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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the 19 hijackers of September 11, 2001. Timeline September 11, 2001 – Nineteen men hijack four commercial airlines loaded with fuel for cross country flights, to carry out a terrorist attack on the United States orchestrated by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. – 8:46

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four African-American girls during church services in 1963. September 15, 2013, marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing. Facts September 15, 1963 – A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four African-American girls

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Michael Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Kennedy. Skakel was convicted in 2002 of the 1975 murder of his neighbor, Martha Moxley. Skakel’s conviction was vacated by the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2018. In October 2020, the Connecticut State’s Attorney announced they will not

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of convicted serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. Personal Birth date: September 19, 1966 Birth place: Merritt Island, Florida Birth name: Eric Robert Rudolph Father: Robert Rudolph Mother: Patricia (Murphy) Rudolph Education: Attended Western Carolina University, 1985-1986 Military service: US Army, 1987-1989, discharged for

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1944 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Rudolph William Louis Giuliani Father: Harold Giuliani, tavern owner Mother: Helen (D’Avanzo) Giuliani, secretary Marriages: Judith Nathan (May 24, 2003-2019, divorced);

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Emmy-award winning actor Robert Blake. Personal Birth date: September 18, 1933 Death date: March 9, 2023 Birth place: Nutley, New Jersey Birth name: Michael James Gubitosi Father: James Gubitosi Mother: Elizabeth Gubitosi Marriages: Pamela Hudak (March 2017-December 7, 2018, divorced); Bonny Lee

By Ryan Young, Kevin Conlon and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — More than 60 people have been named in a state RICO indictment filed in connection with the yearslong campaign by protesters in Georgia to thwart construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center – dubbed “Cop City” by detractors. “All 61 defendants have been

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Heavily wooded neighborhoods, curvy roads lined with lush trees, and homes that sit on large plots of land – that’s what authorities in eastern Pennsylvania are competing with as the search for an escaped convicted murderer enters its seventh day. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester

By Rachel Ramirez and Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — An intense, late-summer heat wave is putting pressure on schools, students and the education system this week as temperatures climbed into the triple digits in parts of the Northeast and Midwest — record-breaking highs for early September in some places. Heat is affecting classrooms more than

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Michigan authorities are looking for an “armed and dangerous” suspect who they say set fire to multiple state police vehicles and struck them with rifle rounds early Wednesday at the Sault Ste. Marie post. No troopers were in the vehicles when the incident occurred at about 3:30 a.m., police

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — With Covid-19 cases once again on the rise, questions are being raised about proper prevention measures this fall. Some health experts are encouraging a return to masking, while others believe an individualized approach to risk reduction is best. Many also agree that the updated Covid-19 vaccine, expected to

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — With Covid-19 cases once again on the rise, questions are being raised about proper prevention measures this fall. Some health experts are encouraging a return to masking, while others believe an individualized approach to risk reduction is best. Many also agree that the updated Covid-19 vaccine, expected to be

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman serving a life sentence for murdering her two children, has appealed her convictions to the state Supreme Court, court documents show. In the motion filed last week, Vallow Daybell’s attorney said her legal team intends to raise whether Vallow Daybell was mentally competent

By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The manhunt continued Wednesday for murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison last week by thwarting newly installed razor wire put in place after another inmate briefly broke out a few months ago, authorities said at a Wednesday news conference. Cavalcante, 34, who was

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape, a New York judge has overturned the conviction of Leonard Mack following new DNA testing that eliminated him as the perpetrator and identified a different man who has since confessed to the crime, prosecutors announced. Mack, 72, served more

NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, INC., INNOCENCE PROJECT, CNN By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape, a New York judge has overturned the conviction of Leonard Mack following new DNA testing that eliminated him as the perpetrator and identified a different man who has since confessed to the

CNN By David Williams and Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — When you think of flamingos, the images that come to mind are probably of African water holes, the Caribbean, Florida – or almost anywhere else other than Waynesville, Ohio. So, when Jacob Roalef saw Facebook posts about flamingos at Ceasar Creek State Park, near Dayton,

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The prisoner who is now the subject of a massive manhunt after escaping from a Pennsylvania prison late last month had killed his ex-girlfriend in a brutal 2021 stabbing in front of her two young children, authorities say. Danelo Souza Cavalcante, a 34-year-old who was convicted in the killing

By David Williams and Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — When you think of flamingos, the images that come to mind are probably of African water holes, the Caribbean, Florida – or almost anywhere else other than Waynesville, Ohio. So, when Jacob Roalef saw Facebook posts about flamingos at Ceasar Creek State Park, near Dayton, last

CNN, KYW, WPVI By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Investigators believe convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania last Thursday by climbing onto the roof and fleeing from there, a law enforcement source told CNN. About 200 law enforcement personnel searching for Cavalcante in eastern Pennsylvania are