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Bob Dylan Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of singer-songwriter and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan. Personal Birth date: May 24, 1941 Birth place: Duluth, Minnesota Birth name: Robert Allen Zimmerman Father: Abraham Zimmerman, furniture and appliance salesman Mother: Beatty (Stone) Zimmerman, model and housewife Marriages: Carol Dennis (1986-1992, divorced); Sara Lowndes (1965-1977,

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The air traffic control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport on January 27 in Burbank

Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country

CNN, POOL, SEE PREFONTS By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation of coordinating departure, the pilot received a different response:

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Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country

By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation of coordinating departure, the pilot received a different response: “The tower is closed

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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on September 26

Trump boosts HBCU funding despite his attacks on DEI programs. Here is why some experts believe this is happening

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump’s administration announced it was boosting its investment into historically Black colleges and universities and tribal colleges this year, HBCU advocates lauded the move as a win for the chronically underfunded institutions. The promised one-time gift of an additional $495 million would help Black colleges

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A photo shared by the St. Paul’s Fire District shows flames engulfing the home of Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein in South Carolina on October 4.

South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Edisto Island, South Carolina (CNN) — A blaze that engulfed the South Carolina home of a state circuit court judge and her husband, a former state senator, is under investigation, authorities said. Firefighters from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Edisto Beach in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon.

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Portland police officers talk to a man near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland Sunday.

A federal judge blocked Trump from sending the National Guard to Oregon — again. Here’s what we know

By Kelly McCleary, Josh Campbell, Danya Gainor, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — We’ve moved to Live Updates for coverage of this developing story. Follow the latest here. For the second time in two days, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon delivered a blow to the president’s effort to send National Guard troops into Portland, temporarily

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Trump authorizes National Guard in Chicago as judge temporarily blocks his plan to deploy federal troops in Portland

By Karina Tsui, Michelle Watson, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The ongoing battle between the Trump administration and Democrat-led cities intensified this weekend, with the White House announcing authorization for hundreds of National Guard members to be sent to Chicago and a federal judge in Oregon hitting pause on the president’s plan to deploy federal

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CPD officers stand in front of federal officers in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago

CBP agent shot at driver who rammed her car at law enforcement vehicle, criminal complaint says

By Whitney Wild, Michelle Watson, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A federal agent shot at a woman after she rammed a law enforcement vehicle in Chicago, according to a federal charging complaint, amid escalating anti-ICE protests and the Trump administration’s efforts to clamp down on unrest in Democrat-led cities. A US Customs and Border Protection

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