CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of televangelist Pat Robertson. Personal Birth date: March 22, 1930 Birth place: Lexington, Virginia Birth name: Marion Gordon Robertson Father: Absalom Willis Robertson, politician Mother: Gladys Churchill (Willis) Robertson Marriage: Adelia “Dede” (Elmer) Robertson (August 27, 1954-2022, her death) Children: Timothy, Elizabeth, Gordon and Ann Education:
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN A camel escaped from a petting zoo and killed two people in Tennessee Thursday, authorities said. Deputies received a call of a camel attacking people near Shirley Farms in Obion, the Obion County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. They arrived and found two unconscious people and the camel still on
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By Rebekah Riess, Amanda Watts and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office and Adnan Syed, whose case became nationally known in the “Serial” podcast that ran in 2014, have agreed to request “additional forensic testing,” including enhanced DNA tests, in the case, the office announced. Syed is serving a life sentence after
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN Three Maryland middle schoolers have been charged as juveniles with a hate crime after threatening Middletown Middle School’s Black students, a spokesperson for the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) told CNN Thursday. FCSO deputies and school resource officers responded to the school Wednesday after social media threats posted on Instagram and
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN Three Maryland middle schoolers have been charged as juveniles with a hate crime after threatening Middletown Middle School’s Black students, a spokesperson for the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) told CNN Thursday. FCSO deputies and school resource officers responded to the school Wednesday after social media threats posted on Instagram and
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By Andy Rose, Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Ray Sanchez, CNN A judge in Texas blocked the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to investigate gender-affirming care of minors as “child abuse.” “The court finds sufficient cause to enter a temporary injunction,” Judge Amy Clark Meachum in Travis County said Friday evening. The judge
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By John Blake, CNN The doctor pleaded with Paige Deiner to close her eyes and sleep. But she refused to listen. She was terrified. “If I go to sleep, I’m not going to wake up,” she told him. It was an October night in 2021, and Deiner was fighting for her life, and the life
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By Jamiel Lynch and Aya Elamroussi, CNN People in Alabama will not be required to obtain a permit or undergo a background check to carry a concealed weapon beginning next year. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed Thursday legislation into law that removes the requirement for concealed carry permit — making Alabama the 22nd state to
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN America, the “land of the free,” is getting quite costly. Prices for gas, food and housing — which are all necessary expenses — are spiking across the country. Gas prices have risen 38% over the past year, and rising prices in pandemic-related sectors, such as travel and dining, are also expected
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN America, the “land of the free,” is getting quite costly. Prices for gas, food and housing — which are all necessary expenses — are spiking across the country. Gas prices have risen 38% over the past year, and rising prices in pandemic-related sectors, such as travel and dining, are also expected
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN America, the “land of the free,” is getting quite costly. Prices for gas, food and housing — which are all necessary expenses — are spiking across the country. Gas prices have risen 38% over the past year, and rising prices in pandemic-related sectors, such as travel and dining, are also expected
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN America, the “land of the free,” is getting quite costly. Prices for gas, food and housing — which are all necessary expenses — are spiking across the country. Gas prices have risen 38% over the past year, and rising prices in pandemic-related sectors, such as travel and dining, are also expected
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN America, the “land of the free,” is getting quite costly. Prices for gas, food and housing — which are all necessary expenses — are spiking across the country. Gas prices have risen 38% over the past year, and rising prices in pandemic-related sectors, such as travel and dining, are also expected
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By Paradise Afshar, Amy Simonson and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Police in the US and Canada are warning drivers to take extra steps to protect their vehicles from possible gas thefts as fuel prices surge at a pace not seen in over a decade. Sanctions against oil producer Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have pushed
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, Amy Simonson and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Police in the US and Canada are warning drivers to take extra steps to protect their vehicles from possible gas thefts as fuel prices surge at a pace not seen in over a decade. Sanctions against oil producer Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have pushed
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By Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN Victims of opioid abuse and their families on Thursday confronted members of the family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, recounting their immeasurable loss and pain caused by the highly addictive painkillers. The emotional hearing came one day after a US bankruptcy judge approved a settlement that requires
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By Ashley Killough, CNN Texas has opened nine alleged abuse investigations of minors receiving gender-affirming health care, Patrick Crimmins, a Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) spokesman, confirmed to CNN Thursday. Civil rights groups said in a court hearing last week they were aware of at least three families facing investigation. The Dallas Morning
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Latino, Black and Native American populations were significantly undercounted in the 2020 census, officials announced Thursday. The undercount rate for the Latino population was more than three times the rate for that group in 2010, according to Census estimates. Overall, officials estimate .24% of the nation’s population, or about 782,000
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN A wolverine was captured on video by a tourist in Yellowstone National Park this week — an impressive feat considering a research survey conducted in the park from 2006 to 2009 only documented seven of them. Park visitor Carl Kemp was on a tour through the world’s first national park on
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By Brandon Miller and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The West is far from the only region experiencing remarkably dry weather so far this year. According to Thursday’s report from the US Drought Monitor, more than 61% of the contiguous US is in some classification of drought. It is the largest portion of the country in a
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