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The Sacred Heart Catholic Church is seen on March 27

For Wounded Knee descendants, the government’s decision on soldiers’ Medals of Honor leaves the painful legacy unsettled

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Survivors recalled arriving at the Wounded Knee camp three days after the fighting, finding a blizzard had buried the frozen bodies of Lakota men, women, children and infants in snow. They described horrific scenes: mothers still clutching their babies, others shot down as they fled. These were the people

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Travis Lee Turner was last ween wearing a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants and glasses

Missing Virginia football coach is wanted on child pornography and other charges, police say

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia high school football coach who has been missing since last week is wanted on child pornography possession and other charges related to soliciting a minor, Virginia State Police announced Tuesday. State police said they’d learned Thursday that Travis Turner, 46, was missing while they were

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Rod Blagojevich Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Rod Blagojevich, former governor of Illinois who served eight years in federal prison for corruption. Personal Birth date: December 10, 1956 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Rod Blagojevich (has no middle name, uses the initial R to honor his father) Father:

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Betty White Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Emmy-award winning actress Betty White. Personal Birth date: January 17, 1922 Death date: December 31, 2021 Birth place: Oak Park, Illinois Birth name: Betty Marion White Father: Horace White, electrical engineer Mother: Tess White Marriages: Allen Ludden (June 14, 1963-June 9, 1981, his

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Rosa Parks Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This led to African-Americans boycotting public transportation to protest Parks’ arrest and, in turn, segregation laws. Here’s a look at her life. Personal Birth date: February

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A recent image provided from the Madison Police Department of Morgan Geyser

‘Slender Man’ stabber back in custody. What we know about her disappearance and the internet boogeyman who inspired her

By Amanda Musa, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Morgan Geyser, who was living under supervised release at a group home in Wisconsin for her role in the high-profile 2014 stabbing of her 12-year-old classmate, was found late Sunday about 150 miles away in Illinois. She had disappeared Saturday night after cutting off her monitoring bracelet,

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Buses operate at the Silver Spring Transit Center on Thursday.

She was a bus driver who answered questions from a curious 5th grader. A decade later, they reconnected — as colleagues

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN Washington (CNN) — For years, Joy Kenley would open the doors of the Washington, DC, Metro bus she drove to the rush of federal workers and business professionals. Her passengers, she said, would often shuffle on board silently to begin their days in the nation’s capital. And though she saw many

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ICE admitted to mistakenly detaining a 16-year-old court intern.

A high school courthouse intern was mistakenly detained by ICE. State officials called it outrageous

CNN By Taylor Galgano Caroll Alvarado and Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Aggressive tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents drew the ire of Rhode Island’s governor and state Supreme Court chief justice this week when a high school intern was detained and questioned before being released. The incident, captured on video, showed ICE agents

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Bakery owner Manolo Betancur

Charlotte’s sheriff, a former homicide detective and TV personality, has a history of taking on ICE

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Garry McFadden, a charismatic and opinionated detective-turned-TV personality, was elected sheriff of North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County years ago after promising that he’d limit the jail’s cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But this month, agents with ICE’s sister agency, Customs and Border Protection, marched into Charlotte and other parts

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