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Shadows in the valley: Nearly eight years after a shooting at Umpqua Community College left nine people dead, an Oregon community is still trying to heal

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN Roseburg, Oregon (CNN) — Driving into Roseburg feels like entering a postcard. The small city, tucked in the mountains of southwestern Oregon, sits inside the Umpqua Valley, where magnificent peaks tower over luscious pine forests and a maze of streams and waterfalls. The main road winds

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The officers accused in Elijah McClain’s death didn’t face charges for 2 years. Here’s a timeline of how the case made it to trial

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Two of the Colorado police officers accused in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain began standing trial this week on criminal charges that were filed more than two years after the 23-year-old Black man died days following a physical confrontation. A prosecutor initially declined to bring charges against any

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Azerbaijan has reclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh. What does that mean for the tens of thousands living there?

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The same day that Azerbaijan celebrated the surrender of separatist Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, many in the breakaway region’s capital spent the evening throwing stacks of paper onto a fire. “One of the main things that people were doing in Stepanakert was burning all the possible documentation that could

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Army Corps of Engineers to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater a day as saltwater intrusion threatens New Orleans-area drinking water

By Jamiel Lynch and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico continues to threaten drinking water supply, officials said Friday. The move comes as water

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Ukraine says strike on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ left dozens dead and wounded ‘including senior leadership’

By Maria Kostenko, Tim Lister and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said Saturday its bold strike on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol had left dozens dead and wounded “including senior leadership.” The attack on Friday is perhaps the most dramatic example yet of the confidence with which Ukraine

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Poker player lied about having cancer and received thousands in donations to play in a World Series of Poker tournament

By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — A California man has admitted to lying about having terminal cancer after receiving thousands of dollars in donations to play in a World Series of Poker tournament, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Robert Mercer claimed to have terminal stage 4 colon cancer and convinced people to donate to

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2 men were arrested in the drive-by killing of 11-year-old boy, a case that helped prompt New Mexico’s controversial gun ban

By Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Two men have been charged in the drive-by shooting of an 11-year-old boy in New Mexico – one of several recent killings cited by the state’s governor before she enacted a controversial order suspending open and concealed gun carry laws in parts of the state. Jose Romero, 22, and

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