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By Miriam Elder, CNN

(CNN) — Catherine O’Hara, who starred in legendary films “Beetlejuice” and “Home Alone” before taking a star turn as Moira Rose on “Schitt’s Creek,” has died. She was 71.

O’Hara’s death was confirmed to CNN by a staff member at the office of her manager Marc Gurvitz. The person declined to provide their name or further details.

O’Hara got her start at Second City in her native Canada, before turning to film. Her roles in “Beetlejuice” (1988) and “Home Alone” (1990) won wide acclaim. Soon, she turned to collaborating with director Christopher Guest, starring in many of his iconic mockumentaries, including “Waiting for Guffman” (1996) and “Best in Show” (1996).

This is a developing story.

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Por Mary Gilbert, meteoróloga de CNN

Una nueva oleada de aire ártico récord desciende hacia el sur sobre la mitad oriental de Estados Unidos el viernes, intensificando el frío extremo hasta el sur de Florida.

Será el período más frío para muchos en Florida en 15 años e incluso podría causar nevadas con efecto océano a lo largo de la costa del golfo de México.

Este nuevo avance polar se produce mientras millones de personas en la mitad oriental de Estados Unidos se encuentran en medio de un período de frío excepcional, uno de los más largos en décadas para algunos. Ningún estado al este de las Montañas Rocosas podrá escapar de él.

Más de 200 récords diarios de frío podrían romperse o igualarse hasta el lunes, ya que las temperaturas caen más de 30 grados Farenheit (-1,1 Celsius) por debajo de lo normal en algunas zonas, especialmente en el sur y el este.

Aproximadamente tres docenas de esos récords, tanto de temperatura mínima como de temperatura máxima más baja, están en peligro en el Estado del Sol el domingo y el lunes.

El viernes se activaron las alertas de frío extremo y congelación para gran parte del estado, anticipando la llegada del peor frío.

Se esperan temperaturas bajas o cercanas al punto de congelación para el domingo por la mañana en la mayor parte de Florida. Esto podría romper tuberías de agua sin protección, dañar cultivos vulnerables y será muy peligroso para quienes no tengan acceso a calefacción, especialmente si no están acostumbrados al frío. Además, causará que las iguanas se desplomen desde sus perchas.

Orlando podría registrar temperaturas mínimas inferiores a -1 °C por primera vez en ocho años. Se pronostica que alcanzará los -4 °C allí el domingo por la mañana, lo que rompería el récord del día. Se pronostica que la temperatura mínima en Miami el domingo por la mañana rondará el 1° C, lo que también rompería el récord del día, pero aún estaría muy lejos de su temperatura más baja histórica de -2 °C (28 grados Farenheit).

La sensación térmica (la sensación que el aire siente en el cuerpo) también alcanzará niveles peligrosamente bajos el domingo por la mañana. Es posible que se alcancen temperaturas de un solo dígito incluso en el sur del área de Orlando. Con estas sensaciones térmicas extremas, se podrían producir congelaciones en dos horas.

Pero el mayor indicador del frío anormal es la baja, aunque no nula, probabilidad de algunas nevadas.

Esta probabilidad llegará junto con el aire más frío que soplará sobre el Golfo y el oeste de Florida más tarde el sábado por la noche. El aire gélido que sopla sobre las cálidas aguas del Golfo podría generar algunas lluvias y nevadas con efecto Golfo, un proceso similar al de la nieve con efecto lago, pero de menor intensidad.

La mayor probabilidad, aunque aún muy baja, de ver copos de nieve en Florida se dará desde el condado de Orange hasta el área de Tampa, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en la Bahía de Tampa.

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By Lauren del Valle, CNN

(CNN) — A jury in Virginia is now deliberating in the double-murder trial of Brendan Banfield, who allegedly plotted to kill his wife and another man in February 2023.

Banfield faces life in prison if convicted of aggravated murder for what prosecutors say was an elaborate scheme Banfield concocted with his family’s Brazilian au pair to kill his wife, Christine Banfield, and another man, Joseph Ryan, in their family home on February 24, 2023.

In closing arguments Friday, a prosecutor said Banfield was in love with the au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, and plotted to get rid of his wife so they could be together. Together they created fake accounts to pose as his wife on a fetish website to lure Ryan to the home under the guise of a consensual but violent sexual encounter with Christine, the au pair testified.

Prosecutors say Banfield fatally stabbed his wife and shot Ryan when he intervened in the encounter between Ryan and his wife and then staged the crime scene to make Ryan’s killing appear to be an act of self-defense.

“They created accounts. They chatted up potential victims. They got Joe Ryan into the house, and then they shot him. Brendan stabbed Christine, let her bleed out on the floor, and then dripped, smeared and wiped her blood on Joseph Ryan’s body to make it look like he had attacked Christine,” prosecutor Jenna Sands told the jury Friday in closing arguments. “Then they called the police, Brendan let Juliana take the fall, and it took a little bit of doing, but here we are, and it’s his turn to be held accountable.”

Banfield has maintained his innocence and his lawyer has accused investigators of manipulating evidence to pin the crimes on his client. Banfield took the stand in his own defense, acknowledging the affair with Peres Magalhães that started in August 2022 but denied any plans to kill his wife.

He testified that he loved his wife despite them both having affairs throughout their nearly 20-year relationship and said his latest dalliance with the nanny wasn’t going to change his marriage.

Banfield also said he and Peres Magalhães had broken up at different times in their affair and were not actively in a relationship the day of the killings.

Defense says au pair ‘made it up’

Peres Magalhães was arrested for Ryan’s murder in October 2023, and a year later agreed to cooperate with prosecutors against Banfield in exchange for a recommendation that she be sentenced to time served.

The prosecution’s case relies heavily on her testimony detailing the scheme she says she helped Banfield execute to “get rid” of his wife. According to Peres Magalhães, she watched Banfield fatally stab his wife and stage the crime scene to frame Ryan before they called 911.

But the defense says Peres Magalhães “made it up.”

“Juliana made it up. She told the Commonwealth what they wanted to hear, and without question they just took it as their story. She told this lie to secure herself a deal that benefited her,” defense attorney John Carroll told the jury Friday in closing arguments.

Banfield was not arrested and charged with mur

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