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5 things to know for January 18: Covid, Texas synagogue, voting rights, Ukraine, 5G

January 18, 2022 4:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of people are digging out from a massive winter storm that caused widespread power outages, road closures, and…

The body of an LGBTQ advocate and brother of a former Miami mayor has been discovered in a landfill

January 18, 2022 1:39 AM CNN Newsource

By Amy Simonson, CNN The death of an LGBTQ advocate and brother of a former Miami mayor is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said, after…

Gunman in Texas synagogue standoff was thrown out of a local mosque for erratic behavior days before taking hostages

January 18, 2022 1:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Josh Campbell, Amir Vera, Dan Przygoda, Jason Hanna, Nick Paton Walsh and Kelly McCleary, CNN About 10 days before taking four hostages at the…

A Tennessee jury orders Cracker Barrel to pay man $9.4 million after he was served glass filled with a chemical

January 17, 2022 9:52 PM CNN

WTVC, WILLIAM CRONNON, CNN By Amy Simonson, CNN A jury in Marion County, Tennessee, ordered Cracker Barrel to pay a man $9.4 million after it found…

A Tennessee jury orders Cracker Barrel to pay man $9.4 million after he was served glass filled with a chemical

January 17, 2022 9:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Amy Simonson, CNN A jury in Marion County, Tennessee, ordered Cracker Barrel to pay a man $9.4 million after it found the company at fault for…

Residents save driver after car sinks in frozen river

January 17, 2022 7:58 PM CNN

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Residents save driver after car sinks in frozen river

January 17, 2022 7:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Lauren M. Johnson and Sharif Paget, CNN Residents near Ottawa used a kayak to save a woman whose car plunged into icy water after she drove on a…

How Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s training helped fellow hostages survive the Texas synagogue attack

January 17, 2022 1:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Holly Yan, CNN Behind Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s warm, disarming smile is a leader who’s willing to attack an armed man holding his…

Suspect arrested and charged with hate crime in alleged attack on Sikh taxi driver at JFK Airport

January 17, 2022 12:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Laura Studley, CNN A man has been arrested and charged with a hate crime after an alleged attack on a taxi driver at New York City’s John F.…

What it was like inside the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue during the 11-hour hostage standoff

January 17, 2022 12:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Eric Levenson, CNN It started like most any Saturday for members of Congregation Beth Israel. Families of the Reform Jewish synagogue just outside…

Hundreds of migrants found in semi-truck

January 17, 2022 11:39 AM Marcos Icahuate, CNN Newsource, Mercedes Martinez

On Sunday, authorities from Mexico found 359 migrants inside of a semi-trailer…

Los Angeles nurse dies after being attacked at bus stop

January 17, 2022 9:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Stella Chan, CNN A woman is dead after she was attacked while waiting for a bus in downtown last week, according to the Los Angeles Police…

Ghislaine Maxwell ends fight to keep eight ‘John Does’ secret, court to decide whether names should be unsealed

January 17, 2022 9:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Laura Ly, CNN Ghislaine Maxwell will no longer fight to keep the names of eight ‘John Does’ secret and will leave it to the court to…

A refresh of the history behind MLK Day

January 17, 2022 6:51 AM April Hettinger

Monday is a special day that marks a turning point in…

Here are the Martin Luther King Jr. words that inspire today’s social justice leaders

January 17, 2022 6:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Chavez, CNN More than a half a century has passed since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial calling…

MLK Day encourages service

January 17, 2022 6:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Toby Lyles and Will Mullery, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, although King was actually born on the…

Jewish communities across the US are on heightened alert after the Texas standoff: ‘Is our community under attack again?’

January 17, 2022 5:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Dakin Andone, CNN Jewish communities across the United States once again find themselves on edge in the wake of another attack on worshippers at a…