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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of George Ryan, the former governor of Illinois who served time in prison after being convicted on racketeering, conspiracy and fraud charges. Personal Birth date: February 24, 1934 Birth place: Maquoketa, Iowa Birth name: George Homer Ryan Father: Thomas Ryan, pharmacist Mother: Jeannette Ryan Marriage:

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the February 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was acquitted in the case. Facts Trayvon Benjamin Martin, born February 5, 1995, was an African American high school student who lived in Miami Gardens, Florida, with his mother, Sybrina Fulton. In February

By Stephanie Elam, CNN The West is in its worst drought in centuries, scientists reported Monday. A study published in Nature Climate Change found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest in 1,200 years. Last year’s drought severity was “exceptional,” researchers said, and all indications are the extreme conditions will continue through 2022.

By Holly Yan and Aileen Graef, CNN Once again, a bomb threat has derailed classes at Howard University — one of more than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities targeted with bomb threats during Black History Month. “A shelter-in-place order has been issued following a bomb threat against the main campus,” the university’s Department

By Pamela Kirkland, Kevin Conlon and Eric Levenson, CNN The three White men who chased down and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, had previously used racist language and followed Arbery because of their perceptions of Black people, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements of their federal hate crimes trial. “At the end of

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Some students’ rights were violated during a revival assembly led by an evangelical preacher at a high school, a West Virginia school district investigating the gathering said in a statement. Students involved in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a nonprofit Christian sports ministry, conducted the assembly during a noninstructional homeroom period

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Bieber. Personal Birth date: March 1, 1994 Birth place: London, Ontario, Canada Birth name: Justin Drew Bieber Father: Jeremy Bieber Mother: Patricia Mallette Marriage: Hailey Baldwin (2018-present) Other Facts Pattie Mallette was a teenage single mother who worked low paying jobs

By Joe Sutton and Amir Vera, CNN At least 11 people were stabbed Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico — and police believe the same suspect was responsible for each attack. “Officers are investigating 7 possible scenes — stretching from Downtown to Central and Wyoming — with reports of 11 stabbing victims,” the Albuquerque Police Department

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Canadian authorities made headway over the weekend against protesting truck drivers and others who have been blocking US border crossings and occupying parts of the country’s capital in opposition to Covid-19 rules. The “Freedom Convoy” protests began in late January over Canada’s new vaccine mandate for truckers entering the country from

By AJ Willingham, CNN Happy Valentine’s Day, and happy Conveniently Call In Sick to Work Day for all the Los Angeles Rams fans out there. Super Bowl LVI certainly got hearts a-flutterin’, didn’t it?Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things

By Dakin Andone, CNN A 79-year-old man is finally standing trial this week, eight years after he fatally shot a man who was texting in a Florida movie theater. Opening statements began Monday in the trial of Curtis Reeves, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the killing of Chad

By Laura Studley, CNN The New York Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating after a Jewish man was reportedly punched in the face Friday, police said, marking the second weekend in a row the task force was investigating incidents against members of the Jewish community. Anti-Semitic graffiti was also discovered two weeks running,

By Amir Vera, Maureen Chowdhury and Deena Zaru, CNN Sunday’s Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show not only featured some of the greatest artists in hip-hop, but it also saw Eminem taking a knee. The kneeling took place after the rapper performed his 2002 hit “Lose Yourself.” The kneeling gesture became a subject of controversy

By Joe Sutton and Sonnet Swire, CNN An American Airlines flight was diverted to Kansas City International Airport in Missouri on Sunday afternoon because of “an unruly passenger,” the airline said in a statement. “American Airlines flight 1775 with service from Los Angeles (LAX) to Washington, D.C. (DCA) diverted to Kansas City (MCI) due to

By Dakin Andone and Alta Spells, CNN Dozens of potential jurors will return to a Brunswick, Georgia, courthouse Monday to see if they’ll be impaneled to hear the federal hate crimes trial against the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. The judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys spent last week questioning potential jurors, exploring their views

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The San Francisco 49ers football team said Sunday a “network security incident” had disrupted some of the organization’s computer systems, after a ransomware gang claimed the NFL franchise as a victim. News of the incident broke just hours before the kickoff of Super Bowl LVI, which the 49ers would be playing

By Liam Reilly and Emma Tucker, CNN A search is underway for a second suspect involved in a Bronx shooting on Saturday night that killed two men, according to the New York Police Department. One of the two suspects involved in the shooting, a 28-year-old man, was taken into custody with charges pending against him.

