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Christian Glass: 2 Colorado deputies have been fired and indicted for the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old armed with a knife who called 911 for help

Christian Glass: 2 Colorado deputies have been fired and indicted for the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old armed with a knife who called 911 for help

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CNN — Two Colorado deputies have been indicted and fired following investigations into the June fatal police shooting of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old man who was armed with a knife and had called 911 for roadside assistance, officials and family attorneys say. A grand jury on Wednesday delivered an indictment against Clear Creek County Sheriff’s …

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Measles vaccinations rate at lowest point since 2008, study finds

Measles vaccinations rate at lowest point since 2008, study finds

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CNN — Measles vaccination rates dropped throughout the pandemic and hit the lowest coverage rate in more than a decade, says a new study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although global measles vaccinations mostly improved from 2000 to 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic presented a setback in the efforts to eliminate …

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GOP states seek to defend Covid-19 migrant expulsion policy in case where court struck policy down

GOP states seek to defend Covid-19 migrant expulsion policy in case where court struck policy down

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CNN — Several Republican-led states asked a court to let them intervene in a case striking down Title 42 rule, so that the states could defend the Trump-era policy, which has allowed for the expulsion of more than 1 million migrants at the US-Mexico border. The 15 GOP states filed the request to intervene on …

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Apple store car crash: 1 dead, at least 19 injured after car drives through Massachusetts store

Apple store car crash: 1 dead, at least 19 injured after car drives through Massachusetts store

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CNN — One person is dead and at least 19 people are injured after a car drove through an Apple store in Hingham, Massachusetts, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Police identified Kevin Bradley, 65, of New Jersey, as the man who died at the scene, according to a news release from the …

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Twitter won't restore Alex Jones' account, Musk says

Twitter won’t restore Alex Jones’ account, Musk says

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Washington CNN Business — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones won’t be returning to Twitter and will remain banned from the platform, according to its new owner, Elon Musk. Musk declared on Friday that Jones’ account will not be restored, in spite of some users’ requests, and spent the weekend defending the decision even as Twitter moved …

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Guangzhou Covid-19: China locks down key transportation hub; markets fear economic fallout

Guangzhou Covid-19: China locks down key transportation hub; markets fear economic fallout

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hong kong CNN Business — China has locked down a major transportation hub in the south, as the country grapples with its largest nationwide Covid outbreak since April. The lockdown also follows rising cases in Beijing, which reported the country’s first Covid deaths in nearly six months. In recent days, China had begun to ease …

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Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud

Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud

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CNN — Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on Friday following her conviction in January for defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup Theranos. Judge Edward Davila imposed a sentence of 11 years and three months in prison, with another three years of supervision after Holmes is released. …

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Democrats rip Trump and appeal for campaign cash as former president enters 2024 race

Anti-abortion activists say Trump will still need to win them over in 2024

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CNN — Anti-abortion proponents who believe Donald Trump’s crowning achievement was the overturning of Roe v. Wade say the newly declared 2024 contender will still have to earn their support in the upcoming Republican presidential primary – and he may be off to a rocky start. In his more-than-hour-long speech announcing his candidacy, the former …

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How student loan borrowing, college costs and grant aid have changed over time

How student loan borrowing, college costs and grant aid have changed over time

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Washington CNN — The cost of college is not skyrocketing — at least for now, when factoring in the average amount of grant aid students receive. Most schools offer grants, money that students don’t have to pay back, making the actual amount they pay for college, known as the “net cost,” lower than the published …

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