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5 things to know for Feb. 5: Gaza, US Postal Service, Midair collision, Guantanamo Bay, Sweden shooting

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The CIA is now the first major national security agency to offer buyouts to its entire workforce, a step in the Trump administration’s effort to shrink the federal government. Thousands of other federal workers face sweeping layoffs this week unless they accept offers to resign. Here’s what else you

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Multiple ICE impersonation arrests made during nationwide immigration crackdown

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Gloria Pazmino and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in at least three states have arrested individuals allegedly impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at a time when real ICE agents have ramped up immigration enforcement efforts under the Trump administration, adding to existing fears of law enforcement among migrant communities. In

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‘The fear is real’: As Trump administration targets DEI, professionals worry about the future of their industry

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Rafael Fantauzzi has worked in diversity, equity and inclusion roles in the retail, home health and pharmaceutical industries for the last eight years. The Philadelphia-area resident takes pride in helping improve the workplace culture and experience for women, people with disabilities, veterans and Black and brown people, he

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Despite 20 knife wounds and 11 bruises, Ellen Greenberg’s death was ruled a suicide. The pathologist just changed his mind

By Thomas Lake, CNN (CNN) — Fourteen years ago, on a snowy evening in Philadelphia, Ellen Greenberg was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment. She had 20 knife wounds and numerous bruises. Authorities ruled her death a suicide. Greenberg was a 27-year-old schoolteacher. Her parents insisted she’d been murdered. They fought to

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A passenger jet exploded nearly 30 years ago. How families of aircraft disaster victims are treated was forever changed

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — In the days following the collision of a military helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington, DC, and the crash of a medevac jet in Philadelphia, federal investigators quickly expressed condolences to the families of the victims and partnered with non-profit groups to provide information and support. It wasn’t

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‘Did I save her?’ Young boy was injured by debris while trying to protect his little sister from Philadelphia plane crash

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Jessie Yeung, Danny Freeman, Jillian Sykes, Chris Boyette and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A Philadelphia father is calling his son a “superhero” for shielding his younger sister when a medevac jet crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood, showering flames and debris on homes and the vehicle in which the family was riding.

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