By Holly Yan and Dave Alsup, CNN (CNN) — In a sharply worded decision, a judge has ruled against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his ongoing legal battle with an El Paso nonprofit that helps migrants. The dispute between Paxton and Annunciation House started over a month ago, when the attorney general’s office ordered
Continue Reading By Caitlin Stephen Hu, Jennifer Hansler and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation following a meeting of regional Caribbean leaders on Monday, bowing to the inevitable as law and order in the country collapsed and international pressure grew for him to step aside. Henry has been in the
Continue Reading By Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — In a journal entry before shooting up his Michigan high school, Ethan Crumbley wrote in clear language of his plans to find the gun his father had hidden and carry out the attack. “I will have to find where my dad hid my 9mm before I
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A Linn, Missouri, man pleaded guilty to two counts of murder last week in a 2021 double killing.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Commanders have added a veteran quarterback in free agency. The team agreed Tuesday with Marcus Mariota on a one-year contract with a base salary of $6 million that could be worth up to $10 million, according to a person familiar with the deal. Mariota
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Dual US-Israeli citizen Itay Chen, who was believed to have been held hostage in Gaza, was killed October 7 during the Hamas attacks on Israel, the Israeli military announced Tuesday. Chen, 19, had been serving on the Gaza border on October 7, the Hostages and Missing
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Tennessee forward Dalton Knecht, a transfer who helped lead the fifth-ranked Volunteers to a Southeastern Conference regular-season championship, is the league’s Associated Press player of the year and newcomer of the year. South Carolina’s Lamont Paris was named coach of the year in voting by 14 reporters covering the
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Olga Voitovych and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Ukrainian groups of Russian fighters claimed to have launched cross-border attacks in two regions of Russia on Tuesday, hours after Kyiv fired a wave of drones at targets across the country. The Freedom for Russia Legion – a group of Russian dissidents fighting for
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LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Former New York Mets and Yankees star Darryl Strawberry is recovering from a heart attack and is at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital. Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Tuesday that Strawberry was stricken Monday, a day before the eight-time All-Star’s 62nd birthday. Strawberry posted a photo of himself at
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some of the most important cases decided by the US Supreme Court since 1789. This decision established the system of checks and balances and the power of the Supreme Court within the federal government. 1803 – Marbury v. Madison This decision established the system of checks
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about the trials and execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Facts Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation of physical movement, forced deportation and torture. Seven other defendants stood trial with Hussein: Barzan Hassan, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Awad al-Bandar, Abdullah Ruwaid,
Continue Reading By Matthew Chance, CNN Moscow (CNN) — There is an inevitability about the outcome of Russia’s looming presidential election. Like it or not, Vladimir Putin, the man driving a catastrophic war in Ukraine, a brutal crackdown on dissent, and a lurch toward isolation in Russia, now the most sanctioned nation on earth, is poised to win a
Continue Reading By Nadine Schmidt, CNN Berlin (CNN) — An American man has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a tourist and the attempted murder of her friend – both US citizens from Illinois – in a gruesome attack near one of Germany’s most popular tourist sights. A German court convicted
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If loving coffee is wrong, then I don’t want to be right. Many Americans have ingrained coffee in their everyday habits, with the average adult drinking over three cups daily, according to the National Coffee Association. But if you’re a hard-core coffee aficionado like myself, it may be wise
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If loving coffee is wrong, then I don’t want to be right. Many Americans have ingrained coffee in their everyday habits, with the average adult drinking over three cups daily, according to the National Coffee Association. But if you’re a hard-core coffee aficionado like myself, it may be
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Mars may be around 140 million miles away from Earth, but the red planet is influencing our deep oceans by helping drive “giant whirlpools,” according to new research. Scientists analyzed sediments, drilled from hundreds of deep-sea sites over the past half century, to look back tens of millions of
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau and Amy Croffey, CNN (CNN) — Controversial internet influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were detained in Romania on Monday over UK sex offense charges, and will ultimately be extradited to Britain, Romanian authorities said on Tuesday. Officers from the country’s Criminal Investigation Service and officers from the town of Voluntari
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — We’ve all seen those white streaks trailing behind jets, creating stripes against the blue sky. The lines are called contrails, short for condensation trails, and they appear when water vapor condenses and freezes around the exhaust from an aircraft, according to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. At least
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Rhea Mogul, CNN Delhi (CNN) — India said Monday it had joined the world’s top nuclear powers by mastering the ability to put multiple warheads atop a single intercontinental ballistic missile. The successful test of multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) technology on the indigenously developed Agni-V ICBM puts India in
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The time for postseason college basketball has arrived.
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