A Boston mother and her daughter were speaking Spanish on their way home when authorities say two white women assaulted them because they thought they were making fun of them. “As they beat us, they yelled ‘This is America, speak English!’” the mother, who was only identified as Ms. Vasquez, told reporters earlier this week…… MORE
Despite potentially facing more than two decades in prison, Harvey Weinstein is “not giving up on life,” according to his spokesman, Juda Engelmayer. Engelmayer spoke to CNN after visiting Weinstein on Friday in the prison ward at New York’s Bellevue Hospital. Weinstein was taken to the hospital instead of Rikers Island on Monday after being…… MORE
President Donald Trump suggested his supporters in South Carolina cast their primary ballots for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during his rally Friday, the second straight Democratic primary in which he’s suggested his supporters get involved. “By the way, the Republicans allowed to vote in the — are you ready?” he said to cheers from a…… MORE
An impersonator posing as a Bernie Sanders campaign official contacted at least two other Democratic presidential campaigns in an attempt to arrange calls with their candidates. CNN on Friday obtained an email sent from a suspicious address to another Democratic campaign. The impersonator reached out to the campaign from a web address that was designed…… MORE
As South Carolina Democratic voters head to the polls on Saturday, one name on the ballot has been noticeably absent from the state for nearly 48 hours ahead of the vote. “Something is going on right now in the South, and I hope you know that, and it is a big thing,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar…… MORE
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday it was “deeply disturbed” over a report that deputies shared photographs from the scene of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others. The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that a source said he saw one of the photos on the phone of…… MORE
Joe Germanotta is the owner of the Art Bird & Whiskey Bar in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, but he hasn’t paid more than $260,000 in rent and fees. The restaurateur and father of Lady Gaga says he’s refusing to pay because of unclean conditions and the increasing presence of homeless people, who he…… MORE
The US State Department on Friday raised its travel advisory for Italy to the second-highest-level warning, Level 3: Reconsider Travel, due to the novel coronavirus. The move comes as Italy has suffered at least 650 cases and 17 deaths from the coronavirus, with the World Health Organization saying that the country, as well as Iran…… MORE
President Donald Trump’s advisers huddled on Friday to begin developing plans that would both stanch the economic effects of the spreading coronavirus outbreak and impose new restrictions on travelers from Japan and South Korea, according to people familiar with the matter. No decisions have been made to help prevent more market carnage after Wall Street…… MORE
Trump returned from India to a mounting economic and health crisis over the novel coronavirus. He’s appointed Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the next steps, as the nation and stock market brace for impact. Meanwhile, Iowa Democrats have finally finished their recount of the botched caucuses (though it may not be over over), while…… MORE
