Americans in 1998 tried to predict 2025. Here’s what they got right

In the year 1998 – when Bill Clinton was president, most households still had landline phones, and CNN’s website looked like this – Gallup and USA Today called up 1,055 Americans on those landlines ...
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Joe Biden said in 1998 that Clinton impeachment could be seen as ‘partisan lynching’

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday denounced President Donald Trump’s comparison of the ongoing impeachment inquiry to a “lynching,” but in a 1998 interview, the then-senator from ...
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Gingrich in 1998 ‘sickened’ by Starr critics

Only a 2-hour ferry from the US coast, explore crystal clear waters, conch salad and snorkel a shipwreck ...
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Graham, critic of House Dem process, praised depositions in 1998 impeachment proceedings

Sen. Lindsey Graham and other congressional Republicans have slammed House Democrats for conducting their impeachment inquiry with depositions behind closed doors, but Republicans also used ...
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1998: Clinton admits to Lewinsky scandal

‘Survivor’ contestant and PE teacher goes on the show with a stutter. This is his message to his students ...
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William Barr decried ‘hatchet jobs’ on Ken Starr in 1998

William Barr said in a 1998 interview that he was “disturbed” that Attorney General Janet Reno had not defended independent counsel Ken Starr from “spin control,” “hatchet jobs” and “ad hominem ...
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1998 US Embassies in Africa Bombings Fast Facts

(CNN)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 ...
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CNN says goodbye to John Holliman

ATLANTA (CNN) -- They recalled his love of life -- his family, his job as CNN correspondent, his friends. But, mostly, those who gathered at Wednesday's untimely funeral for John Holliman spoke of his ...
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Larry King to Jerry Springer on ‘The Jerry Springer Show’: Why do you want to run a circus? (1998)

Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and longtime TV host whose tabloid talk show was known for outrageous arguments, joined “Larry King Live” in 1998 to talk about his role on “The Jerry ...
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Judge overturns Alaska’s same-sex marriage ban that dates to 1998

In 1998, Alaska became the first of two states to pass a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. On Sunday, a federal judge overturned the 16-year ban, saying the Constitution guarantees ...
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Woman pleads guilty to kidnapping newborn in 1998, raising her to adulthood

Two decades after taking a baby from a hospital and raising the child as her own, a South Carolina woman pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping and interference with custody, prosecutors said. Gloria ...