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Year: 2022

A Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers has filed a federal lawsuit

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Attorneys for Michael Jennings, a Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers, filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday alleging that the three Childersburg, Alabama, police officers who arrested him violated his rights under the First and Fourth amendments. In the lawsuit, Jennings’ attorneys also claimed false arrest. Jennings

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Republican congressman presents convicted January 6 rioter with flag flown over US Capitol after her release from prison

CNN By Aaron Pellish and Marshall Cohen, CNN Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas presented an honorary American flag recently flown above the US Capitol to a convicted January 6 rioter after she was released from prison Friday. Gohmert, a Trump ally who has previously promoted debunked conspiracies about the January 6, 2021, insurrection, met

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NYC officials say water at public housing development cleared for drinking after lab retracts incorrect results that found high arsenic levels

By Liam Reilly and Christina Maxouris, CNN New York City officials say the water at a Manhattan public housing complex has been cleared for drinking after a lab which had claimed there were high levels of arsenic later said those results were incorrect and issued a retraction. Last week, Fabien Levy, press secretary to New

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VP Harris sharpens attacks on Republicans: ‘We refuse to let extremist, so-called leaders dismantle our democracy’

By Sam Fossum and Shania Shelton, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris sharpened her attacks against Republicans on Saturday at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting, while also touting Democratic accomplishments since she and President Joe Biden took office. “We refuse to let extremist, so-called leaders dismantle our democracy,” Harris told attendees in National Harbor, Maryland,

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