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By Chris Stern, CNN (CNN) — Josef Fritzl, the infamous Austrian rapist and sex offender, can be moved from psychiatric detention in a high-security unit to a regular prison, judges ruled Thursday. Fritzl is currently being held at Stein prison but will be moved as long as the public prosecutor’s office does not file an
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming announced Thursday that his wife died after a two-year battle with brain cancer. “After a courageous battle with cancer, Bobbi is now at peace and at home with the Lord,” the senator said in a statement. “In addition to being a devoted
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom will send back gold and silver artifacts looted from Ghana in the 19th century after a long-term loan agreement was struck. Both the British Museum and the V&A will send items related to the Asante royal court to Ghana, where they will be displayed at the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Mattel struck gold – or pink – with “Barbie,” which was the first major feature film to come from the toy company and made nearly $1.5 billion worldwide, becoming the biggest movie of 2023 and racking up eight Oscar nominations earlier this week. Now, CNN has learned that Mattel
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Erin Throlopolis is the Manager for the Managerial Logistics of Management for McManagement. If her title made you laugh, you should see her videos. “Corporate Erin” is a character conceived of by actress Lisa Beasley, one of several social media talents who have gone viral by taking the
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Erin Throlopolis is the Manager for the Managerial Logistics of Management for McManagement. If her title made you laugh, you should see her videos. “Corporate Erin” is a character conceived of by actress Lisa Beasley, one of several social media talents who have gone viral by taking
Continue ReadingBy Pat Foran Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Last summer, an Oakville family planned their dream trip to Dubai and India, but their vacation quickly soured when they were stranded overseas. “It was a very, very hectic vacation for us,” Baldip Mann told CTV News Toronto. “I’m still upset
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — For some, happiness is getting enough sleep. But for a small marsupial in Australia, sex is a higher priority than getting some shut-eye — and it is willing to sacrifice hours of it daily to reach its happy ending. Scientists based in Australia have found that mouse-sized male antechinus
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The White House’s chief diversity and inclusion officer is departing the White House after three years in the position. Michael Leach served as the first ever diversity officer in a presidential administration and led efforts to build the most racially diverse and women-majority White House staff
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian state news agency says Russia’s science and higher education ministry has dismissed the head of a prestigious genetics institute who sparked controversy by contending that humans once lived for centuries and that the shorter lives of modern humans are due to their ancestors’ sins. Although the report did not give
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Justin Timberlake is back. The singer and actor dropped a new single and accompanying video on Thursday. “Selfish” tells the story of someone loving someone so much that it is exactly that. The accompanying visuals are a “video within a video,” with Timberlake seen filming the project. In
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If your teen’s opting out of the school football game or shopping with friends, chalking it up to teen angst can be easy. But you should pay more attention since social withdrawal could signal something deeper is going on, a new study has found. Being socially withdrawn and experiencing
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Jurors in Michigan have heard opening statements in the trial of the mother of a school shooter. Jennifer Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say she was grossly negligent in not removing her son from Oxford High School when confronted with his violent drawings. She’s
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s Constitutional Council rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane. It’s a new blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his government. The council said in a statement that it threw out all or part of 32 of the law’s 86 articles, as contrary to the constitution.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to a New York courtroom Thursday to defend himself against a lawsuit seeking more than $10 million for things he said about advice columnist E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault. Trump’s first visit to
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US economy remained shockingly robust in the fourth quarter to close out a remarkably strong 2023 as consumers and businesses continued to spend, crushing expectations of a recession. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, rose at a seasonally and inflation-adjusted annualized rate of
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has accused neighboring India’s intelligence agency of involvement in the extrajudicial killings of its citizens, saying it had credible evidence linking two Indian agents to the deaths of two people in Pakistan last year. Foreign Secretary Sajjad Qazi on Thursday said the killings were a violation
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 32-year-old man who fatally stabbed two college students and a man months from retirement in the British city of Nottingham has been told he would “most probably” spend the rest of his life in a high-security medical facility. The judge told Valdo Calocane
Continue ReadingBy IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan official says the remains of 119 people believed to be victims of genocide have been discovered in the country’s south as authorities continue to find mass graves nearly three decades after the killings. The remains of more victims continue to be found because perpetrators
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Sebastian Shukla and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Igor Girkin, a prominent Russian pro-war blogger who criticized President Vladimir Putin’s handling of the war on Ukraine, has been found guilty on extremism charges and sentenced to four years in prison by a Moscow court. Moscow City Court convicted Girkin, also known under his pseudonym,
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