CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Empire State Building. Facts Located on Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th streets in Manhattan. It is 103 stories tall (1,250 feet to top floor, excluding height of antennae, which is 204 feet). Took only one year and 45 days to build, or more than
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former governor of California. Personal Birth date: July 30, 1947 Birth place: Thal, Austria Birth name: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger Father: Gustav Schwarzenegger, police officer Mother: Aurelia Jadrny Marriage: Maria Shriver (April 26, 1986-December 28, 2021, divorced) Children: with Maria
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police recruit has died after suffering a medical episode at a training facility in the Bronx, just days before he was set to graduate. The New York Police Department says 33-year-old probationary police officer Edgar Ordonez lost consciousness Wednesday at a base used by police
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand. Personal Birth date: July 26, 1980 Birth place: Hamilton, New Zealand Birth name: Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern Father: Ross Ardern, police officer Mother: Laurell Ardern, school cook Marriage: Clarke Gayford (January 2024-present) Children: with Clarke
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says it is extending the stay of 1.45 million Afghan refugees who legally reside in the country, a day after a visit by the U.N. refugee agency. Afghan refugees with proper documentation will be able to remain in Pakistan until June 30, 2025, according to a statement issued Wednesday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s calling into his favorite morning cable news show, bashing the “elites” of his party and dismissing unfavorable polls. He’s talking up his crowd sizes. As an increasingly defiant President Joe Biden rejects calls to step aside after a disastrous debate performance, he’s been embracing some of the tactics
Continue ReadingChronicle of Philanthropy In response to a nationwide crisis that has left more than 650,000 people without housing, 100 tiny home villages for the homeless have opened in the United States over the past five years. That growth, from just 34 in 2019 to 123 today, represents a quadrupling, according to Yetimoni Kpeebi, a researcher at
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By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The actor George Clooney, who had been among President Joe Biden’s biggest supporters and donors in Hollywood, called on Biden to bow out of the presidential race on Wednesday, just weeks after he headlined a major fundraiser for his reelection campaign. “I love Joe Biden,” Clooney wrote in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge said Wednesday he was leaning toward throwing out Rudy Giuliani ‘s bankruptcy case after lawyers for the cash-strapped former New York City mayor and his biggest creditors — two ex-Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him — agreed this was the best
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s top prosecutor won’t seek the death penalty for a teenager charged with fatally shooting a Temple University officer. The decision Wednesday has angered the officer’s colleagues and family. District Attorney Larry Krasner has long been a vocal opponent of capital punishment, and Pennsylvania has a moratorium on the practice.
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Kroger continues to work to merge with Albertsons, two of the largest chains of grocery stores. The company says the merger would help them compete with large, nonunionized rivals like Amazon and Walmart. But Kroger is currently facing federal government opposition. Of all 579 stores the company announced it would divest from nationwide, if the
Continue ReadingWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia police chief responsible for the hiring of a former Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has stepped down. WVVA-TV reports White Sulphur Springs Police Chief D.S. Teubert has returned to his former job as a patrolman. Mayor Kathy Glover says Teubert had recommended the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made his maiden appearance on the international stage with a strong signal of support for Ukraine and a pat on the back from President Joe Biden. After a full day of meetings Wednesday at the NATO summit in Washington, Starmer met Biden
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a onetime Donald Trump political foe turned endorser, is now expected to speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week despite previously being given no role at the event, a source familiar with the plans told CNN. It is unclear
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Jeff Zeleny, Arlette Saenz, Kayla Tausche and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic donors are deeply concerned about President Joe Biden’s viability as a candidate as the party continues to wrestle with the path forward — and holding back big checks, according to multiple sources familiar with the effort. “Everything is
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he will give time to the country’s political parties to build a “Republican” majority at the National Assembly before he can decide on a new prime minister, after no party won a majority in Sunday’s legislative elections. Macron’s comment came in a letter published by several French
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A leader of an MS-13 gang clique in New York pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering in a case involving eight murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls who were hacked and beaten as they strolled through their leafy, suburban neighborhood on Long Island. Alexi Saenz,
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police say a burglary suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire with SWAT team officers following a standoff at a house in San Antonio. San Antonio police said in a statement that 52-year-old Juan Antonio Hernandez died Tuesday evening. Police Chief William McManus told reporters that the SWAT team called
Continue ReadingBy Owen Dahlkamp and Dana Bash, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said in a statement Wednesday that “There must be a serious reckoning with the down-ballot effect of whomever we nominate,” a marked reversal from his approach just days ago. On Monday, Torres said that the intra-party
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