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Month: January 2025

John Roberts Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of John Roberts, chief justice of the United States. Personal Birth date: January 27, 1955 Birth place: Buffalo, New York Birth name: John Glover Roberts Jr. Father: John Glover Roberts Sr., steel company executive Mother: Rosemary (Podrasky) Roberts Marriage: Jane (Sullivan) Roberts (July 27,

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Wayne Gretzky Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Hall of Fame hockey player Wayne Gretzky, who holds the records for most points (2,857 career points) and most assists (1,963 career assists) in National Hockey League (NHL) history. Personal Birth date: January 26, 1961 Birth place: Brantford, Ontario, Canada Birth name:

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Loved ones outraged after driver plows into cemetery, damaging headstones; 18-year-old man arrested

By Robbin Simmons, Rubén Rosario Click here for updates on this story     WILDWOOD, Florida (WSVN) — An act of vandalism left a Central Florida graveyard damaged, families in disbelief and an 18-year-old man under arrest. Headstones at Greenwood Cemetery near Ocala were damaged after, Wildwood Police said, a driver plowed over them and left, at

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Kim Yo Jong Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of North Korean government official Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un. Little is known about her as the family is notoriously secretive. Personal Birth date: September 26, 1987 or 1988 (Widely believed to be in her early 30s, though her reported

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Newt Gingrich Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Personal Birth date: June 17, 1943 Birth place: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Birth name: Newton Leroy McPherson; adopted at a young age by stepfather Robert Gingrich and took his last name Father: Newton C. McPherson, mechanic Mother: Kathleen

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¿Cómo fue el vínculo Maduro-Trump en la gestión anterior y qué se puede esperar esta vez?

Por Sofia Benavides, CNN en Español Tras la toma de posesión de Nicolás Maduro para un tercer mandato en un contexto plagado de controversia —debido a que el Gobierno nunca presentó las actas detalladas que respaldan su victoria electoral—, se espera ahora la juramentación de Donald Trump, quien asumirá la presidencia de Estados Unidos con

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Venezuela reabre la frontera con Colombia tres días después del cierre por la investidura

Por EFE El gobernador del estado venezolano de Táchira, el chavista Freddy Bernal, anunció este lunes la reapertura de la frontera terrestre con Colombia, tras el cierre el pasado viernes por —dijo entonces— informaciones de una supuesta “conspiración internacional”, en paralelo a la ceremonia de la cuestionada toma de posesión presidencial, en la que Nicolás

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Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’

By Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution. Rubin is partnering with former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen and launching something new: a startup publication called The Contrarian. The startup’s tagline, “Not

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Charles Darwin’s grave painted with dire environmental warning: ‘1.5 is dead’

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Environmental activists in the UK painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words “1.5 is dead,” referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily passed in 2024. The two Just Stop Oil activists entered London’s Westminster Abbey, where Darwin is buried alongside some

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