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By Cindy Von Quednow and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi man authorities are calling a “suspected serial killer” has been charged in connection with the 1977 strangulation deaths of three women in Southern California, prosecutors in California said August 7. Warren Luther Alexander, 73, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and also

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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at visas, travel documents for individuals who are visiting or moving to the United States. Facts A visa is a travel document, affixed to a passport, granting citizens from foreign countries permission to enter the United States for a certain purpose, whether it’s a business trip, a

By Brad Parks, Amy Simonson and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called on Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell to resign Wednesday over his handling of the fatal officer-involved shooting of Sonya Massey – a request Campbell dismissed as “political maneuvering during a tragic event.” “We join the Massey family in calling

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — A second person was arrested Tuesday and charged in acts of antisemitic vandalism at the New York City homes of two Brooklyn Museum leaders earlier this summer, court records show. Samuel Seligson faces four felony counts of criminal mischief as a hate crime and four misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Janet Yellen, the first female Treasury secretary. Personal Birth date: August 13, 1946 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Janet Louise Yellen Father: Julius Yellen, doctor Mother: Anna (Blumenthal) Yellen Marriage: George Akerlof (1978-present) Children: Robert Education: Brown University, B.A. in Economics,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Madonna, musician and actress. Personal Birth date: August 16, 1958 Birth place: Bay City, Michigan Birth name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Father: Silvio Ciccone, engineer Mother: Madonna (Fortin) Ciccone Marriages: Guy Ritchie (December 22, 2000-November 21, 2008, divorced); Sean Penn (August 16,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle. Personal Birth date: August 17, 1944 Birth place: New York, New York Full name: Lawrence Joseph Ellison Father: Adoptive – Louis Ellison, accountant; Birth – Italian-American air force pilot Mother: Adoptive –

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Area 51, a highly classified United States Air Force facility located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. Facts The US government’s official name for Area 51 is the Nevada Test and Training Range, which is a unit of the Nellis Air Force Base. Today it is

By Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — One year after fires tore through Lahaina, Maui, killing 102 people and wiping out the town that was once the center of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the last of the debris is still being sorted through. Many Lahaina residents remain homeless, and all the houses and businesses destroyed in the

By Holmes Lybrand, Melissa Alonso and Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — Two sons of the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán – one in prison in the US, the other free in Mexico – carved out an agreement together before one took a consequential flight last month from Mexico to El Paso, Texas, according