CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at basketball legend and NBA superstar Michael Jordan. Personal Birth date: February 17, 1963 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Michael Jeffrey Jordan Father: James Jordan, business owner Mother: Deloris (Peoples) Jordan Marriages: Yvette Prieto (April 27, 2013-present); Juanita Vanoy (September 2, 1989-December 29, 2006, divorced) Children: with
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Fewer than one-third of Americans believe that House GOP leaders are prioritizing the country’s most important issues, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Neither party’s congressional leadership earns majority approval, and Republicans are particularly likely to express discontent with their own party leadership. Just 27% of US adults
Continue ReadingSamantha Beech, CNN The chief executive of the Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation has doubled down on using facial recognition at its venues to bar lawyers suing the group from attending events. Speaking to Fox 5 on Thursday, MSG Executive Chairman and CEO James Dolan said Madison Square Garden is a private company and therefore
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Amarachi Orie, CNN From pointing to animated arm movements and nodding, people regularly employ gestures to accompany and create language. Now, it’s been suggested that humans can also understand sign language used by apes, meaning humans may retain an understanding of ape communication from their ancestors. Great apes deploy more than
Continue ReadingThomas Page, CNN The campaign by American photographer Nan Goldin to shame galleries and museums into cutting ties with the Sackler families, the owners of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, was always under a lens — that was part of its point. Beginning in 2018, a number of noisy protests at some of the art world’s
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By AJ Willingham, CNN For some people, relaxation looks like settling down with a nice glass of wine and the most graphic, disturbing tale of murder imaginable. True crime stories have always appealed to our baser natures. Now, the genre is practically a lifestyle, with endless docuseries, podcasts and investigations to binge and discuss over
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A bicameral group of almost 80 lawmakers urged the Biden Administration to reverse the expansion of Title 42 and to abandon the proposed asylum “transit ban” rule.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Smithson Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — An entrepreneur and content creator living in Houston, Texas, has purchased a Middle Tennessee mansion that was considered a total loss by fire officials after it went up in flames in September. Mike Thakur, who is originally from the United Kingdom,
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By Claire Metz Click here for updates on this story DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — Students at Bethune-Cookman University are asking leaders to restart contract negotiations with Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed. The protest spilled out onto the street in front of campus. “We voice concerns. We send emails all the time. No
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — The LEGO Group, makers of the beloved building toy, will be moving hundreds of jobs into Boston in the coming years. The company announced plans on Tuesday to relocate its head office for the Americas from Enfield, Connecticut, by the end of
Continue ReadingBy Emily Sanderson Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — A Cincinnati family got a special surprise military homecoming surprise this week. United States Air Force Technical Sergeant Jonathan Capelle surprised his kids at Mars Hill Academy during lunch time. Capelle was greeted with hugs and kisses from his children, second-grader Chanan
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La Cancillería de Perú anunció este jueves que retiró de manera “definitiva” a su embajador en Honduras, a raíz de las declaraciones de la presidenta Xiomara Castro acerca de la crisis que vive el país sudamericano durante la cumbre de la CELAC realizada en Buenos Aires. “El Gobierno ha retirado definitivamente
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By Louie Tran Click here for updates on this story CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (WXII) — A North Carolina woman captured a viral photo of a flight attendant comforting a woman passenger who was nervous about flying. WXII 12 News talked with Molly Lee from Raleigh. She said she was flying from Charlotte to New York
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By WXII12.com Web Staff Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — One woman who was born at a Winston-Salem fire station met with her heroes who helped deliver her when she was born. The 22-year-old, Jane’a Watson, was welcomed to the world when she unexpectedly came out of her mother’s
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By Andy Alcock Click here for updates on this story OAK GROVE, Missouri (KMBC) — An Oak Grove K-9 officer and his handler discovered what’s believed to be roughly 5 grams of pure fentanyl. Officer Andy Anderson and his dog Merlin, a nearly 7-year-old Belgian Malinois, made the bust last Wednesday at an Oak Grove
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Ozaki Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — There’s a lot of noise over a bill that would allow a “moment of silence” in public schools. State Sen. Tom Briese believes a moment of quiet reflection to start off the day in school could have a lot of benefits.
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Newly unsealed bankruptcy documents revealed thousands of creditors to whom FTX owes money after the once-mighty crypto exchange collapsed in November. Wall Street heavyweights including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan were named in the creditor list, which includes businesses, charities, individuals and other entities in a 116-page document filed late Wednesday. FTX
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Weeks of historic rainfall in California won’t be enough to end a severe drought, but it will provide public water agencies serving 27 million people with much more water than the suppliers had been told to expect a month ago, state officials announced Thursday. The Department
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By Sooji Nam Click here for updates on this story LAKE WORTH, Florida (WPBF) — Tina Podhurst was shocked when she found antisemitic pamphlets on her driveway over the weekend. She has been living in the Lake Worth community for about 15 years and says something like this has never happened to her before. “This
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A federal grand jury in Los Angeles is gathering evidence in a criminal investigation of Goodyear recreational vehicle tires that the government blames for crashes that killed eight people and injured dozens of others. The grand jury has subpoenaed Arizona lawyer David Kurtz seeking all documents
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