CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-nominated actress Winona Ryder. Personal Birth date: October 29, 1971 Birth place: Winona, Minnesota Birth name: Winona Laura Horowitz Father: Michael Horowitz, rare books dealer Mother: Cynthia (Istas) Horowitz Other Facts She has been nominated for an Academy Award two times: Once for “The Age
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of actress Angela Lansbury. Personal Birth date: October 16, 1925 Death date: October 11, 1922 Birth place: London, England Birth name: Angela Brigid Lansbury Father: Edgar Lansbury, businessman Mother: Moyna (McGill; also seen as MacGill) Lansbury, actress Marriages: Peter Shaw (August 12, 1949-January 29, 2003,
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By Jack Guy and Tim Lister, CNN Afghanistan will resume issuing passports to its citizens, its interior ministry announced Tuesday, in a first under the country’s new Taliban government. Ministry spokesman Qari Saeed Khosti said it will provide applicants with documents physically identical to those issued by the previous government, which issued passports under the
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Dennis Kucinich, former Ohio congressman. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1946 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: Dennis John Kucinich Father: Frank Kucinich, a truck driver Mother: Virginia (Norris) Kucinich Marriages: Elizabeth (Harper) Kucinich (2005-present); Sandra Kucinich (1977-1986, divorced); Helen Kucinich (divorced) Children: with
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By Gregory Lemos, CNN The Orange County, Florida, medical examiner confirmed Tuesday that the body found in a wooded area near the Tymber Skan on the Lake apartment complex in Orlando on Saturday is 19-year-old Miya Marcano. “A positive identification of a female whose body was recovered in a wooded area on October 2, 2021
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Korean exports seem to be sweeping the world’s screens, headsets and runways — and now more than 20 words of Korean origin have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its September update. Over the past two decades, South Korea has churned out entertainment coveted by millions of fans,
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By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN The sister of Brian Laundrie has doubled down on her assertion she has no idea where he is, as authorities search for him after the death of his fiancée, Gabby Petito. “No, I do not know where Brian is. … I’d turn him in,” Cassie Laundrie said in
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN In a metallic gold gown, her dual-toned hair curled into effortless waves, Evan Bialosuknia looked every bit the undisputed queen of her high school homecoming. She’d been nominated to her Orlando school’s homecoming court, with enough votes to get her name on the ballot for homecoming queen. She thought she might
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN In a metallic gold gown, her dual-toned hair curled into effortless waves, Evan Bialosuknia looked every bit the undisputed queen of her high school homecoming. She’d been nominated to her Orlando school’s homecoming court, with enough votes to get her name on the ballot for homecoming queen. She thought she might
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Gerry Adams, former president of Sinn Fein, the leading republican political party in Northern Ireland. Personal Birth date: October 6, 1948 Birth place: Belfast, Northern Ireland Birth name: Gerard Adams Father: Gerry Adams, laborer and republican activist Mother: Annie (Hannaway) Adams, mill worker Marriage: Colette
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, CNN A bronze bust of George Floyd, part of Confront Art’s “SEEINJUSTICE” exhibition, was defaced on Sunday morning, according to the New York City Police Department. The bust — one of the three statues at Confront Art’s installation, which debuted on Thursday but opened to the public on Friday evening — was
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN The sister of Brian Laundrie has doubled down on her assertion she has no idea where he is, as authorities search for him after the death of his fiancée, Gabby Petito. “No, I do not know where Brian is. … I’d turn him in,” Cassie Laundrie said in
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The DART mission, or NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. After launching in November, NASA will
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The DART mission, or NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. After launching in November, NASA will
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By Maeve Reston, CNN Photographs by Kyle Grillot for CNN The oil spill off the coast of Orange County is a slow-moving disaster that is still hard for many residents to detect with the naked eye. As officials expanded their efforts to contain it, local residents and vacationers were bracing for impact — scanning a
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By Jason Hanna, CNN The chase for Powerball’s latest monster jackpot has ended in California. Monday night’s $699.8 million jackpot, the seventh largest in US lottery history, had one winning ticket — sold at a grocery store in the coastal city of Morro Bay, the California Lottery said. The winning numbers were 12, 22, 54,
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By Rob Picheta and Katie Hunt, CNN The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi, whose groundbreaking work over the past 60 years predicted climate change and decoded complex physical systems. Manabe, 90, and Hasselmann, 89, were jointly honored for “the physical modelling of Earth’s climate,
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency yesterday in response to the oil spill currently coating parts of the Southern California coast. Though teams are working to contain the spill, it’s still threatening the local environment, and the extent of the damage may not be known for weeks. Here’s
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency yesterday in response to the oil spill currently coating parts of the Southern California coast. Though teams are working to contain the spill, it’s still threatening the local environment, and the extent of the damage may not be known for weeks. Here’s
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency yesterday in response to the oil spill currently coating parts of the Southern California coast. Though teams are working to contain the spill, it’s still threatening the local environment, and the extent of the damage may not be known for weeks. Here’s
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