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5 things to know for Dec. 17: Wisconsin school shooting, UnitedHealthcare CEO, Electoral College, Stock market, Spacewalk

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Honda and Nissan are discussing a possible merger, potentially bringing together two Japanese automaking titans that have recently fallen on hard times. Mitsubishi also appears to be part of the preliminary talks but none of the automakers have disclosed details about how the venture could take shape. Here’s what

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5 things to know for Dec. 17: Wisconsin school shooting, UnitedHealthcare CEO, Electoral College, Stock market, Spacewalk

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Honda and Nissan are discussing a possible merger, potentially bringing together two Japanese automaking titans that have recently fallen on hard times. Mitsubishi also appears to be part of the preliminary talks but none of the automakers have disclosed details about how the venture could take shape. Here’s

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5 things to know for Dec. 17: Wisconsin school shooting, UnitedHealthcare CEO, Electoral College, Stock market, Spacewalk

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Honda and Nissan are discussing a possible merger, potentially bringing together two Japanese automaking titans that have recently fallen on hard times. Mitsubishi also appears to be part of the preliminary talks but none of the automakers have disclosed details about how the venture could take shape. Here’s

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Watch out for ‘leakage’: These are some clues students can look out for to help prevent school violence

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — To help avert potential school violence, students and staff need to know certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for

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Wisconsin school shooter was in contact with a California man accused of planning separate attack, report says

By Karina Tsui, Jessie Yeung, Amanda Jackson, Michelle Watson and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Unanswered questions remain about a fatal shooting at a Madison, Wisconsin, private school as new details emerge about the shooter’s family life and possible ties to a California man who, according to an Associated Press report, allegedly planned to carry

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New York prosecutors may have trouble proving first-degree murder charge against Luigi Mangione, legal experts say

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The indictment of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on suspicion of murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well-planned, targeted” killing, as well as an outpouring of praise for the suspect and the tangible fear reported by executives since the shooting

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Luigi Mangione is escorted from the Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg

New York prosecutors may have trouble proving first-degree murder charge against Luigi Mangione, legal experts say

CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The indictment of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on suspicion of murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well-planned, targeted” killing, as well as an outpouring of praise for the suspect and the tangible fear reported by executives since the

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Police dig into how and why a 15-year-old got a gun used to kill 2 people and injure several others at her Christian school

WISC, CNN By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. Now, investigators are digging into

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Hannah Kobayashi says she was ‘unaware’ of frenzy over her disappearance

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance last month sparked a weekslong search complete with grainy surveillance images and tearful family, says she was unaware of “everything that was happening” while she was out of touch. Kobayashi arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Maui on

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Indiana carries out first execution in 15 years, putting inmate with paranoid schizophrenia to death for quadruple murder

By Dakin Andone, John Fritze and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Joseph Corcoran, who was convicted of a quadruple homicide in 1997, was executed in Indiana early Wednesday, state prison officials announced, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years. Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m., the Indiana Department of Corrections said in

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Police dig into how and why a 15-year-old got a gun used to kill 2 people and injure several others at her Christian school

By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. Now, investigators are digging into how and

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What officials are doing – and suggesting – to learn more about the possible drone sightings

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — As a flurry of possible drone sightings has triggered local politicians to press federal officials for more information, lawmakers have proposed a variety of different methods for dealing with drones. There’s anti-drone legislation being floated in Congress. There are helicopters monitoring drones in Pennsylvania. And the US government is

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