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The Jesse Jackson that I knew

By Rick Davis (CNN) — It was sometime in 1991 when I got a call from my boss, senior news executive Ed Turner. “Rick, how would you like to get another show?” he asked. At the time I was the executive producer of CNN’s Washington-based public affairs shows, including “Crossfire,” “Evans & Novak,” “Capital Gang”

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Protestors hold an anti-ICE rally outside Columbia University after federal agents detained a student Thursday.

Columbia says ICE agents used false pretenses to enter a university residence and detain a student. Here’s what we know

By Emma Tucker, Alaa Elassar, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Ellie Aghayeva spent Wednesday night buried in books at a Columbia University library, documenting an intense 10-hour study session for her social media following — a window into the discipline and determination of student life. Little did she know at the time, she would spend

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Carmen Lauber takes the stand during the Kouri Richins trial on Thursday.

Housecleaner says she bought drugs Kouri Richins allegedly used to kill spouse: ‘Please tell me these pills were not for him’

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A key witness in Kouri Richins’ murder trial testified Thursday that she obtained the fentanyl that prosecutors allege Richins used to kill her husband of nine years. Carmen Lauber, a housecleaner who worked for Richins, testified she sold illicit pills to the Utah mother four times in early 2022

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Students are seen on the campus of Columbia University on April 14

Columbia student released after university says federal agents used false pretenses to detain her

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A Columbia University student detained by federal immigration agents, who the university alleges used false pretenses to enter a residential building, has been released, after New York City’s mayor raised her case with President Donald Trump. At about 6:30 a.m. Thursday, agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered

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Nurul Amin Shah Alam

Nearly blind refugee found dead in New York days after immigration agents dropped him at a coffee shop alone, officials say

By Hanna Park, Alisha Ebrahimji, Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — The death of a nearly blind refugee in Buffalo, New York, days after Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a coffee shop alone, has prompted an investigation into the circumstances of his final days and drawn sharp criticism from state and local officials. Nurul

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FBI is serving search warrants at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home

By Associated Press Los Angeles (AP) — The FBI is serving search warrants at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home. Federal officials in Los Angeles were serving the search warrants Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation, according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of

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