó, se retiró porque la reunión “se pretendía llevar a cabo en el marco del Consejo de ministros”, y

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Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers. Pictured is CNN's correspondent

Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers

CNN By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — A large void fills the space where rows of graves once stood. The gaping hole is all that is left after the Israeli military excavated the western side of the Bani Suheila cemetery, near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, claiming a Hamas tunnel ran directly through the site and that Hamas militants attacked Israeli troops from here. A week

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A man called 911 and said he’d been shot. Authorities found him and 5 others dead in a California desert after a drug dispute

By Christina Maxouris and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with the grisly killings of six people discovered shot – and some of whom were also burned – last week in a remote area of Southern California’s Mojave Desert. All six had apparent fatal gunshot wounds – and four of the

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