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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Social media companies have grappled in recent years with how to handle misinformation about a pandemic, a fraught US…
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New documents reveal abolitionist’s court case to free her child from slavery
By Giselle Rhoden, CNN The New York State Archives has uncovered nearly 200-year-old court records detailing abolitionist Sojourner Truth’s…
Continue ReadingWhy Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolence matters now more than ever
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN People wake up and choose violence every day. In many ways, it’s human nature. Headlines daily chronicle war,…
Continue Reading3 injured after partial floor collapse at a Colorado house party, authorities say
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Three people were injured Saturday night in a “partial collapse” at a house party in South Metro Denver, Colorado,…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court may ban affirmative action, but the world that embraces diversity is here to stay
By John Blake, CNN A Supreme Court justice is appointed for life, is virtually impossible to impeach and has the “unbridled” ability to…
Continue ReadingStudents sued when a school district restricted several books. The school board reinstated one novel
By Andy Rose, CNN A Missouri school board reversed an earlier decision to remove a Toni Morrison book from school shelves just days after two…
Continue ReadingA California police officer was fatally shot while conducting a traffic stop, authorities say
By Paradise Afshar and Laura James, CNN A Salinas, California, police officer was shot and killed Friday night while conducting a traffic stop, local…
Continue Reading‘The whole world right now needs to unite’: Rallies are being held across the US in support of Ukraine
By Dakin Andone, Sara Smart, Polo Sandoval and Sarah Jorgensen, CNN Cities across the United States have seen rallies in support of Ukraine this…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest 14-year-old in connection with fatal shooting near Albuquerque high school
By Paradise Afshar and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Albuquerque police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the shooting death of a…
Continue Reading‘Don’t ever give up.’ Trayvon Martin’s mother speaks on the 10th anniversary of his death
By Emma Tucker and Laura Studley, CNN Ten years to the day that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed, his mother Sybrina Fulton’s message was…
Continue Reading‘Don’t ever give up.’ Trayvon Martin’s mother speaks on the 10th anniversary of his death
CNN By Emma Tucker and Laura Studley, CNN Ten years to the day that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed, his mother Sybrina Fulton’s message…
Continue ReadingAt least one person was killed and 13 others injured in a Las Vegas hookah lounge shooting
By Paradise Afshar and Laura James, CNN At least one person was killed and 13 others injured during a shooting at a Las Vegas hookah lounge early…
Continue ReadingFrom bad luck to good: How a car wreck led to a $25,000 lottery win
By Jay Croft, CNN Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. A Maryland woman took a bit of bad luck and spun it into gold, turning a fender bender…
Continue ReadingFor one Ukrainian American family, a mix of anger, fear and regret
By Faith Karimi, CNN Photos by Austin Steele, CNN Alex Podebryi has barely slept in three days. In the dead of night he scans livestreams for updates…
Continue ReadingAuthorities seize almost $3 million worth of meth disguised as onions in California
By Emma Tucker, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers have seized nearly $3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in small packages within…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest man over ‘brutal’ hammer attack at New York subway station
By Brynn Gingras, Kiely Westhoff, Laura Studley and Liam Reilly, CNN Police have arrested a man who allegedly hit a woman over the head several times…
Continue ReadingA scholarship, a resolution and calls for accountability: How Ahmaud Arbery’s family and community honored him 2 years after his murder
By Christina Maxouris, Alta Spells and Maximillian Boudreaux, CNN Wanda Cooper-Jones said she wanted guilty verdicts in the federal trial for her…
Continue ReadingJewish and Japanese American groups among growing multiracial effort calling for reparations for Black Americans
Maya Brown, CNN As a third-generation Japanese American, Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka remembers the fight for reparations during the Japanese redress…
Continue ReadingAs more HBCUs get bomb threats, Virginia governor says he will seek emergency funding to assist with campus security
By Christina Maxouris and Raja Razek, CNN Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday he is planning to ask lawmakers for emergency funding for…
Continue ReadingCurtis Reeves, retired police captain who fatally shot man in movie theater, acquitted
By Maria Cartaya and Dakin Andone, CNN A Florida jury acquitted retired Florida police captain Curtis Reeves in the shooting death of a man in a…
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