Shirley MacLaine Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at best-selling author and Oscar-winning actress, Shirley MacLaine. Personal Birth date: April…
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Floods ravage regions of Russia and Kazakhstan, but worse is yet to come
By Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Floods have swamped parts of Russia and Kazakhstan after Europe’s…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of television, film and stage actress Carol Burnett. Personal Birth date: April 26,…
Continue ReadingKurdish People Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within…
Continue ReadingAs medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would…
Continue ReadingEnron Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Enron, an energy trading company that collapsed after a massive accounting fraud scheme was…
Continue ReadingAffirmative Action Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable court cases. Affirmative…
Continue ReadingRoe v. Wade Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Case 1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey,…
Continue ReadingPackers will face Eagles in Brazil in Friday night season opener
By The Associated Press The Green Bay Packers will play the Philadelphia Eagles when the NFL holds its first regular-season game in Brazil on Sept.…
Continue ReadingA bill passed by Kansas lawmakers would make it a crime to coerce someone into an abortion
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — People who make physical or financial threats against others in Kansas to force them to get…
Continue ReadingBillions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare ‘double brood emergence,’ scientists say
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — In a matter of weeks, they will dig their way out from underground, red eyes shining, deafening song…
Continue ReadingA Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say
By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities say a Russian attack has hit a grocery store and a pharmacy in…
Continue ReadingStorms bring floods and damaging wind across the South; 1 dead in Mississippi
By GERALD HERBERT and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that…
Continue ReadingRussia puts more Kremlin critics on a wanted list as its crackdown on dissent reaches new levels
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have put more Kremlin critics on a wanted list as its crackdown…
Continue ReadingWhy this cookbook author sees making stew as an act of resistance
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — For Laila El-Haddad, Eid-al-Fitr calls for sumagiyya. In Gaza, where El-Haddad spent summers growing up, the tangy…
Continue ReadingSwitzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland says it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path…
Continue ReadingInternet price hikes for low-income Americans could begin in May as federal funds run dry, FCC says
By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The US government says that next month it can only pay about half of what low-income Americans are eligible for…
Continue ReadingSwitzerland lays out new ‘too big to fail’ rules in wake of Credit Suisse banking turmoil last year
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government has announced steps to bolster its “too big to fail” rules aimed to avoid…
Continue ReadingSimona Halep tells the AP she was nervous about returning to tennis after her doping ban appeal
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep tells The Associated Press she was nervous while flying to her first…
Continue ReadingUN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’
By SETH BORENSTEIN and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press OXFORD, England (AP) — The United Nations climate chief says humanity has only two years left…
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