Cannes Film Festival Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Cannes Film Festival, held every year in Cannes, France. May 17-28, 2022 – The 75th Cannes…
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CIA Leak Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2003 CIA leak involving then-operative Valerie Plame and senior members of the George W. Bush…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of retired professional soccer player David Beckham. Personal Birth date: May 2, 1975 Birth…
Continue ReadingShirley MacLaine Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at best-selling author and Oscar-winning actress, Shirley MacLaine. Personal Birth date: April 24, 1934 Birth…
Continue ReadingMissing Children Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at missing children in the United States. There are several different types of missing children: runaways,…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning musician Willie Nelson. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1933 Birth…
Continue ReadingA girl waiting for the Easter Bunny was shot when a shop owner opened fire on shoplifters
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A shoe store owner aiming at would-be shoplifters opened fire in a California mall but struck a 9-year-old girl waiting in…
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KCAL, KCBS By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A shoe store owner aiming at would-be shoplifters opened fire in a California mall but struck a 9-year-old girl…
Continue ReadingThe Memphis Zoo had to rescue 19 kangaroos and 4 wallabies after storms caused a creek to overflow
By Theresa Waldrop and Melissa Alonso, CNN After a harrowing 36 hours or so for staff at the Memphis Zoo, Honeybunch, a wallaby that went missing in…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey man arrested, charged after he ran over woman multiple times in road rage incident, prosecutors say
CNN, HLN By Laura Ly, Liam Reilly and Sharif Paget, CNN A man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after he ran over a 23-year-old woman…
Continue ReadingBook banning efforts are inspiring readers to form banned book clubs
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN When Joslyn Diffenbaugh learned about efforts in Texas to remove certain books from school libraries and classrooms, she was…
Continue ReadingAtlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant to retire, mayor says
By Melissa Alonso and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant will retire in June, just two years after the previous chief resigned…
Continue ReadingScientists say this new satellite is a game changer for tracking how our environment is changing
By Danya Gainor Space technology has long been used to help forecast weather, spot wildfires and aide scientists’ understanding of the climate…
Continue ReadingMore rain expected across South Africa’s east coast as flooding death toll rises to 395
By Amy Cassidy and Jack Bantock, CNN More rain and damaging winds are expected across South Africa’s east coast, following days of severe…
Continue ReadingJerusalem on edge as violence flares at key holy site
By Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman, Hadas Gold, Amir Tal and Michael Schwartz, CNN Palestinians and Israeli forces clashed in and around the al-Aqsa…
Continue ReadingA blazing orange wildflower thought to be extinct for 36 years was rediscovered
By Megan Marples, CNN A rare blazing orange wildflower that was thought to be extinct for 36 years was rediscovered in South America. The wildflower…
Continue ReadingBus crash in Zimbabwe kills 35 churchgoers
By Nimi Princewill and Sarah Diab, CNN Thirty-five people have died after a bus carrying more than 100 members of the Zion Christian Church crashed…
Continue ReadingThe community fridge movement could change the way we think about helping each other
AJ Willingham, graphics by Leah Abucayan The world has a lot of problems. Big problems, with big consequences that require big solutions. In the…
Continue ReadingMaine lawmakers have a chance to end these tribes’ fight for sovereignty
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Native American people in Maine have been excluded from protections guaranteed by federal law for more than 40 years but…
Continue ReadingPowerful space laser detected by South African telescope
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have detected a powerful radiowave laser, known as a megamaser, in space. This record-breaking megamaser is the…
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