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  • French pedophile sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting hundreds of patients in his care

    French pedophile sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting hundreds of patients in his care

    May 28, 2025 03:02 PM EST

    ... an advocacy group for child victims of incest and other sexual crimes, expressed shock at a verdict “we might have expected to be less lenient,” lamenting that post-sentence preventive detention was not imposed. “It’s the maximum sentence, certainly,” she said. “But it’s the least we could have ...

  • WATCH: Trump signs executive orders to speed development of U.S. nuclear power

    WATCH: Trump signs executive orders to speed development of U.S. nuclear power

    May 23, 2025 08:01 PM EST

    ... Act. Compromising the independence of the NRC or encouraging it to be circumvented entirely could weaken the agency and make regulation less effective, said Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not ...

  • After Biden's diagnosis, a look at prostate cancer's impact on men in the U.S.

    After Biden's diagnosis, a look at prostate cancer's impact on men in the U.S.

    May 19, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    ... more aggressive and fast-growing. And those are the kind that have the potential to not only grow within the prostate, but spread to the lymph nodes, liver, and, in this case, for example, the bone. One of the great things about prostate cancer is that it's one of ...

  • Trump says he will call Putin and then Zelenskyy on Monday to discuss ending war in Ukraine

    Trump says he will call Putin and then Zelenskyy on Monday to discuss ending war in Ukraine

    May 17, 2025 05:31 PM EST

    ... most of them older women. Local community chief Yurii Zarko called the day “Black Saturday,” and mourning was declared in the town through Monday. Zelenskyy lamented the missed opportunity from Friday's peace talks, saying that “Ukraine has long proposed this — a full and unconditional ceasefire in order to save ...

  • What's next for the Menendez brothers after their sentences were reduced?

    What's next for the Menendez brothers after their sentences were reduced?

    May 14, 2025 04:37 PM EST

    ... trial was one of the first to be almost entirely televised on Court TV. It spawned documentaries, television specials and dramatizations. The Netflix drama “ Monsters: Lyle and Erik Menendez Story ” and the documentary “The Menendez Brothers,” released in the fall of 2024, have been credited for bringing new attention to ...

  • Judge reduces Menendez brothers' murder sentences, making them eligible for parole

    Judge reduces Menendez brothers' murder sentences, making them eligible for parole

    May 14, 2025 03:45 PM EST

    ... growth made him believe in rehabilitation. Anerae Brown, who had been formerly incarcerated, cried as he testified about how the brothers helped him heal and eventually be released through parole. “I have children now,” he said. “Without Lyle and Erik I might still be sitting in there doing stupid things.”

  • Mideast experts weigh in on Trump's economic and defense deals in the region

    Mideast experts weigh in on Trump's economic and defense deals in the region

    May 13, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... clearly not on the cards. He did not, though -- President Trump did not come out and condemn Israel for its actions in Gaza. He just lamented the terrible humanitarian situation there, and so far has not really exerted any pressure on Israel to stop its attack on Gaza. And that ...

  • Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected in 1st conclave vote

    Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected in 1st conclave vote

    May 07, 2025 07:10 PM EST

    ... an unusual degree of uncertainty in a process that is always full of mystery and suspense. Many cardinals hadn’t met until last week and lamented they needed more time to get to know one another, raising questions about how long it might take for one man to secure the ...

  • Before secret voting begins, senior cardinal urges conclave to pick a pope who prizes unity

    Before secret voting begins, senior cardinal urges conclave to pick a pope who prizes unity

    May 07, 2025 02:15 PM EST

    ... or not. WATCH: Understanding the conclave, the secretive process to choose a new pope Many cardinals hadn’t met one another until last week and lamented they needed more time to get to know each another, raising questions about how long it might take for one man to secure the ...

  • 'We need a superman!' Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings

    'We need a superman!' Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings

    May 06, 2025 07:12 PM EST

    ... will put back on my archbishop of Kinshasa hat and the struggle continues.”Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, the chatty French-born archbishop of Algiers, Algeria, lamented last week that there hadn't been enough time for the cardinals to get to know one another, since many of them had never ...

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