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American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) delivers his 'I have a dream' speech to participants in the March on Washington

MLK Day encourages service

By Toby Lyles and Will Mullery, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, although King was actually born on the 15th of January 1929, 94 years ago. Coretta Scott King and musician Stevie Wonder fought for years to make it a federal holiday. Wonder told CNN that they

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SWAT team members deploy near the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville

Jewish communities across the US are on heightened alert after the Texas standoff: ‘Is our community under attack again?’

By Dakin Andone, CNN Jewish communities across the United States once again find themselves on edge in the wake of another attack on worshippers at a synagogue, this time at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where a man interrupted Saturday’s Shabbat service and held four people hostage for hours. No hostages were killed and

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

The FBI is investigating the Texas hostage standoff as a ‘terrorism-related’ incident, the agency says

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi Charlie

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

The FBI is investigating the Texas hostage standoff as a ‘terrorism-related’ incident, the agency says

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi Charlie

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Mark Schlissel has been removed from his position following an inappropriate relationship with a university employee.

University of Michigan president fired for inappropriate relationship with university employee

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The University of Michigan removed president Mark Schlissel from his position “effective immediately” following an anonymous complaint suggesting that he “may have been involved in an inappropriate relationship with a University employee,” the university said Saturday. “After an investigation, we learned that Dr. Schlissel, over a period of years, used his

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