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First Moon Landing Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar

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Steve Jobs Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., maker of the Macintosh computer, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Personal Birth date: February 24, 1955 Death date: October 5, 2011 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Steven Paul Jobs Father: Adoptive – Paul Jobs,

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Chicago’s 4th of July weekend death toll surpassed the Highland Park shooting. ‘I thought there would be more outcry,’ mother says

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Angela Gregg’s 4-year-old son, Mychal Moultry Jr., known to loved ones as MJ, was killed by a stray bullet while getting his hair braided last year during Labor Day weekend in Chicago’s South Side neighborhood Woodlawn. She remembers him as a genius who was set to skip ahead to kindergarten after

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5,000 pounds of meth seized in San Diego County when truck is followed after crossing border, officials say

By Sharif Paget, CNN More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine were seized this week after authorities in San Diego County tracked and intercepted a truck that crossed the US border from Mexico, officials said Friday. Four men from Tijuana, Mexico, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute the highly addictive drug in what officials

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Simulation shows tsunami waves as high as 42 feet could hit Seattle in minutes should a major earthquake occur on the Seattle Fault

By Amanda Musa, CNN A simulation released by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) shows the impact of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on the Seattle Fault. “Tsunami waves could be as high as 42 feet at the Seattle Great Wheel and will reach inland as far as Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park,” Washington State DNR

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys appeal her federal conviction and sentence

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell have appealed her conviction and 20-year federal prison sentence for carrying out a yearslong scheme with her longtime confidante Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Maxwell’s defense argument was not immediately available, but her attorneys have maintained her innocence since her 2020 arrest,

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Attorneys for family of Randy Cox will meet with Connecticut US Attorney, demand federal civil rights investigation

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Attorneys representing a Connecticut man who suffered a serious injury to his neck and spine while in police custody last month say the family wants a federal civil rights investigation into the incident. Family Attorney Ben Crump said he is meeting with the Department of Justice Friday to

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