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Indiana fatal shooting renews questions about stand-your-ground laws and their limits. Here’s what to know

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez’s mistaken arrival at the wrong Indiana address Wednesday cost her her life. As the house cleaner tried to enter the home she thought was scheduled for housekeeping that morning, the homeowner fatally shot her. The incident is renewing questions about so-called stand-your-ground laws

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Chuck Schumer Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Chuck Schumer, the US Senate minority leader and Democratic senator from New York. Personal Birth date: November 23, 1950 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Charles Ellis Schumer Father: Abe Schumer, exterminator Mother: Selma (Rosen) Schumer Marriage: Iris Weinshall (1980-present) Children: Jessica,

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Charlotte is the latest stop on DHS’ immigration blitz. Locals say it’s political

By Zoe Sottile, Dianne Gallagher, CNN Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — With dozens of people arrested in North Carolina’s largest city during the Department of Homeland Security’s latest targeted immigration blitz, one question has emerged for many of its residents and leaders: Why Charlotte? The city hadn’t been previously publicly singled out as an enhanced

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Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation

By Cindy Von Quednow, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm. Federal immigration officials used the book’s title to name their latest crackdown, in Charlotte,

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FAA ends emergency order mandating flight reductions at 40 airports during government shutdown, officials say

CNN, FAA.GOV By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Flight reductions at 40 airports mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month are set to come to an end Monday morning, according to a joint statement from United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. The cuts, which began on November 7,

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FAA ends emergency order mandating flight reductions at 40 airports during government shutdown, officials say

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Flight reductions at 40 airports mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month are set to come to an end Monday morning, according to a joint statement from United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. The cuts, which began on November 7, reduced air

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Federal immigration crackdown begins in Charlotte, North Carolina, spreading fear and prompting some businesses to shutter

By Associated Press Charlotte (AP) — Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city has begun, as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations. “Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors,” Assistant Homeland Security

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