By Maria Cartaya and Wesley Bruer, CNN Bond for Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of financial wrongdoing and of setting up a suicidal insurance fraud scheme, was set at $7 million in a virtual bond hearing on Monday with Judge Alison Lee. Last week, state Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that seven
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at college football’s Heisman Trophy. December 10, 2022 – University of Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams is named the Heisman Trophy winner. December 11, 2021 – University of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is awarded the Heisman Memorial Trophy. Facts The Heisman Memorial Trophy is awarded each year to the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Golden Globe Awards, which are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. January 10, 2023 – The 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards are presented live on NBC. January 9, 2022 – The 79th Annual Golden Globes are announced in an untelevised presentation. Facts The Hollywood Foreign
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two officers were caught in a deadly tornado that ripped through a Kentucky community and — after surviving a beating from Mother Nature — rescued a severely injured young girl by carrying her out of harm’s way on an old door. Graves County Sheriff’s Deputy Chandler Siris and Sgt. Richard Edwards
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two officers were caught in a deadly tornado that ripped through a Kentucky community and — after surviving a beating from Mother Nature — rescued a severely injured young girl by carrying her out of harm’s way on an old door. Graves County Sheriff’s Deputy Chandler Siris and Sgt. Richard Edwards
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Doctors in Minnesota took the unusual step of pleading in a full-page newspaper ad for people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and take other precautions to curb the pandemic. “We’re heartbroken. We’re overwhelmed,” the top of the Sunday ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune said in large type. “Our emergency departments
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. For the past six years, she’s provided food, clothing and hair and makeup services to thousands. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
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By Amir Vera, CNN One of the Louisville detectives who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a botched raid is appealing his termination this week. The Louisville Metro Police Department terminated Detective Myles Cosgrove in January for use of deadly force for firing 16 rounds into Taylor’s home and failing to activate his body camera, according
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By Kelly McCleary and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A probable cause hearing for Ethan Crumbley, the 15-year-old suspect charged in connection with a deadly shooting at a Michigan high school last month, has been postponed because prosecutors say they need more time to examine a large amount of evidence before sharing it with defense lawyers. The
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary, Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph and Claudia Dominguez, CNN People who had their lives ripped apart in mere moments by violent and unforgiving tornadoes over the weekend are now dealing with a new reality — seeking the basic needs of food and shelter while surrounded by devastation and uncertainty over the fate of
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN One person has died and at least 13 others were injured after shots rang out during a vigil in a Houston suburb where around 50 people had gathered, police said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez identified the fatality as a woman in her mid-20s. Gonzalez said in a series of tweets
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo and Allie Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. As she received her award Sunday, Raines thanked her children including her late son, who inspired her work. “This surely hasn’t been
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo and Allie Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. As she received her award Sunday, Raines thanked her children including her late son, who inspired her work. “This surely hasn’t been
Continue ReadingBy Kay Jones and Alaa Elassar, CNN Voters in New Orleans elected the first female sheriff of Orleans Parish on Saturday, upsetting a four-term incumbent. Susan Hutson defeated Sheriff Marlin Gusman in Saturday’s runoff election. Returns from the Louisiana Secretary of State show Hutson won with 53% of the vote. Gusman had been sheriff since
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By Alanne Orjoux, Caroll Alvarado and Amanda Jackson, CNN The horrific tornadoes that ripped through as many as eight states late Friday and early Saturday are being blamed for at least 88 deaths, officials said, and family members and friends of the victims are reeling from the losses. In Kentucky, at least 74 people have
Continue Reading By Alanne Orjoux, Caroll Alvarado and Amanda Jackson, CNN The horrific tornadoes that ripped through as many as eight states late Friday and early Saturday are being blamed for at least 88 deaths, officials said, and family members and friends of the victims are reeling from the losses. In Kentucky, at least 74 people have
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The series of weekend tornadoes that ripped through the parts of the US this weekend adds to another stretch of deadly and potentially unprecedented weather disasters that plagued the planet this year. Meteorologists and climate scientists say the latest outbreak is historic. And as these extreme weather events intensify, occur more
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