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By Kara Scannell A woman who was a victim of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has agreed to drop allegations against attorney Alan Dershowitz saying she “may have made a mistake” when she also accused him of sexual abuse. The accuser, Virginia Giuffre, said in a statement that she was young at the time she was

By Faith Karimi and Larry Madowo, CNN A Nigerian social media influencer who flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets and luxury cars has been sentenced to 11 years in prison over charges related to a multimillion dollar scam that targeted companies in the United States and overseas. Ramon Abbas, known to his millions of

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Southwest Florida looks a lot different than it did before Hurricane Ian ripped through the area six weeks ago. The verdant Sanibel Island has browned, its trees felled by the storm or drowning in salt water. And Cape Coral, a meticulously neat planned community cut by rows of canals, is still

By Laura Ly, CNN Cornell University has suspended all fraternity parties and social events after campus police issued alerts about an alleged sexual assault and at least four alleged incidents of drug-laced drinks at an off-campus location, university officials said. The university said in a letter Monday to students that the incidents “reportedly occurred at

By Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN A lone winning ticket for the record $2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot was sold in Altadena, California, lottery officials said Tuesday, making the lucky ticket holder the winner of the largest lottery prize ever. The ticket was sold at a Joe’s Service Center, the California Lottery said on

By Taylor Romine, CNN. Photographs by Rachel Woolf and video by Lacey Russell, CNN Dr. Jill Gibson is jogging from patient to patient through the complicated maze of exam rooms, wearing navy scrubs, protective booties and a magenta shirt reading “I Stand with Planned Parenthood.” Gibson, Planned Parenthood Arizona’s Medical Director, saw nine patients the

By Liam Reilly and Nicole Chavez, CNN Less than 48 hours after video of a Black University of Kentucky student enduring racial slurs from a White student went viral, she addressed a crowd of supporters. “My name is Kylah Spring.” With tears in her eyes, the college freshman had a message during a rally Monday

By Shimon Prokupecz and Michelle Watson, CNN A Texas district court judge in Uvalde has sealed autopsy reports of those killed during the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in May. Judge Camile Dubose of the 38th District Court on Friday ordered the records be sealed and provided to the local district attorney “for the purpose

By Dakin Andone, CNN Nearly two months after receiving a deferred judgment for killing a man she said had raped her, Iowa teenager and sex trafficking victim Pieper Lewis walked away from the residential corrections facility where she was serving probation, prompting authorities to issue a warrant for her arrest. The teen, who garnered national

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Emmanuelle Chiche remembers the first time she stumbled upon Elizabeth Street Garden, a charming green space hidden between rows of concrete buildings in lower Manhattan. It wasn’t like any other garden in the city, she remembers thinking. It transported her back to France, her home country, with its dozens of beautifully

By Tina Burnside, CNN One person is dead and five others were wounded in three separate shootings reported within an hour across Boston neighborhoods Sunday night, prompting authorities to investigate whether the incidents are connected, police said. Boston police responded to the first shooting in the Mattapan neighborhood at 9:10 p.m. after receiving a radio

By Eric Levenson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Lottery officials announced late Monday night that the record-breaking $1.9 billion Powerball drawing is delayed because officials in one state need more time to complete security protocols. The delay is caused by one participating lottery that needs more time to process its sales, the Multi-State Lottery Commission told

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN The Oklahoma City Zoo is asking the public to help choose names for its new litter of African lion cubs. Lioness Dunia, Swahili for the Earth, gave birth to three female and one male on September 26 at the zoo’s Lion Overlook habitat. “Mom and her cubs are in good health

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The newest addition to the Ocala Police Department in Florida is just two feet tall, has four legs, and is absolutely adorable. Magic the miniature horse is officially an “honorary police officer” in the department, according to a Facebook post from the Ocala police. Magic is the first mini horse to

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Taking the SATs is a stressful, anxiety-inspiring rite of passage for many high school students. But over 50 students at an El Paso high school may have to take the tests again — after their tests flew out of the UPS truck transporting them and were lost or destroyed. The El

By Michelle Watson and Dakin Andone, CNN Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teenager who killed a man she said raped her and was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution to his family, has escaped from a residential corrections facility, according to Iowa’s Fifth Judicial District Department of Corrections. Lewis “walked away from the Fresh