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CNN — 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 | CNNCNN — People who got intravenous ketamine at three private ketamine infusion clinics had “significant improvement” in symptoms of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, a study says. The…
Read more Ketamine infusions improve symptoms of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, study says | CNNEditor’s note: After we first published this story in 2021, we received reader feedback about the term’s derivation and use in pop culture. We updated the story to…
Read more What? You're calling my kid a simp? | 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 | 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…
Read more Sandy Hook School Shootings Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the life of Michael Chertoff, former secretary of Homeland Security. Birth date: November 28, 1953 Birth place: Elizabeth, New Jersey Birth…
Read more Michael Chertoff Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen. Birth date: December 1, 1935 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Allan Stewart Konigsberg…
Read more Woody Allen Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of the former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano. Birth date: November 29, 1957 Birth place: New…
Read more Janet Napolitano Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Ben Brody says his life was going fine. He had just finished college, stayed out of trouble, and was prepping for law school. Then, seemingly out…
Read more Far-right conspiracy theorists accused a 22-year-old Jewish man of being a neo-Nazi. Then Elon Musk got involved | CNN BusinessCNN — On September 25, 2000, Kevin Hines climbed over the rail of the Golden Gate Bridge. White fog hung below the gray skies that day. He recalled…
Read more ‘All I wanted to do was live’: After years of debate, a suicide safety net for the Golden Gate Bridge is nearing completion. Survivors say it’ll give many a 2nd chance at life | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the Academy Awards, also known as the “Oscars.” March 10, 2024 – The 96th Annual Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled…
Read more Academy Awards Fast Facts | CNNCNN — The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening…
Read more China is using the world’s largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds | CNNCNN — They called it “The Signing.” Eleven fake electors for President Donald Trump convened at the state Republican Party headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 14, 2020.…
Read more Arizona fake electors led vocal campaign to overturn the 2020 election — they’re now part of a ‘robust’ state investigation | CNN PoliticsCNN — Here’s a look at controversial police encounters that have prompted protests over the past three decades. This select list includes cases in which police officers were…
Read more Controversial Police Encounters Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson closely collaborated with a group in the mid-to-late 2000s that promoted “conversion therapy,” a discredited practice that asserted it could…
Read more Before he became a politician, House Speaker Mike Johnson partnered with an anti-gay conversion therapy group | CNN PoliticsCNN — In the wake of the war between Israel and Hamas, antisemitic incidents in the US are on the rise. The Anti-Defamation League reported over 300 antisemitic…
Read more As antisemitism grows, so does its dangers to everyone. Here’s how you can fight against it | CNNEditor’s Note: This story is part of a series profiling American youth killed this year by guns, a leading cause of death of children in the US. Read…
Read more She lost her mother to gun violence. 5 years later, this vibrant fourth grader was killed while getting ice cream | CNNEditor’s Note: This story is part of a series profiling American youth killed this year by guns, a leading cause of death of children in the US. Read…
Read more This middle-schooler ‘knew how to be a best friend to everybody.’ Then gunfire erupted while she was out to buy milk | CNNCNN — A California man who sent hundreds of harrowing messages to an activist against gun violence whose daughter was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting…
Read more California man sentenced to 1-year in federal prison for cyberstalking, harassing parent of Parkland school shooting victim | CNNCNN — A judge has rejected three more attempts by former President Donald Trump and the Colorado GOP to shut down a lawsuit seeking to block him from…
Read more Lawsuit to block Trump from Colorado 2024 ballot survives more legal challenges | CNN Politics
