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Month: August 2026

Death Penalty Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the death penalty in the United States. Facts Capital punishment is legal in 27 US states. Four of those states have governor-imposed moratoriums. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were executed in the United States in 2025. Florida accounted for 19 of

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Beslan School Siege Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is 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

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A cold front (blue line) will trigger severe storms and flooding rainfall in the East on Thursday.

Rare tornado hits New York City area as storms cause chaos across Northeast, Mid-Atlantic

By CNN meteorologists Chris Dolce and Dakota Smith (CNN) — Destructive tornadoes and drenching storms pummeled the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, including a waterspout that came ashore in the New York City area. 🌧️ Get your local forecast with the CNN Weather app The waterspout hit Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, Thursday evening, ripping

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A screen shows a transcript of a 2008 recording of an interview with Duane Davis and law enforcement

Duane Davis said he’d never told anyone the story. Jurors just heard him walk police through the night Tupac was killed

By Taylor Romine, Andy Rose, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — The defense attorney representing Duane Davis called his client’s public recounting of the night Tupac Shakur was killed “bullsh*t” in opening statements this week – but an interview with police that aired in court Thursday and Davis’ own memoir seem to tell a remarkably consistent

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