Editor’s Note: (7/19/24) Since this story was published in January 2022, Rios, Contreras, and Cisneros pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced…
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Read more Case dismissed against teenage cousin of Uvalde school shooter for allegedly threatening school shooting | CNNEditor’s Note: Dashawn Austin and Akeem Artis were sentenced Wednesday after being convicted in April 2024 on charges in the shooting death of 1-year-old Davell Gardner and on…
Read more 2 men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in New York | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. On November 4, 2011, a grand jury report was released containing testimony that former Penn State…
Read more Penn State Scandal Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s some background information about violence against US politicians and diplomats throughout history. January 30, 1835 – President Andrew Jackson is shot at by Richard Lawrence…
Read more Violence Against US Politicians and Diplomats Fast Facts | CNN PoliticsCNN — Here is a look at the life of former NFL star O.J. Simpson. Birth date: July 9, 1947 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Orenthal…
Read more O.J. Simpson Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the life of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director. Birth date: April 25, 1949 Birth place: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Birth…
Read more Dominique Strauss-Kahn Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The blast killed 168…
Read more Oklahoma City Bombing Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the deaths of 13 people at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. Twelve students and one…
Read more Columbine High School Shootings Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho…
Read more Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the stands led to the deaths of 97…
Read more Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the life of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Birth date: March 28, 1945 Birth place: Maasin, Southern Leyte, Philippines Birth name:…
Read more Rodrigo Duterte Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the trials and execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation…
Read more Saddam Hussein Trial Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s some background information about Brian Nichols and the Atlanta courthouse shootings. On March 11, 2005, 33-year-old Nichols escaped from the Fulton County Courthouse while on…
Read more Atlanta Courthouse Shootings Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents…
Read more US School Violence Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Three police officers and two paramedics have faced juries on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide stemming from the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in…
Read more A timeline of Elijah McClain's death and the trials of the officers and paramedics accused of wrongdoing | CNNEditor’s Note: Lindsay Shiver of Thomasville, Georgia, pleaded not guilty on Friday, Dec. 8, to killing her estranged husband in a Bahamian court during her formal arraignment. CNN…
Read more American woman accused of conspiring to kill her husband released on bail in the Bahamas | CNNCNN — Here is a look back at the events of 2023. January 3 – Republican Kevin McCarthy fails to secure enough votes to be elected Speaker of…
Read more 2023 In Review Fast Facts | CNNEditor’s Note: Since this story was published, Pursehouse was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County…
Read more Man accused of killing former girlfriend by throwing her over balcony found guilty | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. On December 14, 2012, six adults and 20 children were killed by Adam…
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