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
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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
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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 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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By Travis Caldwell and Jenn Selva, CNN The man accused in the Tuesday shooting deaths of two police officers at Bridgewater College in Virginia was a former student-athlete, according to the school. Alexander Wyatt Campbell, 27, attended Bridgewater College from 2013-2017 and was member of the track and cross-country teams, Logan Bogert, a communications coordinator
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Amanda Musa, CNN The University of Utah has suspended all social activities at fraternities and sororities after two reports of sexual assault that allegedly occurred at two different fraternity houses, according to a letter from the university. “All social activity at the University of Utah’s fraternity and sorority chapters has been suspended for two weeks,”
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN About 18 months after ditching the “Redskins” for its racist connotations, the National Football League’s Washington franchise is set to unveil its new team name and logo on Wednesday. Washington will continue to use its burgundy and gold color scheme but have given few clues as to the new identity. Team
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By Helen Regan, CNN The Pacific island nation of Tonga has gone into lockdown after reporting its first community cases of Covid-19, weeks after a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated parts of the archipelago. Two positive cases were discovered among front line workers at a port in the capital Nuku’alofa, where aid continues to
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Jenn Selva, CNN The man accused in the Tuesday shooting deaths of two police officers at Bridgewater College in Virginia was a former student-athlete, according to the school. Alexander Wyatt Campbell, 27, attended Bridgewater College from 2013-2017 and was member of the track and cross-country teams, Logan Bogert, a communications coordinator
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