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☆ Julian Assange makes last-ditch attempt in UK court to avoid extradition to the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Claudia Rebaza | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images Assange attends a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in Stockholm on August 14, 2010. LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images Assange and his bodyguards are seen after a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in November 2010. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images Assange, on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, holds up a United Nations report in February 2016. Carl Court/Getty Images Assange speaks to the media in May 2017, after Swedish prosecutors had dropped their investigation of rape allegations against Assange. Jack Taylor/Getty Images Assange was seen for the first time in months during a hearing via teleconference in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2018.

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☆ If You Liked ‘Saltburn,’ Consider This Much Better Movie
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Beatrice Loayza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

I was at my mom’s house in the suburbs when I watched Barry Keoghan make love to his bestie’s grave in Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn.”“Promising Young Woman,” Fennell’s previous film, a rape-revenge thriller for the girlboss generation, was a toothless bid at provocation. “Saltburn” seemed to promise a similar blend of all style, no substance, but the online hype had piqued my curiosity. So, there I was, watching Keoghan as an Oxford student named Oliver become one with the soil, my mother snoozing beside me. The moment brought back memories from adolescence of the dozens of times she’d walk into my teenage bedroom — or the same living room where I was watching “Saltburn” — to find me slack-jawed in the middle of “Basic Instinct” or “A Clockwork Orange.” Naturally, she always seemed to waltz in during the most morally compromised or sexually bewildering scenes.

Persons: Barry Keoghan, ” “, ”, Saltburn ”, Oliver, “, — Locations: Oxford

☆ Old and Young, Talking Again
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Paula Span | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On Fridays at 10 a.m., Richard Bement and Zach Ahmed sign on to their weekly video chat. The program that brought them together provides online discussion prompts and suggests arts-related activities, but the two largely ignore all that. “We just started talking about things that were important to us,” said Mr. Ahmed, 19, a pre-med student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. “There’s this fallacy that these two generations can’t communicate,” said Mr. Bement. “I don’t find that to be true.”

Persons: Richard Bement, Zach Ahmed, ”, Ahmed, Pink Floyd, Bement, Ahmed’s, “ Organizations: Miami University in Locations: Miami University in Oxford , Ohio, Milford Township , Ohio

☆ Some Authors Were Left Out of Awards Held in China. Leaked Emails Show Why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Alexandra Alter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Suspicions in the science fiction community have been building for weeks that something was amiss with last year’s awards, which rotate to a different city each year, and in 2023 were hosted in Chengdu, China. What are the Hugo Awards? The awards, first established in 1953, are given annually at a gathering hosted by the World Science Fiction Convention. Writers are nominated and awarded prizes by members of the World Science Fiction Society, which includes science fiction fans. In January, the Hugo Awards revealed which writers had been nominated for last year’s awards, and by how many people.

Persons: Ursula K, Le Guin, William Gibson, Philip K, Dick, Hugo, Kuang, Xiran Jay Zhao Organizations: Science, Convention, Writers, Science Fiction Society, Canadian Locations: China, Chengdu, American, Oxford

☆ I live in an English city where popular movies are filmed. From avoiding 'Harry Potter' fans to exploring the architecture, here's what it's like.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Annabel Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Head back in time in Oxford's Radcliffe Square. Radcliffe Square appeared in films like "Wonka." Annabel LeeOxford’s period architecture creates a timeless backdrop, which is one of the reasons the city is so often used as a set. For example, Radcliffe Square is an iconic tourist attraction and common filming spot — visiting it feels like you've gone back in time. The site has been used in films like "Toilken," "The Mummy," and "Transformers: The Last Knight."

Persons: Annabel Lee, Radcliffe, you've Organizations: Radcliffe Locations: Oxford's

☆ Kim Jong Un has broken with decades of North Korean policy – does it mean he’s planning for war?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The two sides have been cut off from each other since 1953, when an armistice ended the Korean War, and remain technically at war. Yoon and Biden have sharpened their countries’ deterrence plans and coordination in the face of North Korea’s threats and weapons development. If anything, some analysts believe, North Korea’s public statements signal that North Korea is abandoning its reunification policy in pursuit of peace on the peninsula. Vladimir Smirnov/AFP/Getty ImagesAn ‘emboldened’ KimThe North Korean leader may also feel more confident about his arsenal and his options as he watches a shifting global landscape. “Kim Jong Un is wary of a full-scale provocation by the South Korean military disguised as a military exercise and has vowed to occupy South Korean territory without hesitation,” said Lim in Changwon.

