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By Nicquel Terry Ellis CNN, CNN (CNN) — As a news anchor in New York, Cathleen Trigg-Jones said she experienced firsthand the discrimination women of color face in the male-dominated entertainment industry. So, in 2019, she made a career pivot and launched iWoman TV — a media company led by women, featuring shows with female leads.

By Jay Croft, Zenebou Sylla and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie and another person onstage has been scheduled for trial in January, prosecutors say. Hadi Matar is expected to stand trial January 8, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said Friday. He said the trial could last

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — One of two men missing at sea for nearly two weeks was found alive on Thursday by a Canadian fishing boat in a life raft in Canadian waters, approximately 70 miles northwest of Cape Flattery, Washington, according to US Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier. “The fact that he was

CNN By Ashley R. Williams, Sara Smart, John Miller, Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose Ashley Williams, Sara Smart, John Miller, Aya Elamroussi, Andy Rose and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A sense of relief washed over a grieving Maine community that endured two days of fear after authorities announced the man accused of killing 18

By Ashley R. Williams, Sara Smart, John Miller, Aya Elamroussi, Andy Rose and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A sense of relief washed over a grieving Maine community that endured two days of fear after authorities announced the man accused of killing 18 people at a bowling alley and a restaurant earlier this week was

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Alex Murdaugh on Friday officially filed a motion in Colleton County, South Carolina, for a new trial in the murders of his wife and son. His attorneys filed the motion asking that a trial judge hold an evidentiary hearing on their allegations of jury tampering by the Colleton County

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was once at the center of the deadly 2017 White nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been melted down. The statue was rendered into bronze ore Saturday at a foundry in an undisclosed location, according to University

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Sari Beth Rosenberg was teaching a high school history class in New York City recently when a student interrupted her with a question: “Are you Team Israel or Team Palestinian?” Rosenberg had just started her lesson on the French and Indian War when the question came up. As a

By Devon M. Sayers, Holly Yan and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) — Two people involved in a melee at an Alabama riverfront dock that caught national headlines over the summer were sentenced, with one receiving jail time and the other ordered to go to anger management classes. Richard Roberts pleaded guilty to misdemeanor

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Daylight Saving Time will end on November 5, moving the clocks in most US states back an hour. Many Americans welcome the autumn tradition because it brings an extra hour of sleep. But for some, the one-hour shift can cause confusion and disrupt body rhythms, studies show. Learn

By John Miller, Evan Perez, Josh Campbell, Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A US Army reservist accused of killing 18 people and injuring 13 others in a shooting rampage in Maine this week was found dead Friday evening – apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot – after a two-day manhunt, a state official

CNN, WGME, WBZ By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Daylight Saving Time will end on November 5, moving the clocks in most US states back an hour. Many Americans welcome the autumn tradition because it brings an extra hour of sleep. But for some, the one-hour shift can cause confusion and disrupt body rhythms, studies

By Maxime Tamsett and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The first of four inmates who broke out of a central Georgia jail last week has been captured, authorities say, as a manhunt continues for the remaining escapees. Chavis Demaryo Stokes, 29, was found in a home in Montezuma, Georgia, on Thursday – about 50 miles

CNN By Dakin Andone, Evan Perez and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies have descended upon southern Maine to search for a man accused of killing 18 people in two mass shootings Wednesday, and there are several aspects to his background that could make the effort to find him both challenging and dangerous,

By Jason Kravarik and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The wife of the off-duty pilot accused of attempting to disable the engines of an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight says the man she knows would have never tried to knowingly hurt anyone. “This is not my Joe, this is not any Joe that anybody knows. I

By Adrienne Winston and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Fugitive Christopher Haynes is back in police custody after escaping from a Washington, DC, hospital in September, the Metropolitan Police Department said Thursday. US Marshals captured Haynes, 30, in Oxon Hill, Maryland, and returned him to the department’s Homicide Branch, where he will be charged with

By Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A district court judge in Idaho has denied a request to dismiss a grand jury indictment in the case of Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students. During a public hearing Thursday, the defense argued there was an error in the grand