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Mark David Chapman Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Mark David Chapman, who was convicted of murdering musician John Lennon. Personal Birth date: May 10, 1955 Birth place: Fort Worth, Texas Birth name: Mark David Chapman Father: David Chapman, former sergeant, US Air Force Mother: Diane Chapman, nurse Marriage: Gloria (Abe) Chapman

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Chris Brown Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winner Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Personal Birth date: May 5, 1989 Birth place: Tappahannock, Virginia Birth name: Christopher Maurice Brown Father: Clinton Brown, corrections officer Mother: Joyce Hawkins, former day care director Children: with

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Mother’s Day Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday in May in the United States. It is also celebrated in other countries. May 11, 2025 – Mother’s Day. Facts In 2023, 27.5 was the average age in the United States for first-time mothers, according to the CDC. In its early days,

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The Drug Enforcement Administration shared videos on social media of a raid at what authorities said was an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs

More than 100 migrants were detained during a raid on a Colorado nightclub. Here’s what we know

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — US federal agents early Sunday raided what authorities described as an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs and took into custody more than 100 migrants accused of being in the country illegally, the US Drug Enforcement Administration said. “What was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence,”

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A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge

Federal funding freeze on nation’s oldest university likely to stay in place well into summer after first court hearing

By Ray Sanchez, Kara Scannell and Nicki Brown, CNN Boston (CNN) — More than $2 billion in federal funds committed to Harvard University are likely to stay frozen by the Trump administration well into the summer after the sides met for the first time in a Boston courtroom in their high-stakes sparring match over political

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In this image released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday

How local agencies are partnering with ICE to arrest an increasing number of immigrants

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Across the United States, local agencies have become immigration enforcers under a federal program officials say strengthens public safety, but critics warn spreads fear, erodes trust and threatens the fabric of immigrant communities. Known as the 287(g) program, it was created under the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant

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More than 100 people were detained in Colorado Springs following an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall

Over 100 immigrants arrested in raid on underground Colorado nightclub where active-duty military members worked, feds say

CNN By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 immigrants, allegedly in the country illegally, were detained in Colorado Springs after an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall. “What was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence,” Jonathan C. Pullen, the Special Agent

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The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building is pictured in downtown Chicago on January 21.

3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers, lawyers and advocacy groups say

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Three children who are US citizens, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, were taken to Honduras with their mothers, who were deported last week, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations. In one case, a mother was deported and took her 2-year-old

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More than 100 people were detained in Colorado Springs following an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall

Over 100 immigrants arrested in raid on underground Colorado nightclub where active-duty military members worked, feds say

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 immigrants, allegedly in the country illegally, were detained in Colorado Springs after an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall. “What was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence,” Jonathan C. Pullen, the Special Agent in

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Start your week smart: Alzheimer’s research, IRS audit, Trump’s first 100 days, horse racing’s future, goodbye $5 T-shirts

By Andrew Torgan, Daniel Wine and Kimberly Richardson, CNN (CNN) — April 15 has come and gone, so you can stop worrying about your taxes for another year … or can you? With so many changes taking place at the IRS — including widespread staff departures and the implementation of artificial intelligence — how likely

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Florida law enforcement participated in an immigration crackdown in Florida on April 26

ICE: ‘First-of-its-kind’ operation with local law enforcement leads to nearly 800 immigrant arrests in Florida

By Karina Tsui and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Saturday the agency and state law enforcement in Florida have arrested nearly 800 people over four days in a “massive, multi-agency immigration enforcement crackdown.” ICE’s office in Miami calls the “highly successful” operation “a first-of-its-kind partnership between state and federal

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Freddy Gonzalez Drive is a busy thoroughfare of about 6 miles across Edinburg.

The legacy of a Vietnam War hero scrubbed from a government webpage remains strong in the southernmost part of Texas

By Amanda Jackson, CNN | Photographs by Gabriel V. Cárdenas for CNN Edinburg, Texas (CNN) — Patriotism runs deep in this South Texas town nestled just along the border with Mexico. American flags fly outside many businesses. Pictures of veterans adorn light poles and traffic signal boxes. And a giant mural inside a popular grocery

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