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Month: February 2024

Jamie Dimon Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Personal Birth date: March 13, 1956 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: James Dimon Father: Theodore Dimon, stockbroker Mother: Themis Dimon Marriage: Judith “Judy” (Kent) Dimon (May 1983-present) Children: Julia,

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues a nonprofit that helps migrants

Texas AG sues a nonprofit that helps migrants, accusing it of ‘alien harboring.’ But the group calls the lawsuit ‘unfounded’

By Amy Simonson, Ed Lavandera and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Texas’ Republican attorney general is suing a Catholic nonprofit that assists migrants, claiming his office has information “strongly suggesting” the group has engaged in “alien harboring, human smuggling, and operating a stash house,” according to a news release. Ken Paxton is now trying to revoke the

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Jefa notarial del Ministerio de Defensa de Uruguay acusada de trata de migrantes venezolanos

Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Seis personas, entre ellas la jefa notarial del Ministerio de Defensa de Uruguay, Sonia Mora Pintos, fueron imputadas por los supuestos delitos de “trata de personas” y “asociación para delinquir” de decenas de venezolanos en el departamento de Artigas, en el norte del país, fronterizo con Brasil y Argentina. Estas

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Nigeria’s union workers are on strike nationwide over soaring inflation and unmet promises

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government employees and other union workers have begun a new nationwide strike that threatens to shut down key services while people are angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain. Since taking office last year, President Bola Tinubu has enacted policies that include doing away

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Biden administration taps $366M to fund clean energy for Native American tribes and rural areas

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America President Joe Biden’s administration is announcing funding for 17 projects to expand renewable energy access on Native American reservations and in other rural areas. The $366 million plan will fund solar, battery storage and hydropower projects across 20 states, including on land involving 30 tribes. The administration wants

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‘God Save Texas’ offers three homegrown views of life in the Lone Star State

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Wedding the deeply personal to the political, “God Save Texas” turns three filmmakers loose on their hometowns, using their memories and current realities to explore the justice system, race and environmentalism through the complex prism of the very conservative Lone Star State. With Lawrence Wright’s book as connective tissue,

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Ben Affleck learned to ‘compromise’ with Jennifer Lopez on being more public with their relationship

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There’s a moment in Jennifer Lopez’s documentary “The Greatest Love Story Never Told” in which she learns that her co-star Jane Fonda is worried about Lopez “overly flaunting” her relationship with Ben Affleck. Turns out Fonda wasn’t the only one with concerns. The project gives a behind-the-scenes look

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UN experts call on authorities in Belarus to pardon a cancer-stricken imprisoned opposition leader

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Experts from the U.N. Human Rights Commission have appealed to Belarusian authorities Monday to pardon an opposition politician diagnosed with a severe form of cancer while in prison. The 66-year-old Ryhor Kastusiou is the leader of the Belarusian Popular Front party. He is serving a 10-year

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