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FILE - Chris Cuomo attends The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception on April 11, 2019, in New York. CNN fired Cuomo for the role he played in defense of his brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as he fought sexual harassment charges. CNN said Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, it was still investigating but additional information had come to light. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

CNN fires Cuomo for helping brother, the ex-NY governor who faced sex harassment allegations

CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo on Saturday after details emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as the politician faced sexual harassment allegations earlier this year.
In this courtroom sketch, defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca, left, confers with Ghislaine Maxwell after making an argument to Judge Nathan regarding the removal of a juror due to holiday travel plans that would disrupt the trial schedule during Maxwell's sex trafficking trial, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in New York. A longtime pilot for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein resumed his testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial Tuesday, saying that the British socialite charged with helping the financier find teenage girls to sexually abuse was "Number 2" in the hierarchy of Epstein's operations. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

Scenes from Week 1 of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-abuse trial

The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers taking the witness stand to give emotional testimony accusing the British socialite of coaxing her into sexual encounters with financier Jeffrey Epstein
In this image taken from video, defense attorney Earl Gray questions a potential juror as Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu presides over jury selection Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn., in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter in the April 11, 2021, death of Daunte Wright. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

EXPLAINER: Who are the jurors for trial of Kim Potter?

The jurors who will hear testimony in former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter's trial in the death of Daunte Wright are a mostly white group, with two people who identify as Asian and one as Black
An Afghan judge who asked that her true name not be used, sits during an interview with The Associated Press in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Seven Afghan female judges have taken refuge in Brazil due to fears of retribution from the Taliban. (AP Photo/Raul Spinasse)

AP EXCLUSIVE: Afghan judges in Brazil still fear the Taliban

A female judge was hiding from the newly empowered Taliban in Afghanistan when an apparent reading mistake 7,000 miles away changed her life
16-year-old boy charged with killing 3 in Indianapolis field
A 16-year-old boy was charged Friday with three counts of murder in the October shooting deaths of three young men whose bodies were found in a field in Indianapolis
Indiana inmate dies amid prison Legionnaires disease cases
State prison officials say a central Indiana prison inmate has died after being among those confirmed ill with Legionnaire's disease amid an outbreak of the bacterial lung infection at the facility
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Washington County (Ark.) Jail shows Joshua Duggar. A federal judge says no phones, laptops or recording devices will be allowed at next week's scheduled trial for former reality TV star Josh Duggar, who is facing child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks issued the order ahead of the trial, which is set to begin Tuesday in Fayetteville. (Washington County Arkansas Jail via AP, File)
Duggar trial focusing on computer where child porn was found
Computer forensics experts have testified that a computer used by Josh Duggar at work contained child pornography behind a partition that allowed the user to circumvent an application that monitors internet use
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2021, file photo, a security guard stands at the headquarters of China Evergrande Group in Hong Kong. On Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, troubled Chinese developer China Evergrande Group, struggling under $310 billion in debt, warned it may run out of money to 'perform its financial obligations,' sending regulators scrambling to reassure investors that China's financial markets can be protected from a potential impact. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
Struggling Chinese developer warns it could run out of money
A troubled Chinese developer struggling under $310 billion in debt has warned it may run out of money to 'perform its financial obligations."
Afghan men wrestle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 3 , 2021. The scene is one played out each week after Friday prayers in the sprawling Chaman-e-Huzori park in downtown Kabul, where men, mainly from Afghanistan's northern provinces, gather to watch and to compete in pahlawani, a traditional form of wrestling. (AP Photo/ Petros Giannakouris)
Traditional wrestling continues as a Friday fixture in Kabul
Through clouds of billowing dust, two men circle each other warily before one plunges forward, grabbing his rival's clothing
Lavinia Israel, a testing center employee, takes a sample from a customer for a quick test at a Corona testing center at the Kaufpark Nickern shopping center in Dresden, Germany, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)
Germany: 1 in 100 infected with virus, health minister says
Germany's health minister says more than 1% of the population is currently infected with the coronavirus, and has called on citizens who haven't done so yet to get vaccinated
Indiana's Black churches work to combat mental health crisis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - On a Sunday morning in Anderson, almost 30 years ago, the Rev. Dwight Holland was on assignment as pastor at his second church when he noticed a young woman crying. He asked her to come into his office.
This combo from photos provided by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office shows, from left, James Crumbley and Jennifer Crumbley. The parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teen accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School, plead not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (Oakland County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Michigan parents found in building; bond set at $500K apiece
A judge has imposed a combined $1 million bond for the parents of the Michigan teen charged with killing four students at Oxford High School, hours after police said they were caught hiding in a commercial building
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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