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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The one-time Georgia prosecutor accused of impeding the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s killers is set to stand trial more than four years after the Black 25-year-old’s death, which fueled nationwide protests over racial injustice. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of former Brunswick District Attorney

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — As devastating wildfires have destroyed huge swaths of Los Angeles County, incinerating homes and leaving at least 27 people dead, fire and law enforcement authorities have also had to contend with multiple cases of arson. Authorities have arrested at least eight people accused of setting new, small fires in

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Andy Rose, Gloria Pazmino, Norma Galeana and Javon Huynh, CNN (CNN) — State and local leaders across the country are bracing for a tidal wave of aggressive immigration policies and possible mass deportations that President Donald Trump has vowed to enact in the hours and days following his

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on a highway in Vermont close to the US-Canadian border. In addition to the Border Patrol agent, a “subject” was also killed in the shooting, and another “subject” was injured and is in

By Way Mullery, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is now officially the 47th president of the United States after taking the oath of office on Monday. The frigid temperatures brought the ceremony inside the Capitol for the first time in decades as a crowd of supporters, family members and various public figures watched up close.

By Zoe Sottile, Betsy Klein, Devon M. Sayers and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier, 80, will serve the remainder of his sentence at

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Walter Mondale, 42nd vice president of the United States. Personal Birth date: January 5, 1928 Death date: April 19, 2021 Birth place: Ceylon, Minnesota Birth name: Walter Frederick Mondale Father: Theodore Mondale, a Methodist minister Mother: Claribel (Cowan) Mondale Marriage: Joan (Adams) Mondale

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Bowe Bergdahl, former American prisoner of war. Personal Birth date: March 28, 1986 Birth place: Sun Valley, Idaho Birth name: Beaudry Robert Bergdahl Father: Robert Bergdahl Mother: Jani Bergdahl Military: US Army, 2008-present Other Facts Traveled throughout Europe before enlisting in the Army. Worked as a

By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — Cecile Richards, a women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned Parenthood as the nation approached a critical inflection point over reproductive freedom, has died, her family said Monday in a statement. She was 67. “This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home,

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th president of the United States, a couple of months after one of the most polarized presidential elections in US history. His inauguration coincides with MLK Day, when our country pauses to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin