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Law enforcement officers escort Danilo Cavalcante from a Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Avondale

Staffing shortages, old facilities, and ‘nothing to lose’: These are the factors that contribute to prison breaks across the country

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — It sounded like something out of a movie: Ten inmates at a New Orleans jail surreptitiously cut through cell walls using electric hair trimmers before fleeing into the dead of night when an employee tasked with watching security cameras stepped away for food. But it was real life —

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This undated photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows inmate Grant Hardin.

A former police chief serving time for murder and rape escaped from an Arkansas prison. Here is what we know

By Taylor Romine, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A former small-town police chief in Arkansas escaped from prison Sunday while serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape and is still on the loose, officials said Wednesday. Grant Hardin, 56, escaped from a state prison in northern Arkansas on Sunday afternoon, after he appears to have

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This undated photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows inmate Grant Hardin.

A former police chief serving time for murder and rape escaped from an Arkansas prison. Here is what we know

KHBS, FAYETTEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Taylor Romine, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A former small-town police chief in Arkansas escaped from prison Sunday while serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape and is still on the loose, officials said Tuesday. Grant Hardin, 56, escaped from a state prison in northern Arkansas on Sunday afternoon,

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The Harvard University shield sits above a campus entrance gate at Harvard University in Cambridge

Trump accuses Harvard of ‘judge shopping’ and threatens to send $3 billion of its federal grants to trade schools

By Donald Judd, Danya Gainor, CNN President Donald Trump has again trained his ire on Harvard University, accusing the school Monday of “judge shopping” in its legal battle with the White House and threatening to cut off $3 billion in federal grant funding over its handling of anti-Israel protests. “I am considering taking Three Billion

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Abraham Verghese

A physician who advocates for the power of human touch over technology will deliver Harvard’s commencement speech

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Doctors interact with patients, in many cases, when they are feeling their worst – so, how they talk to those patients during such a vulnerable time matters. That’s the philosophy of Abraham Verghese, the bestselling author, Stanford professor, and infectious disease doctor who will address students at Harvard University’s

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Colleges are canceling affinity graduations due to anti-DEI policies. Here is how students are preserving the traditions

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Elyse Martin-Smith began meeting with her classmates at Harvard University last summer to plan the annual Black student graduation hosted by a campus group she leads. The ceremony was set to be a celebration of Black culture, featuring musicians, poetry readings, messages about the historic struggle for racial

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Hughes testifies at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax

This ‘Diddy’ expert witness also testified in the R. Kelly and Keith Raniere trials and in the Johnny Depp defamation case. Here’s why she took the stand

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — On cross-examination of psychologist Dawn Hughes in the federal racketeering and sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, the defense highlighted that she has been retained hundreds of times as an expert in court cases since 1998. “Now, over all of those years and all of those retentions as an

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Authorities work the scene where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood early Thursday.

A small jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, killing multiple people and leaving a trail of torched debris. Here’s how the tragedy unfolded

KFMB, KRISTI PARREN, CNN By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — In the stillness of night, a quiet, tree-lined street in a San Diego neighborhood was plunged into chaos when a plane clipped a power line and crashed – turning cars into fireballs and sending residents fleeing in a haze of smoke and confusion. The pilot

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