Bombshell witness at American Idol murder trial. Lindsay Clancy back in court. Plus, Cornell lawsuit.
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Bombshell witness at American Idol murder trial. Lindsay Clancy back in court. Plus, Cornell lawsuit.

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202636 min
  • Crime & justice

In Ohio, former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn is accused of murdering his wife and staging the scene to look like a break-in. His 24-year-old former lover took the stand against him before the jury delivered its verdict. In Delphi, Indiana, Richard Allen was convicted of the 2017 murders of teens Abigail Williams and Liberty German. His defense is now asking for a new trial. In Dateline Round Up, updates in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother whose trial for killing her three children ended in a hung jury. Questions hang over Cornell University as prosecutors re-open their...

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I'm Craig Melvin. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. I've always been a glass half full kind of guy. And now I'm talking to some people who look at the world that way too. Some really fascinating folks who share their defining moments, their triumphs, their challenges,

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their stories are funny and like candid. So I hope you'll join me each week and who knows, you might just come away with your own glass half full. search glass half full with Craig healthy from today on to that wherever you get your podcast.

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Hi, I'm Kate snow NBC News anchor and host of the NBC News podcast the drink this month, I'm sipping green tea with the incomparable Harry Connick junior musician actor composer author we talk about how he got started playing for audiences in

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