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Opinion: An anti-Muslim tirade inspires a beautiful response

CNN Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — After police say he repeatedly taunted an Arab immigrant food cart worker in his Manhattan neighborhood, former Obama-era National Security Council official Stuart Seldowitz was arrested last week by the New York Police Department. He now faces hate crime and aggravated harassment charges. The videos of Seldowitz’s rants — which went viral —

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Opinion: An anti-Muslim tirade inspires a beautiful response

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — After police say he repeatedly taunted an Arab immigrant food cart worker in his Manhattan neighborhood, former Obama-era National Security Council official Stuart Seldowitz was arrested last week by the New York Police Department. He now faces hate crime and aggravated harassment charges. The videos of Seldowitz’s rants — which went viral — were

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An attendee at Planned Parenthood's Bans Off Our Bodies rally for abortion rights holds a sign reading "Idaho the women as property state" outside of the Idaho Statehouse in downtown Boise

Idaho asks Supreme Court to let abortion law that penalizes doctors to take full effect

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow its state abortion ban that imposes penalties on doctors who perform abortions to take full effect despite federal requirements for emergency room doctors. The case comes to the high court more than a year after the justices overturned a constitutional right to abortion, altering the landscape of abortion

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Sierra Leone military barracks foiled attack ignites fears over coup attempt

By Akanksha Sharma, Nimi Princewill, and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — The president of Sierra Leone has described a foiled assault on a military barracks in the capital Freetown as an “attack on democracy.” In a video statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, late Sunday, President Maada Bio said most of the ringleaders had been arrested and calm restored.

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Ben Bernanke Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Personal Birth date: December 13, 1953 Birth place: Augusta, Georgia Birth name: Ben Shalom Bernanke Father: Philip Bernanke, a pharmacist Mother: Edna (Friedman) Bernanke, a substitute teacher Marriage: Anna (Friedmann) Bernanke (1978-present) Children: Alyssa, June 21, 1986; Joel, December

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Tom Vilsack Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Personal Birth date: December 13, 1950 Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Full name: Thomas James Vilsack Father: Bud Vilsack Mother: Dolly Vilsack Marriage: Christie (Bell) Vilsack (1973-present) Children: Jess and Doug Education: Hamilton College, B.A., 1972; Albany Law School J.D.,

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Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools

By SHARON LURYE Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, La. (AP) — Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees. They’re unlike public schools, formal homeschooling programs or traditional private schools. Almost all such unapproved schools serve a single homeschooling family, but some have buildings, classrooms, teachers and dozens of students. Unapproved schools

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