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New MN shooting details, CDC exodus, newspaper makes changes & more
CNN 5 Things
Aug 28, 2025
New information has emerged about the Minneapolis shooter in the mass attack at a Catholic school yesterday. CDC staffers are showing solidarity for the agency’s ousted director. The federal government is preparing a crackdown on another major city. We’ll tell you what’s happening to a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon after nearly five decades. Plus, the end of an era for a decades-old newspaper.