Persons: Kim Jong, South Korea –, ” Kim, ”, Kim, ’, Robert Carlin, Siegfred Heckler, Chul Lim, “, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Edward Howell, Yoon Suk Yeol, Ayse, ” He’s, Yoon, Biden, Seoul . Kim, Trump, Lim, “ That’s, Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Smirnov, ’ Kim, “ Kim Jong, …, Rachel Minyoung Lee, Howell, “ Kim Jong Un, Lee, Japan – Organizations: CNN, South, Korean Central News Agency, Reuters, North Korea Research Center, University’s Institute, Far Eastern, University of Oxford, Japan, Ewha Womans University, US, North, Russia's Vostochny, Getty, Stimson, –, White, United Nations Security Council, West, South Korean Defense Ministry, ”, Trump, North Korean Locations: Ukraine, Gaza, North Korea, South Korea, Korea, Republic of Korea, Kim, Washington, Seoul, Tokyo, United States, Korea’s, Changwon, Pyongyang, Russia, United Kingdom, Japan, Guam, Gon, Seoul ., Russian, Russia's, China, Iran, denuclearization, Western, North, Moscow, Beijing, Oxford, Jeju, South, “

☆ Frank Kitson, 97, Dies; Helped Shape the Conflict in Northern Ireland
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Gen. Frank Kitson arrived in Northern Ireland in September 1970, charged with leading a brigade of British paratroopers in Belfast. The 30-year struggle known as the Troubles, pitting loyalists, who wanted to stay part of Britain, against Republicans, who wanted to separate, was just beginning — and over the next two years, General Kitson would do much to shape the course of the conflict. By then, General Kitson was considered one of Britain’s leading warrior-intellectuals. General Kitson was short and stocky, with a ramrod posture and a high, nasal voice. He detested small talk and spoke rarely, but he had a martial charisma that won him widespread admiration among his ranks.

Persons: Frank Kitson, Kitson, General Kitson, Mike Jackson, Kitson’s Organizations: British, Republicans, Oxford, Subversion, Peacekeeping Locations: Northern Ireland, Belfast, Britain, Africa, Asia

☆ Opinion: I’m a Palestinian American. This is what I told Blinken
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Opinion Rajaie Batniji | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —On February 1, I met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for a 90-minute private discussion on the situation in Gaza. Many of my fellow Palestinian Americans discouraged me from speaking with you today, concerned that this discussion was solely performative. You know that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, provides food for most Gazans and critical infrastructure for other aid organizations. I have worked extensively in global health and wrote a series of research papers in 2009 on what we thought then was a Palestinian health crisis. What do you wish to be your legacy, Secretary Blinken?

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☆ Everyone needs an editor. Lyft just learned it the hard way
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

That goes for MBAs as much as MFAs, and it’s a lesson Lyft executives learned the hard way on Tuesday, when an errant zero sent its stock (briefly) to the stratosphere. The Lyft typo came in an earnings report that stated, incorrectly, that the company’s estimated gross margin would expand by 500 basis points, which would amount to a stunning five-percentage-point bump. The stock shot up more than 60% before Lyft’s CFO corrected the error on a call with analysts, bringing the stock back to Earth. With the error in the rear view, Lyft shares were up up 30% Wednesday, bolstered by stronger-than-expected earnings and a rosy outlook for future cash flows. “Look, it was a bad error, and that’s on me,” Lyft CEO David Risher told CNBC on Wednesday.

Persons: CNN Business ’, History’s, —, Arthur C, Clarke, Galena Biopharma, King Charles I, ”, David Risher Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, MBAs, Citibank, Citi, Mizuho Securities, NASA, New York Times, Bangladesh Bank, Reuters, Maine, SEC, CNBC Locations: New York, Mizuho, Galena

☆ Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Franz Lidz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

They met a week earlier at a pub near the University of Copenhagen, where both were undergraduates. “I had asked my cousin if he knew any nice single guys with long hair and long beards,” Dr. Rasmussen said. “I do,” said Dr. Rasmussen, who had taken some of the same classes. The researcher, at the University of Cambridge, suggested that the custom — a lip-kissing precursor that involved rubbing and pressing noses together — developed into hardcore smooching. — about when the Indian how-to sex manual, the Kama Sutra, was published — kissing had spread to the Mediterranean with the return of Alexander the Great’s troops from Northern India.

