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Minneapolis Police Department Interim Chief Amelia Huffman spoke with reporters Thursday.

Body camera video shows Minneapolis officers shooting Black man during no-knock warrant. Attorneys say he wasn’t the target

By Omar Jimenez, Ray Sanchez, Brad Parks and Peter Nickeas, CNN In the early morning hours Wednesday, Minneapolis police officers gently placed a key in a city apartment door before bursting through the doorway yelling “Police! Search warrant!” In the seconds that followed, a Black man named Amir Locke — apparently asleep and shown to

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Minneapolis Police Department Interim Chief Amelia Huffman spoke with reporters Thursday.

Body camera video shows Minneapolis officers shooting Black man during no-knock warrant. Attorneys say he wasn’t the target

By Omar Jimenez, Ray Sanchez, Brad Parks and Peter Nickeas, CNN In the early morning hours Wednesday, Minneapolis police officers gently placed a key in a city apartment door before bursting through the doorway yelling “Police! Search warrant!” In the seconds that followed, a Black man named Amir Locke — apparently asleep and shown to

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Gregory McMichael is expected to face trial on federal hate crime charges for his role in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery after withdrawing a plea agreement.

Gregory McMichael will face trial on federal hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery killing after withdrawing plea agreement

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Gregory McMichael is expected to face trial on federal hate crime charges for his role in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery after withdrawing a plea agreement. Attorneys for Gregory McMichael informed the court that the prior plea agreement over hate crime charges is null and void, according to court documents

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Osman Kavala

Turkey’s Erdogan defiant after rights group launches ‘infringement proceedings’ over detained philanthropist

By Hande Atay Alam and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the decision by a major European human rights group to begin infringement proceedings against Ankara over its failure to free Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and philanthropist who has been behind bars for more than four years. Erdogan accused the

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Nightclub Fires Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at nightclub fires worldwide including the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, that killed 100 people and injured 200. A list of nightclub fires worldwide This list includes nightclub fires with victims of 50 or more (the list is not exhaustive). April 23, 1940

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David Geffen Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of David Geffen, producer, studio executive and philanthropist. Personal Birth date: February 21, 1943 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: David Lawrence Geffen Father: Abraham Geffen, pattern maker Mother: Batya (Volovskaya) Geffen, shopkeeper Education: Attended University of Texas, Austin; Brooklyn College, City University of

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