CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Justice was served this past week, a dozen years too late, when CJ Rice was legally exonerated by the Philadelphia district attorney’s office. The district attorney’s office dropped all charges against Rice for a 2011 shooting that sent him to prison for a crime he insists he did not — and
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Observances have been held in Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the “Great Escape,” an ingenious act of defiance during World War II in which 76 prisoners of war tunneled out of a German prisoner-of-war camp into a snowy forest. A solemn roll call of
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis unexpectedly skipped delivering his homily during the Palm Sunday Mass service at the Vatican on Sunday, although was able to preside over the service and was later driven around in the popemobile. The service marks the beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred week in the church’s calendar
Continue ReadingBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Four people have been killed and several others injured after a rally car veered off the road and crashed into a group of spectators during a race in Hungary. Police said Sunday the accident occurred between the towns of Labatlan and Bajot near the Danube River in northwest Hungary.
Continue ReadingSHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Months after his disputed one-vote victory in a Louisiana sheriff’s race was tossed by a court, a career law enforcement officer has been decisively elected on his second try. Democratic candidate Henry Whitehorn got 53% of the vote in Saturday’s election in northwest Louisiana’s Caddo Parish. He’ll be the parish’s first
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of society clamoring for justice. The brutal assassination of the 38-year-old Black, bisexual Rio
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN Jersey City, New Jersey (CNN) — The end of the line could be near for New Jersey’s almighty political machine. A federal judge in Trenton is poised to rule as early as this week on a lawsuit aimed at kneecapping local bigwigs’ influence over party primaries and the nominating process. First
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine says it hit two Russian naval vessels, along with a communications center and several other facilities belonging to the Black Sea Fleet, in a huge overnight attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol. There has been no comment from Russian defense officials, although
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Izso, Abeer Salman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces have surrounded two more hospitals in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said, describing intense shelling and heavy gunfire. Months into the conflict, fighting is still raging across Gaza, despite international pressure on Israel and ongoing efforts for a
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The central dispute in the case is whether the Food and Drug
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio man has been arrested for allegedly concealing his participation in the Rwandan genocide almost three decades ago. Eric Tabaro Nshimiye, also known as Eric Tabaro Nshimiyimana, a 52-year-old living in Uniontown, Ohio, was arrested Thursday by special agents from Homeland Security Investigations, according to a news release
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square. He is avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his increasingly frail health. He has been hobbled by respiratory
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of society clamoring for justice. The brutal assassination of the 38-year-old Black, bisexual Rio
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father’s control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting. And Dakota Adams has tossed one more ball in the air this year: a Democratic
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Donald Trump-backed Senate Republican candidate Bernie Moreno, who won a tough primary race last week in Ohio, refused to say if he believes the 2020 presidential election was stolen from the former president. “Oh my gosh, are we talking about that? We’ve had like three elections since then,” he
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats may save Mike Johnson’s speakership – but he first must outline a pathway to approving aid to Ukraine, multiple Democratic sources told CNN. If Johnson were to announce he would take up the Senate’s $95 billion aid package, Democrats would vote in droves to keep him in the
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking from his father’s control. Dakota Adams is juggling work, college classes, volunteer firefighting and now a campaign for Montana’s Legislature. Adams knows it won’t be easy running as
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Hart, who rose from the open mics and comedy clubs of his native Philadelphia to become one of the country’s most recognizable performers, will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a gala performance Sunday at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Hart,
Continue ReadingBy AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s currency fell to a record low on Sunday, plunging to 613,500 to the dollar, as its people celebrated the Persian New Year. On Sunday, people were trying to exchange rials for foreign currency at Tehran’s main hub of exchange shops in Ferdowsi Street, but most
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians who fled during an ongoing Israeli raid in and around the Gaza Strip’s main hospital described days of heavy fighting, mass arrests, forced marches past dead bodies and flattened buildings in interviews Sunday. The Israeli military says it has killed over
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