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Indiana carries out first execution in 15 years, putting inmate with paranoid schizophrenia to death for quadruple murder

By Dakin Andone, John Fritze and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Joseph Corcoran, who was convicted of a quadruple homicide in 1997, was executed in Indiana early Wednesday, state prison officials announced, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years. Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m., the Indiana Department of Corrections said in

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Police dig into how and why a 15-year-old got a gun used to kill 2 people and injure several others at her Christian school

By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. Now, investigators are digging into how and

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Justin Trudeau is facing a political crisis made worse by Donald Trump. Can he survive as Canada’s leader?

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau soared to victory in 2015 on the promise of change and “sunny ways” for the country. Nearly a decade later, a dark storm cloud has descended upon his increasingly unpopular administration, with the resignation of a top Cabinet minister over a dispute about how

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What officials are doing – and suggesting – to learn more about the possible drone sightings

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — As a flurry of possible drone sightings has triggered local politicians to press federal officials for more information, lawmakers have proposed a variety of different methods for dealing with drones. There’s anti-drone legislation being floated in Congress. There are helicopters monitoring drones in Pennsylvania. And the US government is

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What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, Shimon Prokupecz, Hanna Park and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. A student and a teacher were killed, and six

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