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Jurors in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery's killing deliberated between charges of malice murder and felony murder. Pictured is Defense attorney Laura Hogue

Jurors in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing deliberated between charges of malice murder and felony murder. Here’s what that means

By Travis Caldwell, Elise Hammond and Mike Hayes, CNN Three men convicted Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery each faced nine possible charges that stemmed from their involvement in the 2020 shooting near Brunswick, Georgia. But the verdicts rendered by the jury on some of the allegations differed. Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan

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A dish of bison tartare is served at Owamni.

More Native American chefs are opening restaurants — with future generations and sustainability in mind

By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Crystal Wahpepah has made it her mission to share her Indigenous community’s rarely seen foods with the world. Wahpepah, who is Kickapoo and Sac and Fox, recently opened Wahpepah’s Kitchen, the newest Indigenous restaurant in Oakland, California — and likely the newest in the country. “When I was

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Ahmaud Arbery's mother Wanda Cooper-Jones gestures to supporters as she leaves the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick

Ahmaud Arbery’s mother expresses gratitude Thanksgiving morning, saying, ‘We finally got justice’

By Gregory Lemos The mother of Ahmaud Arbery expressed gratitude Thanksgiving morning for the guilty verdicts of the three men who killed her son, calling the moment “bittersweet.” “This is the second Thanksgiving that my family and I will share without Ahmaud,” Wanda Cooper-Jones said in an interview on CNN’s “New Day” Thursday. “But this

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AG Garland directs federal prosecutors to prioritize cases involving violence on flights

By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday directed federal prosecutors to prioritize cases involving violence on flights amid a sharp increase in assaults and disruptions of airline workers. Garland issued a memo that cites dozens of cases referred by the Federal Aviation Administration to the FBI for investigations of violent

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Guilty verdicts in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers met with relief and joy in Georgia and beyond

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Steve Almasy, CNN A jury Wednesday found three White men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, guilty on multiple murder counts, as well as other charges. The verdict, delivered by nine White women, two White men and one Black man, came after more than 11

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Thousands of people have raised nearly 900K for Kevin Strickland who served 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

Thousands of people have raised more than $1 million for a man who served 43 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Thousands of people are raising money online for a Missouri man who served 43 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Kevin Strickland, 62, was exonerated Tuesday morning after serving decades at Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron, Missouri. Strickland was convicted in 1979 of one count of capital

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