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North America’s four biggest pro sports leagues have been around a combined 398 years. They’ve had two openly gay active players

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Carl Nassib’s coming out was casual, matter-of-fact and, evidenced by the ebullient smile he wore throughout the video in which he disclosed his sexuality, a release he’d long waited for. The laid-back nature of his announcement belies how exceedingly rare it was for Nassib to come out at all. The Las

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Firefighters battle a blaze as rescue workers search debris at the 12-story oceanfront condo

Four of the five victims killed in the Florida building collapse were identified. 156 people remain unaccounted for

By Jason Hanna, Aya Elamroussi, Hollie Silverman, Ray Sanchez and Casey Tolan, CNN The death toll in the Surfside, Florida, residential building collapse has risen to five, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a Saturday evening news conference. “Today our search and rescue teams found another body in the rubble,” Levine Cava said.

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A ‘heroic’ man who fatally shot a gunman was himself killed by a responding officer, Colorado police say

By Keith Allen, CNN The man hailed as a hero for preventing further bloodshed after a gunman fatally shot a police officer in Arvada, Colorado, on Monday was himself fatally shot by police, Arvada police said in a statement Friday afternoon. Police say Johnny Hurley, 40, confronted the gunman, identified as Ronald Troyke, after Troyke

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George Floyd’s sister says Chauvin sentence shows police brutality is ‘finally being taken seriously’

By Nicole Chavez, CNN George Floyd’s family as well as activists and elected officials said Friday that Derek Chauvin’s sentencing was a rare moment of accountability following a deadly police encounter. Bridgett Floyd, Floyd’s sister and founder of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, said the 22-and-a-half year prison sentence signals that police brutality is “finally

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Valerie Bacot

CNN correspondent: Bacot ‘lived an absolute nightmare’

A Frenchwoman who has admitted to killing her abusive husband fainted with apparent shock and relief in court after hearing the sentence sought against her by prosecutors. The prosecution has asked for a sentence of five years in prison for Valérie Bacot, with four years of the term suspended, a lawyer for the accused said. If confirmed, Bacot would walk free, as she has already spent a year in detention, the lawyer, Nathalie Tomasini, explained to French media. CNN’s Cyril Vanier reports.

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