‘I got elected to shake things up’: Lightfoot on time as mayor
CNN’s Omar Jimenez sits down with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to discuss her time in office and her plans for the city.
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CNN’s Omar Jimenez sits down with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to discuss her time in office and her plans for the city.
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Widespread heat will be a concern as we continue into the weekend, but some areas of mid-Missouri could be dealing with more intense heat compared to others. There is a phenomenon called the urban heat island effect, and it impacts us here in mid-Missouri, specifically in cities such as Columbia or Jefferson City and the
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Officers on Thursday afternoon arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the shooting, according to a Jefferson City Police Department news release. He was already awaiting trial for first-degree robbery from a 2019 incident, police said.
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been criticized as “racist” — even as a Black woman — and she’s been called “notoriously thin-skinned” but she remains determined to leave a legacy far beyond her time in office. Still navigating the Covid-19 pandemic and the record surge in violence that came with it,
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Staff at nursing homes in California are no longer prohibited from deliberately misgendering residents, a California district court ruled this month, saying the ban that was enshrined as part of a 2017 law was a violation of staffers’ freedom of speech. ​Equality California, a nonprofit that aims to protect LGBTQ Californians,
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By Elizabeth Stuart, Rachel Clarke and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Atlanta Public Schools, one of the nation’s first districts to begin its school year next month, will require masks for all students and teachers in school and on buses, the district announced Thursday. The announcement comes despite Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s rolling back such measures in
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former governor of California. Personal Birth date: July 30, 1947 Birth place: Thal, Austria Birth name: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger Father: Gustav Schwarzenegger, police officer Mother: Aurelia Jadrny Marriage: Maria Shriver (April 26, 1986-December 28, 2021, divorced) Children: with Maria Shriver: Christopher,
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Eric Levenson, CNN A co-ed sleepaway camp in New York said that 31 campers between 7 and 11 years old have tested positive for Covid-19 — but none of their vaccinated 12-and-up campers did. Camp Pontiac, located in Copake, NY, about a two-hour drive from New York City, said in a
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By Nadine Schmidt, Frederik Pleitgen, Barbara Wojazer and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found. The death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the
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CNN’s Sam Kiley takes a walk in Schuld, Germany, where the scale of destruction from the deadly flash flooding is revealed after the floodwater has subsided.
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By Neelam Bohra and Radhika Marya, CNN The Ponca tribe buried Chief Standing Bear more than a century ago in what is now Nebraska. But Standing Bear’s tomahawk, a symbol of protest against US government policies that didn’t define Native Americans as “people under the law,” has been sitting since 1982 in a glass case
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By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN The daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotelier who inspired the movie “Hotel Rwanda,” has hit out at Rwandan authorities after a report emerged that she was on a list of people targeted by Pegasus, a military-grade spyware licensed by an Israeli company to governments. Carine Kanimba’s phone number was
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Firefighters were sent to the restaurant at 2815 S. Ten Mile Drive on Thursday morning for a fryer on fire, according to a news release. The restaurant was evacuated and firefighters put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong. Personal Birth date: August 5, 1930 Death date: August 25, 2012 Birthplace: Wapakoneta, Ohio Birth name: Neil Alden Armstrong Father: Stephen Armstrong, auditor Mother: Viola (Engel) Armstrong Marriages: Carol (Held Knight) Armstrong (June 12, 1994-August 25, 2012, his death); Janet (Shearon) Armstrong
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said the state could expect more than half a billion dollars as part of a settlement between several states and painkiller manufacturers. Attorney General Schmitt made the announcement alongside the families of people affected by the opioid epidemic. Schmitt said the final details of the settlement
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, composed of sculptures of the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Facts The monument is located on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum selected the four presidents to represent
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, which killed 224 people. Terrorist group al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombings. Facts The bombings took place eight years to the day after US troops were ordered to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of award-winning television producer Norman Lear, the creator of some of television’s most popular shows of his time, including “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son” and “The Jeffersons.” Personal Birth date: July 27, 1922 Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut Birth name: Norman Milton Lear Father:
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 1996 Olympic Park Bombing in Atlanta. Facts Two people died and more than 100 others were injured as a result of a bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Alice Hawthorne, 44, of Albany, Georgia, was killed by the explosion. Turkish cameraman Melih Uzunyol
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Francois Hollande, former president of France. Personal Birth date: August 12, 1954 Birth place: Rouen, Normandy, France Birth name: François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande Father: Georges Hollande, a physician Mother: Nicole Tribert, a social worker Marriage: Julie Gayet (June 4, 2022-present) Children: with Ségolène
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