By Amanda Watts and Emma Tucker, CNN Border patrol agents have rescued three Haitian migrants in what they described as a “harrowing rescue” operation after they found the family stranded in the middle of the Rio Grande, the office said in a statement. US Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s Super Bowl Sunday! Millions of people will tune into the matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals later today, but for many viewers, it’s all about the commercials — some of which cost a record $7 million for just 30 seconds of airtime. Here’s what else you

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Washington’s Birthday, also called Presidents’ Day, a federal holiday marked on the third Monday in February. In 2022, Washington’s Birthday is on February 21. Facts The official federal holiday on the third Monday in February is called Washington’s Birthday. People started calling it Presidents’ Day later, to honor

By Claire Colbert, CNN It’s that time of year again… Super Bowl Sunday is upon us! Whether you’re in it for the game, the commercials, or the halftime show, here’s everything you need to know about Super Bowl LVI. What time is the Super Bowl and how can I watch it? Super Bowl LVI kicks

By Scottie Andrew, CNN This weekend, Javi Gomez is traveling nearly 500 miles from his native Miami to Florida’s capital in Tallahassee to plead his case against a piece of legislation LGBTQ advocates are calling the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. He’s nervous. He’s ready. In elementary school, classmates called him names for what they thought

By Megan Marples, CNN Superb Owl. No wait, Super Bowl. Too late. Instead of Super Bowl information, one small typo later and your search results are filled with owl content instead. And we’d like to encourage you to lean into the error. Because owls truly are “superb.” These birds are a far cry from football,

By Raja Razek, CNN Seven Chicago firefighters were injured Saturday while battling a fire that raged through a home on the city’s South Side and blew some of the responders off the porch as they tried to control the flames, officials said. Firefighters arrived at the scene of the fire in the Roseland neighborhood at

By Laura Studley, CNN New York State Police are investigating a trooper-involved shooting in downtown Buffalo on Saturday that left one person dead and the trooper injured, the agency said in a news release. Around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, authorities responded to reports of a vehicle traveling more than 100 mph on Interstate 90 in Erie

By Emma Tucker and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A federal judge reversed a Trump administration decision that removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list in the continental United States after a coalition of wildlife organizations argued the move seriously threatened the animal’s population. On Thursday, US District Judge Jeffrey S. White in Northern California

By Emma Tucker and Andy Rose, CNN Two people who were on board a small plane that crashed on a Houston golf course on Friday night survived with injuries after they were extricated by firefighters, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The single-engine aircraft was damaged in the crash, and the two passengers are

By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Janice Cooke remembers the first time she heard bugs murder a tree over the phone. It was at the height of the petulance plague, when the warming Canadian Rockies gave rise to swarms of beetles so Biblical they were able to kill 100,000 big lodgepole pines in a

By Peter Nickeas, CNN The shooting death of Amir Locke by a Minneapolis SWAT officer serving a no-knock warrant during a homicide investigation last week has prompted calls for an end to the practice of serving high-risk warrants on homes without giving occupants a chance to open the door. There’s growing consensus among policing leaders

By Gregory Wallace, CNN Deaths and crashes linked to drunken driving dropped almost 20% in Utah, the only state with a lower legal limit of .05, according to a new study. The conclusions are a piece of encouraging news for highway safety, where the number of deaths rose at the highest rate ever recorded during

By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN David Bracho became a nurse after nearly two decades in the US Army Reserve. He’s now working in a Covid-19 ward at Rush Medical Center in Chicago — and he recognizes the parallels. He was deployed twice, Bracho said, and what he saw in Afghanistan is similar to what he has

By Giselle Rhoden, Nick Valencia and Jade Gordon, CNN Three weeks ago, Brittany Murphree enrolled in Law 743, a unique class for the University of Mississippi. Despite the skepticism from fellow Republican friends and family, the second-year law student wanted to take the class “to see what it’s all about.” “Honestly, I love it,” Murphree

By Sarah Moon and Steve Almasy, CNN A California man who had symbols linked to the extremist Boogaloo movement pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges related to a 2020 “drive-by shooting” outside a federal building complex in Oakland, the US Department of Justice said in a news release Friday. Steven Carrillo, who was

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN After a week of backlash, the University of Alabama System’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to name a building after the school’s first Black student instead of having her share the name with a Ku Klux Klan leader. The trustees reversed a February 3 decision to name the building Lucy-Graves Hall