Persons: humanity’s, Sophie Lund Rasmussen, Troels, “, Dr, Rasmussen, ’, Arboll, ”, buss, —, Alexander the Organizations: University of Copenhagen, University of Oxford’s, Conservation Research Unit, Aalborg University, University of Cambridge Locations: Assyriology, Denmark, Asia, Northern India

☆ Romantic kissing’s earliest record dates to 4,500 years ago, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Romantic kisses have long been celebrated in songs, poems and stories, commemorated in art and film. Modern scholars therefore concluded that romantic kisses likely originated in India. Across thousands of cuneiform tablets kissing isn’t the most mentioned topic, “but it is attested regularly,” he said. But Arbøll and Rasmussen suspected that romantic kissing became accepted in Bronze Age Europe, and not because of migration alone. Even today, many cultures shun romantic kissing, Arbøll and Rasmussen reported.

Persons: CNN —, ”, Guy de Maupassant, Troels Pank, Assyriology, Justin R, Garcia, ” Garcia, de Maupassant, Arbøll, Dr, Sophie Lund Rasmussen, ” Arbøll, “, primatologist Frans B.M, De, Rasmussen, isn’t, It’s, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, University of Copenhagen, Indiana University, Kinsey Institute, Oxford University, Emory University, Scientific Locations: Mesopotamia, Bloomington, India, De Waal, Atlanta, Europe, Russia

☆ Nine hours at the most unhinged hole in golf
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Zak Jason | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

But this was Saturday at the 16th hole of Phoenix’s Waste Management Open, also known as the loudest day at the Loudest Hole in Golf, also known as the Greatest Show on Grass. “We’re so back.”In theory, this was a professional golf tournament, one of the oldest on the PGA Tour. Iwas there as an inevitable result of being in all-male group chat, its own black hole of feral manhood. Few were watching golf; most were huddled in circles many yards from the 16th hole, drinking and people-watching. That’s worth the wait.”Inside our box, golf continued to happen, but if the golfers weren’t teeing off, no one was watching the course.

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☆ Opinion | ‘An Incoherent Riot’: Why London’s Skyline Looks So Weird
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Peter Coy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

London has a jarring profusion of odd skyscrapers with funny names or nicknames. Cheshire and Christian Hilber, also of the London School of Economics, advanced the starchitect argument in an article way back in 2008. Last year, Cheshire included the starchitect idea in an article for a policy journal of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Land-use decisions in Britain are mainly discretionary rather than rules-based, as in, for example, Chicago, Cheshire noted in his article last year. The elected committees that decide on applications in London are unpredictable and can be swayed by lobbying, he wrote.

Persons: Paul Cheshire, Christian Hilber, Gerard Dericks Organizations: London, Guardian, London School of Economics, Political Science, University of Oxford, U.S . Department of Housing, Urban Locations: London, Cheshire, Britain, Chicago

☆ Roman egg still intact found in UK in ‘amazing’ discovery
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Researchers have cracked one of the mysteries hidden within a Roman egg, discovering that it still contains its liquid almost two millennia after it was first laid. Pottery and other finds uncovered alongside the egg were dated to the late 3rd century AD, allowing archaeologists to estimate its age too, Biddulph added. A woven basket, thought to have contained bread, was found alongside the eggs. A micro-CT scan of the egg showed it still had liquid inside. “Nobody has seen anything like this before so every stage of the research into this is creating new moments of amazing potential,” he said.

Persons: ” Douglas G.D Russell, Edward Biddulph, Biddulph, Dana Goodburn, Brown, “ I’ve, ” Biddulph, “, Chris Dunmore, University of Kent “, ” Russell, ” Organizations: CNN —, CNN, Oxford, Oxford Archaeology, University of Kent, Imaging, Life Sciences Locations: Egypt, Aylesbury, England, London, Oxford

☆ I'm an American who met my husband while studying at Oxford. We now live in England together and have 4 children.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Jennifer Barton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm a native New Yorker who attended Oxford for my undergraduate studies in the early 2000s. I didn't seriously expect to meet, date, kiss, or marry Prince William, though I'm confident my mother hoped I might. I'd started Oxford late — after a few semesters in a liberal arts college in the US — so I was a couple of years older than him when we met. It sounds dramatic to relocate your life on a whim, but I'd stopped trusting in stability after my mother died. It's 16 years later, and I'm still living in London with my now-husband, Will, and I have zero regrets.

