CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jill Biden, wife of 46th US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1951 Birth place: Hammonton, New Jersey Birth name: Jill Tracy Jacobs Father: Donald Jacobs, banker Mother: Bonny Jean (Godfrey) Jacobs Marriages: Joe Biden (June 17, 1977-present); Bill Stevenson (1970-1975, divorced)
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Pulitzer Prizes. The prizes are presented every spring in recognition of achievements in journalism, music, literature and drama. Other Facts May 9, 2022 – The Pulitzer Prizes are announced. June 11, 2021 – The Pulitzer Prizes are announced. Joseph Pulitzer, known as one of the greatest newspaper
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN The winner of the inaugural “American Song Contest” was announced Monday. Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg hosted the reality competition series in which singer/songwriters represented their home states and territories to snag the prize for best original song. K-pop performer AleXa from Oklahoma won this season. The show is based
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Deangelis Click here for updates on this story BEDFORD, New York (WCBS) — Some parents in Westchester County are outraged after photos of special needs students using the bathroom at school were allegedly spread on social media. One mother sat down with CBS2’s Jenna DeAngelis on Monday to share her concerns. “This has
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By JUSTIN SPIKE and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The European Union wants to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, but Hungary has emerged as one of the biggest obstacles to unanimous support needed from the bloc’s 27 member nations. The sanctions would phase out
Continue ReadingVictoria Fernandez (CNN) — El exjugador de la NBA Adreian Payne fue asesinado a tiros en Orlando, según las autoridades de Florida. Los agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Orange acudieron a un tiroteo poco después de la 1 de la madrugada, hora del este, y encontraron a Payne, de 31 años,
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Erling Haaland looks sure to be coming home. The future of the Norway striker is set to be finalized this week and the expectation is he will leave Borussia Dortmund to join Manchester City as the English club’s belated replacement for Sergio Aguero. The 21-year-old Haaland is one of
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer VIENNA (AP) — Revisions for the expanded Champions League format have been agreed on by UEFA officials, clubs and leagues with a scaled-back first phase and a curb on how past performances can earn qualification. People with knowledge of the talks tell The Associated Press that the reformatted
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Peloton’s uphill ride to get more sales is getting rougher as more people return to gyms and other pre-pandemic exercise routines and embrace cheaper options. The maker of high-end exercise bikes and treadmills, once highflying in the early days of the pandemic, on Tuesday reported mounting
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Dos periodistas fueron asesinados este lunes en el estado mexicano de Veracruz, según la fiscalÃa del estado, que dijo haber iniciado una investigación sobre los asesinatos. La fiscalÃa dijo en Twitter que la directora del sitio web de noticias El Veraz, Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi, y la reportera Sheila Johana GarcÃa
Continue Reading By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A hearing began Tuesday in federal court in Cleveland that will help a judge determine how much CVS, Walgreens and Walmart should pay two northeast Ohio counties to help them ease the continuing opioid crisis. A jury in November concluded that the three pharmacy chains were responsible
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN According to Joe Alwyn, he didn’t mean to create the melody and first verse of “Exile” on girlfriend Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” album. At least that’s what he tells GQ magazine. “It was really the most accidental thing to happen in lockdown,” he told the publication. “It wasn’t like, ‘It’s three
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — The Italian Cup final could mark the first of two trophies for Inter Milan. Inter plays Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Wednesday. It then has two league matches to play and is two points behind AC Milan. The Italian Cup final is arguably
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business As the recovery from the pandemic took off last year, everything investors touched turned to gold. The US stock market leaped 27%. Bitcoin rocketed to a record high. Commodities like oil and copper soared. Even alternative investments, from trading cards to wine, experienced a boom. Now, the glee of the
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A trial involving two soccer spouses, one of whom publicly called out the other for allegedly leaking her private social media posts to a British tabloid newspaper, opened Tuesday in London. Rebekah Vardy, 40, sued for libel after Coleen Rooney, 36, accused her of sharing the Instagram
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business US Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark is pushing back against Senator Elizabeth Warren and others who blame high inflation on dominant corporations. “They’re just plain wrong,” Clark told CNN in a rare interview. “We’ve had decades of low inflation. There wasn’t some magic burst of consolidation in the last
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street appeared headed for gains when the market opens on Tuesday after recent losses dragged some benchmarks to their lowest levels in more than a year as war, inflation and rising interest rates have rattled investors in 2022. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Peloton’s turnaround plan can’t happen fast enough: The at-home fitness company continues to lose money — and it’s quickly running out of cash. The once-hot company reported a dismal quarterly financial report Tuesday, with sales tumbling 15% from a year ago. Peloton lost $757 million last quarter. Peloton said it
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN A bipartisan group of more than 100 mayors on Tuesday endorsed President Joe Biden‘s nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as the White House races to garner enough support to get Steve Dettelbach confirmed by the Senate. The group sent a letter from the US Conference
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By Daniel Dale, CNN A former Democratic congressional candidate went viral on Twitter over the weekend with a false claim that Tennessee has banned Plan B, a pregnancy-preventing emergency contraceptive known as a “morning-after pill.” Pam Keith’s inaccurate tweet came five days after Politico revealed a February draft opinion in which a Supreme Court majority
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