By Brian Vitagliano, CNN The Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative $800 million settlement agreement with insurer Century Indemnity Company and other Chubb companies to contribute to a trust to compensate survivors of sex abuse, according to a press release from the organization. “This is an extremely important step forward in the BSA’s
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Doctors in Minnesota took the unusual step of pleading in a full-page newspaper ad for people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and take other precautions to curb the pandemic. “We’re heartbroken. We’re overwhelmed,” the top of the Sunday ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune said in large type. “Our emergency departments
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By Steve Almasy and Raja Razek, CNN The Chicago City Council is set to vote Wednesday on a proposed $2.9 million settlement for Anjanette Young, who was found naked and distraught during a mistaken police raid in 2019, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoot. “The Finance Committee today voted unanimously to advance this to the full
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By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough and Theresa Waldrop, CNN That Breeana Glisson and her two children are still alive after a tornado tore through Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Friday night seems like a miracle. With tornado sirens wailing, Glisson wrapped her daughter, 2, and son, 4, in her arms in her bed — the most
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By Sara Smart, CNN An early morning boat ride on the river was supposed to lead to a day of fishing but instead turned into hours of rescue attempts requiring a helicopter for two Texas men. Around 6:30 a.m. on December 4, Bart Giles and Stevie Rodriguez hopped in Giles’ boat and headed to a
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By Evan Perez and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in April on state murder charges for killing George Floyd, is scheduled to appear at a change of plea hearing Wednesday in the federal civil rights case against him, according to court documents. Chauvin is accused of depriving
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By Jean Casarez, Eric Levenson and Laura Ly, CNN USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and their insurers agreed to pay $380 million in a settlement with the victims of Larry Nassar, the former Olympic doctor who sexually abused girls for decades. Judge Robyn L. Moberly of the US Bankruptcy Court in the
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A University of Southern California student was struck and killed over the weekend by a driver believed to be taking part in a street race, police said Monday. The student, identified by the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office as 21-year old Arian Rahmar, was in a crosswalk just yards from his home
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By Omar Jimenez and Kay Jones, CNN The FBI is offering a reward for information regarding the death of Jelani Day, the Illinois State University student whose body was discovered in September. The $10,000 reward was announced on Monday in a news release from the Jelani Day Joint Task Force. Day was last seen on
Continue ReadingBy Kim Berryman, Josh Campbell, Eric Levenson and Amir Vera, CNN A Minnesota state investigator outlined differences between Kim Potter’s service weapon and a Taser on Monday, a distinction that is central to her case as jurors will decide whether the former police officer mistook her Taser for a gun when she fatally shot Daunte
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By Maria Cartaya and Wesley Bruer, CNN Bond for Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of financial wrongdoing and of setting up a suicidal insurance fraud scheme, was set at $7 million in a virtual bond hearing on Monday with Judge Alison Lee. Last week, state Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that seven
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at college football’s Heisman Trophy. December 10, 2022 – University of Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams is named the Heisman Trophy winner. December 11, 2021 – University of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is awarded the Heisman Memorial Trophy. Facts The Heisman Memorial Trophy is awarded each year to the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Golden Globe Awards, which are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. January 10, 2023 – The 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards are presented live on NBC. January 9, 2022 – The 79th Annual Golden Globes are announced in an untelevised presentation. Facts The Hollywood Foreign
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two officers were caught in a deadly tornado that ripped through a Kentucky community and — after surviving a beating from Mother Nature — rescued a severely injured young girl by carrying her out of harm’s way on an old door. Graves County Sheriff’s Deputy Chandler Siris and Sgt. Richard Edwards
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two officers were caught in a deadly tornado that ripped through a Kentucky community and — after surviving a beating from Mother Nature — rescued a severely injured young girl by carrying her out of harm’s way on an old door. Graves County Sheriff’s Deputy Chandler Siris and Sgt. Richard Edwards
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Doctors in Minnesota took the unusual step of pleading in a full-page newspaper ad for people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and take other precautions to curb the pandemic. “We’re heartbroken. We’re overwhelmed,” the top of the Sunday ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune said in large type. “Our emergency departments
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
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