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(CNN) — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and ordered a new trial in the killing of his wife and son in June 2021, saying the trial was marred by the “improper” influence of the county clerk Becky Hill.

“Although we are aware of the time, money, and effort expended for this lengthy trial, we have no choice but to reverse the denial of Murdaugh’s motion for a new trial due to Hill’s improper external influences on the jury and remand for a new trial,” the justices wrote in a 5-0 vote.

The ruling is the latest twist in the sprawling Murdaugh saga that has riveted the public and spawned true crime documentaries, podcasts and books.

Murdaugh, a prominent attorney from a South Carolina Lowcountry legal dynasty, was convicted by a jury of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, in March 2023.

The six-week trial featured extensive testimony about Murdaugh stealing millions of dollars from vulnerable clients and his own law firm. He took the stand in his own defense and denied he killed his wife and son – a position he still maintains – even as he admitted to massive financial theft and admitted he had lied to investigators about his whereabouts just prior to the killings.

Murdaugh, 57, received two life sentences for the murder charges. He separately pleaded guilty to dozens of financial crimes and is serving concurrent state and federal sentences of 27 and 40 years.

Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the murder convictions, saying the trial was tainted by a county clerk’s improper comments to jurors, prejudicial evidence and failures at trial.

In contrast, prosecutors argued the convictions should stand. Murdaugh was convicted because the evidence against him was overwhelming and he was “obviously guilty,” they said. Prosecutors acknowledged the clerk’s comments were inappropriate but said they were minor in the grand scheme of the trial.

At a February hearing on the appeal, the five-member panel of justices appeared skeptical of the prosecution’s arguments.

The murder trial was the capstone to a remarkable fall from grace for the personal injury lawyer, whose father, grandfather and great-grandfather served as the local prosecutor consecutively from 1920 to 2006.

Murdaugh was a partner at a powerful law firm with his name on it. But that prominence belied underlying issues, and the killings of his wife and son were followed by accusations of misappropriated funds, his resignation, a bizarre alleged suicide-for-hire and insurance scam plot, a stint in rehab for drug addiction, dozens of financial crimes, his disbarment and, ultimately, the murder charges.

The issues under appeal

Murdaugh’s appeal focused on alleged comments to jurors fr

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Al Nassr dejó escapar una oportunidad clave para consagrarse campeón (el que sería el primer título de Cristiano Ronaldo en ese club) tras empatar 1-1 ante Al Hilal en la Liga Profesional Saudí. Un autogol del arquero Bento en el minuto 98, luego de un saque de banda que no logró controlar, frustró una victoria que habría asegurado el título con dos fechas aún por disputarse.

El equipo dirigido por Jorge Jesus había tomado ventaja con un gol de Mohamed Simakan en el minuto 37 tras un córner. Al Nassr controló el trámite durante gran parte del encuentro y estuvo cerca del segundo tanto antes del descanso, pero el empate llegó en la última jugada del partido tras el error del portero brasileño.

Cristiano Ronaldo no marcó y fue sustituido en el minuto 83. Desde el banquillo observó el autogol que cambió el desenlace del clásico saudí. Las imágenes posteriores lo mostraron visiblemente afectado, mirando al suelo y lamentándose por un resultado que le impidió celebrar su primer título liguero desde su llegada al club en 2022.

El empate dejó una escena de frustración para el portugués, que pasó en segundos de una posible consagración anticipada a un cierre inesperado. El delantero reaccionó rápidamente animando a sus compañeros tras el pitazo final, consciente de que el equipo aún depende de sí mismo para quedarse con el campeonato.

En redes sociales, Cristiano Ronaldo envió un mensaje de optimismo a la afición. “El sueño está cerca. Cabeza en alto, tenemos un paso más que dar. Gracias por el increíble apoyo esta noche”, escribió tras el partido, destacando que la definición del título sigue abierta.

Pese al empate, Al Nassr continúa líder con 83 puntos y mantiene ventaja sobre Al Hilal. El equipo será campeón si vence a Damac en la última jornada o si su rival directo no gana sus próximos compromisos, manteniendo viva la opción del primer título doméstico de Ronaldo en Arabia Saudita.

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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN

(CNN) — A condition that can impact women’s fertility and diabetes risk goes undiagnosed in many cases, but experts hope giving it a new name will help more patients receive care.

Polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, can present as cysts in the ovaries, as the name would suggest. However, the condition can include many more symptoms, including irregular menstrual cycles, difficulty getting pregnant, female-patterned baldness, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

An estimated 10% to 13% of reproductive age women around the world are impacted by PCOS, but an estimated 70% don’t know they have it, according to WHO.

One reason could be that the name is not very descriptive of the actual condition, said Dr. Helena Teede, an endocrinologist and professor of Women’s Health at Monash University in Australia. Teede, who is leading the process to change the name, is lead author of a paper published Tuesday in the Lancet on the name change.

Over the course of her more than 25-year career, Teede said she’s had to dispel misunderstandings that lead people to think that the condition is just about cysts on the ovaries, which has resulted in missed diagnoses and inaccurate treatment.

The Lancet paper officially changes the name of the condition to one that researchers hope can provide more clarity: polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS.

It isn’t just about cysts

A primary goal of the new name is to give importance to the wide range of impacts the condition has on those who have it.

“By calling this condition polycystic ovary, we’re missing the big picture,” said Dr. Alla Vash-Margita, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale University and division chief for pediatric adolescent gynecology at the Yale School of Medicine.

“There was a lot of stigma and myth related to this name. People thought they have large cysts, which they do not have,” she said.

The syndrome was first seen as a reproductive disorder, said Dr. Andrea Dunaif, professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

It was found to be associated with a slight increase in male hormone levels that can cause irregular periods and fertility issues. Then, in the 1980s, she said that researchers found it was also associated with insulin resistance, or the body not responding to normal circulating levels of insulin.

“The body has to produce more insulin, and if the body can’t kind of keep up with the needs, then diabetes can develop,” Dunaif said.

Since then, research has suggested that it is a major metabolic disorder, with increased risks for conditions such as liver and heart disease, she added.

More recently, other symptoms have also been associated with PMOS, including sleep apnea, depression, anxiety and body dysmorphia, Vash-Margita said.

A name to take seriously

The “polyendocrine” part of the new name better describes it as an endocrine or hormone condition, Teede said. People with PMOS have a disturbance in the endocrine (or chemical

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Se escucharon disparos en el edificio del Senado de Filipinas, dijo este miércoles el presidente del Senado, Alan Peter Cayetano, mientras un senador buscado por la Corte Penal Internacional permanece atrincherado en el edificio para resistir su arresto.

No está claro quién efectuó los disparos durante el incidente. No se han reportado víctimas, informó a los periodistas el secretario del Senado, Mark Llandro Mendoza, la noche de este miércoles (hora local).

“No sé qué está sucediendo. No sé si podré mantener a mi gente a salvo aquí”, dijo Cayetano en una transmisión en vivo por Facebook desde el interior del complejo del Senado. “Estoy dispuesto a salir. Estoy dispuesto a enfrentar a cualquiera que venga a ejecutar la orden de arresto… pero no hagan esto”.

Esto ocurre después de que el senador Ronald Dela Rosa, aliado cercano del expresidente de Filipinas Rodrigo Duterte, fuera captado por cámaras de seguridad mientras corría por los pasillos del Senado para escapar de agentes locales el lunes.

Cuando agentes de la unidad local de investigación no lograron arrestar al hombre de 64 años tras perseguirlo por distintas áreas del Parlamento, agentes antidisturbios rodearon el complejo del Senado.

Dela Rosa no ha salido del complejo del Senado desde el lunes.

La policía ingresó ahora al edificio del Senado y ordenó a todos los periodistas y demás trabajadores abandonar el lugar, dijeron reporteros locales a CNN. Personal de seguridad del Senado bajó la puerta de acero del edificio para encerrarse dentro después de que los periodistas salieran al exterior.

Fiscales de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) acusan a Dela Rosa de conspirar con Duterte en presuntos crímenes de lesa humanidad durante una brutal campaña antidrogas que dejó miles de muertos. El lunes, la CPI confirmó que emitió una orden de arresto contra él, citando incidentes en los que murieron 32 personas entre 2016 y 2018.

La noche de este miércoles, el secretario del Interior y Gobierno Local de Filipinas, Jonvic Remulla, ingresó al edificio del Senado después de que Cayetano le permitiera entrar. Remulla dijo a medios locales que todos los senadores dentro del edificio están a salvo y que trabaja para determinar quién hizo los disparos.

Esta es una noticia en desarrollo y será actualizada.

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