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Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz

New York Times: ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the controversial Florida migrant detention facility, will close

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Florida will shutter its controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility by early June, The New York Times and CNN affiliate WFOR report, citing sources. Vendors at the site were told Tuesday that detainees will be removed by “the start of” June and the center will be dismantled in the

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Frontier Airlines sits outside the airlines technical operations center after striking a man on the runway at Denver International Airport.

Man hit by Frontier Airlines plane taking off at Denver airport intended to kill himself, officials say

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The man who was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines jet after he jumped a perimeter fence at Denver International Airport intended to kill himself, officials confirmed Tuesday. The man was identified as 41-year-old Michael Mott, according to Sterling McLaren, Denver’s chief medical examiner. The manner of death

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Pope John Paul II Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the late Pope John Paul II. He was canonized as a saint on April 27, 2014. Personal Birth date: May 18, 1920 Death date: April 2, 2005 Birth place: Wadowice, Poland Birth name: Karol Jozef Wojtyla Father: Karol Wojtyla, officer in the Polish

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5 things to know for May 12: High prices, US-China relations, hantavirus outbreak, Lincoln Memorial, Harvard

By Alexandra Banner, CNN It’s been 100 days since Nancy Guthrie disappeared, with few concrete answers emerging in the case. It’s also reigniting debate over whether crime dramas like “CSI” have inflated the public’s expectations of which cases police can realistically solve — and how quickly. Here’s what else you need to know to get

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Homes destroyed during the October 7th Hamas attacks against Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel.

First on CNN: New report details ‘systematic’ rape and sexual violence during Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on Israel

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Hamas militants and their allies raped, assaulted and sexually tortured their victims during and after the October 7, 2023 terror attack on southern Israel “to maximize pain and suffering,” a landmark new report has concluded. Shared first with CNN, the report presents the most comprehensive body of evidence yet

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Abandoned and torched vehicles at the site of the October 7

Oct. 7 attackers could face death penalty after Israel approves war crimes tribunal

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of Hamas militants accused of committing war crimes during their October 2023 attack could face the death penalty after Israel late Monday approved the creation of a special military tribunal to prosecute their cases. The legislation received broad backing from both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and

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