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Willie Nelson Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning musician Willie Nelson. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1933 Birth place: Abbott, Texas Birth name: Willie Hugh Nelson Father: Ira Nelson Mother: Myrle (Greenhaw) Harvey Marriages: Ann Marie D’Angelo (1991-present); Connie Koepke (1971-1988, divorced); Shirley Collie (1963-1971, divorced); Martha Matthews (1952-1962,

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Chris Brown Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winner Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Personal Birth date: May 5, 1989 Birth place: Tappahannock, Virginia Birth name: Christopher Maurice Brown Father: Clinton Brown, corrections officer Mother: Joyce Hawkins, former day care director Children: with

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Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland is pictured.

At least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have died or disappeared in recent years, sparking federal investigation

By Natasha Chen, Alex Stambaugh, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A nuclear physicist and MIT professor fatally shot outside his Massachusetts residence. A retired Air Force general missing from his New Mexico home. An aerospace engineer who disappeared during a hike in Los Angeles. These are among at least 10 individuals connected to sensitive US

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A photo shows Shamar Elkins

A Louisiana man killed 8 children, 7 of his own. His family said warning signs preceded the tragedy

KTBS, FACEBOOK, SHAMAR ELKINS, CNN, Facebook/Shamar Elkins By Zoe Sottile, Lauren Mascarenhas, Isabel Rosales, Maria Sole Campinoti, Taylor Romine, CNN Shreveport, Louisiana (CNN) — Freddie Montgomery looked across the street as he walked home from visiting a neighbor and saw Shamar Elkins. The 31-year-old was sitting on the front porch of his Shreveport, Louisiana, home

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Flight tracking data from Flightradar24 shows the paths of the two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s which had to take evasive action on Saturday after they came dangerously close together.

Alarms sound in the cockpit as two Southwest jets fly dangerously close near Nashville International Airport

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s had to make evasive maneuvers on Saturday at Nashville International Airport after collision alarms in the cockpit warned the pilots the planes were too close together. Southwest Flight 507 from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was landing in gusty winds at the same time

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Winston-Salem police said the suspects and victims involved in a park shooting Monday morning have been identified and located.

Planned fight near North Carolina middle school erupts into shooting, killing 2 teens and wounding 5, police say

By Holly Yan, Dianne Gallagher, Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Two teenagers were killed and five others were shot after a planned fight erupted into gunfire at a North Carolina public park that borders a middle school, Winston-Salem police announced Monday. The shooting unfolded in a public park during the morning hours and involved teenagers,

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5 things to know for April 20: Gas prices, Louisiana mass shooting, peace talks, tsunami warning, animal rights protest

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Tariff refunds are finally beginning to roll out — at least in part. Two months after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, American importers who are owed more than $166 billion in refunds can begin applying today. Here’s what else you need to know to get

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Community members in Shreveport

A Louisiana man killed 8 children, 7 of his own. His family said warning signs preceded the tragedy

By Zoe Sottile, Lauren Mascarenhas, Isabel Rosales, Maria Sole Campinoti, Taylor Romine, CNN Shreveport, Louisiana (CNN) — Freddie Montgomery looked across the street as he walked home from visiting a neighbor and saw Shamar Elkins. The 31-year-old was sitting on the front porch of his Shreveport, Louisiana, home Saturday afternoon, Montgomery told CNN. The two

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Celeste Rivas Hernandez poses in an undated photo provided by the attorney representing the teen's family.

Prosecutors say singer d4vd sexually abused a teen for months before killing her. What we know about the case against him

By Alaa Elassar, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Seven months after the decomposed body of a 14-year-old girl was found in the trunk of his car, the singer d4vd pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder, a charge that carries the possible sentence of death or life in prison. Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s remains were found

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A door that appears to be stained with blood and evidence markers is closed outside the scene of a mass shooting

Louisiana gunman killed 8 children, including 7 of his own, police say, in deadliest mass shooting since 2024

CNN, KTBS, KSLA, FACEBOOK , SHREVEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT, Facebook / Shreveport Police Department By Chris Boyette, Leah Asmelash, Zoe Sottile, Sneha Dhandapani, CNN (CNN) — A man fatally shot eight children, seven of them his own, across three Shreveport, Louisiana, homes early Sunday, according to police. It marks the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since January

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Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith addresses the mass shooting Sunday morning

Louisiana gunman killed 8 children, including 7 of his own, police say, in deadliest mass shooting since 2024

KSLA, CNN By Chris Boyette, Leah Asmelash, Zoe Sottile, Sneha Dhandapani, CNN (CNN) — A man fatally shot eight children, seven of them his own, across three Shreveport, Louisiana, homes early Sunday, according to police. It marks the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since January 2024. The children killed were three boys and five girls ranging

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Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith addresses the mass shooting Sunday morning

Louisiana gunman killed 8 children, including 7 of his own, police say, in deadliest mass shooting since 2024

By Chris Boyette, Leah Asmelash, Zoe Sottile, Sneha Dhandapani, CNN (CNN) — A man fatally shot eight children, seven of them his own, across three Shreveport, Louisiana, homes early Sunday, according to police. It marks the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since January 2024. The children killed were three boys and five girls ranging in age

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