CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Fired University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore faces charges of a felony count of home invasion and multiple misdemeanors related to his arrest on Wednesday just hours after he was dismissed. Moore was charged with third-degree home invasion, which is a felony. He was also charged
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CNN By Jim Sciutto, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US special forces veteran whose rescue team spirited Nobel laureate María Corina Machado out of Venezuela has begged her not to return to the country, after a perilous extraction mission that lasted nearly 16 hours and was carried out largely in the middle of the
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CNN By Kaitlan Collins, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Friday showing the many powerful figures in the late sex trafficker’s orbit, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and others. Many of the men have
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CNN By Will Noble, CNN London (CNN) — “Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” wrote Henry James in “The Portrait of a Lady.” “Teatime” is one of those quintessential English phrases that stirs up images of steaming silverware pots
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CNN By Lauren Kent, Pau Mosquera, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Friday that she is focused on an orderly transition of power in her country should President Nicolás Maduro leave power and that she is confident Venezuela’s police and armed forces would not oppose such a transition. Speaking as the
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CNN By Kyle Feldscher, Dana O’Neil, David Close, CNN (CNN) — Wednesday will go down as one of the most shocking days in the history of the University of Michigan football program. First, the university announced in the afternoon that head football coach Sherrone Moore was being fired after a school investigation revealed an “inappropriate
Continue ReadingKSTU, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN The FDA intends to put a “black box” warning on Covid-19 vaccines, sources tell CNN. A boxed warning is the agency’s most serious alert and is meant to warn about drug risks. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.
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CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost some friends on Snapchat when Australia’s ban on social media came into effect on Wednesday. But within 24 hours, they were back. Many had made new accounts, with some borrowing the faces of parents and older friends who were happy
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CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Thursday afternoon following a federal judge’s order. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody “immediately,” Thursday in a court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the Salvadoran man
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CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN Indianapolis (CNN) — The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressure the Republican supermajority in the deep-red state to bend to his will. The 31-19 vote saw 21 Republicans
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CNN By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, appeared in a Utah court Thursday for the first time in-person since his arrest. Robinson wore a light blue shirt, a striped tie and khaki pants, and was seen on camera speaking
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CNN By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans afford Obamacare — despite pleas from some in their own party. Top Republicans didn’t come to the decision
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CNN By Adam Cancryn, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, escalating US pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s regime. “As you probably know we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela,” Trump said. “Large tanker, very large,
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CNN, PETER KIRBY, AP IMAGES, POOL, POOL VIA COURT TV, COURT DOCUMENTS By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Gem Mutlu paused to gather himself as he described Ana Walshe running from her Massachusetts home into the cold night to greet him before he could even park his car. They embraced. It was New Year’s
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WAVE, WKYT, WLEX, CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — One student is dead and another remains in critical condition after a shooting at Kentucky State University in Frankfort on Tuesday just days before going on winter break, officials said. A suspect, Jacob Lee Bard, 48, of Evansville, Indiana, has been booked into Franklin County
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CNN By Hilary Whiteman, Angus Watson, CNN Sydney, Australia (CNN) — For parents and campaigners who’ve long argued that incessant scrolling is damaging young minds, the start of Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s on Wednesday is just the beginning. Wayne Holdsworth, the father of Mac, who took his life at 17 after being
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates again today, though deep divisions remain within its influential rate-setting committee. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold a press conference at 2:30 pm ET to explain the decision and its implications for borrowers. Here’s what else you need to know to
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CNN By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A new problem is threatening to worsen the affordability squeeze this winter: Natural gas prices have raced back up just as extreme cold forces Americans to crank up the heat. President Donald Trump has said he’s focused on lowering energy prices. And the most visible energy
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CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of the
Continue Reading CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of
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