Dennis Rodman Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former professional basketball player Dennis Rodman. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1961…
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Public defenders call for moratorium on executions in Tennessee after ‘temporary reprieve’ for death row inmate
By Mallika Kallingal and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Federal public defenders in Tennessee are calling for a statewide moratorium on executions and an…
Continue ReadingGo inside the school offering adults with special needs the college experience they were missing
By Meg Dunn, CNN Growing up in rural Indiana, DeAnna Ellenberger Pursai and her sister, Angel, were constant companions and playmates. Only a year…
Continue ReadingGo inside the school offering adults with special needs the college experience they were missing
CNN By Meg Dunn, CNN Growing up in rural Indiana, DeAnna Ellenberger Pursai and her sister, Angel, were constant companions and playmates. Only a…
Continue ReadingA 61-year-old is set to row solo from the US to France. The entire journey will be nearly 4,000 miles
By Sara Smart, CNN Over the next couple of months, one man will attempt to row close to 4,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Peter Harley, 61,…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia for first time in years, seeking to mend ties
By Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
Continue ReadingTexas high school policy banning braided or twisted hair has stopped a teen from attending school, his mom says
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Nothing makes Dyree Williams feel more like himself than his hair, which he has proudly worn in twists, braids and locks all…
Continue ReadingTexas high school policy banning braided or twisted hair has stopped a teen from attending school, his mom says
CNN, WCBI By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Nothing makes Dyree Williams feel more like himself than his hair, which he has proudly worn in twists, braids and…
Continue ReadingThe James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and ready to observe the universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to observe the universe. The space observatory’s massive mirror, capable of…
Continue Reading‘They never expected Mariupol to resist.’ Locals horrified by Russia’s relentless attack on the vast steel plant shielding Ukrainians
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Isa Soares, Madalena Araujo and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN Lviv, Ukraine — Few beyond the metals industry had heard of…
Continue ReadingAfter epic journey, orphaned Ukrainian girl is reunited with grandfather
CNN By Sandi Sidhu, Roman Tymotsko and Oleksandra Titorova, CNN When 12-year-old Kira Obedinsky, orphaned by war, was whisked from her hometown of…
Continue ReadingAfter epic journey, orphaned Ukrainian girl is reunited with grandfather
By Sandi Sidhu, Roman Tymotsko and Oleksandra Titorova, CNN When 12-year-old Kira Obedinsky, orphaned by war, was whisked from her hometown of…
Continue ReadingWhy the Great American Lawn is terrible for the West’s water crisis
KGO, VALLEY WATER, CNN By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As California plunges even deeper into its multiyear megadrought after an alarmingly dry winter,…
Continue ReadingWhy the Great American Lawn is terrible for the West’s water crisis
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As California plunges even deeper into its multiyear megadrought after an alarmingly dry winter, officials are eyeing what…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in killing of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay nearly 34 years after her death
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Police have arrested a 74-year-old man in the 1988 killing of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay in Massachusetts, the Essex…
Continue ReadingA man was charged with hate crimes after allegedly making racist threats, leaving nooses around Michigan town
By Nicole Chavez, CNN In the aftermath of George Floyd‘s killing, several nooses were left around Saginaw, Michigan. Nearly two years later, a…
Continue ReadingProsecutors says alleged Brooklyn subway shooter’s DNA was obtained through authorized search warrant
By Mark Morales, CNN Prosecutors are pushing back against allegations that the accused Brooklyn subway shooter‘s constitutional rights were…
Continue ReadingPGA Championship Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the PGA Championship, one of the four Grand Slam golf tournaments; the others are the Masters, British…
Continue ReadingNighttime lighting reduces crime but it’s not a one-size-fits all solution, study shows
By Peter Nickeas A recent study showed nighttime lighting in New York City public housing complex courtyards could reduce crime, and the reduction in…
Continue ReadingShaggy fur, an important job and a link to an extinct breed: Meet a dog breed you’ve never heard of
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Tucked between the Chilean coast and Patagonian mountains lives a small population of sheepdogs, which exists only in that…
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