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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Personal Birth date: December 13, 1953 Birth place: Augusta, Georgia Birth name: Ben Shalom Bernanke Father: Philip Bernanke, pharmacist Mother: Edna (Friedman) Bernanke, substitute teacher Marriage: Anna (Friedmann) Bernanke (1978-present) Children: Alyssa and Joel Education: Harvard University,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of award-winning actress, singer and dancer Rita Moreno. Personal Birth date: December 11, 1931 Birth place: Humacao, Puerto Rico; raised in New York, New York Birth name: Rosita Dolores Alverio Father: Paco Alverio, a farmer Mother: Rosa Maria Alverio, a garment worker Marriage: Leonard

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Survivors recalled arriving at the Wounded Knee camp three days after the fighting, finding a blizzard had buried the frozen bodies of Lakota men, women, children and infants in snow. They described horrific scenes: mothers still clutching their babies, others shot down as they fled. These were the people

By Amanda Musa, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A woman who pleaded guilty to the 2014 stabbing of her sixth-grade classmate is back in custody after Wisconsin police say she vanished from a group home where she lived under supervised release Saturday night. Morgan Geyser, 23, was found over 100 miles away approximately 24 hours

CNN By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 homes were damaged Monday afternoon after tornadoes ripped through Harris County, Texas, Constable Mark Herman said in a Facebook post. No serious injuries or deaths have been reported after the storms, said Brian Murray, spokesperson for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia high school football coach who has been missing since last week is wanted on child pornography possession and other charges related to soliciting a minor, Virginia State Police announced Tuesday. State police said they’d learned Thursday that Travis Turner, 46, was missing while they were

CNN By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN. “She had a beautiful smile on her face,” Howard said. “She loved life, she loved people.” Oklahoma State Senator Regina Goodwin said she was

By Taylor Romine, Abby Phillip, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson was released from Northwestern Memorial Hospital Monday, the Rainbow PUSH Organization said, after sources said he was receiving care to manage his blood pressure. Jackson, 84, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has been under observation for progressive

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 homes were damaged Monday afternoon after tornadoes ripped through Harris County, Texas, Constable Mark Herman said in a Facebook post. No serious injuries or deaths have been reported after the storms, said Brian Murray, spokesperson for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency

By Sarah Hutter, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! ’Tis the season of giving, which means that the apple pie and green bean casserole from your relatives might also come with a not-so-welcome side serving of sniffles and sneezes. These tips can help boost your immune system. Here’s what else you might have missed

By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN. “She had a beautiful smile on her face,” Howard said. “She loved life, she loved people.” Oklahoma State Senator Regina Goodwin said she was with

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Rod Blagojevich, former governor of Illinois who served eight years in federal prison for corruption. Personal Birth date: December 10, 1956 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Rod Blagojevich (has no middle name, uses the initial R to honor his father) Father:

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Emmy-award winning actress Betty White. Personal Birth date: January 17, 1922 Death date: December 31, 2021 Birth place: Oak Park, Illinois Birth name: Betty Marion White Father: Horace White, electrical engineer Mother: Tess White Marriages: Allen Ludden (June 14, 1963-June 9, 1981, his

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — In 1955, civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This led to African-Americans boycotting public transportation to protest Parks’ arrest and, in turn, segregation laws. Here is a look at her life. Personal Birth date:

By Emma Tucker, CNN Baltimore (CNN) — Cars stop on the street for Rochelle Johnson, a mother of five, when she walks through her Baltimore neighborhood greeting every person she encounters, running up to children and adults alike as she gives countless hugs. She approaches a man sitting alone outside in the alley behind an

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — In New Orleans, people are used to having their resilience tested. There was Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill, a major hotel collapse, a vicious early pandemic surge and a terror attack during the 2025 New Year’s celebrations. Now immigrants and organizers say they’re preparing for what feels like

By Amanda Musa, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Morgan Geyser, who was living under supervised release at a group home in Wisconsin for her role in the high-profile 2014 stabbing of her 12-year-old classmate, was found late Sunday about 150 miles away in Illinois. She had disappeared Saturday night after cutting off her monitoring bracelet,

By Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A woman who stabbed her sixth-grade classmate to win favor with a fictional internet character named “Slender Man” more than a decade ago has been taken into custody, a day after cutting off her monitoring bracelet and leaving a group home where she’d been living, police said.

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Like any American school, Mooresville High School in Indiana had long since set up security protocols and mental health services to try to prevent violence on campus. Yet those policies didn’t fully prepare them psychologically for the arrest in February of an 18-year-old senior accused of planning “Parkland part