By Ashley Strickland, CNN Our planet has a celestial sentry leading the way around the sun, and it’s only the second Earth Trojan asteroid ever discovered. Astronomers observed asteroid 2020 XL5 using the Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in Chile. A study detailing the discovery of the Earth Trojan asteroid published Tuesday in the journal Nature
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Stephen J. Hadley, former national security adviser to US 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 Caroline
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations. Personal Birth date: June 13,1944 Birth place: Chunchongbuk-do Umsong, Republic of Korea Birth name: Ban Ki-moon Parents: Names unavailable publicly Marriage: Yoo Soon-taek (1971-present) Children: Hyun-hee, Woo-hyun and Seon-yong Education: Seoul National University, B.A., 1970; Harvard University,
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The final prelaunch test of Artemis I, an uncrewed mission serving as the first step of NASA’s ambitious program to return humans to the moon, has been delayed until mid-March, according to the agency. This could also push the actual launch of Artemis I to April or May. The mission’s Space
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By Caitlin Kaiser, Monica Garrett, Brandon Miller, Allison Chinchar and Dave Hennen, CNN A winter storm has begun to bring heavy snow, sleet and dangerous icy conditions to dozens of major cities across the Central Plains and the Midwest. Follow live updates | Track the snow | Sign up for weather email alerts Here’s how
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By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Tim Lister, CNN More evidence has emerged of a steady build-up of Russian military equipment and deployments around Ukraine, with new satellite images revealing a further expansion of the military presence at multiple locations in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia. Russian forces have moved into Belarus in the last two weeks.
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By Giselle Rhoden and Dalila Paul, CNN After 73 Confederate monuments were removed or renamed in 2021, there are now 723 left in the US, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The findings were announced Tuesday during the group’s news briefing on the release of the third edition of “Whose Heritage?” The report is
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Emmy award-winning news anchor Tom Brokaw. Personal Birth date: February 6, 1940 Birth place: Webster, South Dakota Birth name: Thomas John Brokaw Father: Anthony Orville “Red” Brokaw, construction foreman Mother: Eugenia “Jean” (Conley) Brokaw, post office clerk Marriage: Meredith (Auld) Brokaw (August 17, 1962-present) Children:
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By Michelle Watson, CNN Prosecutors are suing an Illinois-based Covid-19 testing company over allegedly storing tests in garbage bags, operating without licensure in some locations and improperly collecting customers’ insurance information. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed the lawsuit Monday against the Center for COVID Control (CCC), its testing lab and two of its
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Groundhog Day, an American tradition that is meant to predict when spring will arrive. February 2, 2022 – Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, predicting six additional weeks of winter. February 2, 2021 – Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, predicting six additional weeks of winter. Facts The groundhog emerges
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By Amanda Watts, CNN Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Wednesday, meaning that if you believe in a groundhog’s ability to predict the weather — we’re in for six more weeks of winter. Phil and his friends at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, have been predicting the seasons since 1887, according to his website. Though Phil
Continue Reading By Amanda Watts, CNN Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Wednesday, meaning that if you believe in a groundhog’s ability to predict the weather — we’re in for six more weeks of winter. Phil and his friends at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, have been predicting the seasons since 1887, according to his website. Though Phil
Continue Reading By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Tim Lister, CNN More evidence has emerged of a steady build-up of Russian military equipment and deployments around Ukraine, with new satellite images revealing a further expansion of the military presence at multiple locations in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia. Russian forces have moved into Belarus in the last two weeks.
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By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA intends to keep operating the International Space Station until the end of 2030, after which the ISS would be crashed into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo, according to newly published plans outlining its future. Launched in 2000, the space lab has orbited 227 nautical
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By Andrew Carey, CNN Amnesty International has become the latest human rights organization to accuse Israel of apartheid for its treatment of Palestinians, prompting an angry response from Israel, which has denounced the report as anti-Semitic. Amnesty’s nearly 300-page report, released Tuesday, details “inhuman or inhumane acts of forcible transfer, administrative detention, torture, unlawful killings
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s Groundhog Day, and according to tradition, we’ll get six more weeks of winter if furry Phil sees his shadow. Shadow or not, forecasts are showing a powerful storm brewing that threatens to bring a potentially crippling combination of snow and ice across much of the US. More than 90 million
Continue Reading By Caitlin Kaiser, Monica Garrett, Brandon Miller, Allison Chinchar and Dave Hennen, CNN A winter storm has begun to bring heavy snow, sleet and dangerous icy conditions to dozens of major cities across the Central Plains and the Midwest. Follow live updates | Track the snow | Sign up for weather email alerts Here’s how
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By Chris Boyette and Aya Elamroussi, CNN An off-duty New York Police Department officer was shot Tuesday night during an attempted robbery after he got out of his car when two men tapped on its window with a gun, police officials said. Two suspects were arrested in connection to the shooting, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell
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By Rachel Ramirez, Ella Nilsen and John Keefe, CNN Amid a surge in gas prices and slow action on clean energy in Congress, a new poll shows Americans are unhappy with US energy policies and unsatisfied with the quality of their environment. The annual Gallup “Mood of the Nation” poll, which was conducted from January
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By Cheri Mossburg, Stella Chan and Kevin Flower, CNN A former UCLA lecturer is in custody for allegedly making threats toward the university after emails with a link to an 800-page manifesto containing “very alarming” accounts of violence led investigators to Boulder, Colorado, according to authorities. Upon reviewing the emails, UCLA police tracked the author,
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