
Judge approves additional DNA testing in the case of Adnan Syed, subject of 'Serial' podcast
CNN
A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge has ordered new DNA testing in the case of Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was the subject of the hugely popular first season of the "Serial" podcast.
Judge Melissa Phinn on Monday ordered the Baltimore Police Department to send evidence in the case to the Forensic Analytical Crime Lab in Hayward, California, within 15 days, according to court documents.
Syed is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping and false imprisonment in February 2000 for the slaying of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday said in a statement that the agency had obtained “a body of credible evidence [that] indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged” by recent strikes, underscoring a broad intelligence community effort is ongoing to determine the impact of the US strikes on three of the country’s nuclear sites on Saturday.

White House’s DOGE spending cuts request runs into criticism, questions from some Senate Republicans
The head of the White House budget office on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s push to enact sweeping cuts to federal funding, even as some Republican senators voiced concerns and raised questions about the breadth of them.