By Lauren del Valle, Steve Almasy and Ray Sanchez, CNN A jury in a New York federal court has found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five of six counts related to her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minor girls between 1994 and 2004. Maxwell, 60, was found guilty of five federal charges: sex trafficking
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Surprise medical bills may soon be a thing of the past. The No Surprises Act is set to go into effect on January 1, and will ban most unexpected charges from out-of-network providers. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Surprise medical bills may soon be a thing of the past. The No Surprises Act is set to go into effect on January 1, and will ban most unexpected charges from out-of-network providers. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Surprise medical bills may soon be a thing of the past. The No Surprises Act is set to go into effect on January 1, and will ban most unexpected charges from out-of-network providers. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Surprise medical bills may soon be a thing of the past. The No Surprises Act is set to go into effect on January 1, and will ban most unexpected charges from out-of-network providers. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
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By Anna Chernova, Jack Guy and Niamh Kennedy, CNN A court in Moscow ordered the closure of the Memorial Human Rights Center on Wednesday, in the latest blow to Russian civil society groups. The center was charged with multiple violations of Russia’s “foreign agent” law and “justifying terrorism and extremism” in its publications, a lawyer
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Cantopop star and prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Denise Ho was arrested at her home on Wednesday morning by the city’s national security police. She was one of six people arrested in an early morning operation, all linked to online media organization Stand News. Police later confirmed at a news conference
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By Rhea Mogul, Adam Renton, Tara John and Ed Upright, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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By Raja Razek and Andy Rose, CNN A 14-year-old who is considered “armed and dangerous” has been identified as a suspect in a convenience store shooting Sunday that left three teenagers dead, and one teen injured in Garland, Texas, according to the Garland Police Department. CNN is not naming the 14-year-old at this time. The
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By Porter Fox Twelve Greenlandic huskies toil against a 40-mile-per-hour headwind, as box store-size icebergs and rugged 10,000-foot peaks slide past. They are as inspiring as they are terrifying — until my ski goggles ice-over, blinding me for hours. I’ve been sitting on the back of a dogsled for three hours now, nestled between a
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By Brad Lendon, CNN Taiwan should be invited to the world’s largest naval exercise next year, according to the US’ 2022 defense spending blueprint signed into law by President Joe Biden this week. The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) says the invitation would supplement US efforts to support the self-governed democratic island in the
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Two Save the Children staff, missing in eastern Myanmar after a deadly attack on civilians allegedly carried out by government soldiers, have been confirmed dead, the non-profit organization said on Tuesday. “With profound sadness we confirm two of our staff are among the burnt bodies found in Myanmar after an attack
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By Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country’s previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11. The new peak, according to Johns Hopkins University data, comes amid a rapid acceleration of infections
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN John T. Earnest, who admitted to a shooting at a San Diego area synagogue that killed one and injured three others in 2019, has been sentenced to a second life sentence. Earnest was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison in federal court on Tuesday after previously pleading guilty to
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By Laura Ly, CNN The murder conviction of a New Jersey mother who was charged in her son’s killing 23 years after he vanished has been vacated by a panel of judges, according to court documents. Michelle Lodzinski’s murder conviction was vacated by the New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday by a vote of 4-3
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By Ehsan Popalzai, CNN The Taliban have banned women from taking long-distance road trips in Afghanistan on their own, requiring that a male relative accompany them for any distance beyond 45 miles, according to a Taliban official speaking to CNN. Mohammad Sadiq Hakif Mahajer, spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the
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By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) will investigate what happened when a 13-year-old on a dirt bike died, purportedly as Boynton Beach Police attempted to stop him for reckless driving, the agency told CNN on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Sunday, according to a Boynton Beach Police statement. “Preliminary investigation indicates
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN Valentina Orellana-Peralta’s dream of becoming an American citizen and studying robotics ended days before Christmas on the dressing room floor of a Los Angeles clothing store, where she was fatally shot by police. A day after video released by the Los Angeles Police Department raised new questions about the fatal shooting
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) will investigate what happened when a 13-year-old on a dirt bike died, purportedly as Boynton Beach Police attempted to stop him for reckless driving, the agency told CNN on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Sunday, according to a Boynton Beach Police statement. “Preliminary investigation indicates
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN After months of extreme drought that triggered water shortages and stoked wildfires, heavy snow is falling in the Sierra Nevada — enough to break decades-old records. As of Tuesday, more than 202 inches of snow — nearly 17 feet (5.2 meters) — had fallen so far this month at the University
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