Over 22,000 acres burned in Florida as wildfires rage
By Mallika Kallingal and Jamiel Lynch, CNN At least 37 active wildfires have burned over 22,000 acres in Florida, according to the Florida Forest…
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Widower of Black woman who died hours after childbirth files civil rights lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai
By Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN The widower of a Black woman who died shortly after giving birth to the couple’s second son is taking…
Continue ReadingSecond body recovered after three children went missing in Mississippi River
By Amanda Watts, CNN The body of a 14-year-old girl was found in the Mississippi River, the second body recovered after three children went missing…
Continue ReadingColorado man speaks out after his trial in wife’s disappearance was scrapped: ‘I just want her to be found’
By Alaa Elassar and Rebekah Riess, CNN The Colorado man whose trial over the disappearance and death of his wife was dismissed has spoken out in his…
Continue ReadingMajority-Black town reaches agreement with Tennessee to avoid state takeover
By Justin Gamble, CNN The town of Mason, Tennessee, and the NAACP reached an agreement this week with the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office to…
Continue ReadingGovernor signs bill criminalizing mail-in abortion drugs
By Amanda Watts, CNN Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill Thursday criminalizing abortion-inducing drugs that are provided via mail. The…
Continue ReadingBefore he escaped with his jailer, the Alabama fugitive stood accused of killing a sweet, patriotic mom who never forgot birthdays
CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN The last few Independence Days have been tough for Austin Williams. It’s not only that his mother, Connie…
Continue Reading‘I read banned books’ library card campaign launches in Nashville
By CNN Staff The Nashville Public Library (NPL) is hoping to give out 5,000 free “banned books” library cards to local readers by the end…
Continue ReadingZeus, a Great Dane from Texas, is the world’s tallest dog
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN A Great Dane has been crowned the world’s tallest living dog by Guinness World Records. Two-year old Zeus from Bedford,…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 6: Ukraine, Roe v. Wade, Covid-19, Wildfires, Immigration
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Mother Nature is cooking up a historic heat wave for Mother’s Day weekend. Hot temperatures will bake much of Texas,…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 6: Ukraine, Roe v. Wade, Covid-19, Wildfires, Immigration
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Mother Nature is cooking up a historic heat wave for Mother’s Day weekend. Hot temperatures will bake much of…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 6: Ukraine, Roe v. Wade, Covid-19, Wildfires, Immigration
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Mother Nature is cooking up a historic heat wave for Mother’s Day weekend. Hot temperatures will bake much of…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 6: Ukraine, Roe v. Wade, Covid-19, Wildfires, Immigration
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Mother Nature is cooking up a historic heat wave for Mother’s Day weekend. Hot temperatures will bake much of…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 6: Ukraine, Roe v. Wade, Covid-19, Wildfires, Immigration
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Mother Nature is cooking up a historic heat wave for Mother’s Day weekend. Hot temperatures will bake much of…
Continue ReadingOne of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers had 16 phone calls with DA before arrest, court filings say
By Paradise Afshar, CNN In the weeks following the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, Greg McMichael, one of the men later convicted in Arbery’s…
Continue ReadingMissing Alabama inmate and corrections officer abandoned their vehicle last week. Officials are investigating whether they have another car
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Ryan Young, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Paradise Afshar and Christina Maxouris, CNN The escape vehicle used by Vicky White and Casey…
Continue ReadingDaunte Wright’s mother was approached and grabbed by police while trying to film a traffic stop
By Omar Jimenez, CNN Katie Wright, the mother of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, is calling for the firing of a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer…
Continue ReadingDaunte Wright’s mother was approached and grabbed by police while trying to film a traffic stop
WCCO, KATIE WRIGHT, BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE DEPT., CNN By Omar Jimenez, CNN Katie Wright, the mother of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, is calling for the…
Continue ReadingHorrified by the surge of anti-Asian violence, she’s giving her community tools to protect themselves
CNN By Meg Dunn, CNN Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, attacks on Asian Americans have surged across the country. In the first half of 2021,…
Continue ReadingOn Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day victims’ families say a solution to the crisis is not on the horizon
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Shawna Toya was eager to carry on her ancestor’s legacy of pottery making in New Mexico when her mother’s cellphone…
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