Japan’s Prime Minister dissolves Parliament ahead of October 31 general election
By Emiko Jozuka, CNN Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved Parliament’s lower house on Thursday, setting the stage for a general…
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Despite soothing words, the Taliban are much as they were
By Nic Robertson and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban are the most unlikely of populists: brutal, myopic, the epitome of intolerance. During five years in…
Continue ReadingTexas state website that included LGBTQ resources disabled after governor’s Republican primary challenger criticized its content
By Raja Razek and Carma Hassan, CNN The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) disabled a website with resources for LGBTQ youth…
Continue ReadingParents say Walgreens mistakenly injected them and their two kids with the Covid-19 vaccine instead of flu shot
By Amy Simonson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Joshua and Alexandra Price say they and their two children were mistakenly given the Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingDallas man sentenced in plot targeting gay men for violent crimes using a dating app
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A Dallas man has been sentenced in a scheme to target gay men for violent crimes using the dating app Grindr, according to…
Continue ReadingA statue of civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune is getting a place in the US Capitol. She’s replacing a Confederate general
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN A larger-than-life marble statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune is replacing one of a Confederate general in…
Continue ReadingMan arrested and charged in death of woman fatally shot by toddler while on Zoom work call, authorities say
By Rebekah Riess, CNN A Florida man has been arrested and charged after a woman was fatally shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference…
Continue ReadingColorado postal worker is third to be shot and killed in US in the past two days
By Steve Almasy, CNN A US Postal Service worker in Longmont, Colorado, was shot and killed Wednesday, according to a statement from police. The…
Continue ReadingA ‘living fossil’ alligator gar is found for the first time in a Kansas river
By Sherry Liang, CNN A creature known as a “living fossil” — the alligator gar — has found its way to Kansas for the first…
Continue ReadingBenjamin Netanyahu Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Personal Birth date: October 21, 1949 Birth…
Continue ReadingWhat will happen when Texas’ ban on Covid-19 vaccine mandates conflicts with the federal vaccine requirement
By Eric Levenson, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new executive order bans any entity in Texas from enforcing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate — a…
Continue ReadingSmithsonian webcam offers view of its adorable litter of just-born cheetahs
By Megan Marples, CNN Say hello to a litter of cute, newborn cheetahs. Five cubs arrived Tuesday morning at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology…
Continue ReadingSuspect charged after 5 killed in bow and arrow attack in Norway, police say
By Vasco Cotovio, James Frater and Lianne Kolirin, CNN A 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged after five people were killed and two injured…
Continue ReadingNew findings a ‘complete reversal’ in understanding why Earth became hospitable to life and its ‘twin’ didn’t
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Venus may be a sweltering wasteland today, but scientists have questioned whether the planet was always so inhospitable.…
Continue ReadingWilliam Shatner Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of award-winning actor William Shatner. Personal Birth date: March 22, 1931 Birth place: Montreal,…
Continue ReadingSchool board meeting canceled as crowd protests mask mandate
By Carma Hassan, CNN A school board meeting in Idaho to discuss a temporary mask mandate was canceled Friday due to “security concerns”…
Continue Reading2016 Presidential Campaign Hacking Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at hacking incidents during the 2016 presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. For…
Continue ReadingHalloween Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is some spooky background information about Halloween, celebrated annually in the United States on October 31. In 2022,…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of journalist and former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather. Personal Birth…
Continue ReadingNew York City Marathon Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the New York City Marathon. November 5, 2023 – The New York City Marathon is scheduled to take…
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