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A former administrator for the Little Rock School District (LRSD) in Arkansas pleaded guilty to mail fraud on Wednesday after spending more than $230,000 in school district funds for her personal online shopping, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas. From August

By Maximillian Boudreaux, CNN A triple homicide committed 50 years ago has been solved after the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina received information revealed by a Georgia inmate during a visit with his son. In February 1972, a man and his wife went with a neighbor to check on her parents and brother

By Peter Nickeas, CNN Prosecutors declined to bring charges against an Orange County, California, sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man 16 months ago during a struggle over a fellow deputy’s gun that started as a street stop for jaywalking. The sheriff’s office released video of the incident in February 2021, and the prosecutors’ office

By Joe Sutton, CNN A man who was told to wear a mask at a well-known Chicago hot dog restaurant threw snow at an employee and shattered the business’ glass door, authorities said Thursday. The Wieners Circle in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood tweeted a surveillance video showing a man standing without a mask in the

By Sharif Paget, CNN A Flagler County, Florida, school district bus driver accused of driving drunk while 40 middle school students were on board was arrested Wednesday, police said. Mark McNeill was allegedly found to have four times the legal limit of blood alcohol content at the time of his arrest, according to the Flagler

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Nearly 58 years ago, Marise Chiverella was murdered and her body left in a hole in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. She was only 9 years old. State police worked tirelessly over the years but were unable to identify her killer until now. Thanks to DNA and genealogy tracking, authorities announced Thursday, they have

By Jennifer Henderson, Nick Valencia and Jade Gordon, CNN Two White men are facing criminal charges after a Black FedEx Express driver alleged that he was chased and shot at while delivering packages in Brookhaven, Mississippi. When he called police to report the shooting, he says he was told by the dispatcher that they had

By Christina Maxouris, CNN An Illinois woman held hostage in her home was rescued after her daughter noticed she had not sent her Wordle score and alerted local authorities. The woman, 80-year-old Denyse Holt, told CNN affiliate WBBM that a naked man entered her Lincolnwood home, dragged her around the house, disconnected phone lines, and

By Caroll Alvarado, Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN Doctors in Houston placed a 9-year-old girl in a medically induced coma after she was shot in the head during an apparent road rage incident, the girl’s grandmother told CNN on Thursday. Ashanti Grant is fighting for her life at the hospital, her family said. Surgeons

By Taylor Romine, Priya Krishnakumar and Christina Maxouris, CNN A man who allegedly assaulted a Chinese immigrant in New York City last year has been charged with murder in the second degree as a hate crime, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday. Jarrod Powell allegedly approached 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma from behind as the

By Amir Vera and Tina Burnside, CNN A select committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives will investigate the death of Ronald Greene in state police custody and “who knew what and when” during the two years it took for videos of incident to be released, according to Speaker Clay Schexnayder. The announcement from Schexnayder

By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN Authorities have released the no-knock search warrants for the raid that led to 22-year-old Amir Locke’s killing earlier this month — and the documents show St. Paul police argued the controversial method was the safest way to execute their search, for both officers and suspects. “A no-knock warrant

By Dakin Andone, Ashley Killough and Joe Sutton, CNN The Dallas County District Attorney’s office has announced pre-indictment criminal charges against two police officers in connection to their use of force in response to demonstrators during May 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd. Dallas Police Senior Corporal Ryan Mabry is being charged in

By Travis Caldwell, CNN The parents of Amir Locke, who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police during the execution of a no-knock warrant, called for the abolition of the practice at a news conference Thursday. Locke was shot and killed in the early hours of February 2 by police conducting a no-knock warrant on a

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Samuel Felinton shuffled into his high school auditorium last week for what his teacher told him was a mandatory assembly. Little did he know, the guest speaker was an evangelical preacher holding a Christian revival assembly. Despite asking, Felinton, who is Jewish, says he wasn’t allowed to be excused from it.

