By Nicole Chavez, CNN A visitor center will open next to the iconic Stonewall Inn to honor and preserve the history of the fight for LGBTQ rights, the nonprofit Pride Live announced on Tuesday. The nearly 3,700 square feet center in New York City is expected to open in the summer of 2024 after a
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN After a long day of putting the mega moon rocket through its paces, NASA’s Artemis team is determining the pathway to launch — and just how long or short that path may be. Monday’s crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulated every stage of launch without the rocket leaving
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Facts Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 11 other countries, buried there since the 1860s. More than three million people visit the cemetery annually. The Arlington estate was originally owned
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco. Personal Birth date: July 2, 1964 Birth place: Havana, Cuba Birth name: Jose Canseco Capas Jr. Father: Jose Canseco Sr. Mother: Barbara Capas Canseco Marriages: Jessica Sekely (1996-2000, divorced); Esther (Haddad) Canseco (1988-1992, divorced) Children: with Jessica
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The classroom door, it turned out, could not be locked from the inside, yet there is no indication officers tried to open the door while the gunman was inside.
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, visibly frustrated with the constantly changing information released about what happened the day 19 children and two teachers were gunned down, lashed out Tuesday, telling residents at a city council meeting he’s tired of being kept in the dark about what
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN The state trial of former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng for their alleged role in George Floyd’s killing has been moved up to October, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled Tuesday. Cahill earlier this month had pushed the trial back to January 2023. Thao and Kueng have
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Rob Picheta, CNN Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the Baltic coast that could soon be dragged into the Kremlin’s war. Russia has reacted furiously after Lithuania banned the passage of sanctioned goods across its territory and into Kaliningrad. But Lithuania
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Rob Picheta, CNN Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the Baltic coast that could soon be dragged into the Kremlin’s war. Russia has reacted furiously after Lithuania banned the passage of sanctioned goods across its territory and into Kaliningrad. But Lithuania
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Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN A 5-year-old boy died after his mother left him inside a car outside the family’s home in Houston while she prepared for her daughter’s birthday party on Monday, a law enforcement official told CNN affiliate KTRK. The mother was in a rush when she got home with her son and 8-year-old
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the National Guard, a reserve military force and the oldest component of the US armed forces. Facts The National Guard consists of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. There are more than 440,000 soldiers and airmen in the National Guard, as of June 2022. The
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Courtney Love, singer, songwriter and actress. Personal Birth date: July 9, 1964 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Love Michelle Harrison Father: Hank Harrison Mother: Linda Carroll Marriages: Kurt Cobain (1992-1994, his death); James Moreland (1989-1989, divorced) Children: with Kurt Cobain: Frances Bean
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Rosa Flores, CNN For weeks, the heartbroken families of children massacred in an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school have been calling for accountability over the delayed police action in tackling the gunman. On Tuesday, the top Texas official in charge of the investigation described the response as an “abject failure.” At the
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Prince William has revealed why he swapped his royal garb for a red vendor jacket and took to the streets of London to sell The Big Issue magazine, which offers employment opportunities to people in poverty. Ahead of the Duke of Cambridge celebrating his 40th birthday on Tuesday, he wrote
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau After days of mounting public pressure, Chinese police have finally issued an update on the investigation into a brutal restaurant attack in Tangshan — but the statement has done little to quell public outrage, or address concerns for the victims. The assault, which took place in the early
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, voted Thursday to dissolve itself, triggering new elections. On Friday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will officially take over as caretaker prime minister under the terms of a coalition agreement made between outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Lapid last year. Because Lapid — a former journalist
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN A mix of anger at local officials, frustration with the school district’s police department and heart-breaking sadness over last month’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School dominated the open forum at Monday’s school board meeting in Uvalde, Texas. Eight people — parents of victims along with residents — spoke during the
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. As expected, maximum sunshine and intense heat are forecast across much of the drought-stricken US for the foreseeable future. Meteorologists also say power grid failures could impact vast portions of the country
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. As expected, maximum sunshine and intense heat are forecast across much of the drought-stricken US for the foreseeable future. Meteorologists also say power grid failures could impact vast portions of the country
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