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By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Monday at Ghislaine Maxwell’s federal trial after the prosecution and defense presented closing arguments that focused on her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. As the prosecutors argued, Maxwell manipulated and enticed vulnerable girls as a key accomplice in Epstein’s extensive scheme

By Ray Sanchez, CNN The first prosecution witness at the manslaughter trial of former officer Kim Potter was the mother of Daunte Wright, whom the 20-year-old man called in the final moments of his life. Wright’s mother, Katie Bryant, cried while on the stand, testifying her son was “an amazing dad” as part of what

By Sonnet Swire, CNN A staff member at a Washington, DC, elementary school is under investigation after allegedly telling third-grade students to reenact incidents from the Holocaust, DC Public Schools (DCPS) said in a statement to CNN. The instructor was placed on leave Friday pending the investigation, a DCPS official said. The instructor at Watkins

By Raja Razek, Kay Jones, Chenelle Terry and Alaa Elassar, CNN A body was found Sunday in a North Carolina distribution center for QVC, the shopping television network, one day after a five-alarm fire tore through the facility. At least 75% of the building was destroyed in the fire, according to Corey Mercer, the fire

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Photographs by Bryan Anselm/Redux for CNN Mario Gamiño was startled awake by the panicked-sounding bark of his pet cockapoo. When he got up, he realized water was rising quickly in his basement apartment in Flushing, Queens, so he immediately shook his wife awake. Within minutes, Ida’s floodwaters took nearly everything away.

By Faith Karimi, CNN Ben Affleck stirred controversy with comments about his marriage and addiction to alcohol. But he also shined a light on important conversations for addicts and their loved ones, an expert said. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was It’s unclear whether Omicron

By Eric Bradner, CNN As Johnny Stutzman surveyed the wreckage of what had been his house, all he could do was muster a laugh. “My front porch is laying over there on the other side of the road,” he said, pointing to a splintered pile of rubble that had landed amid trees across a Kentucky

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Turquoise LeJeune Parker ends every class by telling each of her students she loves them. The 34-year-old library teacher at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, does everything she can to prove it, and her recent fundraiser, which collected $106,000 to feed her students in need, is her most recent

By Laura Studley, CNN The creator of the human-like robot toys Transformers, Henry Orenstein, died Tuesday at the age of 98 due to complications from Covid-19, his wife Susie Orenstein told CNN Saturday. Orenstein died at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, his wife confirmed. A Holocaust survivor who lived through five concentration

By Kay Jones and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Singer Sir Rod Stewart and his son, Sean, each pleaded guilty Friday to one count of simple battery in relation to a 2019 incident outside a south Florida hotel. Police at the time said Stewart punched a security guard at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach on New

By Jill Martin and Emma Tucker, CNN The Brooklyn Nets will bring back star guard Kyrie Irving to play in road games after he was prohibited from playing this season due to his refusal to comply with a New York City vaccination mandate, Nets General Manager Sean Marks said on Friday. The decision is a

By Fernando Alfonso III, CNN One holiday tradition an untold number of people engage in each year around Christmas involves tattered cardboard boxes. The homes to artificial Christmas trees are reappearing as holiday preparations continue. Photos of these boxes proliferate on Reddit each holiday season, garnering support from people impressed by the dedication to preserving