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People wait to be vaccinated at the center in Berlin. Germany has one of western Europe's worst vaccination rates

Europe is learning a crucial lesson — vaccines work, but they alone won’t stop Covid now

By Rob Picheta, CNN As Western Europe’s vaccination rollout gained strength in the early part of 2021, many of the region’s leaders touted the shots as their immediate route out of the pandemic. Press conferences took on an almost celebratory tone as Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors announced road maps away from Covid-19 restrictions, hailing

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Woody Allen Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen. Personal Birth date: December 1, 1935 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Allan Stewart Konigsberg Father: Martin Konigsberg, worked various jobs Mother: Nettie (Cherry) Konigsberg, bookkeeper Marriages: Soon-Yi Previn (December 22, 1997-present), Louise Lasser (divorced), Harlene Rosen (divorced) Children: daughters

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Authorities work at the scene where four people were found dead in a vehicle -- in what police say was a murder-suicide incident -- on Thursday outside Ringgold

Former Maryland police officer found dead with children believed to be the daughters he allegedly abducted, police say

By Mirna Alsharif and Rob Frehse, CNN A former Baltimore County police officer and two children believed to be his daughters he allegedly kidnapped are dead — along with a suspended police sergeant allegedly on the run with him — in an apparent “murder and suicide,” Maryland State Police said Thursday. Former officer Robert Vicosa,

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday that the war in Tigray has put Ethiopia on a "path to destruction" that could reverberate throughout east Africa. Blinken is shown here at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Blinken warns war-torn Ethiopia is on ‘path to destruction,’ calls on Abiy to step up to end conflict

By Stephanie Busari and Rob Picheta, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday that the war in Tigray has put Ethiopia on a “path to destruction” that could reverberate throughout east Africa, telling CNN that the country’s leader, Abiy Ahmed, must fulfill “his responsibility” and end violence in the region. Speaking to CNN

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Jason Kessler

The Unite the Right trial is exposing the chasm between who plans White nationalism’s battles and who does the fighting

By Elle Reeve, CNN A key federal defendant accused of conspiracy over the 2017 Unite the Right rally was forced this week to confront his own explicit calls for violence — and who should do the actual fighting — in the months before the deadly event unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia. Christopher Cantwell is among 25

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A view people gather at the annual Christmas market during the first day of a nationwide lockdown for people not yet vaccinated against the novel coronavirus on Nov. 15

Austria announces Europe’s first nationwide vaccine mandate and reimposes lockdown as Covid-19 soars

By Nadine Schmidt and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Austria is going back into a national lockdown and plans to become the first country in Europe to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all eligible people as the nation’s coronavirus crisis deepens, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday. Schallenberg said his government would look to impose the national vaccine

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Hundreds of pastors rally outside the Glynn County Courthouse

Defense attorney in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial sought a plea deal for one defendant and was declined, Arbery’s mother’s lawyer says

By Devon M. Sayers, Ryan Young and Jason Hanna, CNN A defense attorney for one of the three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing asked prosecutors for a plea deal and was declined, an attorney for Arbery’s mother told CNN. “Prosecutors shared with” Arbery’s mother that defendant William “Roddie” Bryan Jr.’s lawyer “asked for a

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