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(CNN)James Best, best known for his portrayal of bumbling sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard," died Monday after a brief illness. He was 88. Best died in hospice in Hickory, North Carolina, of complications from pneumonia, said Steve Latshaw, a longtime friend and Hollywood colleague. Although he'd... | James Best, who played the sheriff on "The Dukes of Hazzard," died Monday at 88 .
"Hazzard" ran from 1979 to 1985 and was among the most popular shows on TV . |
(CNN)The attorney for a suburban New York cardiologist charged in what authorities say was a failed scheme to have another physician hurt or killed is calling the allegations against his client "completely unsubstantiated." Appearing Saturday morning on CNN's "New Day," Randy Zelin defended his client, Dr. Anthony Mosc... | A lawyer for Dr. Anthony Moschetto says the charges against him are baseless .
Moschetto, 54, was arrested for selling drugs and weapons, prosecutors say .
Authorities allege Moschetto hired accomplices to burn down the practice of former associate . |
(CNN)President Barack Obama took part in a roundtable discussion this week on climate change, refocusing on the issue from a public health vantage point. After the event at Washington's Howard University on Tuesday, Obama sat down with me for a one-on-one interview. I asked him about the science behind climate change a... | "No challenge poses more of a public threat than climate change," the President says .
He credits the Clean Air Act with making Americans "a lot" healthier . |
Moscow (CNN)A Russian TV channel aired Hillary Clinton's first campaign video with a rating stamp that means it's for mature audiences, because of fears it might run afoul of the country's anti-gay propaganda law. A clip of the video, which features a gay couple holding hands, got the 18+ rating from the independent TV... | Presidential hopeful's video, featuring gay couple, gets mature rating in Russia .
Russian TV channel feared airing it would break the country's anti-gay propaganda law .
Clinton announced her support for same-sex marriage in 2013 . |
(CNN)Marco Rubio is all in. The Republican senator from Florida has announced that he is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, running on an optimistic message that he embodies the promise of the American Dream. With his youthful energy and Hispanic roots, it's tempting to see Rubio as the new blood that the... | Raul Reyes: In seeking Latino vote, Marco Rubio his own worst enemy on two key issues: immigration reform, Cuba relations .
He says on health care, climate change and other issues, he breaks from Latinos' positions. Polls show they don't favor him . |
(CNN)SPOILER ALERT! It's not just women getting cloned. That was the big twist at the end of "Orphan Black's" second season. The kickoff to the new season leads the list of six things to watch in the week ahead. 1. "Orphan Black," 9 p.m. ET, Saturday, April 18, BBC America . The cloning cult sci-fi series remains one o... | Critically acclaimed series "Orphan Black" returns .
"Turn: Washington's Spies" starts a second season .
"Game of Thrones" is back for season five . |
(CNN)Emergency operators get lots of crazy calls, but few start like this. Caller: "Hello, I'm trapped in this plane and I called my job, but I'm in this plane." Operator: "You're where?" Caller: "I'm inside a plane and I feel like it's up moving in the air. Flight 448 can you please tell somebody (to) stop it." Th... | The ramp agent fell asleep in the plane's cargo hold .
He can no longer work on Alaska Airlines flights . |
(CNN)Mullah Mohammed Omar is "still the leader" of the Taliban's self-declared Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. That appears to be the primary message of a biography, just published by the Taliban, of the reclusive militant who is credited with founding the group in the early 1990s. The Taliban's "Cultural Commission" r... | Mullah Omar, the reclusive founder of the Afghan Taliban, is still in charge, a new biography claims .
An ex-Taliban insider says there have been rumors that the one-eyed militant is dead . |
(CNN)Wanted: film director, must be eager to shoot footage of golden lassos and invisible jets. CNN confirms that Michelle MacLaren is leaving the upcoming "Wonder Woman" movie (The Hollywood Reporter first broke the story). MacLaren was announced as director of the movie in November. CNN obtained a statement from Warn... | Michelle MacLaren is no longer set to direct the first "Wonder Woman" theatrical movie .
MacLaren left the project over "creative differences"
Movie is currently set for 2017 . |
London (CNN)British police investigating a spectacular heist in the heart of London's jewelry district said Friday they knew a burglar alarm went off but didn't respond. Southern Monitoring Alarm Company called the Metropolitan Police Service, also known as Scotland Yard, at 12:21 a.m. April 3 to report that the burgla... | British tabloid releases video it says shows the robbery being carried out .
British police say they didn't respond to a burglar alarm in jewelry district .
