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ACLU sues on behalf of inmates who say they were given Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 without consent

By Tina Burnside, CNN The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of four inmates who claim they were given the drug Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 without their consent. The suit accuses the Washington County Detention Center, Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder, jail physician Dr. Robert Karas and Karas

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NFL Pro Bowl Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the NFL Pro Bowl, the all-star game of the National Football League. February 6, 2022 – The 2022 Pro Bowl is played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The AFC defeats the NFC 41-35, in its fifth consecutive Pro Bowl win in the traditional AFC vs. NFC

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John Roberts Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of John Roberts, chief justice of the United States. Personal Birth date: January 27, 1955 Birth place: Buffalo, New York Birth name: John Glover Roberts Jr. Father: John Glover Roberts Sr., steel company executive Mother: Rosemary (Podrasky) Roberts Marriage: Jane (Sullivan) Roberts (July 27, 1996-present) Children:

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Residents save driver after car sinks in frozen river

CTV NETWORK, LYNDA DOUGLAS, @ITSCAROLINEANDERSON, TIKTOK, DOUG&JOANN STEPHENSON, KRISTOPHER SMITH, SACHA GERA, CNN, @itscarolineanderson/TikTok By Lauren M. Johnson and Sharif Paget, CNN Residents near Ottawa used a kayak to save a woman whose car plunged into icy water after she drove on a frozen river, police said in a statement. The residents didn’t know why

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Gunman in Texas synagogue standoff was thrown out of a local mosque for erratic behavior days before taking hostages

By Josh Campbell, Amir Vera, Dan Przygoda, Jason Hanna, Nick Paton Walsh and Kelly McCleary, CNN About 10 days before taking four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in north Texas, Malik Faisal Akram had a heated exchange with officials at the Islamic Center of Irving and was eventually escorted from the property, according

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How Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s training helped fellow hostages survive the Texas synagogue attack

By Holly Yan, CNN Behind Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s warm, disarming smile is a leader who’s willing to attack an armed man holding his congregants hostage. On Saturday, a stranger knocked on the door of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. The rabbi, assuming the stranger needed shelter from the cold, invited him in and made

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MLK Day encourages service

By Toby Lyles and Will Mullery, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, although King was actually born on the 15th of January 1929, 94 years ago. Coretta Scott King and musician Stevie Wonder fought for years to make it a federal holiday. Wonder told CNN that they

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Jewish communities across the US are on heightened alert after the Texas standoff: ‘Is our community under attack again?’

By Dakin Andone, CNN Jewish communities across the United States once again find themselves on edge in the wake of another attack on worshippers at a synagogue, this time at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where a man interrupted Saturday’s Shabbat service and held four people hostage for hours. No hostages were killed and

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The FBI is investigating the Texas hostage standoff as a ‘terrorism-related’ incident, the agency says

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi Charlie

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The FBI is investigating the Texas hostage standoff as a ‘terrorism-related’ incident, the agency says

CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi

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