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Russian forces ‘eliminate’ ISIS-linked detainees after hostage situation at detention center, state media report

By Darya Tarasova and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Two employees of a pre-trial detention center in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don have been rescued after they were held hostage by six detainees in the facility for several hours on Sunday morning, according to Russian state media. The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Rostov region said the

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Reparations have become the latest target for conservative activists. Advocates say they are prepared to fight back.

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — A conservative group’s lawsuit against a reparations program in Evanston, Illinois, that provides some Black residents with cash payments and housing assistance, has left advocates for reparations worried this could be the first of many attacks on their efforts to redress the harms of slavery, segregation and systemic

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17-year-old arrested in mass shooting at Texas Juneteenth celebration that left 2 dead and 14 injured

By Paradise Afshar, Melissa Alonso, Jamiel Lynch and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Thursday morning in this weekend’s mass shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Round Rock, Texas, which left two people dead and 14 others injured, according to police. The teenager,

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Six Hajj pilgrims die from heatstroke in Mecca, as temperatures head for 118 degrees Fahrenheit

By Caroline Faraj, Hadeel Ghaboun and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Six people have died from heatstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, amid warnings from Saudi officials that temperatures during the annual gathering could reach 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) this year. All six of the dead are Jordanian citizens, the Jordanian foreign

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