2021 In Review Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look back at the events of 2021. Notable US Events January 3 – The 117th Congress is officially sworn in. Rep.…
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Former college criminal justice instructor indicted in arson spree during California wildfires
By David Williams, CNN A federal grand jury has indicted a former college instructor on charges in connection to a string of fires set over the…
Continue Reading Former NFL player Zac Stacy arrested after alleged attack on ex-girlfriend
By Tina Burnside, CNN Former NFL player Zac Stacy is in police custody after disturbing video surfaced appearing to show Stacy assaulting his…
Continue Reading Police identify body found in South Carolina home, and the person is not who they expected
By Jay Croft, Josh Campbell and Tina Burnside, CNN When a neighbor went to check on 70-year-old James Fitzgerald on November 6, they found a…
Continue Reading The name of NASA’s most powerful telescope is still controversial one month before its launch
The Webb Telescope, the most powerful and complex space telescope, must complete over 300 operations perfectly before it freezes in space. Don’t miss…
Continue Reading The name of NASA’s most powerful telescope is still controversial one month before its launch
By Scottie Andrew, CNN NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the agency’s most powerful telescope yet. The first of its kind, the…
Continue Reading Supporters of Julius Jones, who was spared from execution, say they will work for his freedom
By Jay Croft, CNN A sister and friend of an Oklahoma death row convict spared from execution say they now will work to get the man released from…
Continue Reading Former Maryland police officer found dead with children believed to be the daughters he allegedly abducted, police say
By Mirna Alsharif and Rob Frehse, CNN A former Baltimore County police officer and two children believed to be his daughters he allegedly kidnapped…
Continue Reading Hawaii adoptive parents indicted on murder charges in death of 6-year-old daughter
By Jennifer Henderson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Hawaii couple charged with the murder of their adopted 6-year-old daughter was indicted by a grand…
Continue Reading NFL reviewing accusations Buccaneers’ Antonio Brown obtained fake Covid-19 vaccination cards
By David Close, CNN Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown has been accused of owning fake Covid-19 vaccination cards in an attempt to…
Continue Reading The Unite the Right trial is exposing the chasm between who plans White nationalism’s battles and who does the fighting
By Elle Reeve, CNN A key federal defendant accused of conspiracy over the 2017 Unite the Right rally was forced this week to confront his own…
Continue Reading Jury finishes deliberations without reaching a verdict in Charlottesville Unite the Right civil trial
By Aya Elamroussi and Mark Morales, CNN The jury in the civil trial against the organizers of a two-day Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville,…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for November 19: Congress, Covid, social media, Arbery, Peng Shuai
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal three controversial agricultural laws that sparked more than a year of protests from…
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CNN’s Don Lemon takes a closer look at RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who said she recognizes President Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United…
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and…
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Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused a high-level Party leader of sexual assault, triggering swift censorship across the Chinese internet. China…
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Much of the east may see travel delays for Thanksgiving week due to multiple systems that can bring rain, wind, and snow. CNN meteorologist Derek Van…
Continue Reading Defense attorney in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial sought a plea deal for one defendant and was declined, Arbery’s mother’s lawyer says
By Devon M. Sayers, Ryan Young and Jason Hanna, CNN A defense attorney for one of the three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing asked…
Continue Reading Parents call for independent investigation into fatal shooting of their son by Pennsylvania state police
By Elizabeth Joseph and Alexandra Field, CNN The parents of a 19-year-old Pennsylvania man who was suffering a mental crisis when he was shot and…
Continue Reading Here’s what legal experts say helped acquit Kyle Rittenhouse
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager accused of killing two people and shooting another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, summer 2020 has been found not…
Continue Reading ‘Self-defense is not illegal’: Kyle Rittenhouse tells Fox News after not-guilty verdict
By Ray Sanchez, Eric Levenson and Brad Parks, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who killed two people and shot another during unrest in Kenosha,…
Continue Reading Here’s a look back on what led to the Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ civil trial
By Amir Vera, CNN Closing arguments for the civil case involving the organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville,…
Continue Reading Things we learned from Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial that challenge assumptions about the case
By Ray Sanchez, Eric Levenson and Omar Jimenez, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial in Wisconsin was highlighted by the emotional testimony…
Continue Reading Here’s what legal experts say helped acquit Kyle Rittenhouse
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who killed two people and shot another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was acquitted of first-degree intentional…
Continue Reading Woman with Covid-19 wakes up after weeks on a ventilator on the day she was being taken off life support. Her family had chosen her headstone
They made her funeral arrangements and almost bought a tombstone, but despite being in a coma and on a ventilator for weeks, Bettina Lerman woke up…
Continue Reading Woman with Covid-19 wakes up after weeks on a ventilator on the day she was being taken off life support. Her family had chosen her headstone
By David Williams, CNN Bettina Lerman was on a ventilator for weeks after getting Covid-19 and hadn’t responded to doctors’ efforts to…
Continue Reading Supporters of Julius Jones, who was spared from execution, say they will work for his freedom
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has granted Julius Jones clemency just hours before he was scheduled to be executed. He is commuting Jones’ sentence to…
Continue Reading Two men convicted of killing Malcolm X exonerated
After more than half a century, two men are set to be exonerated for the assassination of Malcolm X; CBS2’s Alice Gainer…
Continue Reading Who is Julius Jones, whose death sentence was commuted by Oklahoma’s governor?
By Dakin Andone, CNN The death sentence of Julius Jones was commuted by Oklahoma’s governor Thursday to life in prison without the possibility…
Continue Reading A lawyer in the Arbery death trial tried to keep Black pastors out of court. So more than 100 showed up today
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN When defense attorney Kevin Gough attempted to ban Black pastors from the courtroom during the trial for the killing of…
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