Police give no value of the amount taken in the heist in London's jewelry district . |
(CNN)The Baltimore mother who slapped her son several times and pulled him out of a protest told CNN on Wednesday she wasn't concerned that she might be embarrassing her son. "Not at all," Toya Graham told CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360˚" in an interview that aired Wednesday night. "He was embarrassing himself by wearing t... | Video of Toya Graham going to a protest and forcefully removing her son went viral, drew a lot of praise .
The single mother of six tells CNN her son was scolded that he wasn't brought up that way .
Michael Singleton says he knows his mom was trying to protect him . |
(CNN)Ever had a headache so big, you felt like drilling a hole in your head to let the pain out? In Neolithic times trepanation -- or drilling a hole into the skull -- was thought to be a cure for everything from epilepsy to migraines. It could even have been a form of emergency surgery for battle wounds. But while the... | Obsidian can produce cutting edges many times finer than even the best steel scalpels .
Some surgeons still use the blades in procedures today . |
(CNN)More than 500 Houthi rebels have been killed since the start of Saudi-led military operations against Yemeni Shia fighters, a Saudi Defense Ministry official said Saturday, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. A Saudi general said Saturday the nine-nation coalition has undertaken 1,200 airstrikes since t... | Saudi general says more than 1,200 airstrikes since campaign began March 26 .
Three Saudis were killed in attack on border position, source tells CNN . |
Washington (CNN)Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say that businesses that provide wedding-related services should be required to provide those services to same-sex couples in the same way they would all other customers, even if they have religious objections. A new CNN/ORC poll finds 57% feel businesses such as caterers or flo... | Most Americans say businesses should not discriminate against same-sex weddings .
Public opinion has shifted on the issue since last fall .
Indiana passed and later changed its religious freedom law after public outcry . |
(CNN)James Holmes made his introduction to the world in a Colorado cinema filled with spectators watching a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," in June 2012. The moment became one of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history. Holmes is accused of opening fire on the crowd, killing 12 people... | Opening statements are scheduled Monday in the trial of James Holmes .
Jury selection took three months .
Holmes faces 165 counts in the movie theater massacre that killed 12 people . |
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN)More than 4,600 people dead. More than 9,000 injured. Eight million affected across Nepal. One million children urgently in need of help. Those are the startling numbers that indicate the scale of the devastation from the huge earthquake that struck the Himalayan nation on Saturday. And some of th... | Death toll in Nepal climbs above 4,600, officials say, with more than 9,000 injured .
Shattered villages near epicenter are hard to reach, says aid worker in the area .
More bad weather is forecast for the region in the coming days . |
(CNN)We did it again, in another American city. We set Baltimore on fire this time. We brutalized black bodies. We turned a funeral into a riot. We let things get out of hand. We looted. We threw stones at policemen. We threw stones at citizens. We created camera-ready chaos, and we replayed the images. We created a cu... | In Baltimore, after the death of Freddie Gray, riots erupted, cars were set on fire and 200 arrests were made .
Eric Liu: Liberals and conservatives react predictably, see the riots as confirmation of their views .
It's time to push each other out of our ideological and identity comfort zones and change the status quo,... |
(CNN)By now, you probably have a position regarding the controversy over Indiana's religious freedom law. You applaud the growing chorus of companies blasting the law as an invitation for businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians, using religion as a cover. Or, like Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, you are surprised... | The controversy over Indiana's religious freedom law is complicated .
Some factors you might have not considered . |
Paris (CNN)Six survivors of the Paris kosher supermarket siege in January are suing a French media outlet for what they call dangerous live broadcasting during the hostage-taking. According to Paris prosecutor's spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, the lawsuit was filed March 27 and a preliminary investigation was open... | Six people taken hostage in a kosher market siege say media outlet endangered their lives .
They hid in a cold room during the attack in Paris by gunman Amedy Coulibaly . |
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)Police officers Saturday accompanied the hearse carrying the body of Walter Scott to his South Carolina funeral service, where hundreds of mourners celebrated his life and death as a catalyst for change in America. A pair of officers on motorcycles were part of the large procession deliv... | Police officers escort the funeral procession to the service .
Scott's family did not attend his visitation; they need privacy, mayor says .
Police meet with the man who was a passenger in his car when it was pulled over . |
(CNN)Arizona investigators have released dramatic video of a Walmart parking lot brawl that left a police officer wounded, one man dead, and reportedly involved members of a Christian family band. Enoch Gaver, 21, was killed in the fight in the town of Cottonwood, and suspect David Gaver, 28, was shot in the stomach an... | Police questioned the group about an alleged assault of a Walmart employee .
