By Taylor Romine, Devon Sayers, CNN

(CNN) — Almost a year after 10 Louisiana inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail, the Orleans Parish sheriff and the office’s chief financial officer were indicted by a special grand jury on charges of malfeasance and other crimes in relation to the jailbreak.

Ten prisoners housed in the Orleans Justice Center made their escape last spring, maneuvering out of a small hole in a wall and making their way out into the night. All 10 escapees were eventually recaptured, and 13 people were charged with helping the escapees, both inside jail and once they were at large.

Susan Hutson, the current Orleans Sheriff, was indicted on 30 felony charges, including malfeasance in office, filing or maintaining false public records, and obstruction of justice, among other charges, the attorney general’s office said in a release Wednesday.

Bianka Brown, the chief financial officer for the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, was also indicted on 20 similar felony charges of malfeasance in office, filing or maintaining false public records, and obstruction of justice, according to the attorney general’s office.

CNN has reached out to Hutson and Brown for comment and is working to identify their attorneys.

“While Sheriff Hutson did not personally open the doors of the jail for the escapees, her refusal to comply with basic legal requirements and to take even minimal precautions in the discharge of her duties directly contributed to and enabled the escape,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a news release announcing the charges.

A $300,000 bond was set for Hutson, and a $200,000 bond was set for Brown, according to court records. Both were ordered to surrender their passports and not leave the state, court records show.

About a week after the jailbreak, Hutson announced she would no longer be seeking reelection as sheriff. She is in her last days of office and soon will be replaced by Sheriff-elect Michelle Woodfork.

Hutson faced tough questions from local officials last year about the jail’s persistent problems that they said stemmed from inadequate funding or poor management.

At the time, Hutson said she took “full accountability” for the “failure,” but also pointed to the alleged involvement of jail staff.

“There were procedural failures. And missed notifications. But there were also intentional wrongdoings. This was a coordinated effort aided by individuals inside our own agency who made the choice to break the law. One arrest has been made, and we are continuing to pursue everyone involved and that investigation is active and ongoing,” the sheriff said during a tense city council meeting last year.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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By Ivana Kottasová, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN

New York (CNN) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla continued Wednesday to highlight the “enduring solidarity” between the United States and the United Kingdom, in a heartfelt handwritten message left at the 9/11 Memorial in New York.

“We honour the memory of those who tragically lost their lives on 11th September 2001,” the royals wrote on the note card attached to a bouquet of white flowers. “We stand in enduring solidarity with the American people in the face of profound loss.”

The moment was part of the King and Queen’s day-long detour from Washington, DC, up to New York to highlight the shared connections between the US and UK and spotlight some of the royals’ philanthropic interests. They also met dignitaries and celebrities in America’s most populous city.

The King and Queen were guided for part of their visit to the site by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who chairs the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

The handwritten message was part of Charles’ efforts to highlight the support and solidarity between the two allies at a time when US President Donald Trump’s relations with Europe — and the UK in particular — are under strain. Trump has been a repeated critic of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, including in public remarks Wednesday.

In a speech to the US Congress the day before, the King also mentioned the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as the first time NATO’s Article 5 was invoked, and the UK came to America’s defense.

“The commitment and expertise of the United States Armed Forces and its allies lie at the heart of NATO, pledged to each other’s defense, protecting our citizens and interests, keeping North Americans and Europeans safe from our common adversaries,” Charles said in his speech Tuesday.

The September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center killed nearly 2,800 people — 67 of whom were British.

The royal couple met several of New York’s elected officials at the Ground Zero site, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Before the event, Mamdani said he would ask Charles to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond — one of the world’s most famous and controversial gemstones — to India if he had the opportunity to speak separately with the monarch. It is unclear whether he did. CNN has reached out to Mamdani’s office to ask.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill also attended and met the King.

Chickens and Winnie-the-Pooh

The King and Queen went their separate ways for most of the afternoon, with Charles heading up to Harlem to visit an urban farm, while Camilla went to the New York Public Library.

