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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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A vehicle is stuck in the snow during a winter storm on December 27 in Grass Valley

17 feet of snow sparked hope for quelling California’s drought. Then precipitation ‘flatlined’ in January

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN After months of extreme drought in the West triggered unprecedented water cuts and primed the landscape for massive wildfires, the final stretch of 2021 gave a tiny glimpse of hope for drought-weary Californians. Storms were coming. California — facing back-to-back dry years and record-breaking heat waves that pushed the drought into

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Valentine’s Day Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Valentine’s Day, celebrated every February 14. Facts There are several different theories about the origins of Valentine’s Day. The ancient Romans held the festival of Lupercalia on February 15 to protect themselves from wolves. Men struck people with strips of animal hide; women believed that this made them

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President Biden

ISIS leader killed in US-led Syria raid, Biden says

By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Jeremy Herb and Eyad Kourdi, CNN ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed Wednesday during a US counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria, President Joe Biden announced Thursday morning. It was the biggest US raid in the country since the 2019 operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Qurayshi

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