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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office is close to naming external lawyers to handle the investigation into sexual assault allegations at Cornell University, officials close to the investigation said. The office has reached out to several experienced attorneys to bolster its team, CNN reported Tuesday. The search began Thursday

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane taxiing for takeoff hit the tail of an Air Canada jet at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday morning. Delta Flight 7’s left wingtip clipped the horizontal stabilizer, a part of the tail, of Air Canada Flight 785 as

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate, is conscious and speaking six days after her failed execution, according to a statement from her attorneys. “Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are recovering after experiencing a technology issue Monday that caused problems for travelers around the world. Some passengers on social media reported delays as they tried to board aircraft and airlines’ websites and apps appeared to, at times, not function properly.

CNN, WSTM, MEGAN ZEREZ , ITHACA VOICE, NY OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Megan Zerez / Ithaca Voice By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the

CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Tarana Burke thinks those asking if anything has changed since MeToo are posing the wrong question. The political organizer, who in 2006 started the hashtag that would take off in 2017 amid a mass reckoning with sexual violence, has seen it before. A high-profile episode sparks a new

By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the case echoes across the country – from sexual abuse survivors to students on campus and now to

CNN By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan, Hanna Park, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — A former Justice Department official will delve into Cornell University’s response to a student’s allegations of gang rape as outrage over the case echoes across the country – from sexual abuse survivors to students on campus and now

By Ronnie Glassberg, CNN (CNN) — Televangelist Jim Bakker, who rose to national prominence in the 1970s and ‘80s before stepping down from his ministry amid scandal, has died. He was 86. “It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home to be with the Lord this

CNN By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Minutes before he was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Caleb Flynn sobbed as his in-laws read letters written by his two daughters, asking him heartbreaking questions about their mother’s death. “Mommy was the perfect person, the absolute perfect person. What did

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Minutes before he was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Caleb Flynn sobbed as his in-laws read letters written by his two daughters, asking him heartbreaking questions about their mother’s death. “Mommy was the perfect person, the absolute perfect person. What did she