King Charles is a longtime environmentalist and advocate for sustainability, so the visit to the Harlem Grown nonprofit was a fitting one. The community organization works to transform abandoned urban lots into sustainable farms, aiming to tackle families’ systemic health, education and well-being challenges.

The monarch even got some hands-on experience at the farm, joining several children in feeding chickens at the coop.

Across town, Camilla met several high-profile writers — and readers — at a literary event at the library.

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El viaje de los astronautas de Artemis II a la Luna y de regreso los llevó a la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca este miércoles por la tarde, donde permanecieron de pie mientras el presidente Donald Trump hablaba de ovnis, la Fuerza Espacial y la guerra con Irán.

Con chaquetas azules, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover y Christina Koch, de la NASA, y el astronauta de la Agencia Espacial Canadiense Jeremy Hansen se colocaron detrás de Trump en el Escritorio Resolute —que tenía encima un modelo de la Luna chapado en oro— mientras entraban los reporteros de la Casa Blanca. El administrador de la NASA, Jared Isaacman, también se situó junto a los astronautas.

“No sé cómo lo hacen. Yo no querría hacerlo, pero se necesita gente como esta para hacer grande a nuestro país”, dijo Trump.

Trump repasó brevemente sus prioridades relacionadas con el espacio, algunas a instancias de los reporteros: destacó su decisión de crear la rama militar Fuerza Espacial en su primer mandato, reiteró su intención de publicar material clasificado relacionado con los ovnis y dijo que había una “buena posibilidad” de que otra persona caminara sobre la Luna durante su presidencia.

“No nos gusta decir ‘definitivamente’, porque entonces dices: ‘Oh, fracasamos’”, dijo Trump. “Así que tenemos una buena posibilidad. Lo hemos autorizado”.

Isaacman confirmó los esfuerzos para enviar de nuevo a una persona a la superficie de la Luna en 2028, además de detallar los planes para lanzar una misión Artemis III en 2027. También dijo que la sede de la NASA permanecerá en Washington y calificó como una “ventaja” estar en la capital del país, una afirmación con la que Trump estuvo de acuerdo.

El resto del evento se convirtió en una conferencia de prensa algo improvisada, un riesgo común durante la mayoría de los actos públicos de Trump en estos días. Hace unas dos semanas, Trump recibió en la Casa Blanca a una repartidora de DoorDash en un esfuerzo por promocionar los recortes de impuestos de su partido. Luego, la mujer se quedó al lado de Trump mientras él respondía preguntas sobre la guerra con Irán e intentaba solicitar su opinión sobre las mujeres transgénero compitiendo en deportes femeninos.

Trump no pidió a los astronautas que opinaran sobre sus comentarios de este miércoles, pero ellos permanecieron allí con expresiones cuidadosamente neutrales mientras él elogiaba una decisión de la Corte Suprema para limitar la Ley de Derecho al Voto, insistía en que el exdirector del FBI James Comey había amenazado su vida con una publicación en redes sociales y decía que el fin de las guerras en Ucrania e Irán probablemente ocurriría en un “calendario similar”.

Hubo paralelismos con la propia misión, ya que algunos de los hitos de Artemis quedaron eclipsados por la guerra con Irán.

Después de que los astronautas marcaran el logro de viajar la mayor distancia desde la Tierra —mientras orbitaban alrededor del lado oscuro de la Luna el 6 de abril—, gran parte de la cobertura informativa del día siguiente se centró en la notable amenaza de Trump a Irán a la mañana siguiente. Escribió: “Toda una civilización morirá esta noche, para no volver jamás. No quiero que eso suceda, pero probablemente sucederá”.

Trump había observado el lanzamiento junto al secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, de acuerdo con fotografías publicadas por la Casa Blanca, y el presidente había promocionado la misión como un ejemplo del dominio estadounidense.

“Estamos GANANDO, en el espacio, en la Tierra y en tod