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Doctor pleads guilty to producing child pornography after secretly recording children’s medical exams

January 11, 2020 2:19 AM CNN

A Denver doctor accused of secretly recording nude images of children during medical examinations pleaded guilty to child pornography charges on…

The Ravens look to extend their winning streak against the Titans in the NFL’s Divisional Round

January 11, 2020 2:13 AM CNN

With one round of the postseason in the books, NFL fans have another weekend of playoff football to look forward to. For the second straight week,…

Voters in Taiwan go to the polls amid fears of Beijing’s influence and fake news

January 11, 2020 2:04 AM CNN

Taiwan goes to the polls Saturday for elections dominated more than ever by relations with Beijing, which has been accused of trying to bully voters…

Bushfire heroes, a double twin story and an entertaining cuttlefish

January 11, 2020 1:35 AM CNN

Do you know why sunsets are different colors? The answer is in the air! As the sun sinks lower on the horizon, its light is filtered through more of…

Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian passenger plane unintentionally

January 10, 2020 10:10 PM CNN

Iran unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian plane that crashed near Tehran this week, killing 176 people, the nation’s state media reported.…

Iran admits to unintentional shooting down of Ukrainian jetliner

January 10, 2020 8:37 PM Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced Saturday that its military “unintentionally” shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week,…

A 103-year-old World War II veteran finally gets his combat medals, 75 years later

January 10, 2020 9:03 PM CNN

A 103-year-old World War II veteran is finally being honored for his time in the military — 75 years later. Peter Fantasia, of Somerville,…

A man in Seattle killed himself thinking that he’d hurt someone in a hit-and-run. A cop’s lie ‘contributed’ to his suicide, police watchdog says

January 10, 2020 8:43 PM CNN

When a man allegedly drove away from the scene of a 2018 fender-bender, a Seattle police officer told one of the man’s friends that the crash…

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Mexico’s president admits Chihuahua has ‘homicide problem’ during Juarez visit

January 10, 2020 6:43 PM Julio-Cesar Chavez

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obador visited Juarez on Friday, holding a press conference at a military garrison,…

Administration touts 100th mile of border wall under Trump

January 10, 2020 4:13 PM Associated Press

YUMA, Arizona — Trump administration officials on Friday touted the 100th mile (161st kilometer) of border wall to be built since the president…

MIT professor accepted money from Jeffrey Epstein and didn’t tell the school, report says

January 10, 2020 8:04 PM CNN

A tenured Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has been placed on administrative leave because he accepted two research donations and a…

5.2 aftershock hits Puerto Rico days after earthquake

January 10, 2020 7:26 PM CNN

A 5.2 magnitude aftershock hit Puerto Rico’s southern coast on Friday afternoon, days after an earthquake shook the island and left much of it…

An Oregon man faces hate crimes charges after allegedly beating a woman from India

January 10, 2020 6:05 PM CNN

An Oregon man faces hate crimes and attempted murder charges after prosecutors say he attacked a 70-year-old woman from India. Bond for James Lamb…

Connecticut police wore purple in support of domestic violence victims on the day a man suspected of killing his wife was arrested

January 10, 2020 5:52 PM CNN

Connecticut State Police officers wore purple in support of domestic violence victims on the day Fotis Dulos was arrested in the suspected killing of…

Women staged a flash protest outside the courthouse where Harvey Weinstein is being tried

January 10, 2020 5:41 PM CNN

“It’s not my fault — not where I was, not how I dress,” a female flash mob chanted outside a Manhattan criminal court on Friday.…

Victims of Iran plane crash hailed from around the world

January 10, 2020 5:01 PM CNN

The 176 victims onboard the Boeing 737 plane that crashed after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday hailed from various countries. They included 82…

Charles Barkley is donating another $1 million to a historically black college

January 10, 2020 3:14 PM CNN

Retired NBA superstar Charles Barkley is donating another $1 million to a historically black college. Founded in 1898, Miles College is a…

Hundreds of unwelcome vultures are perched on US Border Patrol’s Texas radio towers

January 10, 2020 3:11 PM CNN

Hundreds of vultures have made a perch out of a US Customs and Border Protection radio tower, and the government has had enough. Approximately 300…

Thanks to a new DNA analysis, a Georgia man is exonerated of rape and freed from prison after 17 years

January 10, 2020 1:04 PM CNN

A Georgia man who served 17 years of a 20-year sentence has been exonerated from his rape conviction and released from prison, after a judge agreed…

Polish state TV ordered to apologize for migrants comments

January 10, 2020 12:38 PM Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has found state TV station guilty of insulting city authorities in Gdansk, including its slain mayor, and…

This exoplanet is in a death dance with its star

January 10, 2020 12:30 PM CNN

Planets tend to suffer the consequences as the stars they orbit go through different phases. And in about three million years, the exoplanet known as…

College staffer out of a job over post suggesting Iran list Mall of America and Kardashian home as targets

January 10, 2020 11:27 AM CNN

A staff member at a Massachusetts college is out of a job after a controversial Facebook post suggesting Iran put a Kardashian’s home and the…

Speaker Pelosi prepares to send Trump articles of impeachment to U.S. Senate

January 10, 2020 11:11 AM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she’s preparing to send the impeachment articles to the Senate next week to…

Mars, already largely desert, is losing water quicker than expected, study says

January 10, 2020 10:41 AM CNN

Once, Mars was a warm planet that could potentially support life and water on its surface. But something changed about 3.5 billion years ago and it…

Video shows the moment of plane crash in Iran

January 10, 2020 10:20 AM CNN

Video obtained by CNN recorded the moment that Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 crashed just after taking off from Tehran’s airport.…

Russian soldier accused of mass shooting says he was victim of hazing – report

January 10, 2020 10:19 AM CNN

A Russian soldier on trial for shooting and killing eight of his fellow service members has said he was the victim of “hazing,” Russian…

Here’s how to help Australia bushfire victims

January 10, 2020 9:54 AM CNN

The devastating Australian bushfires have been burning for months and there’s no end in sight. They’ve taken the lives of citizens and…

Wolf moon eclipse kicks off the first of 13 full moons in 2020

January 10, 2020 9:31 AM CNN

This year started off with a meteor shower and the first month of 2020 continues with a penumbral lunar eclipse during the full moon, on Friday.…

She’s 7 and was born intersex. Why her parents elected to let her grow up without surgical intervention

January 10, 2020 9:30 AM CNN

Seven-year-old Rosie Lohman loves arts and crafts (especially any involving glitter), currently wants to be a DJ when she grows up, and happens to…

Meet NASA’s first astronaut graduates of the Artemis program, eligible for missions to the moon and Mars

January 10, 2020 8:32 AM CNN

After more than two years of training, the first class of NASA astronaut candidates under the agency’s program to land the first woman and next…