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An armed Hinds County Sheriff's deputy is seen outside Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson

Suspect arrested after a fire destroys the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, 6 decades after a KKK bombing

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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A fire tore through Beth Israel, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday, leaving the congregation forced to rebuild from the ashes — again. Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the fire, which remains under investigation, but it comes amid a wave of antisemitic attacks in

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Mehdi Zatparvar

A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran

By Caitlin Danaher and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion. Her Instagram account showed her proudly displaying various traditional Kurdish outfits. On Thursday, she left the Tehran Shariati Technical University, where she was studying fashion

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Firefighters stand in front of a residential building that was hit during a night of Russian drone and missile attacks in the Ukrainian capital.

‘We hope they will give us heat’: Bitter winter cold bites for Kyiv’s residents as Russia steps up attacks

By Sophie Tanno, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s energy infrastructure to its knees. In Kyiv, heating was restored to about 85% of apartment buildings

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Demonstrators march through the streets during a demonstration over the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Boston

Anti‑ICE protests held across US after agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Nationwide outcry over the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent spilled into the streets of cities across the US on Saturday, with protesters demanding the removal of federal immigration authorities from their communities and justice for the slain Renee Good. In Minneapolis, snow

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Candles flicker on December 15 near framed photos of mass shooting victims MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook at a makeshift memorial near Brown University.

What 4 videos left by the suspected shooter at Brown University and of an MIT professor confirm – and still don’t answer

By Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — In four short videos on an electronic device found with his body, the suspect in last month’s fatal shootings at Brown University and of an MIT professor laid out a patchwork of details about the attacks. Woven among his confessions to the crimes and winding related thoughts, several nuggets

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Dr. Janell Green Smith

A midwife’s death days after childbirth complications reignites the conversation around Black maternal health

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — When Janell Green Smith first announced her pregnancy this past summer, her family was ecstatic. After participating in more than 300 births as a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina, with a particular focus on helping Black women give birth safely, she was looking forward

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2 people were shot by a federal agent after accusations of having ties to a notorious gang. Here is what we know

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Border Patrol agent shot two people in Portland, Oregon, during a traffic stop after authorities said they were associated with a Venezuelan gang, another incident in a string of confrontations with federal authorities that have left Americans frustrated with immigration enforcement during the Trump administration. The man and

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Federal agents gather next to a vehicle with a bullet hole the windshield after its driver was shot by a US immigration agent

June dragging incident could have influenced ICE officer during fatal Minneapolis shooting, experts say. Only he knows

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — As questions continue to mount about the circumstances that led a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to open fire and kill a 37-year-old woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis this week, the agent’s potentially traumatic recent history could be as much a point of discussion as his tactics

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FBI agents work next to an evidence truck outside Adventist Hospital after US federal agents shot two people in Portland

Oregon to investigate Border Patrol shooting of man and woman who authorities say have ties to notorious gang

CNN By Lex Harvey, Holly Yan, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Oregon authorities are investigating a shooting by a Border Patrol agent in Portland that wounded two people authorities say are tied to a violent international gang – an incident that renewed questions about the Trump administration’s handling of its immigration crackdown in the city

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