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President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on November 21

Mamdani meets America’s unruly uncle: South Asians hail the special social skill that tamed Trump

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s exceedingly warm reception of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House last week left observers attempting to decipher what it all meant. To longtime Trump watchers, it showed the popularity-hungry president responding to a charismatic winner; to one anti-monopolist, it showed a potential

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The Sacred Heart Catholic Church is seen on March 27

For Wounded Knee descendants, the government’s decision on soldiers’ Medals of Honor leaves the painful legacy unsettled

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Survivors recalled arriving at the Wounded Knee camp three days after the fighting, finding a blizzard had buried the frozen bodies of Lakota men, women, children and infants in snow. They described horrific scenes: mothers still clutching their babies, others shot down as they fled. These were the people

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5 things to know for Nov. 25: Indictments dismissed, Ukraine, Venezuela, White House renovation, Volcano eruption

By Alexandra Banner, CNN President Donald Trump is set to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkeys today at 12 p.m. ET, marking 78 years of the quirky White House tradition. The two birds, Gobble and Waddle, apparently spent their young lives training for the big day, getting acclimated to loud sounds, big crowds and bright lights.

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Travis Lee Turner was last ween wearing a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants and glasses

Missing Virginia football coach is wanted on child pornography and other charges, police say

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia high school football coach who has been missing since last week is wanted on child pornography possession and other charges related to soliciting a minor, Virginia State Police announced Tuesday. State police said they’d learned Thursday that Travis Turner, 46, was missing while they were

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Rosa Parks Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This led to African-Americans boycotting public transportation to protest Parks’ arrest and, in turn, segregation laws. Here’s a look at her life. Personal Birth date: February

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A recent image provided from the Madison Police Department of Morgan Geyser

‘Slender Man’ stabber back in custody. What we know about her disappearance and the internet boogeyman who inspired her

By Amanda Musa, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Morgan Geyser, who was living under supervised release at a group home in Wisconsin for her role in the high-profile 2014 stabbing of her 12-year-old classmate, was found late Sunday about 150 miles away in Illinois. She had disappeared Saturday night after cutting off her monitoring bracelet,

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