Mount Rushmore National Memorial Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, composed of sculptures of the faces of…
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1998 US Embassies in Africa Bombings Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, which killed 224 people.…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of award-winning television producer Norman Lear, the creator of some of television’s…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 1996 Olympic Park Bombing in Atlanta. Facts Two people died and more than 100 others were injured as a…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Francois Hollande, former president of France. Personal Birth date: August 12, 1954 Birth place:…
Continue ReadingChimpanzees have been spotted attacking and killing gorillas in the wild for the first time
By Rob Picheta, CNN Chimpanzees‘ lethal attacks on gorillas in the wild have been observed for the first time, a team of researchers has said.…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Alberto R. Gonzales, the first Latino US attorney general. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1955…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, located in Chicago. Facts The Sears…
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old girl drowned at a Cincinnati-area amusement park, officials say
By Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN A 14-year-old girl from Ohio drowned this week at a Cincinnati-area amusement park, officials said. The drowning…
Continue ReadingAstronomers spy first moon-forming disk around an exoplanet
By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time, astronomers have found a disk around a Jupiter-like planet outside of our solar system — the kind…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 22: Covid-19, Capitol riot, guns, wildfires, China
By AJ Willingham, CNN If you’re taking advantage of the IRS’ child tax credits, be aware: They may mean an unwelcome surprise come tax…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 22: Covid-19, Capitol riot, guns, wildfires, China
Air quality across the Midwest will be impacted by the ongoing western wildfires, while the East Coast clears out from a recent cold front. We are…
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CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen fact-checks President Joe Biden’s answer on coronavirus vaccine efficacy during a CNN town hall with Don…
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Wildfires are blazing in 13 states across the the US, burning more than 1 million acres in western states, according to the National Interagency Fire…
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) decision to pull all Republicans from the select committee investigating…
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Several people in Zhengzhou, China have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded the city’s subway. Hundreds of thousands of people have been…
Continue ReadingDeath toll rises as passengers recount horror of China subway floods
By Nectar Gan and Zixu Wang, CNN At least 33 people have died and eight remain missing in central China, as authorities ramp up rescue and recovery…
Continue ReadingSurfside victims will not be asked to donate their real estate for the public good, judge says
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN As the search winds down and the survivors of the Surfside condo building collapse begin to pick up the pieces of their…
Continue ReadingWildfires have erupted across the globe, scorching places that rarely burned before
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Photo editor Sarah Tilotta, CNN Yakutsk in Russian Siberia is known as the world’s coldest city. In a place where even…
Continue ReadingA far-right extremist killed 77 people in Norway. A decade on, ‘the hatred is still out there’ but attacker’s influence is seen as low
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Ten years ago, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people, many of them teenagers, in a bomb…
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