[ad_1] CNN — Sen. Raphael Warnock’s re-election is being celebrated by supporters across the nation with many political observers crediting the work of voting rights groups for the consequential win. Warnock delivered a victory speech to a fiery crowd in Atlanta on Tuesday night that touched on the power of …
Read More »Idaho murders: Letters from surviving roommates read at church memorial service for slain university students
[ad_1] CNN — At a memorial service for four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed to death last month, a pastor from an Idaho church read aloud letters from the surviving roommates, recalling their memories of their friends and sharing their sadness. The service held Friday in Post …
Read More »Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean stands trial in the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson
[ad_1] CNN — The murder trial of a former Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in front of her young nephew in her Texas home in 2019 begins on Monday. Aaron Dean, who is White, was charged with murder after firing into the Black woman’s bedroom through …
Read More »Kevin McCarthy speaker bid: Mike Lawler says GOP wont be ‘held hostage’ by leader’s detractors
[ad_1] Washington CNN — Republican Rep.-elect Mike Lawler of New York on Sunday offered his full support for House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid, saying the party won’t be “held hostage by a handful of members” seeking to place a different Republican atop the chamber. “Kevin is the only …
Read More »Cyril Ramaphosa: South African president resists calls to resign
[ad_1] Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — After days of speculation, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looks set to fight calls for his resignation despite a damning report that found he could have covered up the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars at his private game farm. His spokesman Vincent …
Read More »Athena Strand abduction: Texas man arrested for kidnapping, killing 7-year-old girl who went missing from her home’s driveway this week
[ad_1] CNN — A driver working for FedEx was arrested and charged Friday in the kidnapping and killing of a 7-year-old girl who had disappeared from her home’s driveway in Texas earlier this week, police said. Athena Strand’s body was recovered Friday evening, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said at …
Read More »Ukrainian embassies across Europe receive bloody packages containing ‘animal eyes’
[ad_1] CNN — Ukraine’s foreign minister has accused Russia of being behind a series of more than a dozen letters containing explosives or animal parts that were sent to Ukrainian diplomats around the world. “This campaign is aimed at sowing fear,” Dmytro Kuleba told CNN’s Matthew Chance in an exclusive …
Read More »Richard Allen’s attorneys say he has “nothing to hide” in death of two Indiana teens
[ad_1] CNN — Attorneys for the suspect in the 2017 killing of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, said in a statement Friday that their client “has nothing to hide. ” Richard Allen, who was arrested last month in connection with the killings, will make “a vigorous legal and factual …
Read More »E. Jean Carroll tells DC appeals court Trump had private motives when denying sexual assault
[ad_1] CNN — Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll argued that former President Donald Trump acted with private motives when he denied raping the ex-magazine columnist and they urged the DC Court of Appeals to reject his claim that his allegedly defamatory statements were made as part of his job as …
Read More »Defense begins closing remarks in Harvey Weinstein’s 2nd rape trial after prosecutors conclude it’s time for his ‘reign of terror to end’
[ad_1] CNN — Harvey Weinstein’s defense team began their closing remarks Thursday in the Los Angeles sexual assault trial against the former movie mogul, centering their argument around what attorney Alan Jackson said was a lack of evidence. “Five words that sum up the entirety of the prosecution’s case: ‘Take …
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