By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. The pope passed away the morning after the holiest
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Rev. Raphael Warnock will make history when he becomes Georgia’s first Black senator and the first Black Democrat to represent a southern state in the Senate. Once sworn in, Warnock will be the 11th African American to serve in the US Senate — a group that includes former President Barack Obama,
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By Kaya Yurieff, CNN Business While many Americans were stunned as they watched rioters descend on the Capitol and clash with police, there has been chatter for days on various social media platforms about the prospect of Wednesday’s protests turning violent. Ahead of protests organized to contest the formal counting of electoral votes in Washington
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By Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Peter Nickeas, CNN Supporters of President Donald Trump have breached the US Capitol and one woman has been shot as one of the most iconic American buildings is engulfed in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to fight against the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes that confirmed President-elect
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By Ryan Prior, CNN Next year will be a crucial year for Erika Kirgios as she works to complete her doctorate, publish academic papers and try to land a faculty job at a university. Not surprisingly, one of her New Year’s resolutions is to focus on her career. In order to find some delight in
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Metro Nashville Police Department Officer Tyler Luellen was the first to arrive on Second Avenue North in on Christmas morning to a call of shots fired. When he arrived, he didn’t hear any shots. As he was investigating, Officer Brenna Hosey arrived to back him up. “As soon as she got
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN For months, a group of protesters in Alabama has been fighting for the removal of a Confederate flag and a Confederate monument that sit in front of the Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville. Last week, protest organizer Unique Morgan Dunston stepped up the group’s demonstration efforts by adding a visual display
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By Kevin Liptak, Kate Bennett, Tami Luhby, Kaitlan Collins, Jason Hoffman, Phil Mattingly and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a government shutdown that was set to begin on Tuesday, and extending billions of dollars in coronavirus aid to
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A timeline of the Nashville RV explosion on Christmas morning By Eric Levenson, Paul P. Murphy and Hollie Silverman, CNN The explosion that rattled a historic Nashville street in the predawn hours of Christmas Day came after an RV repeatedly warned of an imminent explosion. Officials have yet to say how or why the RV
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