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Flights resume after radar and communication outages hit air traffic controllers in Dallas

By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A telecommunication outage caused Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers in Dallas to lose radar and some communications Friday afternoon, leading to flights being stopped at the area’s airports. After a virtual shutdown of airports across the city, some flights were allowed to resume after

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Dennis Kucinich Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Dennis Kucinich, former Ohio congressman. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1946 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: Dennis John Kucinich Father: Frank Kucinich, truck driver Mother: Virginia (Norris) Kucinich Marriages: Elizabeth (Harper) Kucinich (2005-present); Sandra Kucinich (1977-1986, divorced); Helen Kucinich (divorced) Children:

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Protesters clash with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at the ICE facility in Broadview

Chicago-area mayor says federal agents teargassed him at a protest outside an ICE facility

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A Democratic mayor running for Congress in Illinois was teargassed Friday morning during a small protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in suburban Chicago, he said. At least one other person, who identified herself on social media as Kat Abughazaleh, a former journalist also

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People evacuate from an overturned Delta Connection CRJ-900 aircraft

Airlines should do more to make sure passengers don’t try to evacuate with their carry-on bags, FAA says

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced a safety alert Friday morning telling airlines they should do more to make sure passengers don’t try to evacuate with their carry-on bags in an emergency. Bringing luggage during an evacuation can slow the process, potentially risking the lives of passengers still on

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Joseph Lowery Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) – Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Joseph Lowery. Personal Birth date: October 6, 1921 Death date: March 27, 2020 Birth place: Huntsville, Alabama Birth name: Joseph Echols Lowery Father: LeRoy Lowery, store owner Mother: Dora (Fackler) Lowery, teacher Marriage: Evelyn (Gibson) Lowery (April 5, 1948-September 26,

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Julie Andrews Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of actress Julie Andrews. Personal Birth date: October 1, 1935 Birth place: Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom Birth name: Julia Elizabeth Wells Father: Edward Wells, teacher Mother: Barbara (Morris) Andrews, pianist Marriages: Blake Edwards (1969-2010, his death); Tony Walton (1959-1968, divorced) Children: adopted with Blake

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DC Area Sniper Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the timelines, victims and aftermath of the shootings that occurred in and around Washington, DC in October 2002. Ten people were killed and three injured in sniper-style shootings. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested, tried and convicted for the shootings. Muhammad received a

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Melva K. Wallace

Huston-Tillotson University receives single largest donation to an HBCU with $150 million gift, school says

By Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — Huston-Tillotson University, a private university in Austin, Texas, will receive a $150 million donation over the next 10 years – the single-largest gift ever given to a historically Black college or university. In honor of the university’s 150th anniversary, Ross Moody, trustee and vice president of The Moody

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Tyler Robinson

The manhunt in Charlie Kirk’s killing ended with the suspect’s parents walking him up to their local sheriff’s office

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — After prominent political activist Charlie Kirk was killed at a speaking event at a Utah university last week, an intense, 30-plus-hour manhunt for a suspect in the shooting ended with him peacefully surrendering at a local sheriff’s office, accompanied by his parents. News of Kirk’s killing quickly went global,

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Detectives drop from helicopter to recover remains believed to be Travis Decker, who’s accused of killing 3 daughters

By Holly Yan, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Months after the bodies of three young sisters were found suffocated and abandoned in the Washington state wilderness, authorities believe they’ve found the remains of the man accused of killing them: their father. Investigators found bone fragments, other human remains and clothes that look similar to what

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