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Month: December 2021

Richard Rogers, Pritzker Prize-winning British architect, dies aged 88

Hilary Clarke, CNN | Jonny Hallam, CNN Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers, whose landmark buildings include the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the 3 World Trade Center tower in New York and London’s Millennium Dome, has died aged 88. Rogers “passed away quietly” on Saturday evening, his representative Matthew Freud of Freud Communications confirmed to CNN

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‘A four-week window’: Biden aims to learn from Obama’s mistakes with quick moves to deter Putin from invading Ukraine

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN When the US intelligence community first picked up signs in the fall that Russia could be preparing a new attack on Ukraine, President Joe Biden directed his administration to act — and fast. Wary of repeating mistakes made in 2014, when the US and Europe were caught off guard by Russia’s

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A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Turquoise LeJeune Parker ends every class by telling each of her students she loves them. The 34-year-old library teacher at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, does everything she can to prove it, and her recent fundraiser, which collected $106,000 to feed her students in need, is her most recent

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Blocking Nebraska, Rettke carries Badgers to national title

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There’s a reason Wisconsin’s Dana Rettke was named the college women’s volleyball National Player of the Year on Friday. On Saturday night, the five-time, first-team All-American’s 11th and final kill gave Wisconsin a 22-25, 31-29, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12 victory over Nebraska and the Badgers’ first national championship. Rettke also finished with

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