By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has been freed from prison after serving much of a seven-year prison sentence for lying to hedge fund investors and cheating investors in a drug company. Shkreli’s attorney, Ben Brafman, said in a statement Wednesday that the 39-year-old Shkreli was released
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By Brad Parks and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who held down George Floyd’s legs during his fatal restraint pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter Wednesday as part of a plea deal, attorneys said. Thomas Lane, 39, was one of three former officers to face charges of aiding and abetting
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Editor’s note: This story comes from the El Paso Times as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a group of newsrooms — including ABC-7, which explores issues with a bi-national perspective. Story by Lauren Villagran. JUÁREZ — Episcopal Pastor Miguel González walked down a darkened dormitory hall into a bright orange kitchen. “Good morning everyone,” he said, introducing
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A California family and sports medicine doctor with a deep interest in building community was praised as a hero after he died confronting a gunman at a church service Sunday. Dr. John Cheng, 52, was the lone person killed in the mass shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church,
Continue Reading By Claudia Rebaza, Karol Suarez and Aliza Kassim, CNN Mexico has officially registered more than 100,000 people as missing or disappeared, according to data from the Interior Ministry’s National Registry of Missing People. From 1964 to the present day, the country has registered more than 100,023 people missing, of which more than 24,700 are women,
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CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is working with key manufacturers to help provide logistics support during the baby formula shortage, a White House official said in a statement on Monday. “The White House is having ongoing conversations with the four major infant formula manufacturers — Reckitt, Abbott, Nestle/Gerber, and Perrigo — to
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, Annie Cohen and Christina Maxouris, CNN The state of Massachusetts reached a $56 million settlement with the plaintiffs of a class-action lawsuit regarding a deadly Covid-19 outbreak at a veteran’s home roughly two years ago, officials announced. At least 84 veterans at the facility died of Covid-19 related issues and many others
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Brice Laine and Denis Lapin, CNN Two convoys of civilian cars in one northeastern Ukrainian village speak of Russia’s retreat from the area and the brutality it left behind. The first — three cars, laden with a priest, dogs, and troubled frowns — is headed hurriedly through the village
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(CNN) — A federal judge in Louisiana grappled on Friday with whether the Biden administration can end a controversial Trump-era pandemic restriction, known as Title 42, later this month. The public health authority at the center of the case allows officials on the US-Mexico border to turn migrants back to Mexico or their home countries because
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Anna Chernova, CNN A Russian court has extended the pretrial detention of US basketball star Brittney Griner — held since February on accusations of drug smuggling — by another month, Russian state news agency TASS reported Friday. Griner, who the US government has said is being wrongfully detained, now can be
Continue Reading CNN By Atika Shubert and Abeer Salman, CNN There was unrest in Jerusalem Friday as thousands attended the burial of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead two days earlier while reporting on a military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. Mourners had marched from Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate to
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN Israeli military investigators have taken guns away from some Israel Defense Forces troops as part of an investigation into shooting incidents in Jenin on the day Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed there, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons have been taken so
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN We all make mistakes, but for a host of the Mega Millions lottery, it’s a potentially costly one: Prize payments for some Mega Millions tickets have been temporarily suspended after host John Crow incorrectly read the Mega Ball number during Tuesday’s lottery drawing. The first five numbers were called correctly: 15,
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(CNN) — The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is taking the extraordinary step of sending subpoenas to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers who have rejected the panel’s requests to voluntarily cooperate. In addition to McCarthy, the Democrat-led panel is subpoenaing Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Mo Brooks
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration has issued emergency orders grounding both pilots involved in last month’s botched and “unauthorized” Red Bull plane swap stunt. New documents shared first with CNN show the FAA has ordered stuntmen Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington to “surrender their pilot certificates immediately.” The FAA is also proposing
Continue Reading By Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN A key vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, a Democrat-led bill aimed at preserving access to abortion nationwide, failed in the Senate on Wednesday. The vote comes as the US Supreme Court may be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, as indicated by
Continue Reading A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a private plane at a Florida airport with the help of an air traffic controller after the pilot became incapacitated. The condition of the pilot is unknown at this time. CNN’s Pete Muntean reports.
Continue Reading A video released by PETA shows actor James Cromwell glued to a Starbucks counter in New York to protest the company’s practice of upcharging for plant-based milk.
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Michigan man was in for a welcome surprise when he discovered a forgotten lottery ticket in his wallet — and won $242,256. The anonymous winner bought a few tickets from the Michigan Lottery’s April 30 Fantasy 5 jackpot at a gas station in Clawson, Michigan, according to a news release
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EL PASO, Texas– A new peer-to-peer program that helps Ukrainian students practice their English proficiency started recruiting people in the Sun City. The ENGin Program was launched in March 2020. According to their website, 91% of students in Ukraine study English. However, their country still ranks 30th of 34 European countries in English proficiency. The
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By Allie Malloy, CNN White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration is “working around the clock” to address the baby formula shortage, as manufacturers say they’re producing at full capacity and making as much formula as they can — but it’s still not enough to meet current
Continue Reading By Polo Sandoval, Theresa Waldrop and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN The three Americans who died last week at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas were from Tennessee and Florida, and scientists and investigators are working to determine their causes of death, the island nation’s police commissioner said Monday. A pathologist is slated to conduct autopsies Monday,
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn and Sara Smart, CNN An area outside the Lowell Point community near Seward, Alaska, was still unstable Sunday, following a Saturday landslide which blocked access to the primary road connecting the resort area and the city of Seward. Brenda Ballou, a spokesperson for the city, told CNN a few hundred people live
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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pilots and airlines have expressed concerns over an increase in dangerous incidents in Mexico City’s airspace since it was redesigned to accommodate a second airport. Those include alerts that planes could crash unless action is taken. The International Air Transport Association that represents some 290 airlines
Continue Reading By Amanda Watts, CNN The body of a 14-year-old girl was found in the Mississippi River, the second body recovered after three children went missing in the water last month, according to the New Orleans mayor. “Last night’s tragic news on the recovery of the body of 14-year-old Brandy Wilson from the Mississippi River breaks
Continue Reading By CNN Staff The Nashville Public Library (NPL) is hoping to give out 5,000 free “banned books” library cards to local readers by the end of the month as Tennessee is among the states embroiled in the ongoing censorship debate across the nation. The “Freedom to Read” campaign, which launched last week, is a direct
Continue Reading By Patrick Oppmann, Karol Suarez and Jorge Engels, CNN At least 30 people are dead and at least 24 remained hospitalized Sunday after Friday’s explosion at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, the Cuban health ministry said. On Saturday, Cuban state media reported 32 dead, and Cuba’s presidency said 26 were killed. It’s not clear what
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EL PASO, Texas – Congresswoman Veronica Escobar hosts a news conference with borderland reproductive rights advocates. This is in response to the leaked Supreme Court decision draft that would overturn Roe V. Wade.
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CNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business So much for the good feelings on Wall Street. US markets fell sharply Thursday, eviscerating all of the gains from Wednesday after the Federal Reserve’s announcement of its plans to increase in its benchmark interest rate won over investors. Fed Chair Jerome Powell helped reassure investors Wednesday afternoon, saying
Continue Reading (CNN) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it is raising interest rates by a half-percentage point to get a handle on the worst inflation America has seen in 40 years. It’s the first time in 22 years that the central bank has hiked rates this much. In March, it ramped up its benchmark borrowing rate for the first time since late
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