Persons: Prince William, Brit, I'd, Will, She'd, I'm, It's Organizations: Service, New Yorker, Oxford, Business Locations: I'm, New, St, Andrews, droves, England, New York, —, London, Manhattan, Egypt, Paris

☆ Bill Gates: Here's the 1 question I'd ask a time traveler about the future
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

If Bill Gates met a time traveler from the year 2100, his first question wouldn't be about his family, or Microsoft's stock price. "In the end, it's all measured through human welfare," Gates said on the most recent episode of his podcast, "Unconfuse Me." Gates asked Ritchie for her "top questions" to ask a time traveler from the future. The answer would reveal quite a bit about poverty rates in the future, and whether "we have made progress on health, agriculture, poverty," Ritchie said. But upon reflection, despite his personal interests in energy and AI, Gates changed his mind and aligned his response more closely with Ritchie's question.

Persons: Bill Gates, he'd, Gates, Hannah Ritchie, Ritchie, Ritchie — Organizations: Microsoft, University of Oxford, World Bank

NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger threw himself a welcome home party Friday night at Grand Central's Oyster Bar with Questlove as his DJ and Jon Batiste serenading Anna Wintour on his melodica while a bevy of global celebrities looked on. Turning the iconic restaurant into “The Tommy” club for a night, Hilfiger called his New York Fashion Week show “A New York Moment,” rolling out roomy, '90s prep classics for the bash. The last time he hit town for fashion week was in September 2022, when his crowd braved rain for his “Tommy Factory” show at a Brooklyn drive-in theater. As the crowd sipped cocktails in booths, Hilfiger stuck to what he knows on models walking through: rugby shirts, blazers, chinos and varsity jackets in corduroy and herringbone. “We’ve got a very big polo shirt business, chino pant business, Oxford shirt business.

Persons: — Tommy Hilfiger, Questlove, Jon Batiste serenading Anna Wintour, Tommy ”, Hilfiger, Tommy Factory, Nayeon, Junho Lee, Sonam Kapoor, Sofia Richie Grainge, Damson Idris, Sylvester Stallone, ”, “ We're, Stallone, Batiste, “, “ We’ve, chino pant, ” Hilfiger, PVH Organizations: New, Associated Press, Global Locations: Brooklyn, Madison, Germany, France, Italy, England, Turkey, Scandinavia, Greece, U.S, New York, chino, Oxford

☆ Nuclear fusion: Scientists just set a new energy record in a step toward unleashing the limitless, clean energy source
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Scientists and engineers near the English city of Oxford have set a nuclear fusion energy record, they announced Thursday, bringing the clean, futuristic power source another step closer to reality. To generate fusion energy, the team raised temperatures in the machine to 150 million degrees Celsius — around 10 times hotter than the core of the sun. An animation showing how tokamaks generate nuclear fusion energy. “Our successful demonstration of operational scenarios for future fusion machines like ITER and DEMO, validated by the new energy record, instil greater confidence in the development of fusion energy,” Fasoli said in a statement. A view of Torus Hall, where the JET tokamak machine lies.

Persons: Ambrogio Fasoli, ” Fasoli, Aneeqa Khan, Khan, ”, Copernicus Organizations: London CNN —, CNN, JET, EUROfusion, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, University of Manchester Locations: Oxford, France

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: AbbVie is 'a very good company'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Oxford Lane Capital's year-to-date stock performance. Oxford Lane Capital : "We don't know if they're any good at credit, and we don't know what they own. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon MercadoLibre's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Freeport-McMoRan's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon AbbVie's year-to-date stock performance.

Persons: Oxford Lane Organizations: Oxford, Oxford Lane, Blackstone, Mercado Libre Locations: Mercado, McMoRan's, McMoRan

☆ Climate change: The world just marked a year above a critical limit of 1.5 degrees scientists have warned about
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The past year was 1.52 degrees hotter on average than temperatures before industrialization, according to data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate and weather monitoring service. That 12-month average was boosted by the hottest January on record, which was 1.66 degrees warmer than the average January temperature in pre-industrial times. Keeping global warming below 2 degrees, but preferably 1.5, was the centerpiece goal of the Paris Agreement, which most of the world’s nations signed onto in 2015. Extreme weather events already made more frequent and severe by long-term global warming are now being supercharged by El Niño, scientists say. The twin threat also supercharged the California storms this week, scientists said, enhancing rainfall and boosting the storm’s destructive power.

