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A view of a memorial outside the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on August 30.

A community gathers for the first weekend of Masses after Minneapolis shooting as questions remain

By Emma Tucker, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Father Dennis Zehren struggled to hold back tears as he addressed his Minneapolis congregation, drawing on Jesus’ parable of humility to reflect the community’s grief after last week’s deadly shooting. “Jesus says … sit with me in this low place,” the Annunciation Catholic Church pastor told the

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Annunciation Church

Generations celebrated weddings, baptisms and first communions at this Minneapolis church before it became a site of tragedy

By Alicia Wallace, Dalia Faheid, Arit John, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — On late-August mornings in the Windom neighborhood, the soundscape is usually familiar and comforting. Cicadas buzz, sparrows dart between yards, neighbors trade easy greetings across tidy sidewalks and the Annunciation Catholic Church’s bells peal across southwest Minneapolis, calling parishioners to Mass as they have

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The flag of St George and Union Jack flags hang from lamp posts on Westminster Bridge on in Ellesmere Port on Thursday.

The St. George’s flag is springing up around England. Is it a symbol of proud patriotism or weaponized nationalism?

By Olivia Kemp, CNN London (CNN) — In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, flags are rarer. They usually surface only for royal jubilees, military commemorations or major sporting events. But

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Boko Haram Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Boko Haram, a militant Islamic group working out of Nigeria, whose purpose is to institute Sharia, or Islamic law. Facts In the local Hausa dialect, Boko Haram means “Western education is forbidden.” The group also refers to itself as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, meaning “People

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