Students create change through their nonprofit
By Lauren Sennet Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — The American Assimilation Helpline (AAH!), an…
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Jill Biden goes back to school
By Kate Bennett, CNN Of all the educators returning to classrooms in person this fall, only one will be ferried there by a motorcade of Secret…
Continue ReadingHuman Rights Campaign terminates president over how he helped Cuomo retaliate against an accuser
By Joe Sutton and Rob Frehse, CNN The Human Rights Campaign has terminated its president Alphonso David following an investigation last month over…
Continue ReadingJudge tosses death sentence in Dru Sjodin slaying
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted in the 2003 slaying of a…
Continue ReadingAs federal unemployment benefits end, Chicago businesses hope employees will return
By Michelle Gallardo Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — It’s game day in Wrigelyville. A server…
Continue ReadingYoung Sikhs still struggle with post-Sept. 11 discrimination
By ANITA SNOW and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Young Sikh Americans still struggle with discrimination a generation after Sept.…
Continue ReadingFriends and fellow artists pay tribute to Michael K. Williams
By Marianne Garvey, CNN Following Michael K. Williams’ sudden passing, his friends, fellow actors and directors are paying tribute to the…
Continue ReadingDelta variant eight times less sensitive to neutralizing antibodies from vaccines in a lab setting: study
By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The Delta variant may have taken…
Continue ReadingAttorneys for man convicted of murdering wife, 3 kids, seek his release
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHANNAHON, Illinois (WLS) — Attorneys for an Oswego man convicted of…
Continue ReadingVatican won’t say if women can vote in 2023 church meeting
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Vatican officials are refusing to say whether women will have a vote when Pope Francis convenes the…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans businesses survived Katrina and Covid. Now they’re contending with Ida
By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Wayne Encalarde’s utility truck and trailer were parked in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward 16 years ago when…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans businesses survived Katrina and Covid. Now they’re contending with Ida
CNN, CNNBUSINESS, KPRC, KATC, WDSU By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Wayne Encalarde’s utility truck and trailer were parked in New…
Continue ReadingLondon honors Muppets creator Jim Henson with blue plaque
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London has honored American Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, with a blue plaque outside his…
Continue ReadingPolice: Wrong-way crash leaves 3 dead on interstate
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story WILL COUNTY, Illinois (WLS) — Three people died in a wrong-way crash…
Continue ReadingIAEA seeks Japan transparency in release of Fukushima water
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed…
Continue ReadingIAEA seeks Japan transparency in release of Fukushima water
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed…
Continue ReadingBrutal attack prompts Spanish PM to hold hate crime meeting
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is convening an urgent meeting of a committee that oversees efforts to fight hate crime after…
Continue ReadingThe Duchess of Cornwall has become patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the…
Continue ReadingThe Duchess of Cornwall has become patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center
CNN By Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the…
Continue ReadingDixie Fire is blazing its way to becoming California’s biggest ever
By Kelly McCleary and Alta Spells, CNN The Dixie Fire in northern California is on its way to becoming the largest wildfire in the state’s…
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