Originally Published: 16 JUN 23 16:55 ET By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Years before he said he was running for president to “defeat the cult of gender ideology,” Donald Trump welcomed and praised the inclusion of transgender women in the Miss Universe pageant. In since unreported radio and television interviews from spring and summer
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Facts Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 11 other countries, buried there since the 1860s. More than three million people visit the cemetery annually. The Arlington estate was
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Originally Published: 16 JUN 23 10:52 ET By Web staff Click here for updates on this story ASTORIA, Oregon (KPTV) — The Coast Guard rescued a German shepherd after she fell off a cliff and was injured in Ecola State Park Wednesday evening. Around 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sector Columbia River received an agency assist request
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Originally Published: 16 JUN 23 07:15 ET Updated: 16 JUN 23 16:06 ET By Sabrina Souza, Sarah Boxer and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, was convicted by a federal jury Friday on all 63 charges against him. Bowers, 50,
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The trial for the father of the man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more at the Highland Park, Illinois, 2022 Fourth of July parade is scheduled to begin in fall, a judge decided Friday. Robert Crimo, Jr. was charged by the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office
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By Mallika Kallingal and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Florida executed death row inmate Duane Owen by lethal injection on Thursday evening, nearly four decades after he murdered a 14-year-old babysitter and a single mother of two in separate attacks. Owen was convicted for the 1984 rape and fatal stabbing of teenager Karen Slattery and
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By Sarah Dean, Olga Voitovych, Nimi Princewill, and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — An African delegation on a peace mission to Ukraine headed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was greeted with explosions and forced to shelter in bunkers amid air strikes on the capital Kyiv. Ukrainian officials said the attack was repelled by air
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By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — June 19, 2023 is the third annual observance of Juneteenth. The federal holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their emancipation two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Although Juneteenth has recently become more widely recognized, the date has long
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CNN, KECI, KHBB-LD, KTVM By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Helena, Montana (CNN) — It’s a Big Sky story fit for a big screen. On one side: 16 kids from ranches, reservations and tourist boomtowns across Montana – a group of wannabe climate avengers ranging in age from 5 to 22 and assembled to
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By Niamh Kennedy and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A Kenyan court has ordered 64 followers of a controversial starvation cult to undergo psychiatric evaluation as they continue to refuse to eat. The followers were charged with attempted suicide on Monday after persistently refusing meals offered to them following their rescue from the Shakahola forest
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By Elinda Labropoulou and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kalamata, Greece (CNN) — Nine crew members have been arrested for people smuggling after a packed vessel sank in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, as human rights campaigners accused Greek authorities of neglecting those on board. The Greek coastguard said nine Egyptian nationals aged
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CNN By Heather Chen, Florence Davey-Attlee, Elinda Labropoulou, Zahid Mahmood, Mostafa Salem, Nadine Schmidt, Eyad Kourdi and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The sinking of a packed migrant boat off the coast of Greece may be “the worst tragedy ever” in the Mediterranean sea, according to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson. Dozens
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By Rob Picheta and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The role of Britain’s monarch comes with quite a long list of perks – but perhaps one of the most enviable is the ability to celebrate your birthday not once, but twice a year. King Charles enjoyed his first real birthday as monarch on November
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A new species of dinosaur with blade-like spikes for armor has been discovered on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. Named Vectipelta barretti, it is the first armored dinosaur, or ankylosaur, to have been found on the island in 142 years, according to a statement
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A climate activist in New Zealand faces 10 years in jail after a court found her guilty of forgery for sending a fake letter to the speakers at an oil industry conference, telling them it had been postponed due to the climate crisis. Rosemary Penwarden, who lives near Dunedin,
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By Sabrina Souza, Sarah Boxer and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, was convicted by a federal jury Friday on all 63 charges against him. Bowers, 50, now faces the possibility of the death sentence at the hands of the
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CNN By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Are your fingers this fast? In just 3.13 seconds, a 21-year-old speedcuber from California broke the world record for the fastest time of solving a 3x3x3 rotating puzzle cube, according to Guinness World Records. Max Park completed the world-record solve during a Pride at Long Beach event
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The US is facing a serious shortage of airline pilots that is already grounding planes ahead of a record-breaking travel season. Some lawmakers believe shorter training programs would bring more pilots on board, but others are concerned that decreasing standards may produce inadequately trained flight crews. Here’s what
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The US is facing a serious shortage of airline pilots that is already grounding planes ahead of a record-breaking travel season. Some lawmakers believe shorter training programs would bring more pilots on board, but others are concerned that decreasing standards may produce inadequately trained flight crews. Here’s what else
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KCNC, BRIAN WILLIE, CNN By Andi Babineau and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — As the city of Denver celebrated its first NBA championship, a police sergeant providing security for players riding on a fire truck was run over as people at a victory parade moved into the street, officials said Thursday. Chief of Police Ron
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