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Officer charged with fatally kneeling on George Floyd’s neck posts $1 million bail, attorney says

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 03:35:18 +0000

(CNN) — Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer facing murder charges in George Floyd’s death, has posted $1 million bail, his attorney, Eric Nelson, said Wednesday. “I can confirm he is no longer in our custody,” said Sarah Fitzgerald, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Chauvin was released from Oak Park Heights Correctional Facility,

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Ahmaud Arbery was hit with a truck before he died, and his killer allegedly used a racial slur, investigator testifies

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 06:12:48 +0000

(CNN) — William Bryan told investigators he heard Travis McMichael use a racial epithet after fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent testified Thursday during preliminary hearings. The hearing lasted about seven hours, with the judge ruling all three defendants — McMichael; his father, Gregory McMichael; and William “Roddie”

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WNBA labor deal would mean more money, posher flights and special provisions for mothers

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 07:49:51 +0000

(CNN)— WNBA players have reached a potential agreement that could mean tidy raises for many ballers, as well as initiatives designed to promote and support motherhood, the league announced Tuesday. If the players and the WNBA Board of Governors OK the eight-year labor deal, known as the collective bargaining agreement, it will take effect this season

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Shooting on the edge of the French Quarter leaves 11 injured in New Orleans

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 21:58:41 +0000

(CNN) — A shooter injured 11 people early Sunday on Canal Street, on the edge of New Orleans’ French Quarter, and a person has been detained though not charged, police said. Ten of the victims were transported to local medical centers, and one walked into a local hospital. Two of the victims are in critical

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U.S. demands release of Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 08:32:44 +0000

(CNN) — The U.S. embassy in Yangon expressed concern Wednesday over the “highly irregular” arrest of two Reuters journalists in the Myanmar capital. The journalists — identified by Reuters as Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — were arrested Tuesday evening “after they were invited to meet with police officials,” the embassy said. “For a democracy to

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Turned in by mom, teen says he’s molested 50 kids, police say

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 08:48:21 +0000

(CNN) — It was 3 in the morning, and a California woman was attempting to flag down a police officer; she wanted to report that her son just told her he had molested two boys. The confession would go much deeper once Riverside police detained 18-year-old Joseph Boston on Saturday, authorities say. Not only did

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American woman wins NYC Marathon for 1st time in 40 years

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 09:12:01 +0000

(CNN) — It’s been a long time running — four decades to be exact — since an American woman broke the finish line tape at the New York City Marathon, but Olympic medalist Shalane Flanagan did just that on Sunday. With an unofficial time of 2 hours, 26 minutes and 53 seconds, the 36-year-old Flanagan

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Ebola kills 3 in DRC, WHO says; scores more linked to deaths

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Mon, 15 May 2017 17:51:41 +0000

(CNN) — Three people have died from an Ebola outbreak in a remote northern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as health officials travel to the central African country in response to a rising number of suspected cases, the World Health Organization says. Last week, WHO reported one Ebola-related death and the possibility of

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Nigerian forces free 241 women, children in Boko Haram camps, arrest kingpin

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 01:39:54 +0000

(CNN) — The Nigerian military rescued 241 women and children in a raid on two camps controlled by the Boko Haram terrorist group, the country’s military said Wednesday (September 23). The Tuesday (September 22) operation unfolded in the villages of Jangurori and Bulatori, the statement said. The operations also netted the arrests of 43 militants

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Iran’s supreme leader: There will be no such thing as Israel in 25 years

Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:58:45 +0000

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (left) and Iranian president-elect Hassan Rohani.

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