Elizabeth Wolfe

6 days ago | cnn.com | Eric Bradner |Elizabeth Wolfe

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, in The Vatican, on Thursday.

2 weeks ago | cnn.com | Andy Rose |Amanda Musa |Elizabeth Wolfe

A view of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 15. Faith Ninivaggi/Reuters/File CNN  —  As its legal battle over critical federal money plays out in court, two Harvard University task forces have released a pair of long-awaited internal reports: one on how antisemitism and anti-Israeli bias are handled on campus, and another on anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian bias.

3 weeks ago | cnn.com | Elizabeth Wolfe

Los Angeles CNN  —  Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, jailed for life for the 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, are set to be given a hearing on Thursday to determine whether they may be eligible for a lesser sentence and a path to parole after more than three decades behind bars. The two-day hearing will determine whether the siblings’ sentence of life without eligibility for parole may be revised to grant them the possibility of being released.

2 months ago | cnn.com | Elizabeth Wolfe

Ad Feedback A man walks past the US Department of Education on December 6, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Sipa USA/AP CNN — The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Monday sent letters to 60 colleges and universities it says are under investigation for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination,” warning them of possible consequences if they don’t provide adequate protections for Jewish students. Some of the country’s most prestigious...

2 months ago | kadn.com | Elizabeth Wolfe

LOS ANGELES (CNN) — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Monday he would not support Erik and Lyle Menendez’s efforts to be released from prison because he believes they have maintained a decades-long lie that the 1989 murders of their parents were committed in self-defense. Hochman has asked the court to withdraw a resentencing motion filed last year by his predecessor, who advocated for the brothers to receive a sentence that would make them eligible for parole.