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Nepal’s top court orders release of infamous French serial killer, Charles ‘The Serpent’ Sobhraj

By Alex Hardie and Sugam Pokharel, CNN Nepal’s top court on Wednesday ordered the release from jail of Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series “The Serpent.” The court made the decree on the grounds of his age and health, according to the court’s spokesperson Bimal Paudel. Sobhraj, aged

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After convicting Harvey Weinstein of rape, a Los Angeles jury deadlocks on factors that could have increased his sentence

By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN After convicting former film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape and sexual assault, a Los Angeles jury could not reach a unanimous verdict Tuesday on alleged aggravating factors that could have increased his sentence. The three charges Weinstein was convicted of — rape, sexual penetration by foreign object and

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