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Charges dropped against man accused of trying to abduct a child at a Georgia Walmart after surveillance video sows doubt

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Charges have been dismissed against a man who was facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of trying to grab her 2-year-old son from her at a Georgia Walmart, court records show. Mahendra Patel encountered 26-year-old Caroline Miller with her two children riding a motorized

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Police officers block the street leading to where two Pennsylvania state troopers were shot on August 7

Man killed his neighbor then ‘ambushed’ and shot 2 state troopers on Pennsylvania highway, officials say

By Danny Freeman, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is dead after he shot and killed his neighbor Thursday before wounding two responding Pennsylvania state troopers, including one who managed to commandeer a tractor trailer to protect drivers from gunfire on a state highway, officials said. The troopers, Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins, were

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5 things to know for August 7: Tariffs, Fort Stewart shooting, ICE, DC, Chikungunya virus

By Jade Walker, CNN The Trump administration plans to restore and reinstall two Confederate monuments. One statue, which will be erected at Arlington National Cemetery, features a Black woman “depicted as a ‘Mammy,’ holding the infant of a White officer, and an enslaved man following his owner to war,” the cemetery’s website notes. In addition,

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United Airlines resumes flights after tech issue prompted ground stops across the US, causing major travel disruptions

By Alexandra Skores, Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A “technology issue” that prompted United Airlines to ground flights across the US on Wednesday, triggering more than 1,000 delays and dozens of cancellations, has been resolved, the airline told CNN. The outage, which began at 6:12 p.m. ET and was resolved within a few hours, stemmed

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A photo shows suspected shooter Quornelius Samentrio Radford in a booking photo from May 18

An Army sergeant is in custody after 5 soldiers were shot at Fort Stewart. Here’s what we know about the suspect

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — An active-duty Army sergeant was taken into custody Wednesday on suspicion of opening fire at his workplace on the sprawling Fort Stewart military base in Georgia, wounding five of his fellow soldiers, authorities said. The suspect, identified as Sgt. Quornelius Samentrio Radford, 28, was subdued by nearby soldiers after

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