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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — In one corner: Pope Francis, who insists on a merciful Catholic Church open to everyone, a “field hospital” ready to bind up the wounds of a suffering humanity. In the other corner: a small but vocal minority that has set itself against the Pontiff and his reforms. A showdown

By Carma Hassan, Asher Moskowitz and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been arrested and charged after seven Virginia elementary students ate gummy bears from a plastic baggie that later tested positive for the potentially deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. At first, it seemed the students were

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — AI language tools like ChatGPT can be eerily convincing, but don’t be fooled by their authoritative tones. Chatbots are known to confidently make stuff up, or “hallucinate” — chosen as Dictionary.com’s word of the year. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — AI language tools like ChatGPT can be eerily convincing, but don’t be fooled by their authoritative tones. Chatbots are known to confidently make stuff up, or “hallucinate” — chosen as Dictionary.com’s word of the year. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A man wrongfully convicted in the 1988 murder of a 6-year-old boy in Illinois is free after 35 years behind bars, the Cook County State’s Attorney Office said. Brian Beals, who was a college athlete studying to be a police officer when he was arrested, was released after a

By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Police investigating the October killing of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll are now seeking charges in the case, a spokesperson for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said, nearly two months after she was found fatally stabbed outside her home. “We have a warrant request from the Detroit Police Department and it’s being

By Olivia LaBorde, CNN (CNN) — Charlie Adelson, a Florida man convicted in connection to the 2014 murder of his former brother-in-law, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In a Tallahassee courtroom on Tuesday, the 47-year-old stated, “I would just like to say that I maintain my innocence.” Adelson, a South Florida periodontist, is

By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — A Florida high school has been placed on one-year administrative probation and fined $16,500 for allowing a transgender girl to play on the girls’ volleyball team, state athletic officials announced Tuesday. In a three-page letter to Monarch High School’s interim principal, the Florida High School Athletic Association accused

WSVN, FHSAA, TWITTER, @COMMMANNYDIAZJR, @EQUALITYFL, CNN, Twitter/@CommMannyDiazJr, Twitter/@equalityfl By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — A Florida high school has been placed on one-year administrative probation and fined $16,500 for allowing a transgender girl to play on the girls’ volleyball team, state athletic officials announced Tuesday. In a three-page letter to Monarch High School’s interim

By Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — In the aftermath of the University of Pennsylvania’s president quitting after critiques of her handling of antisemitism on campus, a group of Republican state representatives announced a legislation package promoting education about antisemitism in the commonwealth’s schools. “I can’t believe I have to stand here at a podium in 2023 to

By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — After a whirlwind record-breaking year that included making Grammy history, the super-sized spotlight on Taylor Swift is shining even brighter as she cheers on boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII. Throughout her massively successful career, Swift has often used her enormous platform

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — “Hallucinate” is Dictionary.com’s word of the year — and no, you’re not imagining things. The online reference site said in an announcement Tuesday that this year’s pick refers to a specific definition of the term pertaining to artificial intelligence: “to produce false information contrary to the intent of the

By Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia judge on Tuesday recessed the racketeering trial against alleged members of Young Slime Life, or YSL – a street gang Fulton County prosecutors say is led by Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug – until the new year, after one of the co-defendants was stabbed in jail. The trial will

CNN, WCCO By Cheri Mossburg, Brad Parks, Rachel Webb and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Marvin Haynes has spent most of his life behind bars for a crime he never committed. Even the current local prosecutor said what happened to Haynes, who was 16 when he was charged with murder in 2004 and convicted the following

By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Every December, Deb Conti’s grandmother would pull out the wrinkled letter and faded photograph she received from her brother just weeks before he was killed in Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor over 80 years ago. “Dear ‘little’ Eve,” the letter reads. “I am thinking of the family, every day.”

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Every year, Google releases a list of users’ most-searched terms. The top trending term in the US and globally in 2023 was “War in Israel and Gaza,” the tech giant announced Monday. Other leading topics included NFL player Damar Hamlin, the “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” movies, and the late actor

By Carma Hassan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a large bronze top hat has rested next to a stately statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting on a rock in Louisville, Kentucky’s Waterfront Park and, until recently, the accessory had been securely bolted to the former president’s perch. But police are

By Zoe Sottile, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — In one of the most high-profile abortion cases since the fall of Roe V. Wade, a Texas woman has been battling the state to terminate her high-risk pregnancy — a legal dispute that could have ripple effects for many as the Texas law, one

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Tissue samples from the brain of the shooter who killed 18 people during an October rampage at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Maine have been sent to CTE experts in Massachusetts, according to the state’s medical examiner’s office. Robert Card, 40, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His

By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of firing a shotgun into the air outside of an Albany, New York, synagogue before Hanukkah observance last week has been charged with a second firearms offense, federal prosecutors announced. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, is now facing a charge of conspiracy to make a false statement during