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Month: September 2022

Pilot arrested after threatening to crash plane into Mississippi Walmart and eventually landing in a field, police say

By Pete Muntean, Theresa Waldrop and Sharif Paget, CNN A worker at an airport who stole a twin-engine plane Saturday morning and threatened to crash it into a Mississippi Walmart was arrested after he eventually landed in a field, police said. In a news conference Saturday, Tupelo Police Chief John Quaka identified the arrested pilot

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Donald Trump has repeatedly called for lengthy jail sentences for those who he claimed mishandled classified information

By Andrew Kaczynski and Samantha Woodward, CNN Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the lengthy jailing of opponents of his who he claimed mishandled classified materials. CNN’s KFile reviewed comments from the former President, dating back to his first presidential campaign in 2016, from speeches, interviews and comments made on social media. The

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Suspect in Argentine vice president assassination attempt arrested in 2021 for carrying weapon

By Lindsay Isaac, Ignacio Giron, Stefano Pozzebon and Heather Chen CNN. The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was arrested last year for “improper use of a weapon”, police have told CNN. Argentine authorities have identified Fernando Sabag Montiel as the suspect who approached Fernández de Kirchner

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How America turned into a nation of snackers

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Forget breakfast, lunch and dinner. People can’t get enough of the in-between. Big companies report that snack sales are soaring. Net sales of Doritos, Cheetos, Ruffles, PopCorners, Smartfood and SunChips grew by double digits in the second quarter. Retail sales of Pirate’s Booty jumped about 32% and SkinnyPop sales increased

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These principals have all experienced a school shooting. Now they are helping others navigate the road to recovery when the next one happens

By Amanda Musa, CNN Twenty-three years later, Frank DeAngelis vividly recalls the day his life changed forever. On April 20, 1999, he was the principal at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, when two students — carrying guns and bombs — entered the school and opened fire. Thirteen people died that day — 12 students

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As wildfires and high temps scorch the West, millions across Nevada and California are asked to reduce their power consumption

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Millions across Nevada and California are urged to reduce electricity consumption during the holiday weekend as a heat wave continues to smother several states in the West, where crews are also battling wildfires. The latest weather system has put more than 40 million people across California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Montana and

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China warns of ‘counter-measures’ as US approves $1.1bn arms sales to Taiwan

By Teele Rebane, Shawn Deng, Larry Register and Heather Chen, CNN China has warned the United States it will take “counter-measures” after the Biden administration approved more than $1.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan. Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said Saturday China was “firmly opposed” to the sales, which “severely jeopardize China-US relations and

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