Avlon: This is the new litmus test for the GOP
CNN’s John Avlon says Republicans once critical of former President Donald Trump are reversing course as a political…
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White House press secretary reacts to killing of Haiti’s president
White House press secretary Jen Psaki sends condolences from the White House to the people of Haiti after the Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse, was…
Continue ReadingSuspect has been charged after an Indiana police officer on the FBI Task Force was killed
By Amir Vera, Taylor Romine and Rob Frehse, CNN The man who allegedly shot and killed a veteran Indiana officer serving on an FBI Task Force in Terre…
Continue ReadingInvestigation finds no racial bias by employee who cut biracial girl’s hair, Michigan school district says
By Taylor Romine and Keely Aouga, CNN There was no racial bias at play when a Michigan school staff member cut a biracial child’s hair, the…
Continue ReadingA 12-foot Burmese python has been loose in a Louisiana mall store for days
By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Search teams in Baton Rouge are rolling snake eyes when it comes to finding Cara, a large, banana-yellow…
Continue ReadingFlorida authorities find dead woman in retention pond. Her injuries are consistent with an alligator attack
By Amir Vera, CNN The body of a dead woman was found in retention pond in the Tampa area Sunday, and authorities say her injuries appear consistent…
Continue ReadingIn the heap of concrete and twisted steel, the imprint of lives lost, memories and dashed hope
By Rosa Flores, Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Ray Sanchez, CNN The hulking pile of concrete and twisted steel rises from the ground — a…
Continue ReadingIn Maryland, every person who died of Covid-19 in June was unvaccinated. That’s not an aberration, experts say
By Eric Levenson, CNN Last month, 130 people died of Covid-19 in Maryland. None of them were vaccinated, according to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. In…
Continue ReadingUS zoos giving special animal coronavirus vaccine to tigers, bears and gorillas
By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN The Oakland and Denver zoos will be among the first to start vaccinating tigers, bears and other mammals…
Continue ReadingOne of the largest teachers’ unions will defend educators who teach ‘honest history’
By Nicole Chavez, CNN As some states move toward banning critical race theory from public schools, the president of the second-largest…
Continue ReadingDarnella Frazier’s uncle died in crash involving Minneapolis police, she says
By Omar Jimenez and Carma Hassan, CNN Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded George Floyd’s murder, said Tuesday that her uncle died in a car…
Continue ReadingOfficials provide update on the ATF agent shooting in Chicago
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown provides an update on after two ATF agents were shot in…
Continue ReadingNikole Hannah-Jones: The burden to change systems can’t always be on the people excluded from those systems
By Holly Yan and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN After an arduous battle for tenure at the University of North Carolina, Nikole Hannah-Jones explained why she…
Continue ReadingNikole Hannah-Jones explains decision to reject UNC tenure offer
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones explains her decision to decline the University of North Carolina’s offer of tenure and a…
Continue Reading2 ATF agents and a police officer shot in Chicago
By Carma Hassan, CNN Two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and one Chicago police officer were shot while they were in a car…
Continue Reading9 people are missing and 13 rescued after a boat from Cuba capsized off Key West, Coast Guard says
By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN A boat from Cuba capsized in the storm-hit Straits of Florida this week, spurring a search in which nine people…
Continue ReadingRescue teams withstand wind, lightning and heat on 12-hour shifts to search for the victims of the Florida building collapse
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Through long hours, severe weather, looming danger and even loss within their own community, first responders have…
Continue Reading‘Horrific’ graffiti on Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Southern California is being investigated as a hate crime, police say
By Brisa Colon, CNN A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Southern California was vandalized with a swastika and other “horrific”…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 7: Coronavirus, condo collapse, Elsa, Lebanon, NY mayor
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN We’re still learning the fulls extent of the damage from that massive ransomware attack that may have compromised as many…
Continue ReadingHeat for the West, flood threat in Texas, and Elsa slams Florida
Very hot temperatures remain for much of the drought-stricken West as Texas sees heavy rain and flooding. Elsa, downgraded from a hurricane, is on…
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