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Barbara Walters Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of famed journalist Barbara Walters. Personal Birth date: September 25, 1929 (some sources say 1931) Death date: December 30, 2022 Birth place: Boston, Massachusetts Birth name: Barbara Jill Walters Father: Lou Walters, a theater producer Mother: Dena (Selett) Walters Marriages: Merv Adelson (1986-1992, divorced); Lee Guber

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Rev. Jesse Jackson is expected to be discharged from a rehabilitation facility on Sept. 22

Rev. Jesse Jackson is discharged from rehab facility after being hospitalized for Covid-19

By Carma Hassan and Devon M. Sayers, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson was discharged from a rehabilitation facility Wednesday following an earlier diagnosis of Covid-19. Jackson was being treated at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago after he and wife Jacqueline Jackson were hospitalized for Covid-19 in August. The couple were released from Northwestern Memorial

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Silvia Hernandez's mother taught her at a young age to make the traditional dishes of her native Mexico. Those lessons sparked her interest in the culinary arts

The pandemic has hit the restaurant business hard. That’s creating an opportunity for some immigrant women in Denver

By Ana Cabrera and Jeremy Harlan, CNN Most mornings, Silvia Hernandez barely has time to turn on the sign adorning her name at her eatery in Denver, Colorado. As breakfast orders come in, she’s working the flattop grill — flipping French toast, cracking eggs and warming tortillas for the green chile pork burritos that the

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The women-only Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills

Number of women serving life sentences without parole has surged over the past decade, report shows

By Christina Carrega, CNN The number of women inmates serving life without the possibility of parole has risen 43% since 2008, adding to an already aging prison population nationwide, according to a new report from the Sentencing Project, an organization that advocates for criminal justice policy changes. That means nearly 2,000 women now serving life-without-parole

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The FBI is asking for the public's help in finding Gabby Petito's fiancé Brian Laundrie after a coroner made an initial determination that Petito died by homicide.  A pictures of Gabby Petito and her fiancé before her disappearance is seen.

Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito were involved in an incident in Wyoming restaurant in late August, witnesses say

By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson, Amanda Watts, Randi Kaye and Kari Pricher, CNN A couple from Louisiana who were vacationing in Jackson, Wyoming, last month said Wednesday they saw an incident involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie in a restaurant in one of the last sightings of Petito before her death. Nina Angelo told CNN

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An exhausted Haitian father cradles his son on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande from Del Rio

Texas governor approves miles-long steel barrier of police vehicles to deter the more than 8,000 migrants in Del Rio

By Amir Vera, Carma Hassan and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN With 8,600 migrants remaining under the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday officials are using “unprecedented” methods to deter migrants from crossing into the state, including parking Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles for miles along the border

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An exhausted Haitian father cradles his son on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande from Del Rio

Texas governor approves miles-long steel barrier of police vehicles to deter the more than 8,000 migrants in Del Rio

By Amir Vera, Carma Hassan and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN With 8,600 migrants remaining under the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday officials are using “unprecedented” methods to deter migrants from crossing into the state, including parking Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles for miles along the border

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