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Death Penalty Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the death penalty in the United States. Facts Capital punishment is legal in 27 US states. Three of those states have governor-imposed moratoriums. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 18 people were executed in the United States in 2022. The number of death sentences imposed

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LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at LGBTQ milestones in the United States. LGBTQ is an acronym meaning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. The term sometimes is extended to LGBTQIA, to include intersex and asexual groups. Queer is an umbrella term for non-straight people; intersex refers to those whose

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James Mattis Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of retired Marine General James Mattis, the former secretary of defense. Personal Birth date: September 8, 1950 Birth place: Pullman, Washington Name: James N. Mattis Father: John West Mattis Mother: Lucille (Proulx) Mattis Education: Central Washington University, B.A. in History, 1971 Military service: US

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Three people have died and three others have been hospitalized after drinking milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a restaurant in Tacoma

Listeria warning issued after three deaths linked to contaminated ice cream machines

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Three people have died and three others have been hospitalized after drinking milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, health officials say. Investigators found the outbreak was linked to ice cream machines that were not cleaned properly at a Frugals restaurant, according to a release

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A Californian was killed after an argument over a Pride flag hanging outside her clothing store, deputies say

By Andy Rose, Alisha Ebrahimji, Taylor Romine and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California clothing store owner was shot and killed after an argument about a rainbow Pride flag hanging outside her business, police said, as the LGBTQ+ community continues to face violence and threats across America. Laura Ann “Lauri” Carleton, 66, died

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Franklin 'Frankie' Trejos and his roommate's dog

A 7-year-old boy and his relatives are among the dozens killed in the Maui wildfires. Here’s what we know about some of the 115 lives lost

By Amanda Jackson, Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The apocalyptic wildfires that raced across Maui have claimed at least 115 lives – a devastating number that’s expected to grow. Many of the victims died while trying to escape the flames – including a 7-year-old boy and three members of his

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President Biden has approved a disaster declaration for Hawaii and “ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires

Biden says ‘every asset that we have will be available’ to Hawaiians affected by wildfires

CNN, ALAN DICKAR, TMX, MARJORIE ST. CLAIR, FACEBOOK, GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN, JEFF MELICHAR, CLINT HANSEN OF MAUI REAL ESTATE RADIO, KGMB, KHNL, COUNTY OF MAUI, AIR MAUI HELICOPTERS By Priscilla Alvarez and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden issued a federal disaster declaration following “devastating” Hawaii wildfires across several parts of the Big

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Detroit police chief says ‘poor investigative work’ led to arrest of Black mom who claims facial recognition technology played a role

By Isabel Yip, CNN (CNN) — Detroit’s police chief on Wednesday blamed “poor investigative work,” not the use of facial recognition technology, for the arrest of a Black mother who claims in a lawsuit that she was falsely arrested earlier this year while eight months pregnant. Porcha Woodruff, 32, was home one morning in February

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Smoke blows across the slope of Haleakala volcano on Maui

Why did the Maui fire spread so fast? Drought, nonnative species and climate change among possible reasons

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The wildfires that ripped through Hawaii on Tuesday and Wednesday are “unnerving,” and comparable to the landscape-altering wildfires that are common in the West, said Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University. But Fleishman told CNN she wouldn’t be surprised “if wildfires

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The special counsel investigation into Donald Trump secured a search warrant of the former president’s Twitter account.

Trump’s legal drama grows by the day

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s already daunting legal predicament gets grimmer by the day as new details emerge of the depths to which he was prepared to stoop to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election. It’s rare for any criminal defendant to face the kind of ever-widening stack of

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