By Taylor Romine, CNN Three graduate students in Harvard University’s anthropology department are suing the school, claiming it failed to protect students from sexual abuse and career-ending retaliation by a professor, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The plaintiffs, Margaret Czerwienski, Lilia Kilburn and Amulya Mandava, allege that John Comaroff, a professor of African and

By Michelle Watson, CNN Instacart, the grocery delivery service that Justin Krumbah worked for, donated $50,000 to a GoFundMe account that was set up for his funeral costs, according to a statement from the company. Krumbah was killed Monday during a deadly shooting at a Fred Meyer store in Richland, Washington, CNN previously reported. The

By Gregory Lemos and Amy Simonson, CNN A police officer in Florida shot a man after mistaking his gun for a Taser, an initial review of the case suggests, police said in a statement. The shooting last year is gaining growing attention after the man’s attorney announced a public records lawsuit against the Hollywood Police

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning actress, Joanne Woodward. Personal Birth date: February 27, 1930 Birth place: Thomasville, Georgia Birth name: Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward Father: Wade Woodward, school administrator and traveling salesman Mother: Elinor (Trimmier) Woodward, aircraft factory worker Marriage: Paul Newman (January 29, 1958-September 26, 2008, his death)

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, which killed six people and injured more than 1,000. Six suspects were convicted of directly participating in the bombing. The seventh suspect, Abdul Rahman Yasin, is still at large. Facts The explosion created a hole 200 feet by 100 feet, several

By Stella Chan, Cheri Mossburg and Amir Vera, CNN Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday afternoon for residents in the Irvine Cove and Emerald Bay areas of Laguna Beach, California, hours after a dangerous brush fire threatened homes, city and fire officials said. The blaze, dubbed the Emerald Fire, covers 150 acres and is 10% contained,

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Super Bowl Sunday is right around the corner — and so is a potential traffic nightmare. More than 70,000 fans will flock to SoFi stadium in Los Angeles for the matchup, creating extreme gridlock. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security is warning that a convoy of truckers protesting Covid-19 mandates may

By Jeremy Harlan, CNN A man suspected of killing a woman and injuring two other people last week inside a church in Aurora, Colorado, was killed by police officers Wednesday night after he shot a man, carjacked two vehicles and robbed a store, authorities said. A man who police believe to be Jose De Jesus

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A Colorado woman accused of profiting off the fake illnesses of her 7-year-old daughter before the girl’s death in 2017 has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Kelly Turner pleaded guilty in January as part of plea agreement to felony theft, felony charity fraud and child abuse negligently causing death,

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Spelman College, a historically Black institution, received another bomb threat this week — and just days after a round of threats rattled more than a dozen HBCUs across the US. This was the third threat to the all-women school this year, and it prompted all classes to be canceled and a

By Maya Brown, CNN An Alabama legislative committee has advanced two bills designed to further protect Confederate monuments and criminalize people who attempt to remove them. State Sen. Gerald Allen introduced the bills Tuesday. Under one of the proposed bills, the fine for removing a monument would increase from a flat fee of $25,000 to

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Another beachfront home in North Carolina collapsed into the ocean, officials with the National Park Service said Wednesday, as tides get higher and rising sea levels eat away at the coast. High tides in Rodanthe, where the home was located, have been slightly higher than normal over the past couple of

CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the Academy Awards, also known as the “Oscars.” March 12, 2023 – The 95th Annual Academy Awards ceremony takes place, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting for the third time. March 27, 2022 – The 94th Annual Academy Awards ceremony takes place, with Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of activist, actor and Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown. He played his entire career with the Cleveland Browns. Personal Birth date: February 17, 1936 Birth place: St. Simons Island, Georgia Birth name: James Nathaniel Brown Father: Swinton Brown, a professional boxer Mother:

By Sarah Moon, CNN The authority to impose penalties for noncompliance with Los Angeles County’s vaccine mandate for public workers soon could shift way from department heads who may not be carrying it out — namely the powerful and outspoken sheriff who says 4,000 of his employees could face being fired because of stiffer enforcement.

By Joe Sutton, CNN A federal judge has approved a settlement prohibiting Minnesota authorities from arresting, threatening to arrest, or using force against journalists. In addition, officials with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) are not permitted to use chemical agents or to seize or intentionally damage journalists’ equipment,

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Are you up for a challenge? Fall in love with taking care of your body! Replacing a “typical Western diet” focused on red meat and processed foods with an “optimized diet” can add up to 13 years to your life, according to a new study. Here’s what you need to know

By Topher Gauk-Roger and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The University of California system has reached a $243.6 million settlement with more than two hundred people who allege they were sexually abused by former UCLA obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. James Heaps, according to a statement Tuesday from university officials and the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Heaps worked part-time as a gynecologist

By Joe Sutton and David Williams, CNN A 12-year-old Black girl was disqualified from a Wisconsin swim meet over the weekend for wearing a homemade Black Lives Matter swimsuit, but organizers quickly reversed the decision and let her swim. Sarah Lyons told CNN that her daughter Leidy Gellona is very interested in social justice and