CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hall of Fame football player and coach Mike Ditka. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1939 Birth place: Carnegie, Pennsylvania Birth name: Michael Keller Dyczko Jr. Father: Michael Ditka Sr., steel mill worker and railroad union organizer Mother: Charlotte (Keller) Ditka Marriages: Diana (Trantham)
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By Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Isla del Sol, Florida (CNN) — With the rain already slicing diagonals into the water off this transformed mangrove island in St. Petersburg, Vivienne Marran stood firm in her choice. “We can ride it out,” she told CNN less than 20 hours before Hurricane Milton was due
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CNN By Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Isla del Sol, Florida (CNN) — With the rain already slicing diagonals into the water off this transformed mangrove island in St. Petersburg, Vivienne Marran stood firm in her choice. “We can ride it out,” she told CNN less than 20 hours before Hurricane Milton was
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. Facts On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel – including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel – are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1955 Birth place: Seattle, Washington Birth name: William Henry Gates III Father: William Henry Gates II, attorney Mother: Mary (Maxwell) Gates, schoolteacher Marriage: Melinda (French) Gates (January 1, 1994-August 2, 2021, divorced)
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Caitlyn Jenner, former Olympian and reality TV personality. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1949 Birth place: Mount Kisco, New York Full name: Caitlyn Marie Jenner Father: William Jenner, tree surgeon Mother: Esther Jenner Marriage: Kris Jenner (1991-2015); Linda Thompson (1981-1986); Chrystie Crownover (1972-1980)
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, Yemen, for refueling. The attack was attributed to al Qaeda and foreshadowed the attack on
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-nominated actress Winona Ryder. Personal Birth date: October 29, 1971 Birth place: Winona, Minnesota Birth name: Winona Laura Horowitz Father: Michael Horowitz, rare books dealer Mother: Cynthia (Istas) Horowitz Other Facts She has been nominated for an Academy Award two times: once for
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some spooky background information about Halloween, celebrated annually in the United States on October 31. Facts The word Halloween is an abbreviated version of the phrases All Hallows’ Eve or All Hallows’ Evening. Halloween comes from an ancient pagan festival celebrated by Celtic people over 2,000 years ago
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The Italian government is facing a new set of challenges as it prepares to open two migrant processing centers in Albania in October where men rescued at sea en route to Italy will be processed for asylum. It’s a move which the hard-right administration says will combat human trafficking and allow in only
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. For followers of Islam in the Western Hemisphere, the next New Year begins on the evening of June 26, 2025. The exact date can vary depending on the method used to determine the start of the new year, such as moon-sighting
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized after using an ableist slur to taunt political opponents in parliament. Albanese was speaking during question time on Tuesday when opposition lawmakers repeatedly interrupted him. “Have you got Tourette’s or something? You know, you just sit there, babble, babble, babble,” he said,
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae, Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border. The announcement, which comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scrapped
Continue Reading By Aishwarya S Iyer, Esha Mitra and Alex Stambaugh, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A man has been charged for the rape and murder of a resident doctor during a night shift in India’s eastern city of Kolkata, a crime that ignited nationwide protests about the country’s pervasive problem with gender violence. In a charge
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Hurricane Helene caused billions of dollars in property damage across several states, and now a powerful and dangerous Hurricane
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Driving on highway shoulders, gas shortages and booked up hotels. Those are some of the complications Floridians are facing as they make and execute plans to leave their homes under the largest evacuation order they’ve seen since 2017. They’re bracing for Hurricane Milton less than two weeks after Hurricane
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Anna Maria Island, Florida (CNN) — Carol Whitmore couldn’t pack her big SUV to leave this barrier island as Hurricane Milton aimed Tuesday for Florida’s west coast with already-historic fury. Hurricane Helene took it two weeks ago. “Up to the door panels” the surge crashed in from
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Palestinians fleeing sites of Israel’s renewed military operation in northern Gaza are being shot at as they evacuate, according to residents there and footage shared with CNN documenting their journey. Mohammad Sultan, 28, said he and his family fled their house in Jabalya in
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The horrific case of a young woman found raped, strangled and burned in a forest in Germany is one of dozens that form part of a campaign aimed at solving cold cases from six European countries. Global police agency Interpol has released details of 46 cold cases involving women who
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Five members of a Russian expedition who went missing while attempting to climb Mount Dhaulagiri have been found dead, Russia’s embassy in Nepal told CNN on Tuesday. Initial investigations suggested the group of Russian mountaineers died “as a result of falling down a slope,” the embassy said. Officials added
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