By Dalal Mawad and Elias Lemercier Eight men were convicted Thursday by the Paris Criminal Court for stealing Banksy artwork from the Bataclan concert hall, one of the sites of the November 2015 Paris attacks. The artwork known as the “sad girl” was on the exit door of the Bataclan and painted in homage of
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Tina Burnside, CNN Leanna Taylor has long maintained that her ex-husband did not mean to leave their 22-month-old son Cooper to die in the back of a sweltering SUV eight years ago. In 2016, Taylor took the stand at the trial of Justin Ross Harris, the Georgia father sentenced to life
Continue Reading By Luke McGee, CNN Ukraine’s long-term goal of joining the European Union has received its latest shot in the arm, after the bloc’s 27 member states agreed Thursday that the country should be given candidate status — a significant step on the path to full membership. “Today marks a crucial step on your path towards
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN These are bacteria like you’ve never seen before — likely because, until now, all known bacteria could only be seen using a powerful compound microscope. A newly discovered bacterium that is large enough to be visible to the naked eye, and resembles the shape and size of an eyelash, has been
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN New York leaders are condemning the US Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to knock down a century-old state law that placed restrictions on carrying a concealed gun outside the home, with Gov. Kathy Hochul calling the ruling both reckless and outrageous. “It is outrageous,” she said on Twitter, “that at a moment
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Continue Reading By Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN Federal prosecutors asked a judge in a court filing Wednesday to sentence Ghislaine Maxwell to 30 to 55 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor and other charges related to a sprawling conspiracy to abuse young girls with the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. “Maxwell was an adult
Continue Reading By Brad Parks, CNN Federal prosecutors asked a federal judge in the District of Minnesota on Wednesday to sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to 25 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin pleaded guilty in December to depriving Floyd of his civil rights when the former officer kneeled on Floyd’s
Continue Reading By Tara John, Akanksha Sharma, Jo Shelley and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Aid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people in an area blighted by poor infrastructure, as the country faces dire economic and hunger crises. The slow response, exacerbated by international sanctions
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN The story of the “West Memphis Three,” whose decades-long murder case was the source for a noted documentary trilogy, returned to court Thursday, with a judge denying one of the men access to evidence he wants tested for DNA, according to his defense team. The hearing was requested by attorneys for
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, CNN Ohio State University has officially registered a trademark for the word “THE” after a nearly three-year battle to clinch legal branding access to a word that’s deeply meaningful to the school’s overall identity. The university in Columbus will use the word “THE” for branded products associated with the school and sold
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has left mainland China for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, arriving in Hong Kong Thursday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule. Xi is expected to spend two days in the financial hub and attend a
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Rosa Flores, CNN For weeks, the heartbroken families of children massacred in an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school have been calling for accountability over the delayed police action in tackling the gunman. On Tuesday, the top Texas official in charge of the investigation described the response as an “abject failure.” At the
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN For decades, Paul Kagame has ruled Rwanda with an iron fist in the mold of the archetypal strongman African leader. Under his rule, the East African country has emerged from the ruins of a devastating 1994 genocide that left nearly one million people dead to be hailed by Western allies as
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN A Manhattan jury found the man who drove his car onto bustling sidewalks of Times Square in 2017, killing one person and injuring at least 20 others, is not responsible for the attack because he was suffering from mental illness, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. The jury determined
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