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Greta Thunberg charged with public order offense following arrest at protest in London

By Caitlin Danaher, CNN London (CNN) — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offense following her arrest for protesting outside this year’s Energy Intelligence Forum in London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement Wednesday. The 20-year-old was charged with a failure to comply with a “condition imposed under

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Court documents detail how woman accused of killing elite cyclist allegedly tried to escape custody during a medical appointment

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Authorities believe Kaitlin Armstrong – the woman accused of killing a professional cyclist in Texas last year – may have been preparing for months before she tried to escape custody during a doctor’s appointment last week, court documents show. An investigation of her attempted escape revealed

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Joran van der Sloot says he killed Natalee Holloway with a cinder block and left her in the ocean. Now Aruba considers possible next steps

By Holly Yan, Devon M. Sayers and Aaron Cooper, CNN Birmingham, Alabama (CNN) — Almost two decades after Natalee Holloway vanished in Aruba, the man long suspected in her death has confessed to killing the Alabama teen in grisly detail, court documents reveal. But it remains unclear whether Joran van der Sloot, 36, will ever

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‘I am not a threat’: Hundreds gather for vigil mourning 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who was stabbed to death near Chicago

By Nouran Salahieh and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of grieving residents gathered on a basketball court in Plainfield, Illinois, Tuesday to mark Wadea Al-Fayoume’s love for the sport during a vigil to honor the 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who authorities say was stabbed to death because he was Muslim. The young boy’s photos were

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Email claims prison official warned Danelo Cavalcante was ‘planning an escape’

By Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — About eight hours after convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante crab-walked out of a Chester County prison in August, a prison official sent the acting warden a message: Cavalcante had been “planning an escape” for months. Chester County Prison Sergeant Jerry Beavers emailed Cpt. Harry Griswold about information he’d received

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DOJ and New Jersey US Attorney’s office open investigation into the City of Trenton and its police department focusing on use of excessive force

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey have opened an investigation into the Trenton Police Department and the City of Trenton that will focus on the use of excessive force and unlawful stops, searches and arrests, officials announced Tuesday. The pattern-or-practice investigation

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