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Month: September 2026

Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague makes her closing arguments during Lindsay Clancy's murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth

Judge urges jury in Lindsay Clancy murder trial to ‘stay the course’ as it enters Day 4 of deliberations

By Eric Levenson, Nicki Brown and Jean Casarez, CNN Plymouth, Massachusetts (CNN) — The Massachusetts jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial resumed deliberations for a fourth day Tuesday, as they work to decide if prosecutors have proven the 36-year-old murdered her three children beyond a reasonable doubt. Jurors returned to the courthouse here in Plymouth

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Digital reconstruction reveals the face of ‘Little Foot,’ a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists can now come face to face with an early human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot who lived 3.67 million years ago, thanks to digital reconstruction technology. Renowned paleoanthropologist Ronald Clarke identified four tiny bones in the University of the Witwatersrand’s museum collection and went on to discover Little Foot’s

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The Scythians' elite burial mounds were massive. This mound at Kazakhstan’s Shilikty site measures nearly 30 feet tall and 289 feet in diameter.

Ancient DNA reveals clues about mysterious ‘Golden Man’ and rise of the Scythian elites

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Nomadic warriors called the Scythians roamed the Eurasian Steppe on horseback during the Iron Age. An elite class held the reins of Scythian power, their elevated status celebrated in death through rich burials. Among the most famous of these elite individuals is “Golden Man,” whose entombment contained iron weapons,

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Científicos colocaron transmisores a estos “unicornios del mar”. Los datos recopilados sobre el Ártico fueron alarmantes

Por Laura Paddison, CNN Los narvales son conocidos como los “unicornios del mar” por sus largos colmillos en espiral —en realidad, dientes— que les confieren una apariencia mítica. Pero a un grupo de estos mamíferos marinos de aspecto sobrenatural se les asignó recientemente un papel decididamente terrenal: el de científicos del Ártico. Los investigadores equiparon

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Denuncian que el USPS no comunicó al público nuevos planes para el voto por correo

Por Tierney Sneed, CNN El esfuerzo del Servicio Postal de EE.UU. (USPS, por sus siglas en inglés) para desarrollar un nuevo y amplio sistema de verificación de las boletas electorales enviadas por correo ha generado numerosas preocupaciones informáticas entre funcionarios de la agencia, algunos de los cuales han descrito internamente el proceso como un “des**dre”,

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