Persons: El Niño, Copernicus, Matt Patterson, ” Copernicus, Samantha Burgess Organizations: El, CNN, Global, University of Oxford Locations: Paris, Chile

☆ Lightning Round: Mercado Libre is 'the LatAm stock to own', says Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLightning Round: Mercado Libre is 'the LatAm stock to own', says Jim Cramer'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer weighs in on stock including: Oxford Lane Capital, Mercado Libre, Abbvie and more.

Persons: Jim Cramer Organizations: Libre, Oxford Lane Capital, Mercado Libre Locations: Mercado, Abbvie

☆ Climate change: The world just marked a year above a critical limit scientists have warned about
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The past year was 1.52 degrees hotter on average than temperatures before industrialization, according to data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate and weather monitoring service. That 12-month average was boosted by the hottest January on record, which was 1.66 degrees warmer than the average January temperature in pre-industrial times. Scientists are more concerned with multi-year warming above these thresholds, but the 12-month record shows the world is fast approaching the Paris Agreement’s limits. “Rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are the only way to stop global temperatures increasing.”The climate crisis is driven primarily from humans burning coal, oil and gas for energy. Extreme weather events already made more frequent and severe by long-term global warming are now being supercharged by El Niño, scientists say.

Persons: Copernicus, Matt Patterson, ” Copernicus, Samantha Burgess, El Niño Organizations: CNN, Global, University of Oxford, El Locations: Paris, Chile

☆ Opinion: The Jennifer Crumbley verdict is a powerful warning to parents
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Opinion Jennifer Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Prosecutors alleged that the Crumbley parents willfully disregarded warning signs that their son was in crisis, did not heed concerns of school administrators, bought him a gun days before the shooting and failed to lock it up. Yet, research shows that even parents who think their guns are inaccessible to minors are mistaken. Distributed responsibilityMost parents want their children to be safe, yet many continue to enable household access to loaded guns. In fact, a recent study shows that states often loosened gun laws after mass shootings, especially states with Republican legislatures. This case opens the door for parents to be held legally accountable, and reminds all parents of their responsibilities when it comes to gun safety.

Persons: Jennifer Tucker, Jennifer Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley, She’ll, Jennifer Tucker Olivia Drake, Shannon Smith, ”, Sig Sauer, James Crumbley, “, it’s, Payton Gendron, Robert Crimo Organizations: Wesleyan University, Wesleyan’s Center, Guns and Society, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School, CNN, Prosecutors, RMA Armament, Buffalo, Buffalo News, Giffords Law Center, “, District of Columbia, American Medical Association, National Rifle Association Locations: Oxford, Michigan, Buffalo , New York, Buffalo, Chicago, Highland Park , Illinois, Illinois, Virginia, American

☆ Mexico tops China as the leading exporter of goods to the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —For the past two decades, the United States imported more goods from China than all other nations. Mexico is now the top exporter of goods into the US, according to new trade data released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday. Mexico sent $475.6 billion worth of goods into the US last year, a 5% increase from 2022. China, meanwhile, exported $427.2 billion worth of goods to the US last year, a 20% slump from 2022. That’s the largest annual decline in the trade deficit since 2009.

Persons: Matthew Martin, Brad Setser, Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, Commerce Department, —, Oxford Economics, Council, Foreign Relations Locations: New York, United States, China, Mexico, US

☆ Jennifer Crumbley, mother of school shooter, found guilty of manslaughter in test of who’s responsible for a mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Eric Levenson | Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Jennifer Crumbley looked down at her clasped hands as the verdict was read. Live updates: Jury reaches verdict in Jennifer Crumbley trialJennifer Crumbley exits from the courtroom in shackles on Tuesday after her guilty verdict. Over a week of testimony, law enforcement officials, school employees, shooting victims and those who knew Jennifer Crumbley testified for the prosecution. Jennifer Crumbley took the stand in her own defense and, in a remarkable moment, expressed no regret for her actions. Jennifer Crumbley testified the school meeting was “nonchalant” and “brief.”“We agreed that it might stress him out more to do his school remotely the rest of the day.

Persons: Jennifer Crumbley, Bill Pugliano, it’s, we’ve, ” Craig Shilling, Justin Shilling, ”, James, Jennifer Crumbley’s, James Crumbley’s, Ethan, “, Karen McDonald, Ethan himself, Shannon Smith, ” Smith, “ I’ve, Hana St, Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Prosecutors, Crumbley, Ethan “, ” McDonald, Tate, Madisyn, Justin Organizations: CNN, Oxford High School, WXYZ, Defense Locations: Oxford , Michigan, Detroit, Oakland

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