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Month: July 2023

Berlin Wall Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of East/West relations during the Cold War. The Wall The Berlin Wall began as a border of barbed

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Jesse Jackson Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of civil rights activist and clergyman Jesse Jackson. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1941 Birth place: Greenville, South Carolina Birth name: Jesse Louis Burns Father: Noah Robinson, cotton grader Mother: Helen (Burns) Jackson, hairdresser Marriage: Jacqueline Lavinia (Brown) Jackson (December 31, 1962-present) Children: with Karin Stanford:

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Michigan ‘Hockey Doc’ to stand trial on sexual assault charges connected to youth hockey physicals

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A doctor who says he received the nickname “Hockey Doc” after spending more than two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted patients. Zvi Levran faces 22 counts of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving

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Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez remains hospitalized after self-inflicted gunshot wound

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     TAMPA, Florida (WFOR) — Miami Dade Police Director, Freddy Ramirez is recovering at a Tampa Hospital. “He is awake and talking,” according to Stedman Stahl, president of the largest police union, the Police Benevolent Association. On Tuesday the Miami-Dade Police Department provided an update on

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West Nile virus confirmed in Connecticut

By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story     WETHERSFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — State officials confirmed the presence of West Nile virus in mosquitos trapped in Wethersfield. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station said the mosquitos were trapped on July 17. The results represented the first WNV positive mosquitoes identified in the state by the

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

Judiciary panel grills Mayorkas over Biden’s border policies

By Priscilla Alvarez and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan lambasted President Joe Biden’s border policies, calling it a “Biden border crisis” and describing them as “open border policies” in his opening remarks Wednesday at a hearing where Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is testifying. “I know that today Secretary

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Tennessee educators file lawsuit challenging law limiting school lessons on race, sex and bias

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee educators are pushing back again a ban on the teachings of certain concepts on race, gender and bias in classrooms by filing a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the law. The 52-page lawsuit filed Wednesday not only questions the ban’s constitutionality but also details

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Biden’s son Hunter pleads not guilty to 2 tax crimes after agreement with prosecutors falls through

By CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two tax crimes after a deal with federal prosecutors unraveled during a court hearing following the judge’s concerns over the agreement. Hunter Biden was charged last month with two misdemeanor tax

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