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‘Sadistic psychopath’ sentenced for 1980s rape

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Baby died During the hearing, held via Skype, the court was told Cooper raped, knifed and strangled Miss Scott in Cambridgeshire on her 17th birthday before shooting her in the face with a shotgun cartridge he had carved her name on. It was heard the sentencing judge at the time said he was “sadistic psychopath”. The court heard the offences against another woman were committed between 1984 and 1987. The court was told he pushed the woman to the ground and repeatedly kicked her when she was four months’ pregnant.…

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Roger Goodell memo announces NFL staff furloughs and salary cuts

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(CNN)NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has announced staff furloughs, salary reductions and cuts in the NFL’s pension plan in a memo sent to the league office staff in New York and employees at NFL Films and NFL Network. According to the memo, pay reductions are aimed at management-level employees who make more than $100,000, and no employee with a base salary below $100,000 will be affected by the reduction. Goodell states that those employees “who are unable to substantially perform their duties from home and/or whose current workload has been significantly…

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9 of the 22 victims of the Nova Scotia rampage died in fires set by the gunman, investigators say

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(CNN)Newly released details about a murder rampage that spanned 16 crime scenes are as puzzling as they are disturbing. Police believe Gabriel Wortman, 51, acted alone in the shootings and arsons. He posed as a police officer, wearing an RCMP uniform and driving what looked like a police cruiser during a lengthy manhunt across the Canadian province,police said. Wortman died after a confrontation with authorities. Now, Canadian police say they’ve expanded their investigation into the US as they continue to speak to witnesses and search for a motive. The RCMP…

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Big commercial labs given priority for coronavirus testing equipment by feds

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(CNN)President Donald Trump said Monday that he is confident the US is conducting enough coronavirus testing to begin rebooting the economy, declaring at the White House press briefing that “testing is not going to be a problem at all.” More than three months after the US confirmed its first coronavirus case, hospital and academic labs around the country said they’re still scrambling to find key supplies, from swabs to collect patient samples to protective gear for the medical workers taking the samples to the sensitive chemical reagents necessary to process…

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Why Trump failed his nation

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(CNN)Watching President Donald Trump wrestle with this epic crisis reminds me of the old fable about the Scorpion and the Frog. This moment of extraordinary pain and crisis calls for steadiness and sobriety; empathy for the widespread pain and suffering of others; absolute transparency; a willingness to listen and learn; and rigorous, disciplined attention to detail. None of these qualities are within his nature. Many governors across America have enhanced their popularity simply by doing their jobs during this deadly outbreak of the coronavirus. Even in a polarized nation, it…

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Mister Rogers told co-star Officer Clemmons to not come out as gay and to marry a woman

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Fred Rogers on the set of his television show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” circa 1980s. (Getty) “Franc, you have talents and gifts that set you apart and above the crowd,” Clemmons recalls Rogers telling him, according to People. “Someone has informed us that you were seen at the local gay bar downtown. Now, I want you to know, Franc, that if you’re gay, it doesn’t matter to me at all. Whatever you say and do is fine with me, but if you’re going to be on the show as an important…

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Watch the entire CNN/Sesame Street coronavirus town hall

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(CNN)CNN’s Erica Hill and Dr. Sanjay Gupta partner with Sesame Street to explain the ABC’s of coronavirus in a town hall for parents and kids. Watch the full event below. Dr. Leana Wen answers questions from children all over the world about what the coronavirus is and how they can stay safe. Face masks and hand washing with Elmo Part 2: Entire CNN/Sesame Street coronavirus town hall Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains to Elmo why face masks and proper hand washing are helpful to stop the spread of coronavirus. Dealing with…

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Pubs turn to punters to survive lockdown

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Some are using other sites such as GoFundMe, or are launching donation schemes locally. Image copyright Tommo Thomson Image caption Tommo Thomson, Ryan Craig and Robert Bland of the Barge East have raised £32,000 so far. Barge East, a floating pub and restaurant in Hackney Wick, has carved out a reputation as one of London’s top-rated venues on Trip Advisor. But co-owner ‘Tommo’ Thomson said it would only survive until June without some form of emergency funding. He and his two business partners launched an appeal the day after pubs…

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Elizabeth Warrens oldest brother dies from coronavirus

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Don Reed Herring – who was one Warren’s three older siblings – died in Norman, Oklahoma on Tuesday (Warren campaign). “My oldest brother, Don Reed, died from coronavirus on Tuesday evening. He joined the Air Force at 19 and spent his career in the military, including five and a half years off and on in combat in Vietnam. He was charming and funny, a natural leader,” the senator from Massachusetts tweeted Thursday morning as she linked to a news report from the Boston Globe. Get all the stories you need-to-know…

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Remdesivir trial posted online prematurely was ‘inconclusive,’ Gilead says

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(CNN)Results from a study investigating Gilead Sciences’ antiviral medication remdesivir as a Covid-19 treatment were posted to the World Health Organization’s website “prematurely” on Thursday and showed “inconclusive” results, according to the biotechnology company. A screenshot of the study description posted to WHO’s website was published by STAT on Thursday. The description in the screenshot notes that the study, which involved 237 patients, found “remdesivir use was not associated with a difference in time to clinical improvement” and “in this study of hospitalized adult patients with severe Covid-19 that was…

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Germany opens landmark trial of Syrian regime officers accused of crimes against humanity

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(CNN)A landmark trial of a former high-ranking Syrian regime officer accused of overseeing the torture of thousands of prisoners began in the German city of Koblenz on Thursday. Another former junior regime officer, identified by German authorities as Eyad A, is also standing trial for crimes against humanity. Syrian officials have repeatedly denied the allegations, insisting they target terrorists and not peaceful protesters. CNN is trying to reach the lawyers of the two defendants. Raslan has been in Germany since 2014 and Eyad since 2018, according to the court statement.…

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