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Newark police officers arrive at the scene outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark

Heavy police response as ICE supporters and protesters face off outside New Jersey’s Delaney Hall

By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Crowds grew outside Delaney Hall Saturday morning as a group supporting ICE faced off with protesters outside the ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey. Law enforcement officials arrived on yellow and blue motorcycles and in SUVs to help control the crowd, while other officers placed metal barricades

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United Airlines planes sit parked at San Francisco International Airport on January 20 in San Francisco

United flight diverted to Wisconsin after passenger’s ‘multiple attempts’ to breach cockpit, crew member says

By Alaa Elassar, Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Minneapolis diverted to Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday night after an “unruly passenger” caused a security concern on board, the airline said. Air traffic control audio reviewed by CNN captured crew members of United flight 2005 describing a passenger who had

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Shrey Parikh finally won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after two previous appearances. He came in third in 2024.

Meet the winner of the National Spelling Bee

CNN By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Cywyddau. Taurokathapsia. Natchitoches. Shrey Parikh correctly spelled these and more tricky terms to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which ended in a tense and record-breaking speed round. The 14-year-old Californian survived 18 regular rounds of the spelling competition plus a “spell-off” tiebreaker, during which he correctly spelled

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Here’s everything CNN knows about how the rescue operation has unfolded so far and the depths to which the rescuers have had to dive to reach the trapped men.

A visual guide to the Laos cave rescue

By Ellie Stubbs, Lou Robinson, Sophie Tanno, Yukari Schrickel, Annette Choi, Henrik Pettersson, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — A daring and complex rescue operation is ongoing in a remote cave in Laos. Five people have now been brought to safety after being trapped for more than a week. Two other remain unaccounted for and rescuers

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Four more villagers freed from flooded cave in Laos

CNN By Billy Stockwell, Sophie Tanno, Will Ripley, Rebecca Wright, Angie Puranasamriddhi, Isaac Tellechea, June Jeong, Kara Fox, Catherine Nicholls Laos (CNN) – Four more men have escaped from a flooded cave in Laos after being trapped there for 10 days, unexpectedly navigating their way through the underground tunnels themselves and surprising rescue divers who

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A health worker wearing protective equipment crouches beside the coffin of a suspected Ebola victim during safe burial procedures outside a family home in the community of Mongbwaluon on May 24

Kenya pushes ahead with Ebola quarantine facility in partnership with US despite court order

By Nimi Princewill, Larry Madowo, Lauren Kent, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenya’s government is pushing ahead with plans to establish an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility at a military installation in partnership with the United States after a Kenyan high court temporarily barred the arrangement earlier this week. The facility is for Americans potentially

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