CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Caroline Kennedy, former US ambassador to Japan and current US ambassador to Australia. Personal Birth date: November 27, 1957 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Father: John F. Kennedy, 35th US president Mother: Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy Marriage: Edwin Arthur
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By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press Approaching a race weekend where she can set yet another Alpine skiing World Cup record might sound like business as usual to Mikaela Shiffrin. But it’s not. The American double Olympic champion has arrived in Finland for two slaloms after dealing with back pain that limited her preparation in Copper
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Tim Pawlenty, former Republican governor of Minnesota. Personal Birth date: November 27, 1960 Birth place: St. Paul, Minnesota Birth name: Timothy James Pawlenty Father: Gene Pawlenty, a truck driver Mother: Virginia “Ginny” Pawlenty Marriage: Mary (Anderson) Pawlenty (1987-present) Children: Mara, 1996; Anna, 1993 Education: University
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski John Gibbs, the former Trump administration official backed by the ex-President in his bid to unseat a Republican congressman who voted for impeachment, has a history of conspiratorial and inflammatory tweets and defended a notorious anti-Semitic troll banned by Twitter. CNN’s KFile first reported on Gibbs’ statements in 2018, when he was
Continue ReadingBy CBSMiami.com Team Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — After being hospitalized in July with COVID-19, Miami Beach Police Officer JC Sampedro is back home. Sampedro spent 11 weeks in the ICU where he had to be intubated and placed on a ventilator. Miami Beach Police Officer JC Sampedro released from
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making billions of dollars available to drugmakers to scale up domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines. It hopes that will build capacity to produce an additional 1 billion shots per year to share globally as well as prepare for the next pandemic. Under the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press In a rematch of the 2017 Super Bowl, the New England Patriots will go for their fifth straight victory when they visit the Atlanta Falcons in a prime-time game Thursday. The 6-4 Patriots are on quite a roll behind rookie quarterback Mac Jones, blowing out the Browns 45-7 in their last
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KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — No charges will be filed against an 82-year-old driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in western Michigan. Why? The man insists he believed he hit a deer. The incident occurred in Kentwood in September 2020. Page Stokes was struck at night while crossing a busy street. Her body wasn’t discovered
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A new digital hub had its long-awaited grand opening in Palm Desert Wednesday afternoon after it was delayed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Palm Desert iHub ribbon cutting Cal State San Bernardino issued a press release touting the addition of the facility in the Coachella Valley, which is located across the street from
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Un grupo de paramédicos atendieron a un excursionista que se accidentó ayer a las 2 de la tarde mientras aventuraba por las montañas de Palm Springs, este es el segundo rescate en dichas montañas en menos de una semana ya que el viernes de la semana pasada una mujer se cayó a un barranco de
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Joanne Allen-Taylor scored 13 points, Lauren Ebo had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 12 Texas beat Southeast Missouri State 88-47. Ebo started a 14-0 run in the first quarter and Allen-Taylor scored the final four points as Texas led 18-4. Allen-Taylor and Rori Harmon combined to score Texas’ final
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate on Wednesday night cleared a key procedural hurdle to advance the annual defense policy bill. The procedural vote on the measure passed by a wide bipartisan margin of 84-15. This comes after congressional leaders struck a deal earlier Wednesday evening, agreeing to negotiate on the China
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are to be cleared after after insisting on their innocence since the 1965 killing. Manhattan’s top prosecutor tweeted Wednesday that he and defense lawyers plan to ask a court to dismiss the convictions of 83-year-old Muhammad Aziz and the
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PHOENIX (AP) — State and federal transportation officials have formally selected a corridor in southern and central Arizona for construction of Interstate 11, a proposed new freeway that would link the U.S.-Mexico border and Las Vegas. The chosen 2,000-foot corridor stretches 280 miles northward from the U.S. Mexico border to Wickenburg while skirting metro Phoenix’s
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — State and federal transportation officials have formally selected a corridor in southern and central Arizona for construction of Interstate 11, a proposed new freeway that would link the U.S.-Mexico border and Las Vegas. The chosen 2,000-foot corridor stretches 280 miles northward from the U.S. Mexico border to Wickenburg while skirting metro Phoenix’s
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira and game analyst Daryl Johnston will be part of the United States Football League’s senior management team when the league debuts next spring.  Pereira, who will be the head of officiating, was the NFL’s vice president of officiating for six seasons before retiring after the
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira and game analyst Daryl Johnston will be part of the United States Football League’s senior management team when the league debuts next spring.  Pereira, who will be the head of officiating, was the NFL’s vice president of officiating for six seasons before retiring after the
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El alcalde de Cambridge, Maryland, fue arrestado y acusado de 50 cargos de distribución de pornografÃa de venganza, según un comunicado de prensa de la Oficina del fiscal del estado de Maryland. Los registros judiciales indican que Andrew Bradshaw, quien asumió el cargo en enero pasado, fue arrestado este lunes
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are asking the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that rejected the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities. Last month’s ruling by a three-judge appellate panel maintained a key piece of the nation’s detention
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are asking the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that rejected the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities. Last month’s ruling by a three-judge appellate panel maintained a key piece of the nation’s detention
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