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Law enforcement and first responders control traffic after a shooting took place at Apalachee High School in Winder

Father of Georgia school shooter had letter from son ‘asking for forgiveness’ on day of the shooting, testimony reveals

By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The father of the accused Apalachee High School shooter was in possession of a letter from his son asking for forgiveness on the day of the shooting, an investigator testified during a court hearing Friday. Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent John Giunta testified law enforcement officers conducting

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Fidel Castro Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba. Personal Birth date: August 13, 1926 Death date: November 25, 2016 Birth place: Biran, Cuba Birth name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz Father: Angel Castro, landowner Mother: Lina Ruz, cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife Marriage:

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Berlin Wall Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of East/West relations during the Cold War. The Wall The Berlin Wall began as a border of barbed

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Space Shuttle Program Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA’s Space Shuttle Program which ended in 2011 after 135 missions. Facts The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and other cargo into orbit

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Francois Hollande Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of François Hollande, former president of France. Personal Birth date: August 12, 1954 Birth place: Rouen, Normandy, France Birth name: François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande Father: Georges Hollande, a physician Mother: Nicole Tribert, a social worker Marriage: Julie Gayet (June 4, 2022-present) Children:

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A crane recovers the tail of American Airlines flight 5342 near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on February 4.

Final day of NTSB hearing on DC midair collision: investigators press for answers on what could have prevented crash

By Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — In more than 32 hours of testimony across three days the National Transportation Safety Board probed virtually every detail of what led up to the January 29 midair collision between a US Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet, operated by PSA

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An Arkansas Park Ranger patrols the south entrance of Devil's Den State Park Monday

Mother killed in Arkansas stabbings went back to help husband after getting her children to safety, police say

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Cristen Brink witnessed the unthinkable. Then she did the unimaginable. While on a family hike at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday, Cristen’s husband Clinton was ambushed and stabbed by an attacker, according to Arkansas State Police. First, investigators say, she ran away with their young daughters to get

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An Arkansas Park Ranger patrols the south entrance of Devil's Den State Park Monday

Mother killed in Arkansas stabbings went back to help husband after getting her children to safety, police say

KFSM, LUPITA’S BEAUTY SALON & BARBER SHOP, AR STATE POLICE, GOFUNDME, CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Cristen Brink witnessed the unthinkable. Then she did the unimaginable. While on a family hike at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday, Cristen’s husband Clinton was ambushed and stabbed by an attacker, according to Arkansas State Police.

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said all French evacuations from Gaza would be suspended pending the results of an inquiry into the case.

France halts all evacuations from Gaza over alleged antisemitic reposts by Palestinian student

By Michael Rios, Saskya Vandoorne, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — The French government will deport a Gaza student accused of reposting alleged antisemitic content on her social media and halt all evacuations from the territory, the country’s foreign minister said Friday as outrage grows over her reposts. “She must leave the country. She does not

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