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By Omar Jimenez, CNN Jussie Smollett, the former “Empire” actor who was convicted last month of lying to police that he was a victim of a hate crime, is set to be sentenced on March 10, his attorney Tamara Walker confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. Smollett was found guilty in December on five counts of

By Sonia Moghe, CNN A panel of appellate judges on Tuesday upheld the 2019 conviction of notorious Mexican drug cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, rejecting his assertions that he was treated unfairly. In their decision, the three judges ruled that US District Judge Brian Cogan, who oversaw Guzmán’s federal case in Brooklyn, conducted the

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN San Jose, California, is getting closer to adopting a first-in-the-nation law to address gun violence by requiring all gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance. The Silicon Valley city’s council is due to vote Tuesday on the ordinance, whose dual-pronged approach aims to reduce the risk of gun

By Eric Levenson, CNN The SAT taken by prospective college students across the country will go all-digital starting in 2024 and will be an hour shorter, the College Board announced in a statement Tuesday. “The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give, and more relevant,” said Priscilla Rodriguez, vice president of College

By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Students in Flint Community Schools have only been in the classroom about six months over the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and after the district’s announcement last week that distance learning would continue until further notice, some families — including some still dealing with the city’s water crisis

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The federal tax filing season is underway. And even though the IRS still hasn’t processed millions of returns from last year due to Covid-19 and a lack of funding, there are still ways to help ensure your tax filing experience is hassle-free. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up

By Brynn Gingras, Travis Caldwell and Emma Tucker, CNN The second New York Police Department officer who was shot while responding to a domestic incident in Harlem last week has died, the NYPD commissioner said. “It’s with great sadness I announce the passing of Police Officer Wilbert Mora,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on Twitter.

By Chris Boyette, CNN Florida is closing its monoclonal antibody treatment sites, health officials announced late Monday, citing the US Food and Drug Administration’s decision to limit the use of certain versions of the treatments that were found less effective against the now-dominant Omicron variant of coronavirus. “Unfortunately, as a result of this abrupt decision

By Mirna Alsharif and Maya Brown, CNN The death of Lauren Smith-Fields, a 23-year-old Connecticut woman who died of an overdose, is now being investigated as a crime, Bridgeport police said Tuesday. Officials said the department’s narcotics and vice division has opened an investigation and will be assisted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. A

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Holly Yan and Sonia Moghe, CNN New York’s state mask mandate is still in effect — for now. After two days of court hearings, a judge ruled the mandate will stay in place at least until the end of the week, so all sides can respond. On Monday, a judge struck down