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Gerry Adams Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Gerry Adams, former president of Sinn Fein, the leading republican political party in Northern Ireland. Personal Birth date: October 6, 1948 Birth place: Belfast, Northern Ireland Birth name: Gerard Adams Father: Gerry Adams, laborer and republican activist Mother: Annie (Hannaway) Adams, mill worker

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US Supreme Court Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Supreme Court of the United States. Facts The US Supreme Court was created in accordance with Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States and by the authority of the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789. Nine justices comprise the US

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Trent Lott Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Trent Lott, former Republican senator from Mississippi. Personal Birth date: October 9, 1941 Birth place: Grenada, Mississippi Birth name: Chester Trent Lott Father: Chester Paul Lott, shipyard worker Mother: Iona (Watson) Lott, schoolteacher Marriage: Patricia (Thompson) Lott (1964-present) Children: Chester and Tyler

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Looming shutdown rattles families who rely on Head Start program for disadvantaged children

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools. This time around she is more

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Former Georgia detention officer faces federal charge for excessive force on a female detainee

By Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A former Georgia detention officer was charged on Tuesday with one federal count of using excessive force on a female pretrial detainee, identified only as C.B., at the Fulton County North Annex Jail in Alpharetta, Georgia. The indictment alleges that Fulton County Detention Officer Monique Clark “willfully deprived C.B.

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More than 130 taxidermied animals in a South Dakota museum were found to contain arsenic. Nobody knows what to do with them

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — What do you do with more than 130 arsenic-tinged taxidermied animals with significant historical and academic value, languishing in a now-closed museum that may or may not be a public health hazard? When the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, makes a decision, they’ll let you know. The extensive

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4 Baton Rouge police officers face misconduct charges amid investigations into street crimes unit

By Melissa Alonso and Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — A deputy police chief and three other ranking officers in Louisiana face criminal charges after allegedly striking and tasing a suspect during an arrest then covering it up, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul said Friday. The criminal charges involving members of the now-disbanded street crimes

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Ukraine’s occupied regions to be included for first time in new round of Russian conscriptions

By Radina Gigova and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Four occupied regions of Ukraine will be included for the first time in a new round of Russian military conscriptions this fall, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday. Autumn conscription will begin from October 1 in all parts of the Russian Federation, according to the ministry, including

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