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Month: August 2024

1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four African-American girls during church services in 1963. September 15, 2013, marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing. Facts September 15, 1963 – A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four African-American girls

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Omaha man accused of killing his grandmother, great-grandmother found not responsible by reason of insanity

By Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story     DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nebraska (KETV) — The Omaha man accused of killing his grandma and great-grandma was found not responsible by reason of insanity Thursday. Gage Walter was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and three counts of use of a deadly weapon

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David Souter Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of David Souter, former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Personal Birth date: September 17, 1939 Birth place: Melrose, Massachusetts Birth name: David Hackett Souter Father: Joseph Alexander Souter, banker Mother: Helen Adams (Hackett) Souter, store clerk Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1961; Rhodes

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Federal agency cracks down on a predatory lending practice that often hurts Somali Muslims

Associated Press The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pledging to scrutinize contract for deed lending, a form of alternative or seller financing in which a private seller or investor group comes to a loan agreement with a buyer without many of the typical banking and mortgage regulations and protections. The federal watchdog agency declared earlier

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Exclusive: Rancho Mirage family finds closure after Pearl Harbor sailor is finally identified

The family of Fireman First Class Everett Cecil Titterington will finally get long-awaited closure following years of uncertainty regarding their loved one’s fate. April McKinnon, a resident of Rancho Mirage, is F1c Titterington’s great niece on her mother’s side. She recalled the sense of joy and relief she and her family felt after the U.S.

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

¿Qué puede pasar con Daniel Sancho tras la condena a cadena perpetua en Tailandia?

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El español Daniel Sancho, condenado por la justicia tailandesa a cadena perpetua por el asesinato premeditado del cirujano colombiano Edwin Arrieta Arteaga en 2023, tiene por delante dos oportunidades de recurrir esta sentencia: la primera ante el Tribunal Provincial y la segunda, ante el Tribunal Supremo tailandés, según marca

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Coachella Valley’s Commitment to Accessible Playgrounds for all Children

In the heart of community’s, playgrounds serve as more than just places for children to play—they are spaces where social, emotional, and physical development take root according to experts. However, many families with children who have disabilities say these vital spaces are sometimes inaccessible, leaving their children without equal opportunities for growth and play. As

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Overseas swatting scheme wreaked ‘massive havoc’ in US, with fake bomb threats, kidnappings and plot to kill the president

By Holmes Lybrand and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — For two Eastern Europeans, swatting the political establishment in the United States over the past few years was pure scripted entertainment. Lawmakers, election supervisors and “libtard zoomers” were all targets of a conspiracy including Nemanja Radovanovic, from Serbia, and Thomasz Szabo, from Romania, US prosecutors allege.

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Sheriff on New Market double-shooting: 2 adults dead in ‘rage killing by an angry, enraged person’

By Tommie Clark Click here for updates on this story     NEW MARKET, Maryland (WBAL) — The Frederick County sheriff is calling Sunday’s double homicide at a home in New Market “a rage killing by an angry, enraged person.” “This was really a heinous, targeted double-murder, a crime of rage and anger,” Frederick County Sheriff Chuck

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