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Martin Luther King Jr. Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Personal Birth date: January 15, 1929 Death date: April 4, 1968 Birth place: Atlanta, Georgia Birth name: Michael King Jr. Father: Martin Luther King Sr., Baptist minister Mother: Alberta (Williams) King Marriage: Coretta Scott King

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Some battery-operated Christmas decorations are seen in windows of a residential building in the Zehlendorf district on Sunday morning amid a power blackout.

Thousands of Berliners lost power for days after climate activists struck. Here’s what happened

By Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla and Inke Kappeler, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Amid heavy snow in the German capital and temperatures plummeting to below freezing, nearly 100,000 people were left without power for several days after an alleged left-wing arson attack on Berlin’s power supply on Saturday caused a major blackout. The activist group Vulkangruppe

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Aretha Franklin Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1942 Death date: August 16, 2018 Birth place: Memphis, Tennessee Birth name: Aretha Louise Franklin Father: Rev. C. L. (Clarence LaVaughn) Franklin, minister and gospel singer Mother: Barbara (Siggers) Franklin, gospel singer

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People pay their respects at a memorial dedicated to the 19 children and two adults killed on May 24

Judge in trial of former Uvalde school police officer denies defense motion for mistrial

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN Corpus Christi, Texas (CNN) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Uvalde school district police officer rejected a defense motion to declare a mistrial on Wednesday afternoon. Judge Sid Harle ruled the prosecution had not intentionally withheld material mentioned by a witness during the

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5 things to know for Jan. 7: Greenland, California wildfires anniversary, Venezuela, Flu season, Brown University shooting

By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Justice Department says it has released less than 1% of its Jeffrey Epstein-related files and is still reviewing more than 2 million documents. Sorting through the files is painstaking, with each one carefully checked to shield victims’ identities, as required by law. Here’s what else you need to know to

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