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Court-Martial Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at courts-martial. Court-martial refers to both the name of the court where charges are brought against members of the armed forces and the proceedings themselves. Facts In the United States, the laws of court-martial are set forth in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The UCMJ is the

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Georgia Supreme Court overturns Justin Ross Harris’ murder conviction in his son’s hot-car death

By Tina Burnside and Dakin Andone, CNN Georgia’s highest court has overturned the murder conviction of Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County father sentenced to life without parole for the 2014 hot-car death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. In an opinion issued Wednesday, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that evidence submitted by prosecutors of

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Commercial airplane catches fire after landing gear collapses at Miami International Airport

By Joe Sutton, Jamiel Lynch and Gregory Wallace, CNN A commercial airplane whose landing gear collapsed upon arrival Tuesday at Miami International Airport caught fire, officials said, sending passengers and crew scrambling to get to safety. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Dominican Republic-based airline Red Air said there were 130 passengers and 10

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Uvalde school district places police Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave, superintendent announces

By Eric Levenson, Rosa Flores, Rebekah Riess and Travis Caldwell, CNN Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was placed on leave Wednesday, according to a news release from Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell. “Because of the lack of clarity that remains and the unknown timing of when I will receive

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‘What do we do when another disaster hits?’ Afghans face crises on all fronts after quake kills 1,000

By Tara John, Akanksha Sharma, Jo Shelley and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Aid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people in an area blighted by poor infrastructure, as the country faces dire economic and hunger crises. The slow response, exacerbated by international sanctions

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