School boards around the country are under fire. What exactly do they do?
By Theresa Waldrop School board members around the country have faced heckling, protests, even death threats and at least one lawsuit recently.…
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Start your week smart: Severe storm, Richard Gere, Afghanistan, Colin Powell, G20
By Faith Karimi, CNN Colin Powell broke many barriers to become one of the nation’s top diplomats. Beside him all along was one quiet force:…
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CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN High US inflation will likely dog the economy until the latter part of 2022, predicts Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Then…
Continue ReadingTexas Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-migrant plan: Many arrested, many detained, few prosecuted
By Rosa Flores, CNN The 27-year-old man tried to hold it together as he walked to his cell. It was weeks since he had been arrested. Weeks with no…
Continue ReadingAs the trial for Ahmaud Arbery’s killing starts, activists from across the country are showing up to support him and his family
By Angela Barajas, CNN “I love my people! I love my Black people!” said Marcus Arbery, Sr. this week as he neared the steps of the Glynn…
Continue ReadingKobe Bryant’s wife learned about the basketball legend’s death from social media posts, testimony shows
By Andy Rose, CNN Vanessa Bryant, the widow of Kobe Bryant, said she learned about the basketball star’s death when social media notifications…
Continue ReadingWith Brian Laundrie dead, here’s where else authorities could look for answers on what happened to Gabby Petito
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Brian Laundrie, who authorities had said could help fill in at least some of the blanks about what Gabby Petito’s…
Continue ReadingHow Puerto Rico became the most vaccinated place in America
By Ray Sanchez, CNN A member of a scientific coalition advising Puerto Rico’s government on the coronavirus pandemic recently joked about the…
Continue ReadingHow a plane crashed with more than 20 people on board and everyone survived
By Ray Sanchez, CNN When a plane carrying baseball fans to a playoff game crashed in Houston Tuesday, one passenger remembered hearing the words…
Continue ReadingThis family has 3 daughters born on August 25, and they’re not triplets or twins
By Sherry Liang, CNN For three of the past six years, Kristin Lammert has spent August 25 in a delivery room. She calls herself a planner, but…
Continue ReadingOne person was killed and seven more injured at an off-campus party near Fort Valley State University
By Alaa Elassar and Melissa Alonso, CNN One person was killed and seven more were injured in a shooting incident at an off-campus party near Fort…
Continue ReadingMeet the 15-year-old blind quarterback hoping to reach the NFL
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Jasen Bracy is unstoppable when he’s on the football field. The 15-year-old Modesto Raiders starting quarterback is…
Continue ReadingColin Powell’s love story started with an accidental date — and lasted six decades
By Faith Karimi, CNN From the streets of New York to the Vietnam battlefields and the power corridors of Washington, Colin Powell broke racial…
Continue ReadingBrian Laundrie’s mother says letter to her son saying ‘burn after reading’ was meant to show how much she loved him
CNN By Jean Casarez, CNN Brian Laundrie’s mother says the letter she wrote to her son asking him to “burn after reading” pre-dated…
Continue ReadingThe manhunt for Brian Laundrie is over. But several big questions remain
By Dakin Andone, CNN The discovery of Brian Laundrie’s remains this week ends a manhunt that had gripped the country for weeks as investigators…
Continue ReadingSuspect in 2018 mass shooting outside New Orleans strip mall has been charged, police say
By Melissa Alonso and Kay Jones, CNN A man faces multiple murder charges in a mass shooting more than three years ago outside a New Orleans strip…
Continue ReadingIt’s proving difficult to find a jury in the trial for Ahmaud Arbery’s killing. Potential jurors either know the case well, know the defendants or are scared
By Angela Barajas, Martin Savidge and Christina Maxouris, CNN Finding jurors to sit in the trial for the three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s…
Continue ReadingA Utah school district ignored hundreds of racial harassment complaints against Black and Asian American students, DOJ says
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Black and Asian American students were harassed at a school district in Utah for years and officials deliberately ignored…
Continue ReadingMinneapolis police officer is charged in fatal high-speed crash
By Emma Tucker A Minneapolis police officer was charged with manslaughter for allegedly crashing his squad car into a vehicle during a high-speed…
Continue ReadingColorado police sergeant under investigation after he is reported by another officer for misconduct
CNN By Caroll Alvarado, CNN A Colorado police officer has been put on administrative leave and an internal investigation is underway after another…
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