Chicago Teachers Union votes to continue in-person learning with Covid-19 measures
By Adrienne Broaddus, Elizabeth Stuart, David Shortell, Paul P. Murphy, Amir Vera and Omar Jimenez, CNN The roughly 25,000 rank-and-file members of…
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MLB star pinch hits for local elementary school hurt by staff shortages
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Schools around the country have been experiencing teacher shortages, but one elementary school had a Major League Baseball…
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By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN Three men are in custody after federal and local authorities arrested them in connection with the fatal shooting…
Continue ReadingDesperate to fill teacher shortages, school districts ask parents and various staff to become substitutes
By Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN With more teachers sickened or sidelined by the highly contagious Omicron variant, school districts across the…
Continue ReadingA baby is in stable condition after three people found him in a dumpster and called police
By Michelle Watson and Christina Maxouris, CNN A newborn baby is in stable condition after people looking through a dumpster found the infant and…
Continue Reading2 Oklahoma inmates ask federal judge for firing squad option in executions
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN A federal judge in Oklahoma said Monday that he aims make a decision by the end of this week on a petition filed by two…
Continue ReadingFour people, including infant, survive crash of medical transport helicopter
KYW By Hannah Sarisohn and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Four people survived when a helicopter transporting a pediatric medical patient crashed in Delaware…
Continue ReadingA bartender helped police ID the men who burned Key West’s iconic Southernmost Point buoy
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A Key West, Florida, bartender who had worked a busy New Year’s Eve shift helped police track down two men suspected of…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the life of Olaf Scholz, the chancellor of Germany. Personal: Birth date: June…
Continue ReadingNew Barbie honors journalist Ida B. Wells
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Ida B. Wells, the famed Black journalist who worked to expose the horrors of lynching, has now been immortalized by Barbie. The…
Continue ReadingFour people, including infant, survive crash of medical transport helicopter
By Hannah Sarisohn and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Four people survived when a helicopter transporting a pediatric medical patient crashed in Delaware…
Continue ReadingOff-duty Los Angeles police officer fatally shot while house-hunting with his girlfriend
By Stella Chan, CNN An off-duty officer was fatally shot during an attempted robbery while house-hunting with his girlfriend, according to Los…
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CNN CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the College Football Playoff, a four-team seeded postseason format which began for the 2014 season…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Grammy-winning author and poet Maya Angelou. Personal Birth date: April 4, 1928 Death date: May…
Continue ReadingNavy agrees to halt operations at a Hawaii fuel facility tied to tainted water after military families got sick
By Chris Boyette and Holly Yan, CNN After a petroleum leak contaminated drinking water and sickened military families and children in Hawaii, the US…
Continue Reading5 things to know for January 11: Covid, Congress, Chicago, Immigration, North Korea
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The Georgia Bulldogs won their first Division I football title since the 1980 season, toppling the No. 1 Alabama Crimson…
Continue Reading5 things to know for January 11: Covid, Congress, Chicago, Immigration, North Korea
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The Georgia Bulldogs won their first Division I football title since the 1980 season, toppling the No. 1 Alabama Crimson…
Continue Reading5 things to know for January 11: Covid, Congress, Chicago, Immigration, North Korea
By AJ Willingham, CNN The Georgia Bulldogs won their first Division I football title since the 1980 season, toppling the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide…
Continue ReadingChicago students are set to return to school after the teachers union and city landed a deal on Covid-19 measures
By Chris Boyette, Raja Razek, Amir Vera, Holly Yan and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN For the first time in a week, Chicago students are expected back in…
Continue ReadingThe fatal shooting of a man by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina is under state investigation
By Devon M. Sayers, CNN State authorities in North Carolina are investigating the killing of a man Saturday by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy,…
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