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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, nicknamed “Ryan Express.” He played for 27 seasons, won 324 games, and was on the All-Star Team eight times. Personal Birth date: January 31, 1947 Birth place: Refugio, Texas Birth name: Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. Father: Lynn

By Steve Almasy and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A woman has been arrested in connection with the killings of a pregnant Texas teen and her boyfriend after their bodies were found last month in a car in San Antonio, authorities said – the third arrest in the case. Myrta Romanos, 47, was arrested on charges of

By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A woman spent four nights trapped in her mangled truck after she swerved to avoid hitting a deer and toppled to the bottom of a California canyon. She was driving near Mount Baldy on Wednesday on a road that winds up the mountain outside Los Angeles. Her pickup truck

CNN By Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, a record number of airline passengers’ guns were intercepted by airport security officers before those weapons could make it aboard a flight. Airport security officers prevented passengers from carrying more than 6,700 prohibited guns onto airplanes

By Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, a record number of airline passengers’ guns were intercepted by airport security officers before those weapons could make it aboard a flight. Airport security officers prevented passengers from carrying more than 6,700 prohibited guns onto airplanes in

By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Yarl was 16 when he was shot in the head and arm last April after going to the wrong house in Kansas City to pick up his siblings. He’s been making steady progress on the road to recovery since then – but has experienced headaches, trouble sleeping and

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota doctor accused of fatally poisoning his pharmacist wife now faces a tougher charge that could put him in prison for the rest of his life, if convicted. Connor Fitzgerald Bowman, 30, was indicted last week on one count of first-degree murder – premeditated and one count of

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from domestic conflicts are not included. If a perpetrator was killed or died by suicide during the incident, their death is

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Personal Birth date: August 8, 1953 Birth place: Mobile, Alabama Birth name: Lloyd James Austin III Father: Lloyd James Austin Jr., postal worker Mother: Aletia Taylor Austin, homemaker Marriage: Charlene Denise (Banner) Austin (early 1980s-present) Children:

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Attorney General Eric Holder. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1951 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Eric Himpton Holder Jr. Father: Eric Himpton Holder, realtor Mother: Miriam (Yearwood) Holder Marriage: Sharon (Malone) Holder (1990-present) Children: Maya, Brooke and Eric

By Jamiel Lynch and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A man exonerated and freed after serving 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit is to receive $25 million in the second-largest wrongful conviction settlement ever, Duke Law School’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic announced. Ronnie Long, who is Black, was accused of raping a 54-year-old White

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Antisemitism has “skyrocketed” across the United States in the three months since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, according to new data released Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL has tracked a total of 3,283 antisemitic incidents between October 7 and January 7, the group said. This marks a 361% increase in reported antisemitic incidents when compared