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Investigators in Florida confused Brian Laundrie's mother with her son

Investigators confused Brian Laundrie’s mother for him while watching their home, police reportedly acknowledge

By Joe Sutton and Michelle Krupa, CNN Investigators in Florida confused Brian Laundrie’s mother with her son while they were monitoring the family’s home in the days after Laundrie’s fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing, a police spokesperson said. “They are built kind of similarly,” North Port Police Department spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN affiliate

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Opening statements are set to begin on October 28 in the civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville

Jury hears opening statements in trial over whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally was intended to spur violence

By Mark Morales, Dakin Andone, Aya Elamroussi and Amir Vera, CNN Opening statements began Thursday in the civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia — four years after one person died and dozens were injured in the chaos that ensued as White nationalists, White supremacists and counterprotesters

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A new lens on America’s past

Cassie Spodak, Channon Hodge and Margaret Dawson, CNN These are the surprising and personal stories, lost and hidden in America’s past, hosted by CNN’s Abby Phillip, Suzanne Malveaux, Omar Jimenez, Athena Jones, Ryan Young, John Avlon and more. Knowing these stories might reshape your understanding of the disparities the country faces today. July 11, 1868

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Investigators in Florida confused Brian Laundrie's mother with her son

Investigators confused Brian Laundrie’s mother for him while watching their home, police reportedly acknowledge

By Joe Sutton and Michelle Krupa, CNN Investigators in Florida confused Brian Laundrie’s mother with her son while they were monitoring the family’s home in the days after Laundrie’s fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing, a police spokesperson said. “They are built kind of similarly,” North Port Police Department spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN affiliate

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A New Jersey teaching assistant from Ridgefield Memorial High School was suspended for allegedly telling a Muslim-American student that 'we don't negotiate with terrorists.'

New Jersey school district suspends assistant teacher who allegedly told student ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Mirna Alsharif, CNN A New Jersey teaching assistant was suspended by the Ridgefield School District after an alleged incident last week in which a Muslim-American student claimed he was called a terrorist after asking a question during math class. The school district did not describe what took place but said that

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Eric Garner's mother and other police reform advocates have begun questioning New York Police Department officers in court as part of a judicial inquiry on issues surrounding her son's death.

NYPD officers face questions about Eric Garner’s death in rare judicial inquiry

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Eric Garner’s mother and other police reform advocates have begun questioning New York Police Department officers in court as part of a judicial inquiry on issues surrounding her son’s death, pressing them on topics ranging from erroneously charging Garner with felony cigarette tax evasion to texting a colleague shortly after Garner’s

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