Sarah Hoye

The Fighters, CNN Freedom Project

edition.cnn.com — Cecilia Flores-Oebanda has spent her life fighting -- as a child for some education, as a teen rebel against a dictator, and for more than 20 years against human traffickers. Read how Oebanda is inspired by fallen rebels.

The Fighters, CNN Freedom Project

edition.cnn.com — Cecilia Flores-Oebanda has spent her life fighting -- as a child for some education, as a teen rebel against a dictator, and for more than 20 years against human traffickers. Read how Oebanda is inspired by fallen rebels.

Police arrest suspect in New Orleans Mother's Day shooting

cnn.com — New Orleans (CNN) -- The New Orleans Police Department has arrested 19-year-old Akein Scott in connection with the shooting of 19 people on Mother's Day, according to the department's official Facebook page. The shooting, during a festive New Orleans Mother's Day parade, renewed concerns about crime in the city.

12 car bombs in Baghdad and Kirkuk leave 29 dead, more than 120 hurt

cnn.com — Baghdad (CNN) -- At least nine people were killed and 80 others wounded when a string of car bombs exploded in Shiite neighborhoods across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. Violence between Shiites and Sunni Arabs have plagued Iraq for years, and there has been an uptick in attacks and tensions in recent weeks.

Exonerated inmates protest Florida death row law

cnn.com — Seth Penalver and Herman Lindsey are no longer on Florida's death row, but they are fighting for those who still are. Penalver and Lindsey, two of Florida's death row exonerees, held a press conference on Wednesday asking Florida Gov. Rick Scott to veto a death penalty bill recently passed by the state legislature.

'Virtual' Eazy-E, Ol' Dirty Bastard to perform at Rock the Bells

marquee.blogs.cnn.com — "When you take north, east, west, south/and put it all together and it spell newwwwws!" -- Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Brooklyn Zoo II" Know what else spell(s) news? A star-powered hip-hop festival announcing that two rap legends -- not figurative legends, mind you; one's been dead eight years, the othe...

White House releases 100 pages of Benghazi e-mails

thelead.blogs.cnn.com — By Jake Tapper The White House released more than 100 e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

Cruel intentions?

hlntv.com — On Wednesday, Jodi Arias -- who was convicted of first-degree murder exactly a week ago -- may find out whether a jury of her peers thinks she murdered her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in a cruel manner.

O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new trial

cnn.com — Disgraced football star O.J. Simpson returns to a Las Vegas court Monday, May 13, to try to get his robbery, assault and kidnapping convictions thrown out after spending more than four years in prison. He argues bad legal advice led to his arrest and conviction in a confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers.