Month: February 2024
New York’s Rubin Museum is closing its doors — but will live on as a ‘museum without walls’
By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — New York’s Rubin Museum of Art, home to one of the world’s largest and most important collections of Himalayan art, announced on Wednesday that it will close its doors in October. The museum, founded by Shelley and Donald Rubin two decades ago, houses nearly 4,000 Himalayan art objects, introducing
Continue ReadingExtreme heat, wildfire smoke harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most, study finds
By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Extreme heat and wildfire smoke on their own are harmful to the human body, but the combination of both increases damage to people’s hearts and respiratory systems, according to a study released Friday. The research, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and
Continue ReadingDaytona 500 Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Daytona 500, the first race of the racing season for NASCAR. February 19, 2024 – William Byron wins the 66th Annual Daytona 500. Originally scheduled to take place on February 18, the race was delayed a day due to heavy rain. February 19, 2023 –
Continue ReadingStephen Hadley Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Stephen J. Hadley, former national security adviser to President George W. Bush. Personal Birth date: February 13, 1947 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Birth name: Stephen John Hadley Father: Robert Hadley Jr. Mother: Suzanne (Bentley) Hadley Marriage: Ann (Simon) Hadley Children: Kate and
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Vladimir Putin Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Personal Birth date: October 7, 1952 Birth place: Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia Birth name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Father: Vladimir Putin, factory foreman Mother: Maria Putina Marriage: Lyudmila (Shkrebneva) Putina (July 28, 1983-2014, divorced) Children: Yekaterina and Maria Education:
Continue ReadingAdrian Beltré to have Rangers logo on baseball Hall of Fame plaque. No team emblem for Jim Leyland
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrián Beltré will have a Texas Rangers’ logo on his baseball Hall of Fame plaque and Jim Leyland will not have any team emblem. The hall made the announcement Friday, 10 days after Beltré was elected by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Leyland was elected in December by the contemporary
Continue ReadingThese are their stories: Sam Waterston to leave ‘Law & Order’ later this month after 400 episodes
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Waterston, who has played the spiky, no-nonsense district attorney on “Law & Order” since the mid-1990s, is stepping down from his legal perch. The last episode for Waterston’s Jack McCoy will be Feb. 22, NBC said Friday. He has been in more than 400
Continue ReadingUN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. food agency says it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese military, led by Gen.
Continue ReadingFani Willis acknowledges a ‘personal relationship’ with prosecutor she hired in Trump’s Georgia case
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis acknowledged in a court filing on Friday having a “personal relationship” with a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump but argued there are no grounds to dismiss the case or to remove
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Mizzou names Brian Early as defensive line coach
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football has filled another coaching vacancy, following the departure of Blake Baker and Kevin Peoples to LSU. The Tigers officially hired Houston’s Brian Early to serve as the team’s next defensive line and edge coach. “Brian is a coach that’s been on our radar for awhile now,” Mizzou football coach Eli
Continue ReadingKansas is poised to expand tax credit for helping disabled workers after debate over low pay
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer Kansas is poised to expand an income tax credit for goods and services purchased from companies and nonprofits employing disabled workers. Legislative action this week came a year after a debate over how much the state should buck a national trend against paying those workers below the minimum wage.
Continue ReadingFlorida trooper and truck driver killed during high-speed chase on Interstate 95
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a state trooper and a truck driver were killed after the trooper chased a reckless driver into the opposite direction of Interstate 95. Officials say the driver made an illegal U-turn and the trooper followed him, turning into the path of a tractor-trailer. Both the
Continue ReadingEl hombre sospechoso de decapitar a su padre compró un arma el día antes de dispararle mortalmente y abusar de su cadáver, según la Fiscalía
Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Esta historia incluye descripciones explícitas que algunos lectores pueden considerar perturbadoras. (CNN) — El hombre acusado de mostrar la cabeza cortada de su padre durante un discurso políticamente cargado en línea esta semana disparó a matar al trabajador federal con una pistola que había comprado solo un día antes, dijo
Continue ReadingBig Ten, SEC forming joint advisory group to find solutions to college sports issues
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference are formally trying to find solutions to the issues facing college sports. The two wealthiest and most-powerful college conferences announced Friday the formation of a joint advisory group of university leaders and athletic directors. The group’s members and what exactly it
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Clive Davis reflects on the music he and Whitney Houston were planning before her sudden death
CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Legendary music producer Clive Davis remembers too well when Whitney Houston suddenly died over Grammys weekend 12 years ago. “It was painful. First of all, it was shocking. I had been with her 48 hours earlier,” Davis recalled in an interview with CNN this week. The superstar singer was
Continue ReadingAs Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain-scrambled parade schedule in New Orleans
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends of elaborate parades. Three parades were scheduled to roll Friday night with no weather complications expected. But
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‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ will no longer be exclusive to Spotify
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Spotify announced a new multiyear partnership deal with podcaster Joe Rogan. His hit podcast will no longer be exclusive to the audio app and instead now be distributed to a variety of platforms, the streamer announced Friday. “The Joe Rogan Experience” had been Spotify’s last exclusive podcast,
Continue ReadingCómo y dónde votar en las elecciones presidenciales de El Salvador: horarios, documentos, boleta
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El próximo 4 de febrero más de 6 millones de salvadoreños están convocados a las urnas para elegir al próximo presidente, vicepresidente y 60 diputados que integrarán la Asamblea Legislativa. Nayib Bukele, actual presidente —con permiso de la Asamblea Legislativa para la campaña electoral— busca reelegirse para un segundo mandato.
Continue ReadingIdaho coroner releases names of the 3 men who were killed when a Boise aircraft hangar collapsed
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The names of three Idaho men killed when an airport hangar under construction in Boise collapsed were released by the Ada County Coroner on Friday. Mariano Coc Och, 24, and Mario Sontay Tzi, 32, both of Nampa, were pronounced dead at the scene along with Craig Durrant, 59, of Boise. Durrant
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