A man put a police officer in a headlock and fighting broke out . |
(Billboard)The key to rock's longevity is it never defines itself into irrelevance. So while there were some loud, dirty guitars at the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday night, there was as much recognition for rock's antecedents in soul and blues, speaking less to a particular... | Paul McCartney honors Ringo Starr at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony .
Green Day, Lou Reed, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts also honored . |
(CNN)A judge this week sentenced a former TSA agent to six months in jail for secretly videotaping a female co-worker while she was in the bathroom, prosecutors said. During the investigation, detectives with the Metro Nashville Police Department in Tennessee also found that the agent, 33-year-old Daniel Boykin, entere... | Former TSA agent Daniel Boykin, 33, videotaped his female co-worker in the restroom, authorities say .
Authorities say they found 90 videos and 1,500 photos of the victim on Boykin's phone and computer .
Boykin worked in an administrative capacity and didn't do public security screenings, TSA official says . |
Washington (CNN)Until recently, if you sat in church on Sunday mornings, pollsters could predict where you stood on same-sex marriage. What a difference a decade makes. In 2003, when the Massachusetts Supreme Court became the country's first to legalize same-sex marriage, less than 30% of religiously affiliated America... | There are now more people of faith who favor marriage equality than stand against it, according to a new poll .
If the U.S. Supreme Court has been paying attention, it likely saw this trend coming . |
London (CNN)The Hatton Garden heist, as it will surely come to be known, was every safe deposit box holder's nightmare, every movie director's dream. Thieves using heavy cutting equipment and rappelling gear broke into the vault of an esteemed 60-year-old safe deposit company in the heart of London over the past holida... | Robbers may have taken advantage of a four-day holiday weekend .
Estimates of the value of the items taken rage from hundreds of thousands of pounds to 200 million pounds .
The heist took place in a historic heart of London's jewelry business . |
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)University of Nairobi students were terrified Sunday morning when they heard explosions -- caused by a faulty electrical cable -- and believed it was a terror attack, the school said. Students on the Kikuyu campus stampeded down the halls of the Kimberly dormitory, and some jumped from its fifth flo... | Students stampeded; some jumped from a fifth story at a dorm; one student died, school officials say .
The blasts were caused by faulty electrical cable, and Kenya Power is at the school .
The panic came less than two weeks after terrorists attacked Kenya's Garissa University . |
(CNN)A Saudi-led coalition Tuesday ended its "Operation Decisive Storm" -- its nearly monthlong airstrike campaign in Yemen -- and a new initiative is underway. "Operation Renewal of Hope" will focus on the political process. Saudi Arabia had launched airstrikes on Houthi positions across Yemen, hoping to wipe out the ... | Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave, a source says .
Ousted leader Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi promises to return .
Next phase, called "Operation Renewal of Hope," will focus on political process . |
(CNN)"It really depends what you want. Boy? Girl? Young? Old?" The man on the phone was offering us young children with the casualness of a market trader. After a week of back and forth phone calls, his initial caginess had given way to greed. He'd heard my foreign accent and clearly decided I would pay more than the d... | CNN team finds a man at "unofficial" displaced camp willing to provide children to be "fostered"
He says he can't take money for them, but eventually demands $500 for two girls . |
(CNN)Much like the ardent young royal-watchers of today, enamored by the Duchess of Cambridge's very being, I was similarly captivated by Diana, Princess of Wales when I was a youngster. She was a rare breed: stunningly beautiful, immediately accessible, witty, charming and endearingly mischievous -- she was one in a m... | As William and Kate await the arrival of their second child, speculation is rife as to what he or she will be named .
Royal expert Victoria Arbiter argues that naming a newborn princess after Diana would put too much pressure on her . |
(CNN)Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was once known as the murder capital of the world. Back in 2010, at the height of cartel violence, the city averaged 8.5 killings per day. But five years later, local officials say the city is much safer, and plans are underway to lure foreign tourists and investors back to Juarez. This mont... | Cartel violence helped make Juarez the murder capital of the world five years ago .
But the murder rate in the city has declined rapidly since 2010 .
Now city leaders are working to bring visitors and foreign investment back to Juarez . |
(CNN)The Arizona police officer who slammed into an armed suspect with his patrol car told investigators he thought he was too far to take a shot at the man, so he chose the other option, CNN affiliate KVOA reported Wednesday. Officer Michael Rapiejko ran his car into Mario Valencia in February as the suspect carried a... | Officer Michael Rapiejko said he needed to use lethal force to stop the suspect .
Mario Valencia was carrying a rifle and fired one round into the air .
