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Month: August 2025

Beslan School Siege Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Beslan school siege. On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, at approximately 9am local time. The siege ended on September 3, 2004, with more than 330 killed, including 186 children,

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The encounter between the two took place earlier this week at the jail where Marwan Barghouti is being held.

Video of far-right Israeli minister taunting imprisoned Palestinian leader sparks outrage

By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s far-right security minister posted video footage of himself taunting the most high-profile Palestinian prisoner while visiting him in jail this week, in an encounter that has prompted outrage from supporters. The video is the first time that Marwan Barghouti, 66, who is serving

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Texas at the Crossroads: Fighting Gerrymandering and the GOP’s Power Grab

By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story     August 15, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — While Texas families juggle skyrocketing grocery bills, health care costs, and an unforgiving housing market, Governor Greg Abbott and his MAGA-aligned allies — still bowing to Donald Trump’s shadow — are laser-focused on something else entirely: rigging

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Pacific Grove nursing assistant arrested for alleged sexual assault against elderly patients; Attorney General

By Jeanette Bent Click here for updates on this story     MONTEREY, Calif. (KION) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announced Thursday that Paul Nkoy Lumbi, Jr. of Monterey County was arrested on felony charges of alleged sexual assault of three elderly patients at Forest Hill Manor in Pacific Grove. They said that Lumbi Jr.

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Man charged with 84 counts of animal cruelty after nearly 80 horses rescued from Montrose property

By Sadie Buggle Click here for updates on this story     MONTROSE, Colo. (KRDO) — A Montrose County man is facing 84 counts of animal cruelty after authorities removed nearly 80 horses and several other animals from his rural property, many of them suffering from what officials describe as severe neglect. According to the Montrose County

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