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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran in 2007. Personal Birth date: March 10, 1948 Birth place: Flushing, New York Birth name: Robert Alan Levinson Father: name unavailable publicly Mother: name unavailable publicly Marriage: Christine (Gorman) Levinson Children: Douglas, Samantha, David, Daniel, Sarah, Stephanie, Susan Education: Attended New
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schutz has declined a request to appear before a Senate committee seeking to question him about the coffee chain’s response to an ongoing unionization campaign at the company’s U.S. stores. In declining the call from the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Shultz earned
Continue ReadingBy Meredith McDonough Click here for updates on this story CENTRAL FLORIDA (WESH) — In 2016, Floridians voted on legalizing medical marijuana. The amendment passed, and while its legal for medicinal purposes, recreational marijuana remains illegal. At the time, a group of mothers known as “cannamoms” advocated for that legalization. Today, they continue their fight
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Melissa McCarthy is finally ready to unfurl her tentacles as Ursula the sea witch. Disney unveiled a new teaser for the live-action “The Little Mermaid” on Wednesday, and McCarthy’s character can be seen at the very end in villainous-looking makeup as she peers over one of her dark octopus legs. McCarthy
Continue ReadingBy Madeleine Nolan Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — It’s a love story brought together by fate. And to start this story, we have to go back to February 2015, when Moseziner “Moe” Crozier, who had congestive heart failure, lay dying in intensive care at the University of Mississippi Medical
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he is willing to take his fight against a subpoena for his testimony in the Justice Department’s 2020 election subversion investigation all the way to the Supreme Court. “I am going to fight the Biden DOJ subpoena for me to
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Weeks after powerful storms dumped 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow on California, state officials and environmental groups in the drought-ravaged state are grappling with what to do with all of that water. State rules say when it rains and snows a lot in California,
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Henderson Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KOMU) — One Jefferson City couple is not only entering their sixth year together, but also their sixth year co-running Building Community Bridges (BCB), a local nonprofit offering various community services that also houses numerous local businesses at its headquarters. A few
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La familia de un hombre negro desarmado, que murió tras recibir un disparo de un agente de policía de Shreveport, Louisiana, presentó una demanda federal por homicidio culposo contra el agente. La demanda presentada el sábado en el Distrito Oeste de Louisiana alega que el agente violó los derechos de Alonzo
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Sam Sharf enrolled at New College of Florida two years ago because as a trans woman, she wanted to be at a school where she felt safe and accepted. The small public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida, offers an environment where LGBTQ students can freely express themselves, she said.
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN It was party time in Missouri on Wednesday as the Chiefs continued their celebrations after Sunday’s Super Bowl win with a parade through the streets of Kansas City and a rally where two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes told the crowd he was planning to see them in the same place
Continue ReadingBy Joey Safchik Click here for updates on this story ASHLAND, Nebraska (KETV) — At a first-of-its-kind facility at the Ashland Wildlife Safari Park, conservationists hope to breed their endangered Amur tigers. We all want to look and smell our best for a date, right? Tigers, it appears, are no different. “Today being Valentine’s Day,
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Bryn Forbes, an NBA free agent who has played for four teams over seven seasons, was arrested early Wednesday on a family violence charge in San Antonio, police records show. Forbes, who was released last week by the Minnesota Timberwolves, was arrested on suspicion of assault with bodily injury, a misdemeanor,
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators who have been arguing over how much money to give the IRS and how it should be spent found at least one point of unanimity Wednesday as they considered President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the agency: Both sides wished Danny Werfel good
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzales and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Raquel Welch, a veteran actress who rose to fame in the 1960s in the films “One Million Years B.C.” and “Fantastic Voyage,” has died, according to a statement provided by her manager, Steve Sauer. She was 82. Welch died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles after a “brief illness,”
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN A top Biden administration China expert is set to depart the administration after two years as special assistant to the president and senior director for China and Taiwan, the White House confirmed Wednesday. Laura Rosenberger will be leaving her post soon, a White House official confirmed to CNN, marking a high-profile
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Raquel Welch, actriz veterana que saltó a la fama en la década de 1960 en las películas “One Million Years B.C.” y “Fantastic Voyage”, murió este miércoles, según un comunicado de su manager, Steve Sauer. Tenía 82 años. Welch falleció en Los Ángeles después de una “breve enfermedad”, indicó el comunicado. La
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey aims to have its entire economy powered by clean energy, end the sale of gasoline powered vehicles and greatly accelerate a switch to electric heating of buildings by 2035 under a series of environmental initiatives announced Wednesday that are designed to make the
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Black man is suing the city of Indianapolis, its police department and an officer who arrested him in 2021, alleging that the officer kicked him in the face while he was handcuffed. The lawsuit filed last week by Jermaine Vaughn in Marion County alleges that Sgt. Eric Huxley “used excessive and
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, firmó este miércoles un proyecto de ley que amplía el controvertido programa estatal de transporte de inmigrantes. “Florida está utilizando todas las herramientas disponibles para proteger a nuestros ciudadanos de las políticas de fronteras abiertas de Biden”, escribió DeSantis en Twitter. “Me complace haber firmado una
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