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17-year-old arrested in mass shooting at Texas Juneteenth celebration that left 2 dead and 14 injured

By Paradise Afshar, Melissa Alonso, Jamiel Lynch and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Thursday morning in this weekend’s mass shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Round Rock, Texas, which left two people dead and 14 others injured, according to police. The teenager,

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35 bottles from the 18th century filled with cherries unearthed by archeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The story of a six-year-old George Washington chopping down a cherry tree may be a myth, but archeologists excavating Mount Vernon, the home of the United States’ first president, made the very real discovery of 35 glass bottles filled with cherries and berries. The bottles were found in five storage

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FAA investigating Southwest flight that came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean

By Gregory Wallace and Ross Levitt, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off the coast of a Hawaiian island. The incident occurred April 11 aboard Southwest Flight 2786, but only came to light publicly on Friday after Bloomberg reported Southwest sent a memo to pilots about the incident. Bloomberg

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1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Considered the nation’s most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Following that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil

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Lindsay Lohan Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of singer and actress Lindsay Lohan. Personal Birth date: July 2, 1986 Birthplace: New York, New York Birth name: Lindsay Dee Lohan Father: Michael Lohan, an ex-Wall Street trader Mother: Dina (Sullivan) Lohan, a television personality, actress and manager Marriage: Bader Shammas (2022-present) Children:

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US Catholic Bishops formally apologizes for ‘trauma’ inflicted on Native American communities

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology Friday to Indigenous people for the mistreatment and trauma inflicted by the Catholic Church. The apology is part of a document approved by US Catholic bishops by a vote during its annual spring meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. The document titled “Keeping

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‘A symbol of failure’: Demolition of Parkland high school massacre site begins as families of the victims look on

By Alaa Elassar, Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal and Ray Sanchez, CNN Parkland, Florida (CNN) — For six years, a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman killed 17 people, was a nightmare frozen in time. But now, the 1200 building, which contained the bloody and heartbreaking remnants of the

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Abduction and killing suspect Daniel Callihan was arrested in Jackson

Abducted Louisiana child found dead and her sister injured after a suspect in their mother’s killing was arrested, authorities say

WAPT, TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE, CNN By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana man was arrested Thursday after a 35-year-old mother was found dead and her two abducted daughters were later discovered in Mississippi – one dead and the other alive – in what investigators say may be a human trafficking

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