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Millions under winter weather alerts as storm pummels East Coast

January 16, 2022 9:19 PM CNN

Space Shuttle Columbia Fast Facts

January 16, 2022 7:23 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Space Shuttle Columbia. On February 1, 2003, the Columbia broke up upon re-entry during mission STS-107, killing all seven crew members. It was the second loss of a shuttle in 113 shuttle flights. Facts Space Shuttle Columbia, the first reusable spacecraft, was the oldest in the shuttle

Barry Diller Fast Facts

January 16, 2022 7:00 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of media mogul Barry Diller. Personal Birth date: February 2, 1942 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Barry Charles Diller Father: Michael Diller, real estate developer Mother: Reva (Addison) Diller Marriage: Diane von Furstenberg (2001-present) Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles Other Facts Dropped

Buzz Aldrin Fast Facts

January 16, 2022 6:57 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Personal Birth date: January 20, 1930 Birth place: Montclair, New Jersey Birth name: Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. Father: Edwin Aldrin Sr., an aviation pioneer and oil executive Mother: Marion (Moon) Aldrin Marriages: Anca Faur (January 20, 2023-present); Lois Driggs Cannon (February 14,

The sixth grade Spanish homework assignment some parents are calling racist.

A New York school district has apologized for a middle school Spanish assignment that some parents are calling racist

January 16, 2022 6:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar and Maria Santana, CNN Administrators at a school district in upstate New York issued an apology after parents expressed outrage on social media about an offensive homework assignment. Sixth graders at Mill Middle School in the Williamsville Central School District received an assignment, obtained by CNN, for their Spanish class in which

A law enforcement vehicle sits near the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue on January 16

What it was like inside the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue during the 11-hour hostage standoff

January 18, 2022 7:17 PM CNN

By Eric Levenson, CNN It started like most any Saturday for members of Congregation Beth Israel. Families of the Reform Jewish synagogue just outside Dallas-Fort Worth had gathered — in person and online — to participate in the Sabbath service, even amid the twin perils of a fresh pandemic wave and a swelling tide of

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby denies allegations outlined in a federal indictment Friday.

Baltimore top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has been mired in controversy since she took office

January 16, 2022 4:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby once said city prosecutors had “the toughest job in America,” a job made increasingly difficult when delivering justice means overhauling a system many feel is broken. Since taking the helm at the city prosecutor’s office in 2015, just months before Freddie Gray died from spinal

An apartment building which suffered the city's deadliest fire in three decades is seen in the Bronx borough of New York

The worst fires in New York City history have something in common: Immigrant victims

January 16, 2022 3:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Ray Sanchez, CNN When the 19-story Twin Parks North West building in the Bronx turned into a deathtrap one week ago, nearly all of the 17 people who perished — including eight children — were immigrants from Gambia and other West African countries. “They were our aunts and uncles and others who were coming

FBI identifies hostage-taker at Texas synagogue

January 15, 2022 11:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar, Michelle Watson and Alanne Orjoux, CNN The FBI on Sunday identified Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national, as the man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in an hours-long standoff Saturday before a rescue team entered the building and killed the suspect. An FBI Hostage Rescue Team killed

Police identified the victim as 40-year-old Michelle Alyssa Go.

NYPD make arrest in connection to the death of a woman who was pushed in front of a train

January 15, 2022 9:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Laura Studley, CNN Police in New York City arrested a man who allegedly pushed a woman in front of an oncoming subway train Saturday morning, NYPD said in a news release. The man, identified as 61-year-old Simon Martial, was charged with second-degree murder, NYPD said. He turned himself in to police less than an

NYPD make arrest in connection to the death of a woman who was pushed in front of a train

January 18, 2022 9:27 AM CNN

By Laura Studley, CNN Police in New York City arrested a man who allegedly pushed a woman in front of an oncoming subway train Saturday morning, NYPD said in a news release. The man, identified as 61-year-old Simon Martial, was charged with second-degree murder, NYPD said. He turned himself in to police less than an

Hostage situation at Texas synagogue

January 15, 2022 8:58 PM CNN Newsource

Rabbi Charlie Citron-Walker talks to reporters outside of Whites Chapel United Methodist Church following a special service on January 17

Gunman in Texas synagogue standoff was known to UK security services, official says

January 18, 2022 2:05 PM CNN

By Jason Hanna, Nick Paton Walsh and Kelly McCleary, CNN The British national killed by the FBI after taking four people hostage at a Texas synagogue Saturday was known to UK security services and had been the subject of a brief investigation in 2020, a UK official told CNN. The investigation against Malik Faisal Akram

Hostages safely rescued after nearly 11-hour ordeal at a Texas synagogue, officials say. The suspect is dead

January 16, 2022 3:20 AM CNN

By Alaa Elassar, Michelle Watson and Alanne Orjoux, CNN An elite FBI hostage rescue team breached a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Saturday night, safely recovering three remaining captives after a nearly 11-hour hostage situation, federal and local officials said. The lone suspect is dead, authorities added. “Prayers answered. All hostages are out alive and safe,”

Mayfield candle factory will close and more than 250 workers are being laid off after Kentucky tornado

January 15, 2022 3:34 PM CNN Newsource

By Emma Tucker and Michelle Watson, CNN The Mayfield, Kentucky, candle factory leveled by a tornado last month is shutting down and 251 employees are being laid off, a company official said. More than 100 people were working at the Mayfield Consumer Products (MCP) factory on December 10 when the tornado hit, killing eight people

CEO of MARTA, Atlanta transportation service, dies by suicide

January 15, 2022 2:35 PM CNN Newsource

By Michelle Watson, CNN Jeffrey Parker, the CEO and general manager of Atlanta transportation service MARTA, has died, according to a statement from MARTA Board of Directors Chairwoman Rita Scott. “The MARTA Board of Directors grieves the shocking death of our GM/CEO Jeff Parker who has died by suicide,” Scott said. “He was an outstanding

All hostages out and safe at Texas synagogue, governor says

January 15, 2022 1:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar, Michelle Watson and Alanne Orjoux, CNN The hostage situation at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, is over, according to the governor of Texas. “Prayers answered. All hostages are out alive and safe,” Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted about 20 minutes after a large bang and gunfire were heard in the direction of the

5 things to know for January 18: Covid, Texas synagogue, voting rights, Ukraine, 5G

January 18, 2022 5:58 AM CNN

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of people are digging out from a massive winter storm that caused widespread power outages, road closures, and thousands of flight cancellations yesterday — and we could see more of the same later this week. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your

Dramatic video released by the New Jersey Office of Attorney General shows the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man when police officers tried to stop him as he was driving a construction backhoe into cars and homes in the city of Vineland

Dramatic video shows an officer fatally shoot a man who was driving a backhoe into homes and cars

January 15, 2022 9:38 AM CNN

By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Dramatic video released Thursday by the New Jersey Office of Attorney General shows the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man when police officers tried to stop him as he was driving a construction backhoe into cars and homes in the city of Vineland last month. On December 18 at about 5

Attorney Jason Gichner of the Tennessee Innocence Project

A 74-year-old woman spent 27 years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit. This week she was exonerated

January 15, 2022 6:53 AM CNN

By Sara Smart and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Tennessee woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her great-niece and spent 27 years in prison, was exonerated this week. On June 26, 1987, Joyce Watkins, now 74, and her boyfriend at the time, Charlie Dunn, went to pick up Watkins four-year-old great-niece, Brandi, in Kentucky, according

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