Rapiejko said two options crossed his mind and it was too far to shoot Valencia . |
(CNN)There's an old saying which states the Cape Verde Islands are home to a greater number of musicians per square kilometer than any other country in the world. In truth, such a definitive claim may be nigh on impossible to prove. But there is a certain factual accuracy behind the legend: the important and proud rela... | Cape Verde seeking to tap-into rich cultural heritage .
Tiny island nation wants to grow creative economy . |
(CNN)It is a city transformed, swollen in size but shrunken in scope, anxiously awaiting what comes next. On Kabul's streets, you can easily find the uneasy legacy of America's longest war. Outside one mosque -- mixing with other men desperate for a day's worth of casual manual labor -- are five men who months ago had ... | Kabul faces uncertain future as NATO presence -- and the money that came with it -- fades away .
Interpreters are out of work, NATO trucks sit idle on roads, restaurants are empty . |
Lausanne, Switzerland (CNN)A roller-coaster series of talks wrapped up Thursday in Lausanne as a group of world powers known as the P5+1 reached a framework agreement with Iran over the country's nuclear program. The success of that agreement remains to be seen. The parties have until the end to June to work out the de... | This week's talks on an Iranian nuclear deal framework are historic .
The negotiations demonstrated diplomacy at its best, but also at its most hectic .
Reporters resorted to ambushes to talk to officials; negotiations were "sometimes emotional and confrontational" |
(CNN)It was a typical practice day for the Washington University of rowing team, but then danger came from beneath. The scene was Creve Coeur Lake outside of St. Louis early Friday morning. The team's boat got near the dock, when suddenly a swarm of Asian carp emerged from the water and went on the attack, some even go... | Rowing team at Washington University attacked by flying carp .
Member of the team caught the attack on video . |
Marseille, France (CNN)Initial tests on the flight data recorder recovered from downed Germanwings Flight 9525 show that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz purposely used the controls to speed up the plane's descent, according to the French air accident investigation agency, the BEA. The flight data recorder, or "black box," was ... | French investigators: Flight data recorder reveals Andreas Lubitz acted deliberately to crash plane .
He used autopilot to set altitude at 100 feet and then used the controls to speed up the descent . |
(CNN)Authorities in South Carolina have released dash cam video in connection with the fatal shooting of Walter Scott, but the footage does not show the actual shooting. Video from the patrol car of North Charleston's Michael Slager shows an initial traffic stop and early interactions between the officer and Scott. Sla... | Footage shows a traffic stop and early interactions between Officer Michael Slager and Walter Scott .
The two men speak, and then Scott gets out of the car, running .
Slager, charged with murder, was fired from the North Charleston Police Department . |
(CNN)You might call her a watchdog, because this Boston area Doberman really has a thing for timepieces. She recently ate three. Last Thursday, Jeff Courcelle came home from work to find 5-year-old Mocha -- a pure bred fawn-colored Doberman pincher -- hovering over a pile of screws, metal pieces, three watch heads and ... | A Boston-area dog ate three of her owner's wristwatches .
A veterinarian removed about 1 lb. of watch parts from her stomach .
Mocha the Doberman is now doing well . |
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN)The questions Turks asked on Tuesday were tinged with fear. "What's going on? What happened? Why can't I get into the subway?" asked an elderly woman in a white headscarf with several shopping bags as she stood outside the barricaded entrance to one of Istanbul's busiest subway stations. She was o... | This week, Turkey was gripped by a massive power outage and a deadly hostage crisis .
Reactions reveal contemporary Turkey is tense and confused after years of political crises .
Censorship has pushed critics to fringes in country cited as democratic model for Mideast . |
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN)Al Qaeda fighters attacked a prison in the coastal Yemeni city of Al Mukallah early Thursday, freeing at least 270 prisoners, a third of whom have al Qaeda links, a senior Defense Ministry official has told CNN. Khaled Batarfi, a senior al Qaeda figure, was among the escapees, officials said. Dozens o... | Al Qaeda fighters attack a prison and other government buildings, freeing many prisoners .
Government troops clash with the fighters, most of whom flee .
Yemen is descending into chaos as a Shia-Sunni conflict draws in regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran . |
(CNN)Editor's Note: Ines Dumig was recently announced as a CENTER Grant Recipient. Sahra, a Somali refugee, left her home at 14 years old. Throughout her journey in search of asylum, she managed to overcome dangers and discomforts. But she never gave up, and she continuously reminded herself to keep going. She's the fo... | Ines Dumig's photo series "Apart Together" follows a Somali refugee living in Germany .
The underlying themes include isolation and "otherness" and the search for human dignity . |
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