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
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN A year before the deadly Club Q shooting in November, a Colorado judge called the suspect “a scary person” during a hearing about a bomb threat at their grandparents’ home. According to a court transcript obtained by CNN, Anderson Aldrich was present in the courtroom for a hearing regarding a 2021
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN A year before the deadly Club Q shooting in November, a Colorado judge called the suspect “a scary person” during a hearing about a bomb threat at their grandparents’ home. According to a court transcript obtained by CNN, Anderson Aldrich was present in the courtroom for a hearing regarding a 2021
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN New Jersey state legislators hope to pass a bipartisan resolution recognizing January as Muslim Heritage month statewide. Advocates for the resolution want the measure to pass both state houses before the end of the current legislative session, Republican State Sen. Joseph Pennacchio — who is a sponsor of the resolution —
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN A former Texas police officer was sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison Tuesday following his manslaughter conviction for shooting Atatiana Jefferson in her own home in 2019. Aaron Dean, the 38-year-old White former Fort Worth police officer, had faced up to 20 years in prison for killing Jefferson, a 28-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado, CNN A man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after being found guilty of killing eight people in Pike County, Ohio, CNN affiliate WLWT reported. George Wagner IV was sentenced Monday by Judge Randy Deering after being convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of seven members of the
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado and Carolyn Sung, CNN The Faculty Senate Executive Committee at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) released a letter demanding Chancellor Thomas L. Keon resign after making an offensive statement during a commencement ceremony earlier this month, the committee tells CNN. A video posted to PNW’s official YouTube page shows Keon taking the podium
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado and Carolyn Sung, CNN The Faculty Senate Executive Committee at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) released a letter demanding Chancellor Thomas L. Keon resign after making an offensive statement during a commencement ceremony earlier this month, the committee tells CNN. A video posted to PNW’s official YouTube page shows Keon taking the podium
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Jay Croft, CNN A Texas man was charged with felony vandalism with a hate crime allegation after allegedly vandalizing a menorah in California and carving a Nazi symbol into its base, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said Tuesday. Eric Brian King, 47, allegedly threw items at a nine-foot-tall menorah
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By Chris Boyette and Jason Hanna, CNN A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook Northern California’s Eureka area early Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey, and thousands are without power in its wake. The quake, recorded at 2:34 a.m. PT, was centered in the Pacific just off the coast, about 7.5 miles from the Humboldt County
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN While conducting a safety audit of schools in Uvalde, Texas, an inspector posing as an intruder was able to gain access to a school cafeteria through a door that did not properly lock, the school district’s superintendent said at a school board meeting Monday. Auditors tested three schools in Uvalde in
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Caroll Alvarado and Stella Chan, CNN A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Northern California’s Eureka area early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, leaving at least two people dead, drawing reports of damage to roads and homes, shaking residents from their sleep and leaving tens of thousands without electricity. The epicenter of the
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By Josh Campbell, CNN Police in California have arrested a suspect in connection with an alleged online scam authorities said led to the suicide death of a 17-year-old boy in February. Jonathan Kassi, 25, was arrested Thursday by Los Angeles police officers on an arrest warrant, the San Jose Police Department announced Monday. The warrant
Continue ReadingBy Matt Lait and Samira Jafari, CNN Drew Griffin, CNN’s award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, his family said. He was 60. A gifted storyteller, Griffin had a well-earned reputation for holding powerful people and
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN A skier was rescued on Friday in Teton County, Wyoming, near Jackson Hole after getting caught in an avalanche and carried about 500 yards. Matt Hansen, communication director for Teton County Search and Rescue Foundation, told CNN that two skiers were on a ski tour that began on a trail head
Continue ReadingBy 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
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor and Eric Levenson, CNN The flashy, jewelry-flaunting Brooklyn pastor who reported being robbed while preaching at his church this past summer was arrested on federal charges Monday — unrelated to the July incident — for allegedly defrauding a parishioner, trying to extort a businessman and lying to the FBI, according to a
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape and sexual assault against one of four women he was accused of assaulting in Los Angeles — a significant conviction in the second trial of a man at the center of allegations that fueled the global #MeToo
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia and Nicki Brown, CNN New York City unveiled the “Gate of the Exonerated” in Central Park Monday to honor the group of Black and Hispanic teens known as the “Central Park Five” who were wrongfully convicted of beating and raping a White female jogger in the park more than 30 years ago.
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado, CNN Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, the former Mafia boss of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra who was serving life in prison for the 1993 killing of a Boston nightclub owner, has died at the age of 89, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Salemme died on December 13
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